Godzilla: Final Wars will make it's U.S. debut on my birthday! Unfortunately, it will be in Seattle. But the schedule has been announced (although not on the cinematheque website) for the Japanese Monster Fest at the Egyptian. In addition to Final Wars, one other program intrigues me:


8:00 PM - US Premiere of the Newest Ultraman Film-plus a Live Performance!LIVE ULTRAMAN STAGE SHOW - For decades, Japanese audiences has been entertained by stage performances by stuntmen in authentic Ultraman costumes... now American fans will have a chance to see one of these shows.AndULTRAMAN: THE NEXT (Urutoraman, 2004) Directed by Kazuya Konaka, Special Effects by Yuichi Kikuchi. Japanese with English subtitles (Tsuburaya Productions, 97 min) US PREMIERE!

Oh fuck yes! I will so be there. And either Friday or Saturday, the next week, I'm going to try to get a group together for drinks at Tiki-Ti followed by Final Wars.

Found while googling for "Egyptian" "Godzilla": Godzilla/Yu-Gi-Oh Fan Fiction! Godzilla blamed for the fall of Babylon! Hot-Cha!