A guide to explain certain aspects of Toho Kingdom

Names:

All names, movie titles or the names of monsters/aliens/SDF, are Toho's preferred English spelling when possible. In terms of movie titles, Toho's preferred English spelling tends to simply be the International titles, but this isn't always the case. Below is a brief list of some exceptions to this rule:

It should also be noted that in sections besides the film's particular movie bios, such as the DVD section or the Release Dates, the film's preferred English spelling will replace the film's International title when there is a discrepancy between the two. Also, it should be noted that for many films the international title is not known, or one was never given by Toho, and that a "temp" title will takes its place outside of the movie bios.

All Japanese movie titles listed on the site are literal, English, translations, as opposed to Romaji spelling.

Film Review Scores:

Movies are reviewed critically based on their merits when considering: plot, character development, acting, musical score and other aspects of the production (at the discretion of the reviewer). A score is then donated by this criteria and how the film stakes up compared to other movies from Toho. It's also expected that the reviewer will try to gauge how the production might play with a broader audience when picking a score; consequently, a movie could achieve a middle to low score, but still be thoroughly enjoyable to the reviewer despite obvious flaws: a "guilty pleasure." Below is the general scale for the scores, which favors few at the highest and lowest marks and the majority to fall in the middle, as it should be:

: Exemplary	One of the Shining examples of cinema.
: Excellent	Amazing film, generally just shy of being one of the greatest.
: Great	Sure to please most, superb production.
: Good	Some problems, but a film that could be generally recommended.
: Satisfactory	Has some noticeable faults, but will be more liked then not by most.
: Mediocre	Not particularly good or bad, will have as many detractors as fans.
: Lacking	Will have its fan, but sure to disinterest a majority.
: Poor	Obviously flawed, although not totally unlikable.
: Bad	Not unwatchable at least.
: Awful	Someone open a window quick...

Staff Bio Legend:

: Produced : Distributed : Television

TV Episode Listings:

A notation that should be made in reference to the individual TV episode listings is that stock footage is only counted outside of the show itself. For example, if a shot of someone kicking in midair is reused from a earlier episode this will not be counted in the stock footage section. Furthermore, appearances will not be counted for characters shown during the program's opening title sequence, sponsor announcements, and last time/next time segments.

TV Character Listings:

For easier viewing, movies which originated from Toho television shows, such as Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie: Fight! Star Soldiers (2005), will have their characters organized with the regular listing for their particular program. Also, if stock footage from a film version of the character is used as a place holder on the TV show, as is the case with Godzilla Island (1997), the show character will be attributed with the appearance instead to avoid confusion.

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