you've been on my friends list for a long time, only now you add me? ( )Destorogoji wrote:To the friends list you go!MechaGoji Bro7503 wrote:Um, I like Showa films, Heisei films, and FW. I have my favorites in the bunch, but I overall like all eras.
Everything has flaws, Showa and Heisei. And honestly, I have sat through EVERY Godzilla film.
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Nice find! That is pretty interesting.szmigiel wrote:Getting a little more back on the subject of "Is the Heisei the most popular Godzilla Era?" I ran across an interesting Japanese blog post.
http://lowbitter.hatenablog.jp/entry/2016/07/17/212043
He breaks down the viewership of films, not just by attendance, but by the number screens and how many people were going to see movies at the time. Then creates a「ゴジラ比率」aka Godzilla Ratio which is precent of the total going to Godzilla movies in the theaters.
The Golden age of Toho 1962-1968 average of 1.3%; Highest King Kong Vs Godzilla 1.9% and lowest Destroy All Monsters 0.8%
The Champion Festival films 1969-1975 average of 0.6%; Highest being Godzilla Vs Gigan 0.9% and lowest All Monsters Attack 0.5%
Showa era as a whole average 1% but I think it is important to note the difference.
The Heisei Series 1984-1995 average 2.5%; Highest Godzilla Vs Mothra 3.3% and lowest Godzilla Vs Biollante 1.4%
the Millennium Series 1999-2004 average 1%, Highest GMK 1.5% and lowest Final Wars 0.6% (the author also noted that Hamtaro could have boosted GMK)
He also talks about how there was a kind of a "Monster Ice Age" in the early 80's, where there was very little in the way of kaiju or even special effects until Godzilla Heisei films started a revival.
I am not a huge fan of the Heisei era as a whole, I enjoy the first 3 films and don't care for the rest. But I can't argue much against the points the author is making. Heisei films did start a revival of tokusatsu which lead to Ultraman and Gamera. The Heisei era may have lower attendance then some of the golden age films, but there were more theaters and people seeing films then during the Heisei era so his Godzilla Ratio make sense.