Revisiting Godzilla Websites

[@PatrickGalvan91]

I'm a staff member at Toho Kingdom. Thank you very much for the kind words about our site!

[@RandomVideoGameGuy792]

You are a staff member?

[@pauljohnson6254]

I certainly didn't expect to see my old website mentioned on a KZbin video that showed up in my recommendations. Life is weird like that sometimes. Yeah it's less then perfect but I had a great time making Godzilla Tower back in the day. Nice to see that other people still remember it. Thank you for the nostalgia, and may you have a great time with your own endeavors as well!

[@PaperFinz]

Glad you enjoyed, and sorry if it sounded like i was bashing your website half the time. i really did enjoy it and liked the raw feel of things on it.

[@drsybaris]

Loved Godzilla Tower, back in the day. TY Paul!

[@FallingPicturesProductions]

Godzilla Tower was one of my favorite parts of the internet as a kid in the oughts, I'll never forget that place. Thanks mate.

[@interwebkaiju]

Saw that Berry's Temple gif header in the thumbnail and had to click. Very nostalgic.

[@TheThrill007]

Same

[@sum_gie]

I felt the same

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

Barry's Temple of Godzilla used to be the #1 search result when i searched for Godzilla content around 2009

[@Sakanade_Sano]

Seeing these old websites are hitting me like Kiryu remembering that he was Godzilla, good old nostalgia.

[@amitabhkumar6718]

😂😂

[@PaperFinz]

Godzilla 1985 differences is coming, just need more time with it.

[@gojikidgaming8186]

Do you think you would do a Kalab with me

[@faceless2483]

Ok

[@faceless2483]

Take your time

[@gojikidgaming8186]

@Godzilla 2009 4 idk it’s for my other channel

[@Reverend_Sashimi]

That movie made 5 year old me bawl like a baby. First movie to ever make me cry. I still tear up 🥲

[@mgkiryuu]

I grew up with Barry's place. His were the first fan-fictions I had ever read. And as far as fan-fictions go...they are pretty damn awesome. The 2nd one with King Ghidorah really put a different spin on the monster with the whole solar power and metal alien sphere in which it was created in. Use to love listening to the midi files and just loop MechaGodzilla 93's theme. I miss the Monster Archives. My friend (Monster Master), made it, but I lost contact with him and he sort of left the internet. So I do get a bit sad when I think about the site :(

[@ShinZprime]

why did he left internet? it's such a cool place

[@KaijuKing42]

He's on Tohokingdom forums, he didn't leave, lol.

[@SuperSirianRigel]

Yes! Barry's Temple of Godzilla! My best friend used to exchange personal emails with the guy who ran that website. He even got import VHS tapes of Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II, Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla, and Godzilla vs. Destroyah through his contact with this website. Back when no one in the USA knew those movies had even been made in Japan. Good times.

[@GojiGuru]

Besides the ones you listed, I fondly remember: Tokyo Monsters, Monster Zero (I remember when the creator, Aaron, passed away, too), Maser City, Rodan’s Roost/Kaijuphile (my favorite of the online forums), Kaiju Galaxy, Godzilla Monster Music, and the like. A video on these would be really cool.

[@Dontuween]

Yes, Monster Zero, which later evolved into Sci-Fi Japan. That site is still up, but the Forums section has been dead since early 2020. :(

[@RPGojira23]

Oh my gosh, I haven't even thought about some of these websites in forever! Thank you so much for the trip down memory lane...now to re-read every page of Barry's Temple of Godzilla just like I did back when I was younger.

[@DoctorPhobos]

I used to really enjoy Twisted Kaiju Theater. I don’t remember why I stopped visiting it, but I suspect my move back to Utah from Michigan may have been a factor.

[@IndominusGojira]

I miss the monster archives

[@ethansloan]

Man, this was the internet I grew up with. It was dial-up, everything was independently made, all the video was Quicktime files. Sure, most of it sucked, but I kinda miss the "anything goes" nature of that web; now most sites are so homogeneous.

[@mcnh8914]

Also Monster Zero News. The guy who used to run it, Aaron, has long since passed and the site has since morphed into SciFi Japan, but it was the source for Godzilla news back in the day. Their “forum war” with Toho Kingdom was legendary

[@ShinGoji1987Official]

Lol I loved Barry's temple of Godzilla back in the day xD I still have scifi Japan marked as my home page, great more modern tokusatsu/anime website. Keep up the great work man!

[@stillbuyvhs]

Stomp Tokyo. I thought of Stomp Tokyo.

[@neonlightillusion]

Man, what a flashback! I used to be a dedicated Toho Kingdom goer - for some reason the video of Titanasaurus as a car salesman talking about a ‘Purple Nurple’ has stuck with me forever.

[@frankie2time298]

Shoot back in the day Godzilla Temple was my favorite site to visit when I was in 2nd grade, around 2005 is when I stop visiting it. Only recently around the end of 2020 is when I came back and was shocked to see it was still up.

[@HunterChavezMusic]

Kaiju Headquarters was my favorite as a kid. They had the Kaiju Wrestling Federation, monster bios, trivia games and shit. It was awesome.

[@MGWFilms97]

4:38 Hey I can't think of a lot of good things about that movie either

[@NocturneFexy]

Seeing Barry's Temple of Godzilla and Toho Kingdom gave me an extreme whip of nostalgia, I loved those sites as a kid!

[@nerdicwarrior]

Barry's Temple of Godzilla takes me back.

[@fizzyfuzz5878]

Barry's Temple Of Godzilla man. I was so excited seeing those Godzilla's first appearance clips for the films I hadn't seen yet.

[@tazzreviews1578]

I can smell the nostalgia from here.

[@MourningCoffeeMusic]

Toho Kingdom and Club Tokyo were the Godzilla sites I lived on back in the day, and I even remember some of these other ones !!

[@CyberXIII]

These all bring back good memories...thank you for the nostalgia trip!

[@insideleosmind4313]

These old websites turned me into a lifelong Godzilla fan as a child!

[@ImTheKingOfHyrule]

I remember I used to check the website for the Godzilla 1998 remake daily looking for updates, because I was so excited to finally get to see a new Godzilla movie in the theater with a big hollywood budget. Getting occasional vlogs from the filmmakers was super novel and new at the time. And in the end? Eeeeeehhhhhhhhh... That movie was an amazing bar raiser in marketing. As a movie not so much.

[@RojoTheDevourer]

Eeey it's the mascot I drew for the Monster Archives! Thanks for the memories, man! I spent a lot of time at Barry's too, and the Crystal Palace of Spacegodzilla & the Shrine of Gamera haha. Good times!

[@PaperFinz]

cool to hear from you, and glad you enjoyed the vid. I really miss the Monster Archives.

[@Jete385]

Barry's was great. I also visited KaijuHQ and MonsterZero regularly when they were still around.

[@warrenjehosephat231]

MonsterZero was great.

[@Horsey45]

Just found out about this channel and I already like it. Not a lot of good Godzilla Channels.

[@PaperFinz]

Thanks.

[@samrizzardi2213]

My faves back in the day were "Michael's Godzilla vs. Destoroyah" and "Rodansroost". There was also this incredibly weird Gigan fansite which had an entire cast of Gigan-based characters with names like "Gogar", "Galina" and "Gaigany".

[@yeeoof1995]

and now we have gigan's family in godziban... so not much has changed, has it?

[@FallingPicturesProductions]

Michael's Godzilla vs Destoroyah site is still mostly functional last I checked about six months ago.

[@JSage90]

Oh wow Godzilla Tower. That brings me back. I was actually a writer for the fan fiction monster wrestling; the Saturday slot to be specific. Man that's nostalgic.....

[@capam15]

took me over an hour to watch this 10 minute video. had to pause so many times remembering the hours spent in the forums and chatrooms

[@ikd3240]

I remember Barry's Temple of Godzilla. I used to browse that one all the time. I also used to browse Rodan's Roost. Nice video!

[@sadlobster1]

I forget the name of the site, unfoturnately..but one thing I DO remember about it was what happened after you've entered it. First, you hear an iconic piece of music from the film franchise and then, you see two animated images of Godzilla appear; the second one had a sort of brief animation of G Man breathing his famous atomic breath. Then, you hear the roar playing until you're finally brought into the main page. I used to visit this site all the time, back in the 90's but...I'm not sure if it's online anymore. I think it was called the Godzilla Shrine

[@FolfHavoc]

Barry’s Temple is so nostalgic to me.

[@unggoymaster1217]

I'm currently bingeing the Godzilla movies and TohoKingdom was really useful, especially the Showa continuity.

[@KingmanHighborn]

I got to boost my friend's page. Neo Monster Island and the Twisted Kaiju Theater comic. It's a shame his old comics are no longer available and he rarely updates the new stuff, but man those comics got me through college and some dark times in my life.

[@mcnh8914]

I remember finding Barry’s Temple of Godzilla on the first day we got dial up internet back in ‘98 and just browsing through it on Netscape lol. There was another one that I really liked, Godzilla’s Domain I think it was called, run by a guy called Ramsin. Weird but cool fanart/fics

[@warrenjehosephat231]

I joined the Monster Zero forums for all of ten minutes then getting so annoyed when they had an automatic censor function that turned "ass" into "***" that I just gave up on it immediately. Hah. I remember there was a bootleg site I liked a lot because the American releases were so spotty- at the time, it was the only way to get ahold of Godzilla 1985, G vs Biollante, the original cut (or as close to it as they can get) of King Kong vs Godzilla, the original Mothra, and widescreen copies of Godzilla vs King Ghidorah and G vs. Space Godzilla. They also had the Godzilla Fantasia releases, which was nice.

[@robbmoth7890]

Here in Italy we had a cool forum, Godzilla Zone, where I even met some of my irl friend nowadays. It really died in 2015 circa and it became kinda cringey in the last times. We had a rpg section and other stuff, good times haha

[@MinusGoji1]

0:47 oh my god I remember this website when I was in kindergarten when I find out there’s other Godzilla movies awe talk about a blast from the past !💙

[@darkmerchant1]

You forgot the best one. Mark Meloon’s Monster Gallery

[@rabble_rousdower]

5:33 LOL that squirrel!

[@DesX42S]

I was hoping you'd mention Rodan's Roost and the other sites associated to it

[@RaptorG]

Frost Man, excellent choice for a background BGM.

[@Maswartz226]

It really does suck how few actual websites there are these days

[@RyanReidSpeaks]

Barry was the first or second person I ever emailed back when I was just learning how to use the Internet. He’s a great guy, and I love the site.

[@adriangonzalez3600]

If I'm right, "Bijira" is a play on the words bijin (beautiful woman) and of course, gojira.

[@Reverend_Sashimi]

Monster Zero anyone?

[@warrenjehosephat231]

This was my first thought, actually. Didn't they become Scifi Japan?

[@kevinclark8356]

What a trip down memory lane, good times.

[@mrtuber8207]

He has returned

[@floppinfrogs4468]

Who here remembers Godzilla Unleash the official website? I can’t find it no more

[@macrussell78]

Remember all the time I spent at school on Barry's site. Good times

[@warmachine4791]

You deserve more subs man!

[@the_real_caudill]

Barrys temple brings me back

[@obiphenom]

Barry's temple of Godzilla was the best!!!!

[@enocescalona]

can you find the original, official Japanese Godzilla site? as a kid, i loved to go there, but seems it no longer exists. it creeped me out, but i loved how atmospheric it was.

[@BiitoreinGoji94]

Somebody better archive these websites ASAP!

[@dduval59]

Low key I hope Barry is okay.

[@ohdeargodwhatisthat]

My boy Barry

[@ORLY911]

Neomonsterisland kaiju girls. If you know, you know

[@neonlightillusion]

Oh, and I know you all remember Daikaiju Academy, you sick bastards.

[@weedofcrime2299]

Can you post links to these websites? Barry's temple and Toho Kingdom are the only ones that come up in a web search.

[@PaperFinz]

the monster archives is gone, but i can provide a link to the Godzilla tower. www.angelfire.com/movies/GodzillaTower/Index.htm

[@weedofcrime2299]

@@PaperFinz Thank you very much.

[@insomnibomb4830]

Woo boy this is bound to be fun

[@toonlover4612]

Does anyone remember Gojistomp and Kaijuheadquarters?

[@brycevo]

I remember Toho Kingdom

[@sedsitametadinterreteliber2937]

Is the shrine of gamera still around?

[@mrshrunkenbro8750]

Rodan's Roost anybody?

[@katogojira7223]

I was just going to say that

[@Boring_youtuber]

Gmk is the best godzilla movie in my opinion

[@mutagen28]

I still like godzilla 2014

[@etaab6568]

Toho Kingdom rocks!

[@zay_rat8942]

Pog

[@PaulJamaine]

WikiZilla

[@Capt.Twatbeard]

I had forgotten about Godzilla Tower, I used to spend hours reading about the Heisei series in the 90's. Spacegodzilla's Crystal Palace was another site I spent my limited computer time on too.