{"id":5403,"date":"2015-03-20T10:35:04","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T09:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/?p=5403"},"modified":"2015-03-20T10:43:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T09:43:00","slug":"mothra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2015\/03\/20\/mothra\/","title":{"rendered":"Mothra"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of our ‘Butterflies<\/a>‘ theme, we have a review of Toho Studios 1961 monster movie Mothra<\/i>, directed by Ishirô Honda, with special effects by the legendary Eiji Tsuburaya, co-creator of Godzilla. Mothra <\/i>(1961) is available in the Region 1 DVD box-set ‘Icons of Science Fiction: Toho Collection’, which also includes The H-Man<\/i> (1958) and Battle for Outer Space<\/i> (1959), all directed by Ishirô Honda. <\/p>\n\"mothra-part1\"<\/a>\n\"mothra-part2\"<\/a>\n\"mothra-part3\"<\/a>\n

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Comic Strip Review by Claude T.C.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
More information on Claude T.C. can be found on his website<\/A>.<\/div>\n
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As part of our ‘Butterflies’ theme, we take an illustrated look at Toho Studios’ 1961 monster movie Mothra<\/i>, directed by Ishirô Honda.
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