Godzilla

Godzilla is an American animated monster television series produced by Hanna-Barbera, in association with Henry G. Saperstein. The series aired on NBC in 1978 in the United States with the title The Godzilla Power Hour and on TV Tokyo in Japan. The series continued to air until 1981, packaged with other series under various titles.

The Godzilla Power Hour consisted of half-hour episodes of Godzilla and Jana of the Jungle. A total of 13 original episodes were produced in 1978, with the first eight airing as part of The Godzilla Power Hour. In November 1978, the show was expanded to 90 minutes with the addition of Jonny Quest reruns and retitled The Godzilla Super 90. Split off into its own half-hour, the show aired for a few months in 1979 as The Godzilla Show, and then as The Godzilla/Globetrotters Adventure Hour for most of 1980, before another repackaging as The Godzilla/Dynomutt Hour with the Funky Phantom in late 1980, and then The Godzilla/Hong Kong Phooey Hour until its cancellation in 1981.

The series acquired the retronym of Godzilla: The Original Animated Series for its DVD release.

The series follows the adventures of a team of scientists on the Calico, a hydrofoil research vessel, headed by Captain Carl Majors. The rest of the crew include scientist Dr. Quinn Darien, her nephew Pete Darien and her research assistant Brock Borden. Also along for the ride is Godzooky, the "cowardly nephew" of Godzilla and Pete's best friend, in a comic foil role in the show. Godzooky can attempt to fly using the small wings under his arms. Whenever Godzooky tries to breathe fire, he usually just coughs up smoke rings.

The group often call upon Godzilla by using a special signaller when in danger, such as attacks by other giant monsters. Godzooky is also able to roar to summon Godzilla. Godzilla's size in the animated series shifts radically, sometimes within a single episode or even a single scene. For instance, Godzilla's claws can wrap around a large ship, and only minutes later the team of scientists fit rather neatly on Godzilla's palm. In addition, Godzilla's trademark atomic breath is altered so he breathes simple fire. He can also shoot laser beams from his eyes much like Superman's heat vision.

Cast

Image	Character	USA	Mex	Bra
	Godzilla	Ted Cassidy
	Captain Carl Majors	Jeff David	Blas García	André Filho
	Dr. Quinn Darien	Brenda Thompson	María Santander	Adalmária Mesquita
	Brock	Hilly Hicks	Yamil Atala	Júlio Chaves
			Alfonso Obregón
	Pete Darien	Al Eisenman		Cleonir dos Santos
	Godzooky	Don Messick
	Title	N/A	Francisco Colmenero

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