Go! Godman (TV 1972–1973)

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Go! Godman Air date October 5, 1972– September 28, 1973 Directed by Masaaki Hisamatsu, Heikichi Tsushima, Hiroyasu Sunahara Music by Takeo Yamashita Production company Toho Planning Channel(s) Nippon TV Genre(s) Tokusatsu, kyodai hero Episodes 33 (arcs), 156 (total) Rate this series! 4.40 (10 votes)

Go! Godman (行け！ゴッドマン,   Ike! Goddoman) is a Japanese tokusatsu series produced by Toho Planning that aired from October 5, 1972, to September 28, 1973. It succeeded Tsuburaya Productions' Redman as the second tokusatsu segment on Nippon TV's Good Morning! Kid's Show. A follow-up series, Go! Greenman, began airing in November 1973.

Plot

In Go! Godman, one or more kaiju appear and menace Japan, until Godman, the show's titular hero, is called from his home planet by a person in peril calling for his name. He then defeats the monsters over the course of a few episodes. Each 'saga' or 'arc' was divided into three to six 5-minute episodes to lengthen the show's battles out due to a limited budget.

Episodes

No.			Title	Air dates
Week	Story	Overall
1	1	1–6	"Godman vs. Kinger" Part 1–6	October 5–7 & 9–11, 1972
2	2	7–12	"Godman vs. Gabara" Part 1–6	October 12–14 & 16–18, 1972
3	3	13–18	"Godman vs. Ghoston" Part 1–6	October 19–21 & 23–25, 1972
4	4	19–20	"Godman vs. Yasugon" Part 1–2	October 26–27, 1972
		21	"Godman vs. Tsunokeler and Yasugon"	October 28, 1972
		22–24	"Godman vs. Tsunokeler" Part 1–3	October 30–November 1, 1972
5	5	25–30	"Godman vs. Tsunosilver" Part 1–6	November 2–4 & 6–8, 1972
6	6	31–36	"Godman vs. Gorosaurus" Part 1–6	November 9–11 & 13–15, 1972
7	7	37–42	"Godman vs. Madalan" Part 1–6	November 16–18 & 20–22, 1972
8	8	43–48	"Godman vs. Gattlar" Part 1–6	November 23–25 & 27–29, 1972
9	9	49–54	"Godman vs. Momonglar" Part 1–6	November 30–December 2 & 4–6, 1972
10	10	55–57	"Godman vs. Kamoebas" Part 1–3	December 7–9, 1972
		58–60	"Godman vs. Folgon" Part 1–3	December 11–13, 1972
11	11	61–66	"Godman vs. Volpes" Part 1–6	December 14–16 & 18–20, 1972
12	12	67–72	"Godman vs. Imogoras" Part 1–6	December 21–23 & 25–27, 1972
13	13	73–78	"Godman vs. Bullman" Part 1–6	January 4–6 & 8–10, 1973
14	14	79–84	"Godman vs. Dongolar" Part 1–6	January 11–13 & 15–17, 1973
15	15	85–90	"Godman vs. Skeleto-Man No. 1 and Skeleto-Man No. 2" Part 1–6	January 18–20 & 22–24, 1973
16	16	91–96	"Godman vs. Sanda" Part 1–6	January 25–27 & 29–31, 1973
17	17	97–102	"Godman vs. Gaira" Part 1–6	February 1–3 & 5–7, 1973
18	18	103–105	"Godman vs. Trunker" Part 1–3	February 8–10, 1973
	19	106–108	"Godman vs. Hotter" Part 1–3	February 12–14, 1973
19	20	109–111	"Godman vs. Green Mask" Part 1–3	February 15–17, 1973
	21	112–114	"Godman vs. Hundler" Part 1–3	February 19–21, 1973
20	22	115–117	"Godman vs. Bat Man" Part 1–3	February 22–24, 1973
	23	118–120	"Godman vs. Kappalge" Part 1–3	February 26–28, 1973
21	24	121–123	"Godman vs. Alien Tiborus" Part 1–3	March 1–3, 1973
	25	124–126	"Godman vs. Ostotam" Part 1–3	March 5–7, 1973
22	26	127–129	"Godman vs. Tsunozillas" Part 1–3	March 8–10, 1973
	27	130–132	"Godman vs. Elephander" Part 1–3	March 12–14, 1973
23	28	133–135	"Godman vs. Totsaurus" Part 1–3	March 15–17, 1973
	29	136–138	"Godman vs. Shilarji" Part 1–3	March 19–21, 1973
24	30	139–140	"Godman vs. Wolflar" Part 1–2	March 22–23, 1973
		141–142	"Godman vs. Wolflar and Gejilba" Part 1–2	March 24 & 26, 1973
		143–144	"Godman vs. Gejilba" Part 1–2	March 27–28, 1973
25	31	145–147	"Godman vs. Trilorn" Part 1–3	March 29–31, 1973
	32	148–150	"Godman vs. Ibogiller" Part 1–3	April 2–4, 1973
26	33	151–156	"Godman vs. Stegodzillas and Akumon" Part 1–6	April 5–7 & 9–11, 1973

Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

• Directed by   Masaaki Hisamatsu, Heikichi Tsushima, Hiroyasu Sunahara
• Music by   Takeo Yamashita
• Monster design by   Teizo Toshimitsu

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

• Asato Tetsuya   as   Monster Uncle
• Eri Tsuruma   as   Eri-chan

Appearances

Characters Godman Monster Uncle Eri-chan ??? Monsters Kinger Gabara Ghoston Yasugon Tsunokeler Tsunosilver Gorosaurus Madalan Gattlar Momonglar Folgon Kamoebas Volpes Imogoras Bullman Dongolar Skeleto-Man No. 1 Skeleto-Man No. 2 Sanda Gaira Trunker Hotter Green Mask Hundler Bat Man Kappalge Alien Tiborus Ostotam Tsunozillas Elephander Totsaurus Shilarji Wolflar Gejilba Trilorn Ibogiller Stegodzillas Akumon

Weapons, vehicles, and races God-Crush God-Circle Boeing 727

Video releases

DVD Toho (2008)

• Return of the "Good Morning" Heroes: Go! Go! Godman and Greenman BOX (帰ってきた“おはよう”ヒーロー 行け!行け!ゴッドマン＆グリーンマンＢＯＸ,   Kaettekita Ohayō Hīrō Ike! Ike! Goddoman ando Gurīnman Bokkusu)
• Released: 2008
• Region: Region 2
• Language: Japanese
• Other Details: 1.33:1 aspect ratio, 70/74 minutes run time (disc 1/2), 3 discs, box set
• Features:
  • Disc 1: Go! Godman, Godman Fighting Special (Digest versions of Godman's battles), Godman Monster List
  • Disc 2: Go! Greenman, Greenman Fighting Special (Digest versions of Greenman's battles), Greenman Monster List
  • Disc 3: Go! Godman (2008), Making of Go! Godman (2008), Godman Karaoke Hall

TOHO Visual Entertainment (2019) [Volume 1]

• Released: January 16, 2019
• Region: Region 2
• Language: Japanese
• Features: "Go! Godman" Still Collection Part 1

TOHO Visual Entertainment (2019) [Volume 2]

• Released: January 16, 2019
• Region: Region 2
• Language: Japanese
• Features: "Go! Godman" Still Collection Part 2

TOHO Visual Entertainment (2019) [Volume 3]

• Released: January 16, 2019
• Region: Region 2
• Language: Japanese
• Features: "Go! Godman," "Our Godman" music videos

TOHO Visual Entertainment (2019) [Volume 4]

• Released: January 16, 2019
• Region: Region 2
• Language: Japanese
• Features: Go! Godman (2008)

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  Go! Godman VOL. 1

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  Go! Godman VOL. 2

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  Go! Godman VOL. 3

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  Go! Godman VOL. 4

Trivia

• Due to the limited budget, Toho used monsters that were seen in many of the Showa films, with their suits being reused for the show. These monsters included Gaira and Sanda, Gabara, Gorosaurus, Kamoebas and one of the Bat Men which was turned into his own character, Bat Man. The monsters Tsunozillas, Shilarji and Yasugon were also reused from the 1971 series, Chibikko Special where they were enemies of the show's mascot monster, Terra Incognita.
  • Most of the monsters who appeared in Go! Godman would later appear in Go! Greenman alongside monsters from Assault! Human!!.
• Often, the suits for the returning monsters were in bad condition, and some were extensively repaired.
  • Gaira and Sanda's suits received new masks.
  • A large cavity is easily observable in Gorosaurus' chest. The suit was so deteriorated he was permanently retired afterwards.
  • Gabara lacks his trademark ginger hair, his eyes appear to have a more confused expression, and his skin is a darker shade of green.
• Throughout the series, several of the original monsters' suits were also altered and reused.
  • Kinger shares the suit of Wolflar from the neck down, the latter having a different head and added hair on its body.
  • Kinger's head had its eyebrows removed and hair added to the top to become Madalan.
  • Volpes' lower half appears to have been repainted and attached to a new upper half to portray Alien Tiborus.
• Aya Hirano, as Konata Izumi from the anime Lucky Star, sang the Go! Godman theme song for a Lucky Star music compilation CD. It is also sung briefly during the ending of the show's twelfth episode.

Notes

Grouped references

References

This is a list of references for Go! Godman. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: ^[1]

Bibliography

• Sakai, Yukio, ed. (24 March 1990). All Kaiju Kaijin (First Volume). Keibunsha. ISBN 4-7669-0962-3.
• Godziszewski, Ed; Cassidy, John Paul (16 May 2008). "Toho's New GO! GODMAN: On the Set Report– Gaira Returns!". SciFi Japan. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021.
  • Cassidy, John Paul. "A BRIEF HISTORY OF GO! GODMAN". In Godziszewski & Cassidy (2008).
• Matsui, Satoshi, ed. (28 July 2014). Toho Special Effects All Monster Encyclopedia. Shogakukan. ISBN 978-4-09-682090-2.
• Nomura, Kohei; Toumon, Jinni (23 November 2016). 365 Days of Godzilla. Yosensha. ISBN 978-4-8003-1074-3.
• Ono, Koichiro; Iwata, Toshiaki (14 January 2025). Godzilla and Toho Tokusatsu Official Mook. Vol. 40: Go! Godman/Go! Greenman/Go! Kotaro Ushiwaka. Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-531551-4.

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