This 1972 Toho release is more of the same. There's a lot of recycled footage from previous movies and it's once again focused on a younger audience. This features aliens that build a Godzilla-themed park that they use to control the monstrous duo of Ghidorah and Gigan. The plot is silly but simple and it's secondary to the monster battles, of which there are many. Godzilla pairs with the under-muscled Anguirus to tag team Gigan and Ghidorah. There are a number of firsts in this movie. There's two separate scenes where the blood gushes from a slashed Godzilla and another where Anguirus voluntarily drives his head into the rotating saw-bellied Gigan. Inexplicably, Godzilla and Anguirus communicate by actually talking. It's unsettling to say the least and probably freaked out a lot of younger viewers back in its day. "Godzilla Vs. Gigan" is of course, totally ridiculous. But it's got plenty of what we watch these movies for...the monster match-ups. This is also called "Godzilla On Monster Island!"

Every time I watch this I like it more. The monsters have so much personality.

Godzilla, the King of Monsters "Children's Land? Is that some sort of a fancy name for a lunatic asylum?" That Godzilla suit is really falling apart isn't it? Anyway Godzilla vs. Gigan sees the return of Ghidorah and Anguirus. We also get the debut of Gigan and I don't know why but I freaking still love Gigan's design. Especially the freaking chainsaw on his belly. We also get another plot with people from outer space, I mean cockroaches disguised as humans! And they've build a freaking theme park with a Godzilla statue to lure Godzilla and kill him! How epic is that? In the end you get Anguirus being Godzilla's sidekick, we see speech bubbles when Godzilla and Anguirus are talking to each other, we get loads of stock footage but it all ends up with a great tag team battle and I'm always there for some great kaiju fights! Godzilla vs. Gigan is a solid outing and remains entertaining even on a rewatch!

The number of reused shots both from previous movies and this movie is hilarious. That said, I can't say watching Godzilla overhead throw Ghidorah three times in a row wasn't entertaining.

I'm not a fan of Godzilla movies that revolve around an alien invasion, and "Godzilla vs. Gigan" falls into that category. Otherwise, though, this is an acceptable installment in the series, unlike some of the predecessors that actively annoyed me. Overall, the established formula is followed a little too strictly, but you can't have it all. At least the speech bubbles are new. Either way, King Ghidorah is always a welcome antagonist, and Gigan design-wise is also acceptable. But more than a merely mediocre movie was probably not possible at this point in the franchise.