A note about the release date on this...IMDb says it was 1984 and contains no clips later than 1975.
However, I just saw this on Monsters HD, and the copyright date was 1997. Moreover, the closing credits appear to list the various movies included. It is all in Japansese, except the word "VS" in almost every title, and the copyrights- 1984 through 1995.
About halfway through the 90 minute running time, the movie appears to end, with a brief set of Japanese credits. The music then restarts, and a 3-D computer animated title appears, clearly not from 1984. There was no translation on any of the titles, aside from "Godzilla Fantasia" at the very start.
My guess is that the original film was 45 minutes, and that a sequel was done quite some time later with the same music. The video/film quality of the second half was MUCH better than the first, and only the first half had any B&W footage.
However, I just saw this on Monsters HD, and the copyright date was 1997. Moreover, the closing credits appear to list the various movies included. It is all in Japansese, except the word "VS" in almost every title, and the copyrights- 1984 through 1995.
About halfway through the 90 minute running time, the movie appears to end, with a brief set of Japanese credits. The music then restarts, and a 3-D computer animated title appears, clearly not from 1984. There was no translation on any of the titles, aside from "Godzilla Fantasia" at the very start.
My guess is that the original film was 45 minutes, and that a sequel was done quite some time later with the same music. The video/film quality of the second half was MUCH better than the first, and only the first half had any B&W footage.