During my marathon of Kimagure Orange Road, i was surprised when i came across Episode 40 which aired as a special episode for new year back in 1987. As i noticed by the preview for this episode, it turned out to be a parody using plenty of themes that have come from the Godzilla movies over the years, and including a few scenes from the 1964 movie, Mothra vs Godzilla. The reason why i’m talking about this is because i’ve been a huge Godzilla fan all my life, and i just loved how well this was all put together.
The best part about this episode was the fact that it used pieces of music from Mothra vs Godzilla, composed by the man himself, Akira Ifukube. I was very surprised to hear the legendary ‘The Appearance of Godzilla’ piece at the start, though even more surprised that they did their own version of the Mothra song, with Kurumi and Manami playing the roles of the Shojobin girls.
The original Shojobin girls.
KOR’s version.
It’s a shame we don’t see more parody episodes done like this. So very unexpected, but boy did it make this Godzilla fan’s day.
: O MUST SEE!
also, oooo new style.
Yeah it’s a must see. Such a nice surprise.
& yeah, needed a new style to go with the new image header.
I ❤ KOR. One of the best series ever.