It's amazing to see this on TV and letterboxed or widescreen (i.e. in proper scope) now. For years this version was rumored to exist, with an alternate dub that called the monsters "Frankenstein" as well as their names Sanda and Gaira. The proof finally showed up in the late 90s, with a truncated version from Greece called Katango's War. This had the original English dub and some different scenes in places. It was subtitled in Greek, but those were easy enough to ignore. This version ran 76 minutes. Some of that time was from the PAL to VHS transfer, but there are a few parts missing.
Suddenly, the movie War of the Gargantuas is playing on Comet TV in 2017. Since they only air the "official" versions of most Toho movies, I wondered if this would be that William Ross/Frontier Enterprise's dub. It's almost like watching a completely different movie. It's very odd hearing different voices come out of all the actor's mouths, especially since I know the original dub so well.
It's still a fun movie to watch. I might buy a Blu Ray of it, provided the US version is present on it.
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