Anchor Bay
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Anchor Bay Entertainment, previously Video Treasures and StarMaker Entertainment, was an American home entertainment company formed in 1995 by the merger of the aforementioned companies. Initially a subsidiary of Handleman Company, it was acquired by Starz Distribution in 2003. Anchor Bay's United Kingdom branch was acquired from Starz along with Manga Entertainment UK by independent managing director Colin Lomax in 2015. Rebranded Platform Entertainment, it was acquired by Kaleidoscope Film Distribution the following year. Following the merger between Starz and Lionsgate in 2016, Anchor Bay was folded under Lionsgate's home entertainment division. An unrelated company was formed as an Umbrelic Entertainment subsidiary in 2024. The original Anchor Bay and its predecessors released numerous Godzilla movies on VHS in the 1980s and 1990s. All of the films were presented in English, with the American-recorded dubs used for Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster, Son of Godzilla, and Godzilla 1985. HGV Video Product distributed many of the company's kaiju titles in Canada.
Selected home video releases
- Godzilla vs. Megalon (1976) - VHS (1986 and 1997, the former as Video Treasures)
- Son of Godzilla (1969) - VHS (1987 and 1997, the former as Video Treasures)
- Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster (1965) - VHS (1988 and 1997, the former as Video Treasures)
- Godzilla Raids Again (1959) - VHS (1989, as Video Treasures)
- Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (1968) - VHS (1989, the former as Video Treasures)
- Rodan (1957) - VHS (1989, as Video Treasures)
- Godzilla 1985 (1985) - VHS (1992 and 1997, the former as StarMaker Entertainment)
- Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) - VHS (1992 and 1997, the former as StarMaker Entertainment)
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) - VHS (1992 and 1997, the former as StarMaker Entertainment)
Godzilla's Biggest Battles box set
Anchor Bay released two variants of this five-tape set in 1997, with the spines of the sleeves forming a Godzilla 1985 image, with Godzilla facing to the right instead of the left in contrast to the film's U.S. poster. Both sets contained Godzilla vs. Gigan, Godzilla 1985, Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster, and Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, while the fifth tape was either Son of Godzilla or Godzilla vs. Megalon.[1] All six tapes were necessary to form the full spine mural. The Canadian release of this set by HGV Video Product replaced Ghidrah with Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster.
Gallery
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Son of Godzilla VHS (1987) -
Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster VHS (1988) -
Rodan VHS (1989) -
Godzilla Raids Again VHS (1989) -
Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster VHS (1989) -
Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster VHS (1997) -
Son of Godzilla VHS (1997) -
Godzilla vs. Gigan VHS (1997) -
Godzilla vs. Megalon VHS (1997) -
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla VHS (1997) -
Godzilla 1985 VHS (1997) -
The spine mural formed by the Godzilla's Biggest Battles box set
Trivia
- While the covers of all of Anchor Bay's 1997 Godzilla releases feature an image of Godzilla 1984 in the background, the cover image for its Godzilla 1985 VHS is actually a still of Godzilla from Destroy All Monsters colorized green.
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