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Toho Champion Festival
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The Toho Champion Festival(東宝チャンピオンまつり, Tōhō Chanpion Matsuri) was a Japanese film festival that was held by Toho between 1969 and 1978. First headlined by All Monsters Attack, it was aimed primarily at children, bringing films new and old to theaters during the spring, summer, and winter months when school was not in session.[1] Original productions for the festival included every Godzillafilm released from 1969 to 1975, as well as two other Toho kaiju films. Television series episodes were also given theatrical runs, such as those of Tsuburaya Productions' Ultra Series shows, or Toho's own Warrior of Love Rainbowman and Flying Saucer War Bankid. The 1976 Spring Champion Festival was the only event that did not feature a kaiju film; instead, Disney's Peter Pan was the main feature, accompanied by anime TV episodes and Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck shorts.
The festival originated as a competitor to the Toei Manga Festival, which began in summer 1964 as the "Great Manga Parade." It was similarly held during the spring, summer, and occasionally winter school breaks, packaging together movies and television episodes by Toei and other companies for theatrical release. Toho re-released King Kong vs. Godzilla in 1964 to compete directly with Toei's film festival, although Toei's films were more successful due to Toho lacking any TV compilation film or episodes to use as a co-feature.[2] This would be rectified later with Toho's kaiju and tokusatsu releases during the summer 1966 to 1969 seasons, which often had co-features that consisted of anime or tokusatsu TV show compilation films, such as King Kong Escapes' co-feature Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature. Although the Toei Manga Festival significantly outlived the Toho Champion Festival, lasting until summer 1989, Toho has maintained a tradition of releasing a Doraemon movie nearly every spring break since 1980, often with multiple supporting films.
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↑キングコング対ゴジラ コンプリーション [King Kong vs. Godzilla Completion] (in Japanese). Japan: HOBBY Japan. September 24, 2024. pp. 67–68. ISBN4798625663.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
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