Godzilla: The Series

Godzilla: The Series is a 1998 animated television series based on the 1998 Godzilla movie that was aired on Fox Kids. It aired 38 of the 40 episodes. It aired from 1998 to 2000.

Summary
Dr. Nico Tatopoulos leads a team, known as H.E.A.T, to battle giant monsters with the help of Godzilla's last living offspring.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Compared to the Roland Emmerich film with the same name, it was a HUGE improvement that actually remembered people loved Godzilla for the monster fights.
 * 2) This version of Godzilla is known to be quick, agile and intelligent given with his new design while keeping the tone with nature for those who are familiar with the original Toho films as it emphasizes and monster battles with the destruction of it’s surroundings.
 * 3) Godzilla's atomic breath looks better here as it no longer looks just the same as fire.
 * 4) *Yes, Godzilla's atomic breath in this series is green compared to the blue color used in most of the other versions but it still looks good and it works.
 * 5) Awesome and spine-chilling intro.
 * 6) This series features unique monsters that weren’t in the original Godzilla movies owned by Toho which gives it some originality, and all of them are quite grotesque and oozing in an interesting way as only the 90's and character designer Fil Barlow (who also did fellow Sony cartoons Extreme Ghostbusters and Men in Black: The Animated Series) can provide.
 * 7) It is much more faithful to the original Godzilla than the movie it was based on.
 * 8) Decent animation.
 * 9) It was just as good as many other Godzilla movies.
 * 10) The humans on the series are really good as are nicely developed as they interact with Godzilla, especially Dr. Nico Tatopoulos.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The show can be very formulaic. Most episodes consist of "Cold open with monster attacking some poor shmuck, Crap happens at HEAT HQ between team and/or with Godzilla, HEAT goes to investigate monster and effects, monster attacks, Godzilla arrives and fights, monster wins, characters come up with solution to beat it, second fight between Godzilla and monster, Godzilla wins, characters resolve B-plot problems, joke, the end." Very few episodes are not like this, so on marathon viewings it can get grating.
 * 2) Audrey, the reporter character, is quite idiotic at times, and her romance feels pretty bad, which carries over from the 1998 movie.
 * 3) King Ghidorah, Rodan, Mothra, and other Godzilla monsters from the original films do not appear in the show due to rights issues.

Reception
The series is very well received by critics and fans for the series being more faithful to Godzilla movies owned by Toho. Unfortunately, it was overshadowed by the Pokémon/Digimon war on Fox kids and Kids’ WB that dipped in ratings leaving 2 episodes unaired on TV. Which were featured in DVD and in the Internet.

Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgQ8wx-4rUg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx4Ips3B9c0