G-Fest

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G-Fest is an annual convention devoted to the daikaiju film genre and sponsored by Daikaiju Enterprises, Ltd. It regularly features panels, contests, and theatrically-screened films of interest to fans of Japanese monsters such as Godzilla and Gamera. G-Fest is presently held in Chicago, Illinois, at the Crowne Plaza O’Hare Hotel.

Actors, directors, special effects technicians who worked on daikaiju movies in Japan are frequent guests at G-Fest. Often, the major guest is honored with the coveted "Mangled Skyscraper Award" for their lasting contributions to the daikaiju genre.

Two of the most popular features of G-Fest are the dealers room where dealers sell toys, posters, books and movie memorabilia and the costume contest where participants of all ages make and model their monster character costumes.

G-Fest was founded by G-Fan magazine editor and publisher J. D. Lees, a Canadian high school teacher. Persons assisting Lees in organizing G-Fest include Jeff Horne, Brett Homenick, Armand Vaquer, Stan Hyde, Dawn McKechnie and others. Actor Robert Scott Field regularly attends G-Fest as a celebrity guest and translator.

Contents 1 G-Fest '96 2 G-Fest '97 3 G-Fest '98 4 G-Fest '99 5 G-Fest 2000 6 G-Fest '01 7 G-Fest '02 8 G-Fest X 9 G-Fest XI 10 G-Fest XII 11 G-Fest XIII 12 G-Fest XIV

[edit] G-Fest '96

• Guests: Ken Satsuma, Haruo Nakajima, Guy Mariner Tucker (late author of "Age of the Gods: A History of Japanese Fantasy Film")

[edit] G-Fest '97

• Guests: Don Glut, Marc Cerasini, Bob Eggleton, Stuart Galbraith IV, David Kalat, Steve Ryfle

[edit] G-Fest '98

• Guests: William Stout, Mike Fredericks, Yoshikazu Ishii, Gene Rizzardi

[edit] G-Fest '99

• Date: July 23-25, 1999
• Guests: Robert Scott Field, Volker Engel, Forry Ackerman, Noriaki Yuasa, Wataru Mimura, Hiroshi Kashiwabara
• Movies: Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
• Mangled Skyscraper Award presented to: Forry Ackerman

[edit] G-Fest 2000

• Date: July 14-16, 2000
• Guests: Koichi Kawakita, Ken Satsuma, Haruo Nakajima, Noriaki Yuasa, Megumi Odaka, Kieta Amemiya, Yuji Sakai, Robert Scott Field, Sadamasa Arikawa, Jerri Ito, Mach Fumiake
• Movies: Godzilla (1954), Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, Son of Godzilla, Rebirth of Mothra III
• Mangled Skyscraper Award presented to: Koichi Kawakita

[edit] G-Fest '01

• Date: July 13-15, 2001
• Guests: Shinichi Wakasa, Bob Eggleton, Robert Scott Field
• Movies: Godzilla (1954), Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II, Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
• Mangled Skyscraper Award presented to: Greg Shoemaker

[edit] G-Fest '02

• Date: July 12-14, 2002
• Guests: Koichi Kawakita, Hurricane Ryu, Robert Scott Field
• Movies: Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, Gamera 2: Attack of Legion, Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
• Mangled Skyscraper Award presented to: Stan G. Hyde

[edit] G-Fest X

• Date: July 18-20, 2003
• Guests: Noriaki Yuasa, Carl Craig, Yoshikazu Ishii, Robert Scott Field
• Movies: Battle in Outer Space, Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris, Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
• Mangled Skyscraper Award presented to: Noriaki Yuasa

[edit] G-Fest XI

• Date: July 9-11, 2004
• Guests: Teruyoshi Nakano, Robert Scott Field, Brian Thomas
• Movies: Invasion of Astro-Monster, Terror of Mechagodzilla, Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
• Mangled Skyscraper Award presented to: Teruyoshi Nakano

[edit] G-Fest XII

• Date: July 8-10, 2005
• Guests: Yoshimitsu Banno, Yoshikazu Ishii, Robert Scott Field, Carl Craig, Robert Conte
• Movies: The H-Man, Godzilla vs. Hedorah, Godzilla: Final Wars
• Mangled Skyscraper Award presented to: Yoshikazu Ishii

[edit] G-Fest XIII

• Date: July 7-9, 2006
• Guests: Kazuki Omori, Robert Scott Field, Yoshikazu Ishii
• Movies: Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, Negadon: The Monster from Mars, Gamera the Brave
• Mangled Skyscraper Award presented to: Robert Scott Field

[edit] G-Fest XIV

• Date: July 6-8, 2007
• Guests: Rhodes Reason
• Movies: King Kong Escapes, King Kong vs. Godzilla