Plot:
We get a good Godzilla battling sequence over the credits. He fights monsters and trampling a city, too.
In the dirty industrial area of the city, our intrepid hero, Ichiro and a friend Fujiko are walking to school. Ichiro is mocked by a gang of bullies who run past
him making funny noises. This is our first clue Ichiro is a bit weird, he mentions how the cars sound like Minya.
They walk along the road past factories busily releasing smoke into the air. Ichiro sees his dad, who’s a train engineer. He’ll be working late; Ichiro will be
alone until Mom gets home. Ichiro and Fujiko head on.
Ichiro’s dad and a coworker take a smoke break. From a newspaper, we learn that bank robbers stole 50 million yen. Let me take a moment to get this into
a more accessible number. I’m not going to discuss the exact monetary difference the yen and the dollar. Roughly 100 yen to a US dollar, so, they took
somewhere in the neighborhood of $500,000. It’s still not chump change.
Ichiro finds a radio tube and is about to explore a deserted building. The gang of bullies that taunt Ichiro spot him. Fujiko’s mother happens by and tells Ichiro
to go home and, she leaves. The bully leader grabs Ichiro’s radio tube. They’ll give it back if he honks a nearby painter’s bike’s horn. Ichiro runs home, mocked
again…
In the apartment building where Ichiro and family live, he visits his creepy inventor neighbor. This guy has a peculiar resemblance to Gendou Ikari, Shinji’s father
from Evangelion. He’s building a minicomputer for kids. Ichiro mentions how he wants to go to Monster Island where Godzilla, etc…live. Inventor
tries to get Ichiro to stand up for himself. Ichiro heads to his family’s apartment.
His mom left him a note to do his schoolwork, etc…Ichiro sees the news about the bank robbery on television. Ichiro takes out a machine from his closest with
dials, radio tubes, etc…and plugs it into the outlet. He calls it a computer calling to Monster Island.
Stock footage of a plane taking off assails us. The plane is headed for Monster Island. Suddenly, everyone but Ichiro vanishes, even the controls fly them plane
themselves. Ichiro looks like he’s tripping on something…
On Monster Island, he watches Godzilla fighting a swarm of Giant Ants. Not THEM!!!. A few wrestling moves and atomic fire breaths later, Godzilla
is triumphant.
Ichiro climbs a tree and watches various monsters. He watches Godzilla fight another monster. A giant ant chases Ichiro who runs away following down a deep
cavern. He is trapped and can’t get out until a vine is lowered for him. Minya, Godzilla’s son pulled him up. If I were Godzilla and Minya was my kid I think
my wife was getting porked by Barney the purple dinosaur.
Well, Barney's my real dad, but I have to claim that Godzilla is...
Minya and Ichiro talk. Ichiro learns that monster called Gabera is bullying Minya. Minya is too afraid to fight Gabera. Guess what, the head bully taunting Ichiro
is named Gabera, too? Gabera is the size of Godzilla. We hear a plane landing. And Ichiro is now on a place called reality.
The phone rings, Ichiro’s mom calls the creepy inventor to check on him, The bank robbers are thought to be in the neighborhood. Inventor awakens Ichiro. Mom
won’t be in tonight. Ichiro can’t contact Minya, now.
The next day, Ichiro sees the bullies and runs from them before they spot him. Ichiro heads to a deserted building to explore. He finds some vacuum tubes. He
hears something and investigates it. The bullies are heading to the same building but follow the police siren instead. Ichiro finds a pair of headphones. Through
a hole in the ceiling, he finds driver license grabbing it before running away from the sound of approaching sirens.
One of the bank robbers lost the license that Ichiro took. Brains orders Not Brawn to follow the kid and retrieve it. Ichiro gets home and uses the new headphones
to contact Minya. Not Brawn is nearby but leaves when the cops drive past.
Ichiro and Inventor have dinner. Police stop by talking with Inventor. They think he better lock his car so the robbers don’t steal it.
Brain and Not Brawn plan what to do to retrieve the missing license.
Another Monster Island visit for the headphone wearing Ichiro, he looks for Minya. He spots Gabera. A slow motion chase ensues. Ichiro discovers that Minya
doesn’t have any other friends. Ichiro wants to meet Godzilla. Godzilla wants to teach Minya how to fight. Minya is child size but can grow to Godzilla size when
he wants to do it.
Godzilla battles a giant lobster. Minya and Ichiro watch from a distance. Godzilla jumps into the ocean to fight the lobster better. He’s pulled underwater as the
fight continues. Godzilla defeats the giant lobster and heads for land. Minya and Ichiro follow him..
Godzilla starts fighting a giant spider. He throws a rock on it flipping the spider on its back. Minya tries using his fire breath and can only breathe out a smoke
ring. Minya and Ichiro run away. Now it’s the battle of the breath: Godzilla’s fire breath versus the giant spider’s silly string breath. Eventually, Godzilla turns
the tide and wins.
Gabera is looking for Minya for a fight. Minya grows to giant size and tries the fire breathing trick again to the same results as before. Minya shrinks and runs
away. Gabera leaves.
Jets fly overhead an attack Godzilla who smacks at the jets. He wipes them out and has Minya take another fire breathing lesson. Minya can’t do it until Godzilla
steps on his tail. Minya is breathing fire now. Ichiro is watching from a distance when Leaf man grabs him.
Brain and Not Brawn snatched Ichiro. Inventor doesn’t think anything is wrong. Not Brawn is ordered to steal a car. Ichiro starts bawling. Inventor meets with
the cops.
Brain is packing the money from the robbery. Not Brawn isn’t back yet with the car. Brain is worried about it. Ichiro is covering a hole in the floor with
newspaper. He starts calling for Minya’s help.
On Monster Island, Minya is fighting Gabera. And the pudgy spawn of Godzilla isn’t doing very well. Gabera starts electrocuting Minya. Ichiro is watching the
fight; he drops a boulder on Minya’s tail. Fire breath scorches Gabera. Minya is running around, hard for Gabera to grab him. Godzilla arrives and pushes Minya
back into the fight.
Gabera is about twice the size of Minya. Godzilla had Gabera quit using the electrocution power against Minya. Ichiro has a plan for Minya. When Gabera stands
on the end of a log, Minya jumps on the other end, like a see-saw. It works. Gabera is knocked silly. Godzilla is proud of Minya and promptly kicks Gabera’s
cat-reptile hide all over the place. Gabera runs off. Godzilla is about to pick up Minya when Ichiro awakens still tied to the chair.
Not Brawn returns. Ichiro is tied and gagged. The robbers plan to take him with them. Ichiro is taken to the car that won’t start. Ichiro frees himself and runs
away. Minya tells Ichiro how Godzilla told him to fight his own battles. Brain grabs him when Ichiro bites his arm like Minya did when fighting Gabera and heads
back into the building.
Brain and Not Brawn search for him. Ichiro is hiding he accidentally knocks a drainpipe loose. Not Brawn sees him. The robbers keep looking for him.
Outside, Inventor finds his stolen car and bag of yen. He rushes off to call the police.
Not Brawn is looking for Ichiro. It looks like things aren’t going good for our little hallucinating friend in shorts, when Not Brawn falls through the hole Ichiro
covered earlier. Brain checks on Not Brawn, who sprained his ankle. Ichiro runs past them Brain chases afterwards. In slow-motion, Brain chases Ichiro who
fell. But, Brain falls, too.
Ichiro starts throwing things at him. Brain draws his knife. Ichiro lets a fire extinguisher spew forth, blinding Brain. Cops arrive find Inventor’s car. Ichiro calls
for help and, the cops arrest Brain. Not Brawn tries skulking past but caught, too. Inventor takes Ichiro home.
New smoggy day, Mom vows not to work late. Ichiro tells her to work if they need the money he can handle himself. Heads to school and is stopped by some
reporters that interview him. Ichiro mentions that Minya was with him and leaves. Inventor explains that Minya is his role model/imaginary friend.
Ichiro and Fujiko are stopped by the bullies when Ichiro like the Coward of the County fought back. Ichiro defeats Gabera who starts bawling. Ichiro rings the
bell on the painter’s bike. This distracts the painter who falls off the ladder dumping a bucket of paint on his head.
Ichiro runs off. The painter chases after him. He tells Dad he did whatever the painter says and runs off. Dad talks with the painter. The former bullies catch
up with Ichiro and decide to be friends and head to school.
