Shusuke Kaneko, who directed the well-received modern Gamera trilogy, will direct the next Japanese Godzilla film. The film will be set in 2004, exactly 50 years after Godzilla 's first appearance.

Here's more of the McFarlane Toys lineup for this year, including the Movie Maniacs, rock and roll, H.R. Giger, videogame, and Spawn lines.

4Kids Entertainment, the American licensee and packager of Pokemon, announced the production of three Japanese series for the American market.