Episode 49: ‘The Magic Serpent’ (feat. Damon Noyes)

The Monster Island Film Vault

Hi, kaiju lovers. This is MIFV’s intrepid producer, Jimmy From NASA. You might be wondering why I’m writing the shownotes for this episode. I had to prep it for the podcast feed instead of Nate, because…well, Nate’s not terrestrial anymore. He had a great discussion with MIFV MAX member Damon Noyes, who sponsored this episode on the 1966 Toei tokusatsu fantasy film, The Magic Serpent. Hell, even I liked the film because, as they pointed out, it’s basically Star Wars. It’s based on a Japanese folk tale and features characters—like Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru—that Naruto fans would be familiar with. Not to mention kaiju fans would love the weirdo giant toad and the dragon the hero and villain transform into during the climax. The broadcast was riddled with MST3K-style riffs that compared the film to Lord of the Rings, a classic Budweiser commercial, and a game show (because Jiraiya fights killer doors).

Before the broadcast, Miss Perkins—better known as Galaxy Pink Ranger Karone Khaymanlee—visited the KIJU studio to tell Nate she’d broken the Board’s influence on her. Then at end, Nate had to read some Board propaganda pertaining to the late Gary…and he just couldn’t do it….

Here’s the IMDB page for Maxie, the film Damon is in.

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This episode’s prologue and epilogue, “Contract Violations,” was written by Nathan Marchand with Damon Noyes.

Guest stars:

• Celeste Mora as Miss Perkins/Karone

Additional music:

• “Let’s Rocket!” (Remix) by Johnnybeeog

Sound effects sourced from Freesound.org.

We’d like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Travis Alexander and Michael Hamilton (co-hosts of Kaiju Weekly); Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Eli Harris (elizilla13); Chris Cooke (host of One Cross Radio); Bex from Redeemed Otaku; Damon Noyes, The Cel Cast, TofuFury, and Elijah Thomas! Thanks for your support!

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This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors. (Screw them!)

Timestamps:

• Prologue: 0:00-1:13
• Intro: 1:13-8:00
• Main Discussion: 8:00-1:24:45
• Listener Feedback & Housekeeping: 1:24:45-1:37:09
• Epilogue & Outro : 1:37:09-end

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Bibliography/Further Reading:

• Beacham, Emma. “The Tale of Gallant Jiraiya: The Story That Inspired Naruto's Legendary Sannin.” (Comic Book Resources).
• “Jiraiya” (Wikipedia)
• Lanka, Logan. “The Tale Of The Gallant Jiraiya (Original Folklore) – From Edo Period.” (Way of the Ninja).
• LeMay, John. The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies Volume 1: 1954-1982.
• “Magic Serpent” (1966) (Wikizilla)
• “The Gallant Jiraiya.” (Web Archive).
• “The Magic Serpent” (IMDB)
• “The Magic Serpent” (Wikipedia)