13th Annual Rondo Hatton Awards Feature Numerous Godzilla/Kaiju Nominees! VOTE NOW!!!!

Howdy, folks!

Well, its that time of year again… award season! While mainstream film buffs and the Hollywood elites all gathered to honor the most expensive and popular films of the year a few weeks ago, for us movie fans with a more, err… refined taste, the awards are just beginning.

Voting on the 13^th Rondo Hatton Awards has begun!!!! For those unaware, the awards, named after B-movie legend Rondo Hatton (known as the “Monster Without Makeup” due to a deformity that affected his facial glands and distended his facial features, and star of House of Horrors and its prequel The Brute Man, among other films), celebrate the latest and most excellent additions to the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres. Everything from movies and books, to podcasts, conventions, and even toys are chosen as nominees, and we, the people, get to vote on what exemplified the genres we love in the last year! In the sci fi/fantasy/horror community, the Rondo Awards are a big deal, and getting one is an honor.

This year, thanks to the influx of kaiju stuff from 2014’s increased awareness of the genre, the nominees include a metric BUTTLOAD of giant monster projects for YOU to choose from! These include Godzilla (2014) for Best Picture, the Ifukube 100 concert for Best Fan Event, and the Kaijucast for Best Multimedia!

Below is a list of just the Kaiju related nominees:

BEST MOVIE OF 2014
– GODZILLA
BEST DVD/BLU-RAY COLLECTION
– THE GAMERA COLLECTION (Mill Creek). All 11 movies, including the three modern films.
BEST INDEPENDENT FILM
– GODZILLA BATTLE ROYALE, directed by Billy Dubose. A 90-minute fan film of homemade kaiju thrills
 BEST BOOK OF 2014
– THE ART OF JAPANESE MONSTERS, by Sean Linkenback (softcover, 208 pages, $39.99). Posters and ads from more than 60 films.
 BEST MAGAZINE OF 2014
– Famous Monsters of Filmland
— G-Fan
— Monster Attack Team
 BEST ARTICLE (Please select two; one will win)
– ‘The Complete Godzilla Chronology,1954-2004,’ by August Ragone. FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND #274. Every stomp, every era, every film assessed by a master Tohologist.
— ‘Nuclear Dragon: Godzilla & the Cold War – 1954,’ by Allen A. Debus, G-FAN #105. The real-life incident, initially covered up, that inspired the first Godzilla film.
BEST INTERVIEW (Award goes to interviewer)
– Brett Homenick, interview with Linda Miller, star of King Kong Escapes. G-FAN #106.
BEST ALL-AROUND ISSUE
– G-FAN #106. G-fans speak out on the new Godzilla.
 BEST COVER
– G-FAN #107 by Scott Zambelli
 BEST BLOG OR ONLINE COLUMN OF 2014
– The Good, the Bad and the Godzilla August Ragone’s G-blog is wise among giant monsters.
— SciFi Japan The home of Monster Zero News
 BEST CONVENTION OF 2014 (write-ins encouraged)
– G-Fest (Chicago)
 BEST FAN EVENT
– GODZILLA IN YOKOSUKA: Godzilla actor Haruo Nakajima appears at Armed Forces Day attended by Americans and Japanese.
— IFUBUKE 100 concert at G-Fest features suite of Godzilla music by 52-piece orchestra.
— WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS CAST REUNION: Russ Tamblyn, Haruo Nakajima, and others with translator/host Jim Cirronella at Monsterpalooza.
 BEST MULTIMEDIA (PODCAST OR STREAMING) OF 2014
– KAIJUCAST More than 100 episodes, many live from conventions.
— MONSTER KID RADIO. Interviews, reviews, monsters.
 BEST MUSIC CD
– GODZILLA SOUNDTRACK (Death Waltz). Reissue of Akira Ifukube’s monster marches.
 BEST TOY, MODEL OR COLLECTIBLE
– War of the Gargantuas (X-Plus)
— 40-inch 2014 Godzilla (Jakks)

To vote, copy and paste your choices into an email to be sent to the creator of the awards! Go to the full site to get all the information on voting, and to see all the nominations, not just kaiju related!

Please make your voice heard and support these projects with a simple email! And give the other nominees a look, as well! :)

So, who will/did YOU vote for? Did they leave anything out that you feel should be included? What project do you feel deserves their respective category’s award, and why? Let the discussion begin!