Thankfully, Sony provides a solid audio track, regardless of whether you watch the film subtitled or dubbed. This is an intense, aggressive mix that never seems to let up once the action starts. Debris flies all around the sound field, as do missiles and monsters. The range of the bass is decent, but maybe not as powerful as it could be. Nonetheless, it provides a nice shock to a home theater and it's one you'll likely find in the DVD player more often than you would think. (****)

Surprise! Sony has FINALLY tossed on an extra feature to a Godzilla disc. Here you get almost 22-minutes of behind the scenes footage. A scene of the crew at work plays and then the finished shot from the film is shown. There is no narration, but you really don't need any. The logical approach to the effects is fascinating to watch and this is only the second time US audiences can see how it's done (the first was a brief feature on the "Godzilla 2000" DVD). The only other extras are some various trailers. On a final note, kudos to the art department at Sony for crafting a fantastic piece of cover art. (***)

For the 100th anniversary of this series, "Tokyo S.O.S." won't be the most remembered piece of work, but it will likely find a few a fans. This is a great one to introduce kids to in order to start their fandom of giant monsters. There's plenty of action to go around which, deep down, is all giant monster fans really want in the first place.