, or ''Godzillaland'', refers to a series of Japanese
children's
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educational television series
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produced by
Toho
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TV Tokyo
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as is a Japanese television station that serves as the flagship of the TX Network. The series was intended to promote the film '' Godzilla vs. Mothra'', and features both
live-action
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animated
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segments. It also features musical numbers, including one that doubles as an
aerobic exercise
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. Toho then produced a second series, , which aired in 1993 as a promotion for '' Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II''.
These were followed by , a series of four OVAs released on
VHS
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between 1994 and 1996 by Gakken Video. ''Get Going! Godzilland'' is aimed at teaching children how to read the
hiragana
is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''.
It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...
alphabet, how to count and how to perform addition and subtraction.
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