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In 1978, Hanna-Barbera Productions began producing a Saturday morning cartoon called Godzilla as the centerpiece of The Godzilla Power Hour, which double-featured the cartoon with Jana of the Jungle
on NBC. The show followed the popularity of the '70s Godzilla films with younger audiences and was accordingly aimed at children. The series continued into 1981, for a time airing solo as The Godzilla Show, until its cancellation. Cartoon Network aired several reruns of the show beginning around 1997, amid the hype surrounding TriStar's Godzilla
. This run ended in 1999, though the show is periodically broadcast on Cartoon Network's Boomerang network.

The series followed the adventures of a team of scientists on the research vessel U.S. Calico, who could call upon the monster using a special communicator when in peril. Also included in the series was a cute diminutive Godzilla counterpart, Godzooky. Godzilla's size in the animated series shifted radically, sometimes within a single episode or even one scene. (For instance, Godzilla's claw will wrap around a large ship, and only minutes later the team of scientists fit rather neatly on Godzilla's palm.)

Hanna-Barbera cast Ted Cassidy to produce Godzilla's roars and growls, similar to his role in the live-action series The Incredible Hulk. Godzooky's mischievous role in the series was similar to Scooby-Doo's, and he was also voiced by Don Messick.

The basic formula of a scientific team and research vessel in league with Godzilla investigating strange phenomena was revived in another cartoon, Godzilla: The Series.

The rights to the show have reverted to Toho (the company that created and owns Godzilla), and video rights have been picked up by Classic Media .

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