Editing Destroy All Monsters (section)

===US release===
The film was released in the United States by [[American International Pictures]] with an English-language dub on 23 May 1969.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=150}} The film premiered in the United States in [[Cincinnati]].{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=145}} American International Pictures hired [[Titra Studios]] to dub the film into English.{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=148}} The American version of the film remains relatively close to the Japanese original.{{sfn|Kalat|1997|p=99}} Among the more notable removed elements include Akira Ifukube's title theme (the credits are moved to the end of the film) and a brief shot of [[Minilla]] shielding his eyes and ducking when King Ghidorah drops Anguirus from the sky.{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=148}} ''Destroy All Monsters'' was shown on American television until the early 1980s.{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=148}} It resurfaced on cable broadcast on the [[Syfy|Sci-Fi Channel]] in 1996.{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=148}}