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Cyclopaedia 18 – Kaiju Overview Articles Cyclopaedia 18 – Kaiju By T.R. Knight (InnRoads Ministries * Article Series) Overview Who are the biggest of the Kaijū derives from the Japanese for "strange big? beast" but in more common vernacular these are giant monster stories. Giant monsters Some debate which are the greatest of the attacking cities (especially Tokyo), the Kaiju. The top quartet are easy to choose military defending the city, giant monsters (Gamera, Godzilla, King Kong, and Mothra). fighting each other, and secret societies or The most commonly discussed and with the aliens betting involved. These were all most screen time include… trademarks of the kaiju genre. • Destroyah Gojira (translated as Godzilla in the US) • Gamera receives credit for being the first ever kaiju • Godzilla film. Released in 1954, it is considered the • King Ghidorah first kaiju film but it is not the first giant • King Kong monster movie. King Kong and The Beast • MechaGodzilla from 20,000 Fathoms were hits in the US and • Mothra Japan, so Gojira was the Japanese cinematic • Rodan response to those popular films. Tomoyuki Tanaka of Toho Studios combined the Following are sources of information Hollywood giant monster concept with the pertaining to Kaiju to assist prospective growing fear of atomic weapons in Japan. game masters, game designers, writers, and The movie was a huge success in Japan, storytellers in knowing where to start their spawning the kaiju movie genre. The movie research. was so popular in Japan it was brought to the US as Godzilla, King of Monsters. Articles In the US, the Create Double Feature matinee and Mystery Science Theater 3000 developed Godzilla: why the Japanese original is no a massive following for these kaiju movies joke from Japan. Other countries started creating http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/1 their own giant monster movies or 0788996/Godzilla-why-the-Japanese- reimagining the Japanese stories. Genres original-is-no-joke.html started merging with mecha fighting kaiju, superheroes fighting kaiju, kaiju being heroes What's In A Roar? Crafting Godzilla's Iconic defending our planet, and the ever popular Sound kaiju fighting kaiju. http://www.npr.org/2014/05/18/31283961 2/whats-in-a-roar-crafting-godzillas-iconic- Kaiju have made a comeback recently both in sound the US and Japan, with new movies and games being released to captivate audiences. Cyclopaedia 18 – Kaiju Page 1 of 4 Books The Kaiju Film: A Critical Study of Cinema's Biggest Monsters Atomic Dreams and the Nuclear By Barr, Jason Nightmare: The Making of Godzilla (1954) By Brothers, Peter Killer Kaiju Monsters: Strange Beasts of Japanese Film Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters: By Vartanian, Ivan Defending the Earth with Ultraman, Godzilla, and Friends in the Golden Age of The Mammoth Book of Kaiju Japanese Science Fiction Film By Wallace, Sean By Ragone, August Mayday: A Kaiju Thriller Gamera the Guardian of the Universe By Strange, Chris (Comic) By Dark Horse Comics Monster Madness By Zito, Zach and Neuhaus, Mel Godzilla By Cerasini, Marc Monster Magnitude 9 By Yamamoto, Hiroshi Godzilla on My Mind: Fifty Years of the King of Monsters Murder World: Kaiju Dawn By Tsutsui, William By Cordova, Jason Godzilla: Rulers of Earth (Comic) Pacific Rim: The Official Movie Novelization By IDW By Irvine, Alex The Handbook for Surviving a Giant Project 731 Monster Attack By Robinson, Jeremy By Wendel, Anthony Project Nemesis Hakaiju (Manga) By Robinson, Jeremy Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla Shambling Towards Hiroshima to Kurosawa By Morrow, James K. By Ryfle, Steve Turtle Talkin': Soaring through the Films of Kaiju Apocalypse Gamera By Brown, Eric By Kirkland, Travis Kaiju Winter Ultraman (Manga) By Bible, Jake By VIZ Media LLC Cyclopaedia 18 – Kaiju Page 2 of 4 Games Rampage: Total Destruction - Computer Game The Creature That Ate Sheboygan - Tabletop RARRR!! - Tabletop Game Game Terror in Meeple City/Rampage - Tabletop Daikaijuu Battle: Ultra Coliseum - Computer Game Game Ticket to Ride: Alvin & Dexter - Tabletop Gammarauders - Tabletop Game Game Gamera 2000 - Computer Game Ultraman Fighting Evolution - Computer Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe - Game Computer Game Gaurodan - Computer Game Giant Monster Rampage - Tabletop Game Cinema Global Defense Force - Computer Game Godzilla - Computer Game All Monsters Attack Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee - Atragon Computer Game Bambi Meets Godzilla Godzilla: Kaiju World Wars - Tabletop Game The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms Godzilla: Save the Earth - Computer Game Cloverfield Godzilla: Strike Zone - Computer Game Colossal Godzilla: Unleashed - Computer Game Destroy All Monsters Godzilla Vs - Computer Game Dogora Karju - RPG Frankenstien Conquers the World Kaiju City - Tabletop Game Gamera: The Giant Monster Kaiju Conquest - Tabletop Game Gamera: Guardian of the Universe Kaiju Crush - Tabletop Game Gamera vs. (Barugon, Guiron, Gyaos, Kaiju: Giant Monster Boardgame - Tabletop Hedorah, Jiger, Viras, Zigra) Game Gappa: The Colossal Beast Kaiju Incorporated - Tabletop Game Garuda Kaiju Incorporated: The RPG - RPG Ghidorah The Three Headed Monster Kaujuland Battles - Computer Game The Giant Claw K-Day: Kaiju War! - Tabletop Game The Giant Gila Monster King of New York - Tabletop Game Giant Robo - TV King of Tokyo - Tabletop Game Gojira Mecha vs Kaiju - RPG Godzilla Monster Island - Tabletop Game Godzilla - TV Cartoon Monsters Menace America - Tabletop Game Godzilla: The Series - TV Cartoon Monsters Ravage America - Tabletop Game Godzilla 1985 Monsterpocalypse - Tabletop Game Godzilla 2000 Pacific Rim: The Video Game - Computer Godzilla: Final Wars Game Godzilla Island - TV Peter Jackson's King Kong - Computer Game Godzilla, King of Monsters! Rampage - Computer Game Godzilla: Monster Planet Cyclopaedia 18 – Kaiju Page 3 of 4 Godzilla vs. (Biollante, Destroyah, Gigan, Locations Hedorah, King Ghidorah, Mechagodzilla, Mechagodzilla II, Megalon, Megaguirus, Godzilla Hotel Mothra, The Sea Monster, SpaceGodzilla) http://shinjuku.gracery.com/ Godzilla Raids Again Gorgo Kaiju Sakaba Great Monster Yongary http://kaiju-sakaba.com/ The Host Invasion of the Astro-Monster Tokyo Kaiju Booska - TV http://www.gotokyo.org/en/tourists/attract King Kong ions/index.html King Kong Escapes King Kong vs. Godzilla Kong: Skull Island People Kraa! The Sea Monster Kumonga Manda Teruo Aragaki The Mist Kurt Carley M.O.G.U.E.R.A. Hirofumi Fukuzawa Mothra 'Hurricane' Ryu Hariken Mothra vs. Godzilla Shoichi Hirose The Mysterians Umenosuke Izumi Mysterious Island Tsutomu Kitagawa Pacific Rim Naoaki Manabe Reptilicus Haruo Nakajima The Return of Godzilla Akira Ohashi Rodan Seiji Onaka Son of Godzilla Rie Ota Space Amoeba/Yog, The Monster from Toshinori Sasaki Space Kenpachiro Satsuma SpaceGodzilla Yu Sekida Super 8 Fuyuki Shinada Super Sentai - TV TJ Storm Terror of Mechagodzilla Jun Suzuki THEM! Shinji Takagi Ultraman - TV Ryosaku Takasugi Ultra Q - TV Tomoyuki Tanaka The War of the Gargantuas Katsumi Tezuka Wasei Kingu Kongu Kazuhiro Yoshida The X from Outer Space Mizuho Yoshida Zarkorr! The Invader Isao Zushi Cyclopaedia 18 – Kaiju Page 4 of 4 .
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