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Cyclopaedia 18 – By T.R. Knight (InnRoads Ministries * Article Series)

Overview Who are the biggest of the

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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 , Godzilla, and Friends in the Golden Age of The Mammoth Book of Kaiju Japanese Film By Wallace, Sean By Ragone, August Mayday: A Kaiju Gamera the Guardian of the Universe By Strange, Chris (Comic) By Monster Madness By Zito, Zach and Neuhaus, Mel Godzilla By Cerasini, Marc Monster Magnitude 9 By Yamamoto, Hiroshi Godzilla on My : 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 () By Robinson, Jeremy

Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla Shambling Towards 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 : Total Destruction - 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 - 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: 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 Godzilla: Strike Zone - Computer Game Colossal Godzilla: Unleashed - Computer Game Destroy All Monsters Godzilla Vs - Computer Game 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 , 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 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 Pacific Rim: The - Computer Godzilla: Final Wars Game Godzilla Island - TV 's King Kong - Computer Game Godzilla, King of Monsters! Rampage - Computer Game Godzilla: Monster Planet

Cyclopaedia 18 – Kaiju Page 3 of 4 Godzilla vs. (, Destroyah, , Locations Hedorah, King Ghidorah, Mechagodzilla, Mechagodzilla II, , , Godzilla Hotel Mothra, The , SpaceGodzilla) http://shinjuku.gracery.com/ 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: People Kraa! The Sea Monster Teruo Aragaki The Mist Kurt Carley M.O.G.U.E.R.A. Hirofumi Fukuzawa Mothra 'Hurricane' Ryu Hariken Mothra vs. Godzilla 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 - TV TJ Storm Terror of Mechagodzilla Jun Suzuki THEM! Shinji Takagi Ultraman - TV Ryosaku Takasugi - TV Tomoyuki Tanaka The War of the Gargantuas Katsumi Tezuka Wasei Kingu Kongu Kazuhiro Yoshida The X from Mizuho Yoshida Zarkorr! The Invader Isao Zushi

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