Exploring: Did Gamera ever fight Godzilla?
As we get ready for this week’s Godzilla vs. Kong, we started wondering if there were ever any plans to have Gamera, the Friend of All Children and the Guardian of the Universe, battle Godzilla, the King of Monsters. While Godzilla has appeared in thirty-three movies as of this writing, Gamera has only been in twelve. […]
SON OF KAIJU DAY MARATHON: Notzilla (2020)
As Japanese troops destroy two giant monsters, a young paleontologist rescues the offspring, taking it to Cincinnati, Ohio where he promptly flushes the unhatched egg down the toilet, just in time for Dr. Richard Blowheart and the scientists of SNUGI (Secret Nuclear Underground Government Installation) to blast the Ohio River with nuclear energy. That said, there […]
SON OF KAIJU DAY MARATHON: Wasei Kingu Kongu (1933)
Shochiku Kinema was the film company that handled the Japanese distribution of King Kong for RKO. Sadly, much like 90% of all Japanese movies made before 1945, this has been lost in the wake of World War II, with only a few flyers and posters left to prove that it even existed. A three-reel silent comedy […]
SON OF KAIJU DAY MARATHON: Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
Sure, I’m excited about Godzilla vs. King Kong, but the truth is, I’ve never been more excited about a movie than this in my entire life. This movie was it when I was a kid, bigger than Star Wars or anything else. I walked hand in claw with my Shogun Warrior Godzilla all day long, constantly ready […]
SON OF KAIJU DAY MARATHON: Rodan (1956)
The greatest birthday of my life was when I turned seven in 1979. Sure, I had a roller skating party, but getting a Rodan Shogun Warriors figure that had a wingspan longer than my height was literally my greatest dream come true. Ken Kuronuma, who wrote the original story for this film, based it on […]
Mat Monsters: King Kong themed wrestlers
With the hype surrounding Godzilla vs. Kong and all the talk of Team Godzilla and Team Kong, we thought it was time to bring up some of the wrestlers who took the name King Kong and added it to their own to make themselves sound much larger than they are. The first example that we could find […]
SON OF KAIJU DAY MARATHON: Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
A few weeks after the release of Godzilla, a welcome home party was thrown for executive producer Iwao Mori. During the party, he told producer Tomoyuki Tanaka to produce a sequel due to the box office results. With Ishirō Honda directing Love Makeup at the time, Motoyoshi Oda was brought in to direct the film. […]
SON OF KAIJU DAY MARATHON: Legend of Dinosaurs & Monster Birds (1977)
Toei president Shigeru Okada attended several film festivals and trade fairs in America and as he saw the way the film business was shifting toward blockbusters like Jaws, he felt that Japan should follow that trend. After all, who knew monster movies better than them? Filming started the very same month that Jaws was released overseas. […]
SON OF KAIJU DAY MARATHON: Son of Godzilla (1967)
Toho’s A-list was all working on King Kong Escapes while Godzilla got what was left behind, just like what happened with Ebirah, Horror of the Deep. It’s the first movie where Godzilla’s son Minilla appears, a character created not for kids but for young Japanese women on dates who adore kawaii — or cute — versions […]
SON OF KAIJU DAY MARATHON: Mothra (1961)
Godzilla may be the most popular kaiju there is, but at least when it comes to Toho’s stable, Mothra is number two, appearing in thirteen of Godzilla’s movies and her own trilogy in the Heisei era. She got her start when producer Tomoyuki Tanaka hired author Shin’ichirō Nakamura to write an original kaiju story. Working […]
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