#japanese kaiju

[kevanhom]

Gigan (1972) - the alien cyborg. 

I’m going to start sharing Showa era kaiju from some Godzilla films :)

[kekwcomics]

[thatslimyfem]

this morning, I discovered that this kid in Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla is meant to be the kid from Hamtaro

so while GxM doesn't exist in any prior Godzilla timeline, it does exist in the Hamtaro universe, which to me implies that the sentient hamsters are some form of mutation as well, possibly irradiated by-

[389]

Tekkoki Mikazuki

[miamaimania]

Eerie harmonies echo through the depths 🌊❤️ Gojira tai Hedorâ soundtrack, 1971, a sonic behemoth by Maestro Akira Ifukube

[chernobog13]

Ultraman: Rising by Mike Mignola.

Wonder if his buddy (and big Ultraman fan) Art Adams put him up to this.

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Mothra (1961)

[space-dragon14]

ONI GOJI VOLCANO

[superectojazzmage]

Revelation that the key to understanding Godzilla is that you must understand it is wrestling. It is wrestling. The good guy monsters like Godzilla, Anguirus, and Rodan are the Faces who you always root for because they’re YOUR GUYS. The bad guy monsters like Ghidorah and Gigan are the Heels who act like assholes and yell things like “it doesn’t matter what you think!”. The good humans like Miki and Serizawa and the Shobijin are the Jim Ross-style announcers and interviewers who comment on the match or chat with the wrestlers between fights. The bad humans and evil aliens are the corporate guys like Vince McMahon, and the giant robots like MechaGodzilla are what happens when they decide to get in the ring themselves. Rival kaiju/toku series like Gamera or Ultraman are rival wrestling companies and underground circuits. Baby Godzilla is Hornswoggle.

In this essay I will

[arcadebroke]

[gurumog]

Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) 怪獣大戦争 Toho Co., Ltd Dir. Ishirō Honda

Shoichi Hirose as King Ghidorah

[thehauntedrocket]

Godzilla vs Samurais

Art by Justin McElroy

[reginaldubel]

bingles from 3 years ago

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[genczilla]

"I am the bearer of your hate, of your fear, I am the monster you have made of me, your dragon to slay, but I am lost, and I am hurting. I am your victory, you are my loss, and sadly we cannot coexist."

Some mock Godzilla posters

[chernobog13]

Ken and his adopted daughter, Emi, hanging out at home.