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Godzilla (/ ɡ ɒ d ˈ z ɪ l ə / ɡod-ZIL-ə) [c] is a fictional monster, or kaiju, that debuted in the eponymous 1954 film, directed and co-written by Ishirō Honda. [2] The character has since become an international pop culture icon, appearing in various media: 33 Japanese films produced by Toho Co., Ltd., five American films, and numerous video games, novels, comic books, and television ...
6. Godzilla vs. Hedorah, a.k.a. Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster (1971) Returning to the ecological-parable roots of Ishiro Honda’s 1954 original, Godzilla vs. Hedorah is a Trojan horse of a ...
Definitive Edition: The Perfect Godzilla Giant Monster Super Encyclopedia (2016; only on the front cover of the book with other Godzilla specimens) [5] Picturebook of Godzilla & All Monsters (2021; only on the front cover of the book with other Godzilla specimens) [6] Godzilla and Toho Tokusatsu: Official Mook Vol.0 (2022; only on the back ...
Godzilla vs. Gigan: Kenpachiro Satsuma; A cyborg alien kaiju and enemy of Godzilla [53] Godzilla: Godzilla franchise Various; A giant dinosaur-like kaiju. [54] [55] [56] Jame Gumb: The Silence of the Lambs: Ted Levine; A serial killer that murders women to wear their skin. [57] [58] Hedorah: Godzilla vs. Hedorah: Kenpachiro Satsuma; A kaiju ...
Shoemaker has been credited with founding American Godzilla fandom. [3] Japanese Giants was the second fanzine to be published on the genre. Fifteen year-old Stephen Mark Rainey published the first issue of Japanese Giants in 1974. [ 4 ]
The film's success prompted Toho to produce a reboot of their own and Legendary to proceed with sequels and a shared cinematic franchise dubbed the Monsterverse: [97] with Godzilla: King of the Monsters released on May 31, 2019; [98] Godzilla vs. Kong released on March 24, 2021; [99] [100] the TV series Monarch: Legacy of Monsters released on ...
Following its debut standalone appearance, Rodan went on to be featured in numerous entries in the Godzilla franchise, including Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964), Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965), Destroy All Monsters (1968), Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993), and Godzilla: Final Wars (2004), as well as in the Legendary Pictures ...
By the end of its box office run, Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack grossed a total of approximately ¥2.7 billion [23] ($20 million), with 2,400,000 admissions. [22] It was one of the largest-grossing Godzilla films of the Millennium series in Japan.