Category Archives: Daikaiju

Kaiju Tourism

Posted on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 by Robert Hood

Rumour has it there has always been a certain competitive quality of the “casting” of cities in Godzilla movies, with local tourism councils keen to have their city trashed by the King of the Monsters, all in the cause of … Continue reading →

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G vs Gehara

Posted on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 by Robert Hood

You remember G, right? No, not Godzilla but one of his recent descendents. G (2008; short, 48 min.; dir. Kiyotaka Taguchi) As a reminder, check him out here. And don’t forget his tin-plated nemesis: How about Gehara, the Long-haired Kaiju? … Continue reading →

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Tales of King Komodo Part 3

Posted on Saturday, April 25, 2009 by Robert Hood

The next episode in Mike Bogue and Todd Tennant’s graphic novel, Tales of King Komodo, is now available. Not one, not two, but three caged titans! What destiny awaits them! Check it out here! If you haven’t caught up with … Continue reading →

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Kids’ Day at the Seaside

Posted on Friday, April 24, 2009 by Robert Hood

Todd Tennant has sent along an image from It Came From Beneath the Sea … Again — the Harryhausen-inspired comic he is currently working on for Bluewater Comics (see previous Backbrain article). He calls it “Lunch on the Pier!” Todd … Continue reading →

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Tales of King Komodo Part 2

Posted on Saturday, April 18, 2009 by Robert Hood

The next episode of Mike Bogue and Todd Tennant’s daikaiju extravaganza, Tales of King Komodo, is now available! Something huge is moving underground and even King Komodo may not be able to stop it. Check it out here! If you … Continue reading →

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King Komodo Trashes the Backbrain!

Posted on Friday, April 10, 2009 by Robert Hood

Starting today, in an all-colour first, writer Mike Bogue and artist Todd Tennant’s original graphic novel serial Tales of King Komodo will be appearing here on Undead Backbrain. Beautifully drawn, the daikaiju epic was originally published in the pages of … Continue reading →

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Update: Deep Sea Monster Raiga

Posted on Sunday, April 5, 2009 by Robert Hood

Kaiju Search-Robot Avery has tracked own some excellent images from the new in-production daikaiju eiga Shinkaijû Raiga [aka Deep Sea Monster Raiga] (Japan-2009; dir. Shinpei Hayashiya). For a fuller treatment of the background to the film, see this Backbrain article. … Continue reading →

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Giving Form to the King of the Monsters

Posted on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 by Robert Hood

This documentary has too many priceless images of the development of both Godzilla and the Godzilla suit not to post in here. Slightly abridged to fit the YouTube format, it is by Godzilla expert Ed Godziszewski chronicling the evolution of … Continue reading →

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Review: Showdown of the Godz

Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 by Robert Hood

Showdown of the Godz (US- 2007; short [15 min]; dir. Julien Calderbank) Film and television are hothouses of fanaticism.  To “outsiders” obsessive media fans, known in Japan as Otaku, can be seen as weird, pathetic, sad, dysfunctional — even if, … Continue reading →

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The Cleavagefield Monster Revealed!

Posted on Sunday, March 15, 2009 by Robert Hood

Remember the upcoming Cloverfield-parody sex-comedy film Cleavagefield (US-2009; dir. Jim Wynorski)? Well, here’s one of their teaser posters: Right! Now you remember… Well, Jim  has written to Kaiju Search-Robot Avery to say: I am happy to report that the film … Continue reading →

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