Category Archives: Daikaiju

Top 20 Craziest Kaiju: Number 4

Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008 by Robert Hood

4   Ghidrah   from San daikaiju chikyu saidai no kessen [trans. Three Giant Monsters’ Decisive Battle for Earth] (Japan-1964; dir. Ishiro Honda) [aka Ghidrah, The Three-Headed Monster] Naoko Shindo: Oh it looks like they’re having a conversation. Oh Shindo, … Continue reading →

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Attack of the Giant Crab!

Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008 by Robert Hood

Click on the image to see it bigger! By Adam Vehige

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Monstrous Battle of the Giant Super-Combined Monkey Kaiju

Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 by Robert Hood

No, really! The Giant Monkey Smashdown of the Millennium, brought to you in Ultra-Wonder-Weirdoscopic Glory by Scott McCloud. See the whole satirical sequence here. Via the Super-Heroic-Post-Spiked Sean Williams!

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Godzilla on Third Street

Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 by Robert Hood

Here is part of the “Gojira sequence” from Always-zoku san-chôme no yûhi [aka Always – Sunset on Third Street 2] (2007; dir. Takashi Yamazaki), squashed from its original aspect ratio unfortunately (and with only a brief glimpse of the Big … Continue reading →

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Fights We’re Yet To See

Posted on Saturday, May 10, 2008 by Robert Hood

Worth1000’s most recently completed Photoshopping contest was Versus 2 — “I’d Pay To See THAT Fight!” Some unusual contests resulted. Here’s some relevant to us: Check out all the entries here.

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Update: Zero Trooper-F

Posted on Thursday, May 8, 2008 by Robert Hood

This clip — the first three minutes of Zero Trooper-F, the low-budget homage to such Japanese daikaiju/superhero epics as Ultraman, which appeared on the Backbrain a while back — has just been released on Twitchfilm.net. Man, am I ever impressed! … Continue reading →

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Coming to G-Fan #84!

Posted on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 by Robert Hood

“Tales of King Komodo” by Mike Bogue and Todd Tennant More information soon!   • G-Fan website

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In Case You Need a Giant Monster Primer

Posted on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 by Robert Hood

Annalee Newitz over at io9.com has produced this 5-minute primer on the Giant Monster genre, recorded live at the Ignite show in San Francisco a while back. Apparently she was “thinking of” Kaiju Search-Robot Avery, presumably because he’s a giant … Continue reading →

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Giant Monster Dreaming

Posted on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 by Robert Hood

As illustrated by the rabid speculation that recently ran on many kaiju noticeboards (that Edgar Sean of the Dead Wright was about to embark on a remake of Gorgo), it’s clear that unofficial pronouncements need to be taken with a … Continue reading →

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New Godman Remake?

Posted on Sunday, May 4, 2008 by Robert Hood

Go! Godman (or Ike! Goddoman) was a Japanese TV series than ran for 26 short (five minute) episodes from 5 October 1972 until 10 April 1973. It was a tokusatsu television series: the first from Toho to feature a Kyodai … Continue reading →

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