Category Archives: Daikaiju

Update: Guidolon — the Office Staff

Posted on Sunday, May 4, 2008 by Robert Hood

Naturally, the giant-monster film industry has to have monstrous office staff. Artist Todd Tennant has revealed his designs for Kenji and Benji, described by Todd as a pair of “off-the-wall, bizarro, bubble-off-plumb kaiju”. The third picture illustrates an “office” shot … Continue reading →

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Den Ace

Posted on Saturday, May 3, 2008 by Robert Hood

The Tale of a Beer-Fueled Ultraman Much of the following is mere deduction based on Japanese websites (the text of which I don’t have the knowledge to decipher), the odd video clip and scraps of information found on forums. Hence … Continue reading →

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Update: Guilala Once Again

Posted on Saturday, May 3, 2008 by Robert Hood

An official teaser trailer has appeared for Girara-no Gyakushuu Touyaku Samitto Kiki Ippatsu [lit. Guilala’s Counter Attack: the Touyaku Summit One-Shot Crisis] (Japan–2008; dir. Minoru Kawasaki). Few visuals (watch very carefully!), but lots of noise: http://www.cinemacafe.net/official/guilala/trailer.html Previous Backbrain article; see … Continue reading →

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American Tokusatsu

Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 by Robert Hood

The latest Japanese genre to meet with an enthusiast’s attempt to replicate it for the West is the kaiju-tokusatsu, giant-monster vs superhero genre of such TV series as Ultraman. Zero Trooper-F is a 39-minute film directed by an indie filmmaker … Continue reading →

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Guilala Again!

Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 by Robert Hood

Not an update, just another picture… … because you can never have too many. Previous Backbrain article

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Top 20 Craziest Kaiju: Number 12

Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 by Robert Hood

12   Godzilla   from Gojira (Japan-1954; dir. Ishirô Honda) and 27 other Toho films I can’t believe that Godzilla was the only surviving member of its species… But if we continue conducting nuclear tests… it’s possible that another Godzilla … Continue reading →

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Update: More Guilala

Posted on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 by Robert Hood

We keep talking about the new Guilala film, but this is just the sort of thing that gets the giant-monster nerd in me all excited (and he’s a pretty big critter)! Now a website for  Girara-no Gyakushuu Touyaku Samitto Kiki … Continue reading →

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Update: Guilala vs “Beat” Takeshi

Posted on Monday, April 28, 2008 by Robert Hood

Ryuganji.net reports that Kitano Takeshi, the iconic actor/director/media personality, will be playing a costumed kaiju role in the now-in-production Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit [aka Girara no Gyakushu: Towako Samitto Kiki Ippatsu]. In fact, he will look … Continue reading →

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Top 20 Craziest Kaiju: Number 18

Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 by Robert Hood

18   Dogora   from Uchu daikaiju Dogora [lit. Space Giant Monster Dogora] (Japan-1964; dir. Ishiro Honda) [aka Dagora, the Space Monster (US-1965)] This entry from the famed Toho Co. Ltd [creators of ‘Godzilla’] definitely stands out as one of … Continue reading →

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Update: Guilala Still (and Godzilla 3-D)

Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 by Robert Hood

Some daikaiju updates from DreadCentral: First, further to the recent Backbrain article regarding the new film, Girara-no Gyakushuu Touyaku Samitto Kiki Ippatsu [lit. Guilala’s Counter Attack: the Touyaku Summit One-Shot Crisis] (dir. Minoru Kawasaki) [aka The Monster X Strikes Back: … Continue reading →

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