Category Archives: Daikaiju

Craziest Kaiju Countdown

Posted on Monday, April 21, 2008 by Robert Hood

Over the next month, Undead Backbrain will be running a special feature put together by Kaiju Search-Robot Avery. The Backbrain has a propensity for lists and that’s what Avery has created — a Top 20 list that has sparked his … Continue reading →

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New: 20th Century Boys

Posted on Sunday, April 20, 2008 by Robert Hood

Though I’m not entirely sure what it is, it looks big, robotic and partial to destruction. At any rate we get a momentary glimpse of it in the trailer for the upcoming live-action film of Naoki Urasawa’s manga 20-seiki shônen … Continue reading →

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Ya Game, Ultradude?

Posted on Sunday, April 20, 2008 by Robert Hood

A rather nice compendium of Ultra-kaiju weirdness in this video for the Ultraman FE3 game, even if they’re animated rather than suited up.

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Attack of the Map Kaiju

Posted on Sunday, April 20, 2008 by Robert Hood
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Update: Guilala Rises Again!

Posted on Sunday, April 20, 2008 by Robert Hood

On January 9 this year it was announced at a press conference in the Shochiku offices in Tsukiji, Tokyo, that Guilala, the Giant Space Chicken (from the 1967 film known in the US as X — From Outer Space — … Continue reading →

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Godzilla vs the Five Dollar Footlong Monster

Posted on Friday, April 18, 2008 by Robert Hood

Toho Studios, Godzilla copyright owner, is apparently suing Subway because of this ad. Subway Five Dollar Footlong Monster Undoubtedly this makes a reference to Godzilla (giant reptile, Japanese city under attack), but this looks even less like Godzilla than GINO … Continue reading →

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Guidolon gets Bigger!

Posted on Saturday, April 12, 2008 by Robert Hood

Meet Waitron, the daikaiju waiter! Waitron is Todd Tennant’s latest creation for Frank Wu’s Guidolon project and it is representative of the new phase that it has entered — the full-length feature film years. “The Tragical Historie of Guidolon, the … Continue reading →

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Interview with a Serpent Maker

Posted on Thursday, April 3, 2008 by Robert Hood

Serpent Lake (US-2009, directed by Joel Trujillo) There is a long-running tradition of lake monsters, both in local legend and on film. Deep, dark waters seem to spark the imagination; stories of monstrous aquatic fauna go way back and have … Continue reading →

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The Untold Godzilla 1994 Story Continues

Posted on Thursday, April 3, 2008 by Robert Hood

Todd Tennant, whose graphic novel version of the unused Ted Elliott/Terry Rossio script for the US Godzilla can be viewed on his American Kaiju website, has stumbled upon another piece of the Godzilla 1994 puzzle. He’s been in touch with … Continue reading →

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New: Big Man Japan

Posted on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 by Robert Hood

Think you’ve seen it all? Think again! Dai-Nipponjin [aka Big Man Japan] (Japan-2007; dir. Hitoshi Matsumoto) Thanks to Todd Tennant for finding that one! (Plus a nod to Kaiju Search-Robot Avery, who sent me the info independently a few minutes … Continue reading →

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