Category Archives: Daikaiju

Dreams of Godzilla

Posted on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 by Robert Hood

Godzilla may have gone into retirement, but that doesn’t stop people from dreaming. It seems that the Big G returns to Japanese cinema screens in Always-zoku san-chôme no yûhi [aka Always – Sunset on Third Street 2] (2007; dir. Takashi … Continue reading →

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Probe-Bats

Posted on Monday, March 31, 2008 by Robert Hood

At the end of last year, I reported on the sale of Stan Winston Studio’s maquette for Jan de Bont’s unmade American Godzilla movie. Now another maquette from the “lost” film has been sold on eBay. This is one of … Continue reading →

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Monsters of the Bermuda Triangle

Posted on Sunday, March 30, 2008 by Robert Hood

The internet is a remarkable place. It inspires such astounding work at times. For example, conceptart.org is a community of artists who meet online, share and critique their work and often produce pictures of a high quality without recompense beyond … Continue reading →

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Godzilla vs the US Navy

Posted on Thursday, March 27, 2008 by Robert Hood

Godzilla does what he does best in the next installment of Todd Tennant’s American Godzilla ’94 graphic novel: For those who don’t know, kaiju artist Todd Tennant has for some time been engaged in an ambitious project to create a … Continue reading →

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Vintage Robots, Part Eight: Re-Made

Posted on Saturday, March 22, 2008 by Robert Hood

No longer new, but somehow I’d missed it: This live-action version of Tetsujin 28 was released in 2005. “Tetsujin 28” (lit. Iron Man 28) is a manga by Mitsuteru Yokoyama, the original run of which went from 1956 to 1966 … Continue reading →

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Vikings vs Alien Monster

Posted on Saturday, March 8, 2008 by Robert Hood

Vikings vs an alien creature, battling it out among the fjords! How cool does this sound? An age-old battle rages amongst the stars. Kainan’s people have been fighting the Moorwen, fierce animal-like creatures, for dominance. When his space craft crashes … Continue reading →

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Mr T vs Godzilla

Posted on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 by Robert Hood

  From here.

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You call that a Giant Snake? THIS is a Giant Snake!

Posted on Monday, March 3, 2008 by Robert Hood

Thanks to the Agressions Animales: Animaux tuers an cinéma website (an excellent resource, I might add) — and of course, Kaiju Search-Robot Avery — I’ve just learnt of the existence of a Hong Kong film from 1988 that features a … Continue reading →

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More Than One Iron-eater

Posted on Friday, February 29, 2008 by Robert Hood

A Special Report by Kaiju Search-Robot Avery The history of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il’s propagandist foray into the giant monster genre is a more convoluted one than has previously been known. Our story begins back in the year 1978 … Continue reading →

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Monstrous Ads

Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 by Robert Hood

Some time ago I posted an excellent French ad that used a Godzilla-like creature to address safety issues. Below is the ad once more, but here it is followed by a sequel featuring the same characters. I couldn’t resist. And … Continue reading →

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