Category Archives: Daikaiju

Daikaiju! 3 cover is revealed!

Posted on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 by Robert Hood

Here it is, the wonderful cover art for Daikaiju! 3: Giant Monsters vs the World, especially painted by award-winning artist Nick Stathopoulos from his own story (which appears in the book). To see a larger version, go here. Is that … Continue reading →

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The Real American Godzilla Movie

Posted on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 by Robert Hood

Kaiju artist Todd Tennant has for some time been turning the original script that Jan DeBont was intending to use as the basis of his Godzilla film into a graphic novel. To date there are 38 pages, five new ones … Continue reading →

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Mecha-Godzilla Transformer?

Posted on Saturday, September 1, 2007 by Robert Hood

This is brief and I have no idea what it comes from, but it’s rather cool: Godzilla…Version TransformersUploaded by AnnneSo And also cool is this French ad that might represent a Euro sneer directed at the 1998 US Godzilla and … Continue reading →

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The Winners!

Posted on Sunday, August 26, 2007 by Robert Hood

Drumroll! And the winners of the Giant Monstrous Limerick Contest are: Jess Nevins and Sean Williams. Congratulations, guys. Here is the Judge’s Report by Cat Sparks: “I despise limericks and all forms of rhythmic word association, but even I have … Continue reading →

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Daikaiju Limerick Comp Shortlist

Posted on Saturday, August 25, 2007 by Robert Hood

It’s hard not to put the lot! But I’ve narrowed it down to the following, based on quirky rationales of my own. Cat Sparks will pick the final winners. THE SHORTLIST When interviewing Biolante: He started to get a bit … Continue reading →

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Competition Announcement

Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 by Robert Hood

Due to certain impatient and rowdy elements among the Daikaiju Limerick Competition entrants, I will make up my mind on the winners over the weekend. An announcement will appear here on the Undead Backbrain at exactly 7 pm, Wollongong time, … Continue reading →

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Do the Daikaiju Stomp!

Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 by Robert Hood

Check this out: I recently came across this rare daikaiju soundtrack album in a box of dusty cassettes hidden under a table in a shed out the back of Taped To Death — a seedy secondhand music store in the … Continue reading →

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Cleaning Up this Town

Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 by Robert Hood

A friend came across this Ultraman-inspired Japanese ad from 1971, in which a heroic mum (or sister?) takes on a dirt-producing giant monster. There seems to be several versions in one, getting progressively longer: Japanese Vacuum Cleaner Commercial

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There once was a monster named….

Posted on Tuesday, August 7, 2007 by Robert Hood

There once was a monster named Rumsmag Who was known as an evil yet glum dag. He would wear waist-high pants And keep people like ants On the muck in the back of his bumbag. To celebrate the imminent appearance … Continue reading →

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Arghh! Giant serpents!

Posted on Friday, August 3, 2007 by Robert Hood

This just opened in Korea — to a good box-office response, it is said. In case you haven’t seen it, here’s the trailer:

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