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In Japan, he's "Gojira" — a name derived from the Japanese words "gorira," meaning gorilla, and "kujira," meaning whale. In America, he's "Godzilla" — a name derived from the English words ...
Gojira is a French heavy metal band from Ondres.Founded as Godzilla in 1996, the band's lineup—brothers Joe (lead vocals, rhythm and lead guitar) and Mario Duplantier (drums), Christian Andreu (lead and rhythm guitar), and Jean-Michel Labadie (bass)—has been the same since the band changed its name to Gojira in 2001.
Godzilla (/ ɡ ɒ d ˈ z ɪ l ə / ɡod-ZIL-ə) [c] is a fictional monster, or kaiju, that debuted in the eponymous 1954 film, directed and co-written by Ishirō Honda. [2] The character has since become an international pop culture icon, appearing in various media: 33 Japanese films produced by Toho Co., Ltd., five American films, and numerous video games, novels, comic books, and television ...
Gojira (band), a French heavy metal band; 101781 Gojira, an asteroid; Gojirasaurus, the "Godzilla lizard", a Triassic-period dinosaur; Gojiro, a 1991 novel by Mark Jacobson; MV Gojira, the original name of the MV Brigitte Bardot; A nickname given to Japanese baseball player Hideki Matsui; Jira (software), a software product developed by Atlassian
In 1991, the English dubbed versions of Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (as Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster) and Godzilla vs. Megalon were riffed on Mystery Science Theater 3000. [201] In 1998, Columbia TriStar Television produced Godzilla: The Series ; developed by Jeff Kline and Richard Raynis, the series served as a sequel to the 1998 film Godzilla ...
Godzilla (Japanese: ゴジラ, Hepburn: Gojira) [b] is a 1954 Japanese epic [c] kaiju film directed and co-written by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd. , it is the first film in the Godzilla franchise .
In the United States, Godzilla films from Toho had been airing on television every week since 1960 up until the 1990s. [9] Motifs from the series have been echoed, parodied or paid tribute to in numerous later films. Godzilla movies were frequently a target for commentary by the Mystery Science Theater 3000 television series, which parodied B ...
Godzilla is referred to by Ishirō Serizawa, played by Ken Watanabe, as "Gojira" (ゴジラ) though later on he would be referred to by other characters as "Godzilla". ". Watanabe argued with the producer to have his character refer to Godzilla by his Japanese name, stating, "the important thing is where the icon come