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One of the first films involving giant monsters was the 1933 classic King Kong, as developments in cinema and animation enabled the creation of realistic giant creatures. The film influenced many giant-monster films in its wake, including many produced in Japan.
Poster for Godzilla (1954), widely considered the first kaiju film. Kaiju (Japanese: 怪獣 （ かいじゅう ）, Hepburn: kaijū, lit. ' strange beast '; Japanese pronunciation: [ka̠iʑɨː]) is a Japanese term that is commonly associated with media involving giant monsters.
Gamera (Japanese: ガメラ, Hepburn: Gamera) is a fictional monster, or kaiju, originating from a series of Japanese films.Debuting in the 1965 film Gamera, the Giant Monster, the character and the first film were intended to compete with the success of Toho's Godzilla film series.
Kaiju Big Battel; Kaiju Girl Caramelise; Kaiju No. 8; The Kaiju Preservation Society; Kaijū-iro no Shima; Kaijumax; King Ghidorah; King Kong; List of Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger characters; Kong (Monsterverse)
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Mothra (Japanese: モスラ, Hepburn: Mosura) is a fictional monster, or kaiju, that first appeared in the 1961 film Mothra, produced and distributed by Toho Studios.Mothra has appeared in several Toho tokusatsu films, often as a recurring monster in the Godzilla franchise.
King Ghidorah (キングギドラ, Kingu Gidora) is a fictional monster, or alien, or kaiju, which first appeared in Ishirō Honda's 1964 film Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster. The creature was initially created by Tomoyuki Tanaka , Eiji Tsuburaya , and Shinichi Sekizawa as an homage to the eight-headed mythological Japanese dragon Yamata no ...
Shin Godzilla (/ ʃ ɪ n ˈ ɡ ɒ d ˈ z ɪ l ə / shin-ɡod-ZIL-ə) [b], is a giant monster, or kaiju, in Toho Co., Ltd.'s Godzilla media franchise.A variation of Godzilla, it first appeared in the 2016 reboot Shin Godzilla, released by Toho and co-directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi.