A Comprehensive History of Toho’s Original Kaiju (and Atomic …
2014年5月18日 · Toho Studio’s most famous kaiju came to America in 1956’s Godzilla, King of the Monsters, the first in a series of re-edited, re-dubbed, and endlessly re-released films that informed most ...
Kaiju vs Heroes - Japanese American National Museum
Kaiju translates to “strange creature” in English but has come to mean “monster” or “giant monster” referring to the characters that became popular on Japanese film and television soon after World War II. The anxiety surrounding the lasting physical effects of radiation after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki no doubt helped ...
WW2 and Kaiju. - History Forum
2024年4月30日 · Heimat, now Kaiju? These are not English words of the free world, they do belong to the Axis powers. What is going on?
Toho Monster Movies - Kaiju Battle
Space Amoeba (Gezora, Ganime, Kamēba: Kessen! Nankai no Daikaijū (ゲゾラ・ガニメ・カメーバ 決戦! 南海の大怪獣, lit. "Gezora, Ganimes, and Kamoebas: Decisive Battle! Giant Monsters of the South Seas"), is a 1970 Japanese science fiction kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, and featuring special effects by Sadamasa Arikawa.
Godzilla and the Second World War - History Vortex
2013年5月9日 · Certainly, Japan’s kaiju-smashed cities are rebuilt over and over, but this is the first and only film to show the reconstruction. Godzilla is all but forgotten. The film also conveys the sense that life goes on, as Kobayashi and the rest of the Kyo Canning Company are relocated to the company’s Hokkaido branch to continue work.
Gojira (1954) - Nuclear Museum
2018年11月14日 · Gojira, or Godzilla, has been one of the most enduring and iconic kaiju (Japanese giant monsters) in popular culture. Undoubtedly, the the monster created from an H-bomb blast has captured the imagination of people around the world.
How Did World War II (WW2) Gave Birth To Godzilla? - Science …
2023年10月19日 · The detonation of the world’s first two combat-ready atomic bombs was carried out by the Harry Truman-led American government, in an effort to end World War II. The Japanese Imperial army, prior to the bombings, had vowed to fight relentlessly without displaying any signs of a willingness to surrender.
Kyushu J7W Shinden | Wikizilla, the kaiju encyclopedia
2024年11月11日 · The Kyushu J7W Shinden (震電, Shinden, lit. "Magnificent Lightning") is a World War II Japanese propeller-driven prototype canard fighter plane that was intended for use as a land-based interceptor, specifically designed to confront and target bombing raids by American Boeing B-29 Superfortresses.
1945 | Wikizilla, the kaiju encyclopedia
2024年11月18日 · In August 1945, during the final days of World War II, a dinosaurian beast known by the locals as "Godzilla" raids a Japanese military airbase on Odo Island and kills everyone there but mechanic Sosaku Tachibana and reluctant kamikaze pilot Koichi Shikishima.
'Godzilla Minus One' Is One of the Best War Movies in Years
2024年1月8日 · "Godzilla Minus One" is no standard kaiju frenzy, but a powerful and compelling reflection on veteran trauma set in post-World War II Japan.