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There's a very select part of the English-speaking population that knows that kaiju is Japanese for "mysterious beast," and it's the same folks who know that Mothra is one of Godzilla's mortal enemies and not a new insect repellent.
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With his grim, churning yet magisterial score for Ishiro Honda's Gojira US: GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS! in 1954, Akira Ifukube opened the door to a highly individual orchestral sound that would define the so-called kaiju eiga "monster movies" of Toho Studios for more than half a century.
Archive 2006-02-05 2006
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With his grim, churning yet magisterial score for Ishiro Honda's Gojira US: GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS! in 1954, Akira Ifukube opened the door to a highly individual orchestral sound that would define the so-called kaiju eiga "monster movies" of Toho Studios for more than half a century.
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Some such stories are about two giant monsters fighting each other, a genre known as kaiju in Japan, which is famous for such works after the success of such films and franchises as Godzilla.
[Help] Most Recent Posts amber.de 2010
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A custom white chandelier constructed out of 150 Japanese monster toys, known as kaiju, hangs above the dining table, the surface of which is decorated with army tanks and figures of toy soldiers.
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So, what kind of kaiju will be revealed when NASA triggers "a six-mile-high explosion that scientists hope will confirm the presence of water?"
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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For the uninitiated, the term "kaiju" is a Japanese word meaning
Listal promoted 2010
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"kaiju" (monster) movies featuring rare images and clips of Godzilla, Mothra, Gamera and other iconic creatures from classic Japanese sci-fi cinema.
comicbookbin.com 2010
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GODZILLA 2004 figure 3″ gojira FINAL WARS kaiju zilla
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One subgenre of special importance in the Japanese idiom of science fiction is kaiju, or “strange beast.”
MM9 « Haikasoru: Space Opera. Dark Fantasy. Hard Science. 2010
alexz commented on the word kaiju
Kaiju are the Godzilla sized monsters in the movie Pacific Rim, set in 2020.
#workin-on-my-robot-skills
The examples at wordnik have the term coming from Japanese for 'mysterious beast' or 'monster'.
June 11, 2020