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Kaiju (怪獣 kaijū?) is a Japanese word that literally translates to "giant beast." The word has been translated and defined in English as "strange monster" and is used to refer to a genre of tokusatsu entertainment. Kaiju films usually showcase monsters of any form, usually attacking a major Japanese city or engaging another (or multiple) monster(s) in battle.

Related terms include kaijū eiga (怪獣映画 kaijū eiga?, monster movie), a film featuring giant monsters or a single monster; kaijin (怪人?, referring to roughly humanoid monsters); and daikaiju (大怪獣 daikaijū?, giant kaiju), specifically meaning the larger variety of monsters.

Godzilla is an example of a daikaiju; others include Gamera, Mothra, King Ghidorah, Mechagodzilla, Anguirus, and Rodan. The term ultra-kaiju is longhand for kaiju in the Ultra Series.

A

  • All Monsters Attack

  • Atragon

C

  • Cloverfield

D

  • Daigoro vs. Goliath

  • Daikaijū Tōkyō ni arawaru

  • Daikyojū Gappa

  • Daimajin (1966 film)

  • Deep Sea Monster Reigo

  • Destroy All Monsters

  • Dogora

F

  • Firebreather (film)

  • Frankenstein Conquers the World

G

  • Gamera (film)

  • Gamera 2: Attack of Legion

  • Gamera the Brave

  • Gamera vs. Barugon

  • Gamera vs. Guiron

  • Gamera vs. Gyaos

  • Gamera vs. Jiger

  • Gamera vs. Viras

  • Gamera vs. Zigra

  • Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

  • Gamera: Super Monster

  • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

  • Godzilla (1954 film)

G cont.

  • Godzilla (1977 film)

  • Godzilla (2014 film)

  • Godzilla 1985

  • Godzilla 2000

  • Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla

  • Godzilla Raids Again

  • Godzilla vs. Biollante

  • Godzilla vs. Destoroyah

  • Godzilla vs. Gigan

  • Godzilla vs. Hedorah

  • Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

  • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

  • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II

  • Godzilla vs. Megaguirus

  • Godzilla vs. Megalon

  • Godzilla vs. Mothra

  • Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

  • Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster

  • Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

  • Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

  • Godzilla: Final Wars

  • Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.

  • Gorath

I

  • Invasion of Astro-Monster

K

  • King Kong Appears in Edo

K cont.

  • King Kong Escapes

  • King Kong vs. Godzilla

M

  • The Magic Serpent

  • The Monster X Strikes Back/Attack the G8 Summit

  • Mothra (film)

  • Mothra vs. Godzilla

  • The Mysterians

N

  • Negadon: The Monster from Mars

P

  • Pacific Rim (film)

R

  • Rebirth of Mothra

  • Rebirth of Mothra II

  • Rebirth of Mothra III

  • The Return of Godzilla

  • Rodan (film)

S

 

  • SciFi JAPAN TV

  • Son of Godzilla

  • Space Amoeba

T

  • Terror of Mechagodzilla

V

  • Varan the Unbelievable

W

  • The War of the Gargantuas

  • Wasei Kingu Kongu

X

  • The X from Outer Space

Y

  • Yamata no Orochi no Gyakushū

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Constance "Conster" Fowler is a proud Navy veteran and mother to five children and two stepchildren and five grandchildren. She lives in southeastern Arizona and takes care of her cranky but lovable father, also a Navy veteran, and her new hubby Damian.

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