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25 unusual facts about Godzilla


Army of the Pharaohs

Two songs, "Godzilla" and "Contra Mantra", were released before the album.

Deeper Underground

"Deeper Underground" is a single by British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai that appeared on the soundtrack to the 1998 film, Godzilla.

Ed Wang

He was given the nickname, "Godzilla" due to his aggressive playing style, size, and Asian heritage.

Gino

GINO, Godzilla In Name Only, a derogatory term to refer to the 1998 American remake of Godzilla.

Go!Zilla

Zilla (not to be confused with Godzilla, a fictional Japanese monster) is a proprietary download manager originally developed by Aaron Ostler in 1995, and later purchased by Radiate in 1999, for use on Windows.

Godzilla Asian American Arts Network

Founded on the premise that they did not have a suitable organization to promote, support,and encourage their visual arts, Godzilla's founding members sought to fill this void.

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

He bought the international rights for $25,000, then sold them to Jewell Enterprises Inc., a small production company owned by Richard Kay and Harry Rybnick which, with backing from Terry Turner and Joseph E. Levine, successfully adapted it for American audiences.

However, when Viacom acquired the film for TV re-syndication and first publication on videotape around 1980, Viacom removed all cast and credit material from both the opening and the closing of the film, and re-publications made thereafter were taken from the Viacom-revised master (even the so-called "uncut" version released on DVD in 1998 by Simitar).

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

Director Shūsuke Kaneko's original script originally had Anguirus, Varan and Baragon defend Japan against Godzilla, but Toho told him to replace the former two with the more popular King Ghidorah and Mothra, as Anguirus and Varan were not considered bankable enough to guarantee a box-office hit.

Mothra - A giant butterfly/moth and the second guardian monster.

Meanwhile, a few teenagers at Lake Ikeda in Kagoshima are attacked by an insect monster, Mothra.

Godzilla: Battle Legends

Godzilla: Battle Legends (Simply referred to as "Godzilla" in North America) is a fighting game based on the Godzilla film franchise, made for the Turbo Duo in 1993, developed by Alfa System and published in the United States by Hudson Soft.

Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.

In the film's post-credits scene, in an undisclosed location, a laboratory is shown, filled with canisters that contain the DNA of numerous Toho kaiju.

Gojira

Godzilla, a fictional Japanese monster "ゴジラ", known in Japan as "Gojira"

Gojiro

It reinterprets the Godzilla film series from the perspective of the daikaiju—not a fictional creature depicted on-screen via suitmation, but an irradiated varanid-turned B-movie star named Gojiro (an homage to Gojira, the Japanese name for Godzilla).

Gotengo

The Gotengo also appeared in the video game Godzilla: Unleashed as an unplayable boss-style character.

Issie

In Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, Issie is revealed to be the larva Mothra, who cocoons into an adult.

JIRA

The product name, JIRA, is not an acronym but rather a truncation of "Gojira", the Japanese name for Godzilla.

Jo Weldon

In her signature Godzilla act she strips from a monster costume to a mashup of Blue Öyster Cult's Godzilla and sound clips from the original Godzilla movie.

Mechagodzilla

The Shōwa Mechagodzilla appears in the video games Godzilla: Monster of Monsters for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Godzilla for the Game Boy, The American version of Super Godzilla for the Super Nintendo, Godzilla: Battle Legends for TurboDuo, Godzilla Generations for the Dreamcast and Godzilla Generations: Maximum Impact for the Dreamcast.

Netscape Navigator

During development, the Netscape browser was known by the code name Mozilla, which became the name of a Godzilla-like cartoon dragon mascot used prominently on the company's web site.

Pink Gorilla

Toho, owner of the Godzilla franchise, claimed the store was infringing upon its trademark.

Shigeru Sugiura

Sugiura closely followed popular culture and thus his manga were also influenced by such contemporary fads as Godzilla, pro wrestling, and American science fiction films.

Squonk Opera

:Subtitled "The Underwater Opera", The Great Circle Route claims inspiration from medical textbooks, Godzilla movies, and Michel Foucault in a show that draws on imagery of the underwater world for a journey under the sea.

The Inciders

The band have however admitted trying to digress from war and self-confessed "pseudo-politics", preferring now discuss themes closer to the bands heart, such as the Vulcan Bomber, drinking to excess, Godzilla, their favourite comic book TV character Frank Gorshin and 'scene elitism', which they claim nearly caused the demise of the local scene and subsequently the band itself.


Al Leong

As a stuntman, Leong was involved with the production of numerous films including The Golden Child, Last Action Hero, Roland Emmerich's Godzilla, Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes, and Daredevil.

All Monsters Attack

Shortly afterwards, Ichiro is rescued from the cave by Godzilla's Son, Minilla.

Amazing Comics

Amazing Comics quickly focused on "SF & Horror" manga series, and famous were published including Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira (manga) (launch title), Mamoru Oshii's Kerberos Panzer Cop (first publication), Ultraman or Godzilla (海辺のゴジラ).

Andrew Pepoy

--previous info found on the "Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comic)" page-->, The Simpsons, Betty & Veronica, Birds of Prey, Godzilla, Ghost, Star Wars, G.I. Joe, and Katy Keene.

Arabella Field

Arabella Field (born February 5, 1970) is an American actress and film producer known for her roles in films such as Dante's Peak, Feeling Minnesota, Godzilla, National Treasure, Paper Man and as Melinda Bitterman in the animated television version of Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott's daily comic strip Baby Blues.

Bambi Meets Godzilla

After the credits, Bambi looks up to see Godzilla's giant foot coming down, squashing him flat (set to the final chord of The Beatles' "A Day in the Life" played at half-speed).

Battra

He made his boss appearance inSuper Godzilla after the defeat of King Ghidorah, Mechagodzilla and Biollante and before Godzilla confronts Mecha King Ghidorah and his new enemy Bagan.

Bullmark

Bullmark's vinyl Godzilla and Ultraman toys are extremely popular among Japanese toy collectors; some currently retail for thousands of dollars.

Cleve Hall

After seeing the film Godzilla vs. the Thing Cleve built a Godzilla costume that caught the attention of Six Flags, who hired him to build another costume.

Cubatão

Cubatão was mentioned in the Jello Biafra-Sepultura collaboration "Biotech is Godzilla" on the group's 1993 album Chaos A.D.

Destroy All Monsters

The three-headed space monster is dispatched to protect the alien stronghold at Mt. Fuji, and battles Godzilla, Minilla, Mothra, Rodan, Gorosaurus, Anguirus, and Kumonga (Manda, Baragon and an unnamed Varan are also present but do not take part in the battle).

Godzilla attacks New York City, Rodan invades Moscow, Mothra lays waste to Beijing, Gorosaurus (wrongly identified as Baragon) destroys Paris, and Manda attacks London, which is set in to motion to take attention away from Japan, so the aliens can establish an underground stronghold near Mt. Fuji in Japan.

Digimation

Digimation's models have been featured in motion pictures including The World Is Not Enough, Pushing Tin, Star Trek: Insurrection, Independence Day, Air Force One and Godzilla.

Godzilla vs. Frankenstein

So the idea was dropped and Mothra was brought in as Godzilla next opponent for the film Godzilla vs. Mothra (1964).

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II

The film featured the return of classic characters from the original series such as Rodan and Mechagodzilla, as well as introducing an infant Godzilla named BabyGodzilla.

Godzilla vs. Megaguirus

Minoru Watanabe as Megaguirus, the main villain and a giant, prehistoric dragonfly who reguires Godzilla's energy to survive

Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

Attracted to Godzilla's radiation, SpaceGodzilla lands on Birth Island, where it finds Godzilla's son, Little Godzilla.

Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon

Sekizawa also contributed screenplays to some of the most popular films in the Godzilla series from King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962), to Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974), including Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964).

Hawai Mare oki kaisen

There are special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya who would later co-create the widely popular Godzilla franchise and fully create the also widely popular Ultraman series.

Heart Electric

The music video for Heart Electric was directed by Shusuke Kaneko who is known for the Heisei Gamera trilogy, Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, and the live-action film adaptation of Death Note.

Japanese popular culture

The most popular Japanese films is the giant monster films (Kaiju Eiga) of Godzilla, Gamera, and the Ultraman Series.

Kiryū, Gunma

Kiryu is also the nickname of Mechagodzilla in the Millennium series of the Godzilla franchise.

Monster Island

Monsterland and Monster Island, home to a number of kaiju in the Godzilla series

Robert N. Skir

He co-created and served as Story Editor on programs including Transformers: Beast Machines, Extreme Ghostbusters, Godzilla, and Dino Squad, and co-developed the series X-Men: Evolution.

State Cinema

The cinema can also be seen in the music video for the Jamiroquai single Deeper Underground, the song was used for the Godzilla theme tune and the monster comes crashing through the cinema screen during the video.

Superhost

Generally two films were shown, going from 1 to 4 p.m. The movies would be old horror films like Frankenstein or Japanese monster movies such as Godzilla.

Takashi Shimura

Outside of his career working with Kurosawa, Shimura is probably best known for his roles in several Japanese monster films, including the scientist Kyohei Yamane in the first two Godzilla films (and the first to reprise the role before Raymond Burr in the English form of Godzilla and Megumi Odaka in the Heisei Godzilla films).

The Return of Godzilla

New World's biggest change was in adding around ten minutes of new footage, most of it at The Pentagon, with Raymond Burr reprising his role as Steve Martin from Godzilla, King of the Monsters!.

In 1988 Dark Horse Comics released a six-issue limited series, Godzilla, which was an American adaptation of the Japanese manga adaptation of The Return of Godzilla.

Godzilla then proceeds to the coast, where the waiting army, equipped with tanks, rocket launchers and soldiers armed with Howa Type 64 assault rifles, proceeds to fire on Godzilla, but they are quickly subdued.