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'''Kaiju''' is a Japanese word that means "weird beast", but usually translated in English as "monster". Specifically, it is used to refer to a genre of tokusatsu entertainment. | |||
Related terms include '''kaiju eiga,''' a film featuring kaiju, '''kaijin''' (referring to roughly humanoid monsters) and '''daikaijū''', specifically meaning the larger variety of monsters. | |||
The most famous Kaiju is Godzilla and other well known Kaiju include Mothra]], King Kong, Gamera]], and King Ghidorah. The term Ultra-Kaiju is short-hand for monsters in the Ultra Series. | |||
Though kaiju and kaijin are typically modelled after conventional animals, insects or mythological creatures, there are more esoteric examples, featured primarily in the Super Sentai and Kamen Rider television franchises. | |||
==External links== | |||
*[http://www.giantmonstermovies.com/monster-index.html Gallery of ''kaijū''] | |||
*[http://www.henshinonline.com Henshin! Online] | |||
*[http://www.kaijuphile.com/ Kaijuphile] | |||
*[http://www.tohokingdom.com/ Toho Kingdom] | |||
*[http://www.scifijapan.com/ SciFi Japan] | |||
*[http://kaijusroyaume.free.fr/ KaijusRoyaume] | |||
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