https://artoyz.com/collections/godzillaau cinema, in comics, video games or of course in figurines, Godzilla is the most famous Kaiju of all pop culture. On the occasion of his birthday, we offer you a small article to present this legendary monster.
Happy Birthday Godzilla
A 70 year old creature
It was in 1954 that appeared for the first time Godzilla. In the eponymous film (Godzilla King of the Monsters in the United States) this Kaiju (Japanese giant monster) comes from different nuclear tests in the Pacific. Shot 9 years after the nuclear bombing of 1945, the film is a huge success in Japan, but is strongly censored in the United States, losing more than 17 minutes to minimize the relationship between America and nuclear.
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Building on this success, the Godzilla saga has today, 38 films distributed in 4-dths Shōwa (1954-1975), Heisei (1984-1995), Millennium (1999-2004) and Reiwa (2016-). If there are many interesting films in the lot, we must admit that there are also some turnips like the 1998 Godzilla by Roland Eimerich (Despite a Excellent teaser) or Godzilla's son
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More recently, the saga returned to the front of the stage by chaining two great films.
Shin Godzilla, first of all and its administrative point of view of a disaster by the creator of Evangelion.
Godzilla Minus One Then who is a film tribute to the first episode and which won the Oscar of the best visual effects in 2023
Monsterverse
In 2014, Americans retained experience Godzilla by entrusting the reindeer of the license to Gareth Edwards (Rogue One, The Creator). Critical and commercial success, he will be followed 3 years after a new adaptation of King Kong then, two crossover bringing together the two sacred monsters of cinema. Currently with 5 films and two series, this alternative saga is called "Monsterverse"
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