https://artoyz.com/collections/godzillaAu movies, comics, video games or of course figurines, Godzilla is the most famous Kaiju in all of pop culture. On the occasion of his birthday, we offer you a small article to introduce you to this legendary monster.
Happy birthday Godzilla
A 70-year-old creature
It was in 1954 that appeared for the first time Godzilla. In the film of the same name (Godzilla King of the Monsters in the United States) ce Kaiju (Japanese giant monster) is the result of various nuclear tests in the Pacific. Shot 9 years after the 1945 nuclear bombing, the film is a huge success in Japan, but is heavily censored in the US, wasting more than 17 minutes to minimize the relationship between America and nuclear.
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On the strength of this success, the Godzilla saga now has 38 films spread over 4 eras: 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 such as the Godzilla of 1998 by Roland Eimerich (Despite a excellent Teaser) or The Son of Godzilla
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More recently, the saga has returned to the forefront with two major films.
Shin Godzilla, first of all and his administrative point of view of a catastrophe by the creator of Evangelion.
Godzilla Minus One Then which is a tribute film to the first episode and which won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects in 2023
MonsterVerse
In 2014, the Americans retested the experience Godzilla entrusting the reindeer of the licence to Gareth Edwards (Rogue One, The Creator). Critical and commercial success, it will be followed three years later by a new adaptation of King Kong then, two crossover bringing together the two sacred monsters of cinema. With currently 5 films and two series, this alternative saga is called "MonsterVerse"
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