Godzilla

Gojira
Godzilla film series character
The character in a 1984 movie
First appearance	Godzilla (1954)
Created by	Tomoyuki Tanaka[1] Ishirō Honda[2] Eiji Tsuburaya[3]
Portrayed by	Shōwa era: Haruo Nakajima[4] Katsumi Tezuka[5] Hiroshi Sekida[6] Seiji Onaka[6] Shinji Takagi[7] Isao Zushi[8] Toru Kawai[8] Hanna-Barbera: Ted Cassidy (vocal effects)[9][10] Heisei era: Kenpachiro Satsuma[11] Millennium era: Tsutomu Kitagawa[12] Mizuho Yoshida[13] Reiwa era: Mansai Nomura[14] TriStar Pictures: Kurt Carley[15] Frank Welker (vocal effects)[16] Legendary Pictures: T. J. Storm[17][18][19]
Designed by	Akira Watanabe[5] Teizō Toshimitsu[5]
Information
Aliases	King of the Monsters[20] Gigantis[21] Monster Zero-One[22] The God of Destruction[23][24] Titanus Gojira[25] Primeval Champion[26] Doom Inevitable[26]
Species	Prehistoric monster[27]
Family	Minilla and Godzilla Junior (adopted sons), Dagon (cousin)

Godzilla is a giant dinosaur-like monster who first appeared in movies from Japan, in the year 1954. Since then has been featured in thirty-eight movies. During his movie career, this large reptile fought against many other mythical monsters, including the giant moth-like Mothra, the three-headed King Ghidorah, his own robotic mirror image Mechagodzilla, and several more enemies. The original Japanese name, Gojira or ゴジラ, is a combination of the words gorilla and kujira (means whale). In countries where the primary language is English, the name has been changed to Godzilla, is an eponymous Japanese movie reptilian monster that has appeared in movies since 1954.

External video

""Godzilla: Wings of the Planet Eater"". YouTube (in Japanese). 2021-01-01. Retrieved 2021-01-01. - on Godzilla: The Planet Eater fan-made full CG animation short movie(in Japanese)

""Godzilla: The Planet Eater" Theme Song GODZILLA ver". YouTube (in Japanese). 2018-11-06. Retrieved 2018-11-06. - on Toho Co., Ltd. Official YouTube Channel(in Japanese)

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