Kaiju

Kaiju (from , ), or giant movie monster, are terms used in film and media for monsters, and the like, of enormous size, mainly belonging to a designated genre, known as kaiju movies, or giant monster movies, where they are usually depicted attacking major cities, and battling either the military or other creatures, mixing creature features with the disaster film genre, but also often involving science fiction. Examples include famous movie monsters like King Kong, Godzilla and Gamera, cult classics like The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, It Came from Beneath the Sea, Them!

, also written as Dan Da Dan, is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by Yukinobu Tatsu. It has been serialized in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ app and website since April 2021, with its chapters collected in 22 volumes as of January 2026. The series follows two teenagers with supernatural powers fighting and aliens with help from multiple allies.

The Monsterverse is an American multimedia franchise and shared universe featuring Godzilla and King Kong, as well as characters by Toho Co., Ltd and original characters. The franchise consists of five films and two television series produced by Legendary, with Warner Bros. Pictures distributing the films and the TV series being released for streaming on Netflix and Apple TV+.

is a giant monster, or kaiju, that debuted in the 1965 film Gamera, the Giant Monster by Daiei Film. The character and the first film were intended to follow the success of Toho's Godzilla film series, while various staffs have participated in both and related franchises, and the two franchises have influenced each other. The Daiei franchise has become a Japanese icon in its own right and one of the many representatives of Japanese cinema, appearing in a total of 12 films produced by Daiei Film and later by Tokuma Shoten and Kadokawa Daiei Studio (Kadokawa Corporation) respectively, and variou

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type of monster in Japanese anime

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DC Universe character

"Mecha-Streisand" is the twelfth and penultimate episode of the first season of the American animated television series South Park. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on February 18, 1998. In the episode, Barbra Streisand obtains the Diamond of Pantheos from Stan, Cartman, Kyle and Kenny, and transforms into a giant mechanical dinosaur called Mecha-Streisand. She is ultimately defeated by The Cure frontman Robert Smith, who himself transforms into a giant moth monster.

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2007 film by Hitoshi Matsumoto

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10th episode of the 12th season of South Park

Japanese manga series

11th episode of the 12th season of South Park

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production name given to the giant, fictional monster that appears in the 2008 film Cloverfield

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is a Japanese multimedia franchise by Kadokawa. Originating as a concept book released in November 2017, it later received a novel series written by Hiroyuki Nakao and illustrated by Eisaku Kubonouchi. An anime television series adaptation produced by NUT aired from October to December 2023. A manga adaptation by Hishio Itami began serialization in October 2023.

is a Japanese tokusatsu series centering on an eponymous fictitious giant warrior god. It initially consisted of a film trilogy shot simultaneously and released in 1966 with three different directors and predominantly the same crew. The series was produced by Daiei Film and contained similar plot structures involving villages being overthrown by warlords, leading to the villagers attempting to reach out to Daimajin, the great demon god, to save them.

is an anime television series, produced and animated by XEBEC, and directed by Seiji Mizushima. It aired from October 5, 1999, to March 28, 2000, on TV Tokyo, running for 26 episodes. 6 volumes of videos were released on VHS and DVD. The series also had a very brief run (two episodes) on Cartoon Network through Toonami's "Giant Robot Week".

fictional character from the Ghostbusters franchise

horror-themed manga and anime series

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fictional character, a DC Comics superhero