Kaiju Vs. History

This week on Kaiju Vs. History we finish off our podcast goal as of the time of this recording we have watched every single kaiju film available to us! To celebrate we recalibrate the podcast and talk about our future goals and projects and look at how the podcast will change. Join us this week for our look into the future and reflections on the past on a very special episode!

We return to Netflix streaming for another massive monster movie, and a sequel to boot. Can the mythological majesty of this movie stand up to the positive performance of the first flick? Or will this movie stink like its synonymous best worst movie ever? We will get into this week as we look at last years "Troll 2"

Once more we wade into the shallow pool of micro budget kaiju 'classics' with a director with a green screen and a dream. Will this movie use up all the carte blanche to print films that SRS Cinemas has garnered over the years or will this movie chum up the waters? Find out along with us as we look at "Kaiju Glam Metal Shark Attack!"

Join us this week as we take another look at the hit or miss world of Netflix Animated Kaiju actions, as we look at a brand new Ultraman universe. Will a giant monster baby and daddy issues save this family fun fest or will this seeming homerun fail to reach the bleachers? Find out as we take a look at 2024's "Ultraman: Rising"

We return once more to the funny headspace of Director Shinpei Hiyashiya, this time with perhaps his smallest crowd fund raised film yet that take place outside of his Raigo series. Can this simple tale of ninjas, ancient kaiju guardians and the simple mountain village outside of Tokyo distract us long enough from the world collapsing around us? Likely not but we will still watch 2024's "War of the Ninja Monsters: Jaron vs Goura"

We take a look at a theatrically released truncation of an anime hit, as the latest manga adaptation flies off the page and into film in a short time frame. Will this movie be enough to get audiences interested in the characters and universe of the show or is it too much left on the cutting room floor? You can join us this week to find out on the "Kaiju No 8: Mission Recon" review.

Once more we escape our straight jackets inside the Asylum for another mockbuster, but one that perhaps is our last one for the podcast. Can a sequel without a godzilla rip-off succeed to ape a movie with little Big G in the first place? Can the terrible script make a semblance of sense when read by the overpaid actors? Can Cthulhu by another name end the world and grab our attention? We will see this week as we load up this film on Tubi, for this is 2024's "Ape x Mecha Ape: New World Order"

Once more we escape our straight jackets inside the Asylum for another mockbuster, but one that perhaps is our last one for the podcast. Can a sequel without a godzilla rip-off succeed to ape a movie with little Big G in the first place? Can the terrible script make a semblance of sense when read by the overpaid actors? Can Cthulhu by another name end the world and grab our attention? We will see this week as we load up this film on Tubi, for this is 2024's "Ape x Mecha Ape: New World Order"

We get another extension of the Mosnterverse this week with the 5th official film entry into the Titanic series. Can a more vibrantly colored and Kong heavy story swing through theaters to box office glory, or will this Showa era excursion into the center of the earth land flat on its face? We take a long and loving look at the second film in the titan team up this week with 2024's "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire"

The Monsterverse continues on the streaming screen as we get a prequel to the King of the Monsters and a look back at the creation of the Monarch organization. Can a more human-centric story survive in a universe dominated by giant kaiju battles? We will chat Legendary films and Apple TV adaptations this week as we take a peek at 2023's "Monarch: Legacy of Monsters"

A new Godzilla film from Japan has emerged, with a historical setting an a dark and gritty look at post-war Japan, where Tokyo has been fire-bombed to ashes, but the will of the people remains strong. Can hope survive though when a kaiju threat emerges from the ocean to take our Nuclear family below zero? Find out in this academy award winning drama as we watch 2023's "Godzilla Minus One"!!!

We take a look at a new historical kaiju film from director Hiroto Yokokawa as he takes a look at the Heisei era instead of his previous Showa-loving flicks. Can the celebration of actress Megumi Odaka and other Heisei actors make up for the short script and micro budget? Find out along with us as we take a retrospective look as this amazingly respectful 2023 film "Hoshi 35"

What do you get when you add stock footage to vignettes filmed in the local park on top of 20 minutes of credits? You get a film that makes me feel like I owe an apology to Ape Vs Monster. Can Tom Sizemore's 60 second cameo save this film from one of the worst scores in this podcast's history? Find out on this week's examination of "Mega Ape"

This week we take a look at the first Gamera project in over 18 years as Netflix expands its already impressive animated Kaiju offerings. Can this short series make up for the lack of live action or will it go down like the animated Godzilla films as forgettable streaming crap? Find out as we watch the 2023 series "Gamera: Rebirth"

Jason Statham is back for another underwater romp with CGI sharks this week, as Hollywood and China team up for another oceanic action flick. Will this movie with its greater reliance on creature feature tropes measure up or repeat the cycle of megalodon monster mashes and fail to deliver? Find out with us this week as we watch 2023's "Meg 2: The Trench"

A film that has been in development for nearly 60 years finally gets a 2023 release decades after the director's death. Can 1990's Stop motion animation with modern techniques work to tell a Lost World style or should this movie remain buried in the past? Find out with us as we finally get our hands on "The Primevals"

Netflix tries their hand at more animated Kaiju series, this time with a technical tie-in with the Legendary Monsterverse. But can this series with no Monarch references work to enhance the connected world? Find out along with us for a quick conversation about the 2023 series "Skull Island"

You know the drill, the Asylum makes mockbusters to confuse grandma buying DVDs for their grandchildren (see Armageddon 2025) and this week they are taking another shot at 2021's Godzilla vs. Kong. Can getting rid of the Godzilla character work with additional Monkey business? The answer is no but you should still listen to this weeks episode, because we had to talk about 2023's "Ape Vs Mecha Ape"

What if The Asylum decided to cash in on the Avengers film mega crossover genre by taking their most well known properties and reusing digital assets from each for another terrible film? That's our mission this week as we travel 3 years into the future from this films release to look at 2022's "2025 Armageddon"

We head to the frozen mountains and thick forests of Norway to peep the magical creatures known as Trolls. Can these mountain dwelling malcontents carve their place in the kaiju universe or will Netflix drop the ball on another kaiju project? Find out along with us as we explore 2022's "Troll"

This week as an X-mas "Present" we look at a host of terrible B-movie Giantess films created over the last 30 years. While awfully tangential to kaiju cinema, we talk about if any of these softcore cinema flicks are worth your time or worth never thinking about again. So join us for our holiday follies this yeas in the 2025

We head back overseas to Japan to check out the next film from director and special effects enthusiast Yoshikazu Ishii. Will this look at Japan's rough Covid years and office hijinks be a hit or will we be social distancing ourselves from this film? Find out along with us as we watch 2022's "Yuzo the Biggest Battle in Tokyo".

Jordan Peele throws a curveball at audiences who believed they were getting a UFO film when in reality he was making the oddest kaiju in cinema history since 1964's Dogora. Will this horror adjacent monster flick score top points as a daikaiju or be relegated to a mish mash of monster genres? Find out along with us we look at 2022's "Nope"

We are finally back to another film in the Shin series of reimagined Japanese classics by producer Hideaki Anno. After rebuilding his Evangelion series and putting a fresh spin on Godzilla where can he go with the famed Ultraman series from Tsubaraya? We will dive into this instant classic throwback film to talk all things Tokusatsu this week while watching "Shin Ultraman"

We head to Thailand this week for an shoreside monster mash with families all searching for missing relatives. Will this first time kaiju company be able to mix practical effects and the countries rains? Will the homages to Korean films become too much? Answers these questions and more as we look into 2022's "The Lake"

What happens after the credits roll on a normal kaiju movie and the heroes are left with the rotting remains of a defeated daikaiju? That's where this week's japanese comedy picks up and we look to government leadership in how to clean up a colossal corpse? But with the infamous comedic language barrier be breached with this film or will we die from NOT laughing? Find out along with us as we watch for the first time 2022's "What to do with the Dead Kaiju?"

Netflix is fast becoming the go-to streaming platform for animated Kaiju content, and this week's big budget 3d Animated feature cements that idea. Will an all star cast and super solid particle physics be enough to elevate this children's movie or is it a Kaiju adjacent that's more mythical than monstrous? Find out with us as we watch the first kaiju of 2022 in "The Sea Beast"

What if Kaiju joined up into the world of Professional Wrestling? Thankfully this question that has haunted scientists for generations can now be answered as this week we are looking at the 2021 animated movie "Rumble"!

Halloween is around that corner and you know what that means, its time to look at simply the scariest kaiju of all time. Join us we watch a monster destroy New York city infrastructure and piss on the big apple in this throwback to 1990's children's film "Clifford the Big Red Dog"

Giant horseshoe crabs invade a quiet California town and the only ones able to stop them are some plucky teens on prom night and their giant thrown together Mecha-Shark. Its a pretty standard story and the focus of this weeks episode as we take a look at the independent comedy slasher and kaiju mashup "Crabs!"

A children's yokai movie has a massive kaiju antagonist and the only think that can stop it is a blast from the 1960's kaiju past. Can this film survive most of its run time building up to a short kaiju finish or is this film best left out of the Daimajin collection? Find out as we cover one eye and dive into the world of "The Great Yokai War: Gaurdians"

This week we head back to the world of American independent kaiju cinema with another SRS published piece, this one with a native american/first people myth at its center. But what does a blues musician know about making monster movies? And will we end up singing those low down dirty blues after watching this flick? Find out as we take a horned stab at this weeks film "Uktena: The Horned Monstrosity"

The Asylum mock-busts another Godzilla movie but decides to focus on the King Kong aping instead, with less of an emphasis on the mocking and moreso the busting. Can this film keep our attention or shall we suffer from Boredom Vs Apathy? Find out with us as we take a look at 2021's "Ape Vs. Monster"

We finally get to talk about our favorite Godzilla animated project of all time this week as we head back to Netflix to check out the most difficult to understand piece of kaiju media and anime since Evangelion. Can this show hold up on second viewing or will we be forced to return to youtube for more explanation videos? Find out as we watch the short series of "Godzilla Singular Point"

Its finally time to continue the Legendary Monsterverse with the rematch nearly 60 years in the making! Can the biggest monster in American movie and the largest Kaiju ever to step foot out of Japan clash once more on the silver screen and produce movie magic? I think you know the answer to that question, but still lets get into it and rewatch 2021's "Godzilla Vs. Kong"!

The final chapter of Hideaki Anno's Rebuild Quadrilogy (Tetralogy?) is finally upon us release on Amazon Prime for all to enjoy. Will the near 14 year wait for this series to become complete be worth it with this climactic last entry or is this meta mash up too little too late? Join us as we sit back to enjoy the amazing sights and neon genesis light of 2021's "Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time"

We head down under to explore the animated continuation of Guillermo del Toro's Robot vs Kaiju universe. Can Netflix and Polygon Pictures save face after a middling attempt at three animated godzilla films by partnering with Legendary for a new take of Jaeger action? That's what's up for stakes this week as we explore the outback, no rules, just kaiju, on this peek at 2021's "Pacific Rim: The Black"

Director Hiroto Yokokawa takes us back in time once more for a fictional look at the history behind the failed project that allowed Gamera to be created. Can a soft-documentary style about an ill-fated production work as a kaiju film or is this historical short film not have enough meat on the bone to gnaw off? That's what we plan to answer on this week's look at 2020's "Nezura 1964"

The director of the resident evil video game film adaptations takes on a much larger monstrous movie. Can Paul WS Anderson and his wife ring another series of films out of a game series or will this series get hunted to extinction? Find out as we take a look at the super-sized creatures in this 2020 feature "Monster Hunter"

We return to the land of dollar-bin DVDs with a kind of titular sequel to the 1961 film Konga, with a monkey movie that means we are in for a bad time. Can a micro budget film made in the suburbs have a chance in the new kaiju renaissance? Find out as we hold our nose and ingest 2020's "Konga TNT"

We are back on the Kaiju adjacent train this week as we take a look at a Hollywood film struck down by the pandemic and sent to exist on streaming. Will a YA styled Post-Apocalypse film with Giant monsters work or will its stellar cast be exiled out in the cold wasteland? Find out along with us as we look at 2020's "Love and Monsters"

This week we take a break from films to talk about the 2020 series (miniseries) Deca-Dence. But the big fun news is Patrick just got from Japan so we talk about all things Godzilla, Ultraman and Neon Genesis Evangelion that he saw on his trip!

Minoru Kawasaki returns for another comedic kaiju classic, this time with a culinary twist. Can the heartfelt and fanboy director strike gold on the big screen once more or will this buffet of kaiju leave us holding a doggy bag? Find out as we explore 2020's "Monster Seafood Wars"

We take a long and loving look back at the 2010s this week as we finish up season 7 of the podcast and celebrate our 200th episode. The last 200 Kaiju projects have been a lot of fun, but we are even more excited about the next 200, so join us this week as we look back and forward into Kaiju History

We take a quick peak at a short film this week with some great behind the scenes as we head into the mist shrouded hinterlands of Japan. Can a kaiju film with all puppets succeed in one of the most monster movie soaked years since 1965? Find out along with us as we take a trip to Tubi to watch 2019's "Howl From Beyond the Fog"

Humble Japanese crowdsourcing got us a simple yet fun throwback film this week to watch as Director Yoshikazu Ishii combines classic tokusatsu Ultraman special effects with a fun story. Can this comedic giant teacher take on the problems of both his students and an alien invasion at the same time? Find out along with us as we take a peak at 2019's "Attack of the Giant Teacher"

We take a look at a Chinese production this week that uses traditional suitimation, classical mythology, and adventure filmmaking on a budget as we explore the icy mountains for a forgotten beast. But is these more to this tale than some toothy sharks or are we about to get snowed in? Find out along with us and go ahead an watch this one on Tubi as we take a gander at "Snow Monster vs Ice Shark"

We head back into the undiscovered country of Kaiju Parody with another English language comedy film in the stylings of the Zucker Brothers. Will a 2019 film do well with 1980s humor whilst poking fun at the 1950s? Find out along with us for the sophomoric adventure in "Notzilla"

Once more the Asylum tries its hand at a somewhat original kaiju film, but one meant to cash in on the popularity of the newly released Godzilla film. Will a tale of a lava starfish island fighting an ancient cyclops make any sense whatsoever? Find out along with us as we look at 2019's "Monster Island"

What else is there to say that the title doesn't tell you already? This week is 2019's "Zillafoot"