Kaiju

Kaijū (怪獣 kaijū) (from Japanese "strange beast") is a Japanese film genre that features monsters, usually attacking a major Japanese city, engaging other monsters in battle, attacking the globe, or possibly another city (Godzilla (1998)). It is a subgenre of tokusatsu (special effects-based) entertainment. Related terms include kaijū eiga (怪獣映画 kaijū eiga, monster movie), a film featuring giant monsters or a single monster; kaijin (怪人, referring to roughly humanoid monsters); and daikaiju (大怪獣 daikaijū, giant kaiju), specifically meaning the larger variety of monsters.

Kaiju

Kaijū (怪獣 kaijū) (from Japanese "strange beast") is a Japanese film genre that features monsters, usually attacking a major Japanese city, engaging other monsters in battle, attacking the globe, or possibly another city (Godzilla (1998)). It is a subgenre of tokusatsu (special effects-based) entertainment. Related terms include kaijū eiga (怪獣映画 kaijū eiga, monster movie), a film featuring giant monsters or a single monster; kaijin (怪人, referring to roughly humanoid monsters); and daikaiju (大怪獣 daikaijū, giant kaiju), specifically meaning the larger variety of monsters.