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Only a movie of this magnitude could bring the crew back for one more daikaiju discussion – we are talking GODZILLA VS KONG and we did it LIVE! Kyle, Martin, Jeff, Sean, Dave, Adam and Charlie connected for a giant chat about the fourth Legendary Monsterverse film. The format we used for the podcast didn’t […]

Mark your calendars, Monster Kids! Due to the cancellation of conventions and festivals around the globe, several dedicated daikaiju fans have joined forces to create a new event for the monster masses. KAIJU CON-LINE is a free “virtual” event being held on July 11th & 12th, the same weekend that would have hosted the annual […]

This final mission will decide the fate of the human race… this is Operation Final Kaijucast! Welcome to a bittersweet episode release: the final episode of the Kaijucast. For this finale, I wanted as many cohosts as possible to get an one last opportunity to interact and say goodbye (or ja mataa) to our listeners. […]

The 2019 Kaijucast FanVasion is complete! Clancy and Kyle have returned from their trip to Tokyo (and beyond) with the rest of the “FanVader” team and the two of them sit down to unpack the whole damn thing. There’s a list below of all the places we went on the trip with some helpful links […]

Wow – Tokyo knows how to throw a Godzilla celebration! Today, I spent the day in Tokyo’s Ginza district at Godzilla Square with my group trip’s kaiju freaks (aka the Kaijucast FanVasion) and we had a great time! The stage shows were fun, the programming was great, the exclusives were super cool – I wish […]

Happy Halloween, Kaiju Fiends!!!  Celebrate the spookiest day of our calendar with an all new, super scary episode of the Kaijucast! Dave, Gretchen and Kyle sit down to discuss the cultural phenomenon that has grown to kaiju-sized levels. Thanks to animated shows like Yokai Watch, Rise of the Yokai Clan and so many more, the […]

Since the podcast is ending this year, I figured I should probably dig into the archives and find any unearthed gems. This is one of those gems – and it’s a bit shorter than I would have liked so I guess this is before we really had a lot of kaiju clout! 😛 Waaaaaaay back […]

In the history of me of saying “this interview has been a long time coming”, this one might take the cake. In the  very first year of the podcast, I spoke with Keith Aiken about coming on the show to talk about some of the knowledge he had… ten years later, the conversation is finally […]

Once again, the Kaijucast stomps through Portland’s own pop culture extravaganza, Rose City Comic Con!  This episode serves up the audio from our presentation at the convention: Release the Kaiju with my co-hosts playing the role of Monarch Outpost researchers and scientists… just a little fun with the subject matter. Obviously none of us work […]

Over the past 65 years, Godzilla has been played by all sorts of awesome people: Haruo Nakajima, Kenpachiro Satsuma, Tsutomu “Tom” Kitagawa (just to name a few). Not all Godzilla actors hail from the land of the rising sun, however. We are thrilled to share this conversation with a new kind of Godzilla actor. He […]

In this episode I sit down to speak with the director of Godzilla King of the Monsters (2019), Michael Dougherty, to discuss his love for the genre, his work on the newest film and even how his world view aligns with some of his characters’ motivations. If you haven’t seen Dougherty’s Godzilla King of the […]

We cannot ignore the importance of this episode’s news – and if you haven’t heard about it, get in here and listen! Just a heads up, this episode is really nothing but news. Gretchen and Kyle chat about the slew of kaiju-related articles and announcements that have broken headlines and brains over the past month […]

We did it, guys! This is the last podcast recording I brought back with me from G-Fest 26 last month, and I’m thrilled to share this interview with master sculptor and diorama builder, Takuji Yamada. Yamada’s skill is incredible, please make sure to check out the links below to his book and museum and more! […]

Hey guys, its a mini-episode about a cool event happening down in San Francisco later this month, it’s Godzilla Fest! I’m joined by SciFi Japan editor and Bay Area Film Events‘ head honcho Bob Johnson to talk about this 3 day festival of movies playing at the historic Balboa Theater in the heart of San […]

Looks like it’s time to add a THIRD panel recording from G-Fest 26 – this time with the director of the Heisei Gamera trilogy (1995 – 1999) and Godzilla · Mothra · King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001), the one and only Shusuke Kaneko. In preparation for the panel, I wrote down a jillion questions for […]

We are back with another panel from G-Fest 26 with the always amazing Akira Takarada! You know this actor of course, in addition to being on the podcast back in 2013 and in my documentary, Hail to the King: 60 Years of Godzilla, Takarada played Ogata in the 1954 original Godzilla film, plus he’s returned to […]

This episode was recorded LIVE at G-Fest earlier this month and it’s the 10th Anniversary Kaijucast Talk Show panel! Big thanks to the G-Fest staff for giving us the opportunity to interview these amazing guests – especially Tim Bean, Martin Arlt,  Jeff Horne & JD Lees. Without their help, we definitely could not pull off […]

Our very last Daikaiju Discussion episode comes in with flying colors – we had thirty listeners send in their homework for this film, and that’s on top of our hour plus chat too! No time to fill this space with extra verbiage; you’ve got a podcast to listen to! MUSIC OF THE TITANS: 1. Godzilla […]

Holy smokes, you guys, the world’s biggest annual festival of kaiju is coming up and coming in fast! Gretchen joined me to build a little hype for the convention that’s taking place next month in Chicago, Illinois (Rosemont, actually) G-FEST XXVI. We’re super excited for her to experience the awesomeness, so we hope you enjoy […]

Oh man, so much news I don’t even have the time to write a catchy intro paragraph – follow those links people!! MUSIC: 1. Last Shot by Alexander Desplat from Godzilla (2014) SUGGESTED VIEWING: International Posters Cinerama Dome Chinese Premier Photos (giant Godzilla statue and displays) Toho at the Licensing Expo (coming up June 4-6; I […]

SHOW US YOUR MEMES That’s right, people – it’s contest time again!! One of the best things about Godzilla movies is how fun they can be, so we’re inviting our listeners to send in their best, funniest and funnest moments of their own kaiju-filled lives – or from the legacy of Godzilla’s films, in the […]

With all of this Ultra-coverage happening around here, we decided that we should strike while the iron is hot and this episode of the Kaijucast is covering the 13-episode Netflix anime series based on the 2012 manga, Ultraman! Gretchen and Kyle are essentially sitting down to chat about the strengths and weaknesses of the series, […]

You wanted it, you got it! Or, maybe I should say that I wanted it, so I made it. That’s right, Ultra fiends, we are talking about the 1966 television show, created by the same special effects director that brought Godzilla to life, Eiji Tsuburaya. We are covering Ultraman (1966) and it’s about freakin’ time, […]

If you’re looking at this episode title and thinking to yourself “wait a minute… didn’t they already talk about this flick??” the answer is YES! But as it stands, I was coerced into asking So yeah… we didn’t like REPTILICUS the first time around and a friend of mine needed to school us on the […]

The vast forces of Nature, apparently, exist in harmony and balance. Then, one day, this order of things suddenly becomes turmoil! Strange, gigantic creatures rise thru the Earth’s crust in an earth-quaking uproar…sea monsters attack the shores on the crest of steaming tidal waves…weird beings from outer space savage the Earth in a rage of […]

It’s with much fanfare that we bring you a very special chat with fellow kaiju fan and Mondo artist, Tom Whalen. Tom is an artist the Kyle has been following for many years and one of the main reasons for the chat, and corresponding episode is to announce a super rad poster that Tom designed […]

Congratulations, everyone – we did it! We made it through the anime trilogy. And man, was that tough. Gretchen came over to chat with me about this new film, Godzilla The Planet Eater (2018). I don’t really have much to add here, but feel free to check out the article below in which the directors […]

Another episode to wrap up our adventures in Japan. In our last episode, we talked about our Hokkaido and the first half of our time in Kyoto. For this episode, we flesh out the remainder of our trip, now that we’ve returned to the US. Part one of our adventure can be found here. As […]

Hey everyone, I wanted to make sure to get an episode recorded, despite having a blast in Japan right now. You see, I’m traveling with fellow Japanophile and kaiju fan David Eric Dopko and we wanted to share some of the awesome adventures that we’re having and and awesome stuff we’re seeing with you. We’re […]

It’s hard to believe, but this past weekend marked the TENTH anniversary of the producing the podcast. That’s right, people… ten years of podcasting about giant freaking monsters! This episode (#253, Kyle!) is our eighth “Emergency Broadcast”, a live broadcast in which we connect with special guests and the listeners (for those who haven’t heard […]

We here at the Kaijucast all hope you had a nice holiday break and a happy new year celebration! I just returned from Japan and sat down with Gretchen to chat about the recent exhibit that opened in Tokyo, the DNA of Tokusatsu. The exhibit was absolutely amazing and I’ve uploaded a gallery to the […]

Just because I’m in Japan doesn’t mean I can’t post an all-new, super cool interview with one of the most prolific Godzilla artists in the industry. I’m referring, of course to Shinji Nishikawa, the man who created such iconic kaiju designs throughout the Heisei and Millennium series such as Biollante, Godzilla 1999, Baby Godzilla, Kiryu […]

We are back in the 1970s, man! And we’re taking another look at another film that might not have gotten a fair shake the last time around, we’re talking about 1973’s Godzilla vs. Megalon on this episode of the podcast. We originally covered this in episode 30, and I know I did not give this […]

Otanjobi omedeto gozaimasu, Gojira-san! Today is Godzilla’s 64th birthday! …and while Tokyo is celebrating with a big Godzilla Festival in Shinjuku, I thought this would be a very appropriate day to release this interview with Godzilla suit and stunt actor Tsutomu Kitagawa, recorded at this year’s Monsterpalooza in Pasadena California. We had Kitagawa on the […]

Are you ready for Operation Final War!? That’s right, folks we are once again talking about the 28th film in the Godzilla franchise, Godzilla Final Wars (2004). This movie was out first ever daikaiju discussion, so that’s right… it’s been almost 9 years since we talked about this movie in a discussion format. Do you […]

I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR, FOLKS! The change of summer to fall, the cloudy skies before the rains… plus the month of October / Halloween Season! Thus it’s time to get spooky! We’ve gathered around the ouija board to ask a very important question of the Godz: “Are kaiju movies horror?” I guess the […]

We’re back with a closer look at one of the films we have covered many moons ago, back in 2011 when the podcast was only on episode 28! This episode (#245) is our Daikaiju Re-Discussion for the 1975 Terror of Mechagodzilla. I’m joined for the discussion by Adam Alexander, of the Monster Project (and Die Like […]

Almost all of this episode was recorded at Portland’s own home-grown comic convention: Rose City Comic Con – unfortunately we ran a little long and so I asked Gretchen to pop in to fill in the listener with the missing information from the panel. Big thanks to the staff of Rose City Comic Con for […]

This month we are re-examining the 1989 Godzilla Entry, Godzilla vs Biollante, the seventeenth film in the franchise and one that took some time to get off the ground. We covered this in the first year of our discussions, back in episode seventeen of the podcast and I recorded that at an anime convention in […]

When I read the announcement confirming that Megumi Odaka would be a guest at this year’s G-Fest, I think I could feel the collective of Godzilla fans exclaiming “WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATT??!” It had been eighteen years since she’d made a G-Fest appearance in the year 2000 and I would imagine that her appearance at the Chiller Theatre last […]

Wow…seriously. I never thought I’d ever be able to type this out: This episode marks the fourth appearance of Godzilla suit actor Kenpachiro Satsuma on the Kaijucast. I feel incredibly lucky to have interviewed this legendary stuntman a whopping total (so far) of three times — and he appeared on a panel recording from Monster Mania […]

I am thrilled to bring you this interview with Keizo Murase, a kaiju suit-maker from the showa era and beyond. I originally met Murase in 2016 when he was a guest at Monsterpalooza. I did a poor job of coordinating interview options and ended up not sitting down with him at all during that trip. […]

We’re back and discussing another brand new entry in the Godzilla series: GODZILLA CITY ON THE EDGE OF BATTLE. Specifically, this is the second film in Godzilla’s first-ever animated trilogy. It should be an exciting time, but overall, these animated films are not delivering for the fans (at least in my observations). Just like the […]

Clancy and I cover our time at the twenty-fifth G-Fest! It was such a great time – we both loved seeing all of the listeners and fellow kaiju fiends at this convention, but this year was very special to each of us for different reasons. Huge thanks to the staff of G-Fest for involving the […]

Join us for a deeper look into the final Daimajin film of 1966: Wrath of Daimajin. We originally spoke about this in episode #14 (so very long ago) and it was only our second ever Daikaiju Discussion! For kaiju eiga (cinema) , the 1966 Daimajin trilogy is a bit of an enigma. All three films […]

It’s time for an interview mulit-ball! At last year’s G-FEST, a number of podcasters and youtubers were given the opportunity to interview the convention guests in 15 minute sessions. In this episode, you’ll hear two of these interviews and a panel recording from the convention, plus I go into some details about the upcoming festival, […]

Wowsers! We posted FOUR episodes in one month — I assure you this is not the future of the podcast. In this episode we are taking another look at Godzilla vs Hedorah for the podcast – this time in the form of our Daikaiju Re-Discussion, which is a year-long series of films that we looked at […]

Hey, check it out, it’s a recap episode of last month’s Monsterpalooza with the entire crew who made the trek — that’s Rachel, Gretchen, Jeff, Clancy and Kyle! If you aren’t familiar with Monsterpalooza, it’s an annual monster-related convention held in the Los Angeles, California area. Most years we’ve seen some kind of Japanese celebrity […]

Gretchen and Kyle talk lots of news in this 40-minute episode. Get to clicking those links below for the deep dives! SUGGESTED VIEWING (aka LOOK AT ALL OF THIS NEWS ): Shin Godzilla Statue in Hibya [ HuffPo ] [ ScifiJapan’s “The Godzillas of Hibya” feature ] Godzilla Anime Title update -> Godzilla: City on the […]

Bullmark. Popy. Billiken. Bandai. Marmit. M1. X-Plus. Gigabrain. Toygraph. These are just some of the kaiju toy manufacturers you’ll hear mentioned in this installment of the podcast. That’s because my special guest is my good friend and fellow kaiju collector/aficionado, David Eric Dopko – and we’re talking about the process that we go through when […]

It’s been a little bit, but we are back with another daikaiju re-discussion. This chat is about Gamera 2: Advent of Legion (1996) Daiei’s follow up to their smash hit Gamera reboot. Long time listeners might recall that we originally covered this movie in the discussions’ very first year (November to be exact — this was […]

Let’s get this out of the way now: if you are unfamiliar with Keita Amemiya’s film and television archives, make sure you listen to our first episode covering his work (episode #229). In that episode, we primarily cover Moon Over Tao (1997) and the tv mini-series from the year 2000, Tekkouki Mikazuki (but only just touched […]

Are you “War Ready”? I think we might be! Welcome to another installment of our daikaiju discussions, in which we review one film from the giant monster landscape. This month, we are discussing the newest of new in giant robots vs giant monsters vs giant robots cinema: Pacific Rim Uprising (2018). I was joined by […]

If you re unfamiliar with the creator of this episode’s subject matter, Keita Amemiya is an artist in Japan. He is quite prolific as a film and television director and producer. And while Amemiya has never produced any Godzilla movies, two of his works do feature some rather strange beasts and large monsters….so that’s what […]

Hey, will you look at that? It’s another live Kaijucast panel episode! For this installment of the podcast, we’re reaching back into the archived recordings and to last year’s Expanding the Legendary MonsterVerse presentation at Rose City Comic Con. Jeff and Gretchen joined me on stage to discuss the monsters and mayhem in the films […]

Can you believe another brand new Japanese Godzilla film is upon us?? Also can you believe that Clancy was the only soul brave enough to come over and watch the movie for the discussion? The movie’s name is Godzilla Planet of the Monsters and it’s the first official Godzilla anime – in a trilogy of […]

We’ve pulled off another one, people! Thanks to everyone who joined us live for the 7th annual Emergency Broadcast – we had such a great time. I really thought that this year’s show went better than any of our previous live shows (that just means the podcast is getting tighter right?), and that is definitely […]

Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, A tale of a fateful trip, That started from this rainy port aboard this Airbus A319! That’s right, this episode is all about my trip to Japan last month. I was there for work, but found plenty of time outside of office hours to pop around […]

We’ve returned to our roots with this discussion, which is part of a year-long “rehash” of some of the movies we’ve already discussed on the podcast. Oh man, it feels like AGES since we’ve actually covered a Godzilla film — this is of course not exactly true because we recently watched Shin Godzilla and I’m […]

This episode is ULTRA awesome because we have the actor who played the original Ultraman on the podcast to talk about his acting career. Satoshi “Bin” Furuya not only played the original hero from a distant planet land in Ultraman (1966), he played both Ragon and Kemur-seijin in Ultra Q (1966), the Ultra Garrison’s Amagi […]

And another year closes with the discussing of a movie, but that’s not all this episode represents – ladies and gentlemen, we have now covered all NINETY films from the daikaiju discussion list. Episode 222 (that’s this one) marks the end of an eight-year project… kind of hard to believe, but things aren’t over for […]

In addition to being a kaiju artist, Matt Frank has been a frequent guest and friend of the Kaijucast. Recently his trip to Japan coincided with some pretty amazing things, including a visit with a show-era veteran kaiju suitmaker, Keizo Murase and a modern tokusatsu director, Daisuke Sato. Murase and Sato shared the details of […]

This episode was recorded last month, just before a local Portland theater hosted a screening of Mothra featuring my two guests, the authors of Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa, Ed Godziszewski and Steve Ryfle! No strangers to the Kaijucast, I was thrilled to have the both of them in the […]

This episode takes a look at a film that has yet to be subtitled neither by official nor fan-run sources — and that’s too bad, as I was mistakenly under the impression that we’d be able to grok what was happening on the screen. How wrong I was! We’re trying our best to cover the […]

It’s Godzilla’s birthday today, guys! As such, I thought it would be fun to talk about how Japan is celebrating, something that’s relatively new to the country (seriously!) and something we can obviously get behind. A physical and “permanent” Godzilla shop just opened in Tokyo (Shinjuku, specifically and it opened on Oct 30th!), which is […]

Woah – I didn’t realize that October had gotten away from me so much. I’ve been so focused on watching horror movies and the inktober challenge this month that I kind of spaced putting together an episode for the first half of the month. Well hopefully the content makes up for the tardiness! This episode […]

I don’t exactly know what happened here. What was it about The Last Dinosaur (1977) that compelled a fully packed Kaijucast HQ tonight? Maybe my co-hosts are drawn to the smell of cheese… Anyway, I was joined by Adam, Jeff, Clancy, Sean, Gretchen AND Rachel for this discussion — and it was a doozy! Perhaps […]

Last month, I was very lucky and happy to attend JAPAN WORLD HEROES in Pasadena, California. As we’ve mentioned on the podcast recently, this was a fantastic show dedicated to tokusatsu, with many guests from Japan directly involved with a number of tokusatsu properties. I co-moderated a panel with Jim Cirronella of Celebrity Icons in […]

For this episode I am joined by The Tokusatsu Network’s Paula Gaetos. I thought that it would be a big advantage to have a die-hard fan of the genres represented at the convention help me fill in the gaps (of which there were a LOT!) in describing how cool it actually was to have so […]

Where to begin in this little blurb/writeup for the blog? I know some of you have been waiting to hear about this one. I actually found out about Attack of the Super Monsters (1982) a long time ago, watched it and then promptly and willfully ignored it for years. It’s not a film that even […]

It is with a very heavy heart that I must relay to you all that the actor who portrayed the original Godzilla (and other numerous kaiju), Haruo Nakajima has passed away at the age of 88. Haruo Nakajima played Godzilla from 1954 through 1972’s Godzilla vs. Gigan. He was Toho’s primary kaiju actor and helped […]

Yatta!!! This is big news for me on a personal level. The subject of this episode is a man who I have been admiring for just about 20 years. In the late nineties, I remember renting Gamera 2: Advent of Legion (1996) from our local awesome video store and I was completely enamored with the amazing […]

Where to begin for 1972’s Daigoro vs Goliath? This is absolutely, without a doubt, a film created for little kids. As such, things can get pretty nonsensical at times. Some people have called this the strangest kaiju film ever made… would they be wrong? In addition to almost an hour long discussion on this 1970s […]

Hey folks, in the interest of getting the word out and showing Japan’s tokusatsu heroes that their fans want them to come to the US, I wanted to help promote this upcoming convention in Pasadena, California. JAPAN WORLD HEROES is taking place in just about a month from now — August 25th, 26th & 27th […]

Hey gang – are you going to G-Fest? You should! Because both Clancy and I will be running around the convention all weekend long and we are really looking forward to it! In fact, we’re so psyched about it, we decided to do this little pre-G-Fest chat. In this episode, we basically showcase some of […]

Welcome to jolly old England, where we’re covering the most famous British kaiju film, Gorgo (1961). Clancy and T’Igor joined me for this episode, despite the crazy heat we had here in Portland, to talk of all things a proper English kaiju would do. MONSTER MUSIC: 1. The Matango Woman by Sadao Bekku from Matango […]

June has been quite the month at the Kaijucast HQ, but the dust is settling and I can finally sit down and put this together. Cobbled together on a Monday, posted on a Tuesday and most subscribers probably will listen on Wednesday, perhaps? Big things are afoot, listeners – so stay tuned! MONSTER MUSIC MONDAY, THE TRACKS!: […]

Welcome to another American kaiju film discussion! We don’t really have a lot of those, so I should play it up, right? This episode dives into the 2008 found footage epic Cloverfield. Gretchen, Rachel and Charles joined Kyle to discuss the film after a group viewing in the Kaijucast HQ. Overall, we do enjoy Cloverfield but […]

Consider this a more casual entry than usual, dear listener …not as laid back as a Yak Attack but I was joined by Rachel and Gretchen to discuss some of the monstrous activities and happenings as of late. Portland recently hosted some screenings of the Independent kaiju-inclusive film, Colossal (2017), so Gretchen and I talk a little bit […]

Did you know that the world’s coolest magazine is putting on their own convention this month? That’s right, Famous Monsters of Filmland is resurrecting an old friend, the FAMOUS MONSTERS CONVENTION and it’s happening this month in Dallas, Texas. In this episode we speak with FM’s Event Manager / Associate Editor Jorge Marrero and Monster Attack […]

Oh, wow – what day is it? I should really put my podcast together then!!! Yes, I know, I just posted episode 200 the other day but things have been crazy busy for me here. No kidding, I produced and edited FOUR different podcasts this week. This particular installment, therefore, is a bit shy of our […]

Oh my glob, you guys…. Can you believe it? This is the TWO HUNDREDTH freaking episode of the Kaijucast! I’m super happy to make this momentous occasion coincide with our coverage one of the coolest conventions to happen every year, Monsterpalooza. Earlier this month Jeff, Clancy and I went down to Los Angeles (more specifically, Pasadena) […]

He’s the biggest of the big and the baddest of all Kings, we are welcoming Mizuho Yoshida back to the Kaijucast with an interview recorded at Monsterpalooza earlier this month. Coincidentally, I posted a short interview with this monster man (recorded in the spring of 2016) earlier this year. It is always an amazing experience speaking […]

This month’s Daikaiju Discussion is all about a really big ape and the island on which he rules — that’s right, we are talking about Kong: Skull Island (2017) on this episode. It’s always a bit thrilling when we have a brand new movie to talk about, so spoilers ahead, people! MASSIVE MONKEY MUSIC: 1. Opening […]

For this episode we are diving into the history of the kaiju genre and its relationship with women – from characters to actors, we tackle a few topics that some people might consider to be a sensitive subject but that we feel should be a point of discussion amongst lovers of these films. I was […]

Pop quiz, hot shots! Wait, that’s not right… more like surprise homework! I actually don’t think anyone noticed that the show notes in the last episode mentioned (very late) that we were pulling a double feature of two short kaiju films for this month’s discussion. But really, I completely spaced mentioning this during the chaos of […]

There’s something magical about the old black and white Atomic Monster Movies of the 1950s. In addition to the inherent cheese factor that attracts some of us to their tales, they were the predecessors to our favorite mega monsters from Japan. Obviously without King Kong and The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, we wouldn’t have Godzilla […]

It’s another live episode in the can! That’s right, kaiju fiends – this past Sunday, we interviewed guests and hopefully entertained listeners live for close to three crazy hours. Bryan, Rachel and Clancy joined me for the sixth annual Emergency Broadcast. Since some of the interviews went on a little long, we actually forged through […]

I am so happy to finally share this short interview with stunt and suit actor Mizuho Yoshida from last year’s Monster Mania in Cherry Hill, NJ. As many of the listeners know, I am a massive fan of the 2001 film commonly referred to as “GMK” by the fans. Yoshida played Godzilla in that epic […]

I’m back from Japan and finally done with the jet lag (hopefully)! This episode was recorded in the Shinjuku Gracery’s Godzilla Room with the crew from our first official Kaijucast listener trip to Japan. We had an amazing time there and we hope you enjoy the episode as we share some of our favorite experiences […]

What a way to send 2016 screaming into the past. Too bad this isn’t the year of the dragon because we are watching the South Korean fantastical monster epic, Dragon Wars: D-War (2007) for this Daikaiju Discussion. I was joined by Bryan, Rachel and Charles for this chat, and we got in some great reviews from […]

It’s a Yak Attack! And I am on my way to spend the holidays with my family in just a few hours, so you are getting a short description. Seriously, I hope you enjoy this quirky and varied conversation with Bryan and Rachel and have yourself some happy holidays as I hopefully work on the […]

This episode takes a look at a film that barely qualifies as a kaiju movie. The Magic Serpent (1966) is a Japanese fantasy film version of a classic tale Jiraiya Gouketsu Monogatari. And while the monster appearances are few and far between, depending on what version you watch, you could be hearing some familiar roars to the […]

In this short episode, I had the distinct pleasure of welcoming suit actor extraordinaire Kenpachiro Satsuma back to the podcast. Satsuma played Hedorah in 1971’s Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster, Gigan in both Godzilla vs Gigan (1972) and Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973). He then went on to perform as the King of the Monsters in all of the […]

If you downloaded the episode before 11PM on November 2nd, 2016, I apologize for the tech fail but the upload was cut off and I didn’t realize it until it was already out in the wild. You should download the recently updated audio file. Once again, gomenasai. Holy shin, this is a massive episode! We’re talking […]

For this episode, Keith Foster from Big Pimp Jones and Kodoja returns to the air waves. This time, we are talking about the “Super Seventies” – not the swinging sounds, but the swanky superheroes who captivated the youth of Japan. At one point in the past year, we were discussing the rise in popularity of heroes […]

In this episode we check out a 1977 monster movie from Toei called Legend of Dinosaurs & Monster Birds, which is far more a Jaws ripoff than a kaiju film. This was a film that most of us were not really aware of until recently, and I can honestly say that even if you are a kaiju […]

This past weekend, we attended Rose City Comic Con in our home town of Portland, Oregon. Wow – it was fantastic this year! Keith Foster and I tabled together and sold Kodoja comics, soundtracks and prints plus I was able to sell some Kaijucast and Kaiju Corps stuff too. We also had our mini Portland cityscape set up […]

Oh boy. I don’t remember who requested Reptilian to be added the Daikaiju Discussion list, but for those of you who did… here you go? That sure was a film almost. Ok, seriously, this film is a 90s remake of the 1967 South Korean kaiju film, Yongary (which coincidentally has been released on Bluray somewhat […]

This episode was (mostly) recorded after checking out the Rifftrax Mothra riffing on August 18th. I thought it would be fun to get a bunch of kaiju fans together to chat about the event. While we had a group of eight at the theater, only about half of us could hang out afterwards and discuss the […]

  Hey folks, welcome to episode 182. This was recorded live at G-Fest XXIII in Chicago, Illinois and my guests were two awesome superstars from Japan. I failed to give them a proper introduction in the panel, so I am going to do it right now (and beg the Gotouchi Kaiju for forgiveness!) thanks to […]

We’re trolling Norway in this episode because our daikaiju discussion series takes a look at Troll Hunter (2010). We really enjoyed this found footage film and we apparently weren’t alone since the listeners seemed to favor this film as well. NORWEGIAN TROLL CHANTIES: 1. Troll Hunter Trailer Audio (2010) 2. Mjod by Kvelertak from Kvelertak (2010) DAIKAIJU DISCUSSION: Strap […]

Yep… running out of creative titles for these news episodes. And I am not going to guarantee that this one is super fresh, either, but I got everyone together to chat about the massive amount of news that dropped since our last meeting. Seriously, we are being inundated with Godzilla news from both sides of […]

For this episode, Kyle welcomes the creative team behind the first issue of IDW Publishing’s upcoming series, Godzilla Rage Across Time, Jeremy Robinson and Matt Frank. While Matt has been on the podcast before, Jeremy’s name may sound familiar because of his contributions to the kaiju genre via the literature branch. Jeremy is the author of the […]

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Well, well, well… Did someone ask for more giant monsters in the news? Because that’s what’s happened, folks. We have a massive news episode for your listening pleasure. Martin, Charles and Rachel came over so we could “ooh” and “aah” over all of the domestic and international Godzilla goings-on. MONSTROUS MUSIC: 1. Ultraman No Uta […]

For this episode, we wind the clock back to March when I attended the Monster Mania convention in New Jersey. The Godzilla suit actors Kenpachiro Satsuma (1984 – 1995) and Mizuho Yoshida (2001) were guests and took part in a panel about their history in rubber suits. Hope you enjoy, folks! MUSIC TO PLAY: 1. Ultra Q Theme […]

This episode of the Kaijucast was recorded at last year’s G-Fest convention in Chicago, Illinois. August Ragone and I thought it would be a fun panel idea to go through the entirety of Gamera’s filmography (which at the time was just about 50 years old). By all accounts, we should have been able to do it, […]

So much has happened in the past month! Japan’s new Godzilla film is on the horizon, and I’ve been traveling so I never had a chance to chat about this with my co-hosts. So this episode is almost entirely about the Godzilla Resurgence news that broke in the past month. We’ll cover some of the […]

Trying to edit podcasts while traveling isn’t so easy, so now that I’m back at home and you’ve all been at the edges of your seats (and I’m sure you haven’t become bored with the wait, right??) it’s time to crown the winner of our MONSTER MARCH MADNESS tournament! And yes, I’m painfully aware that we’re […]