Thanks everyone for the warm reception this video has received! I’m truly humbled that this manages to reach so many views in a little under two weeks! That said, I should probably address some criticisms I’ve been repeatedly receiving: - Yes, I missed some stuff. Big things like Gamera: Rebirth and the IDW Godzilla comics which are admittedly major oversights. These were the result of re-recording year-old narration to better cover more recent topics that I only alluded to in earlier drafts (such as Minus One and the MonsterVerse shows), and these got lost in the shuffle by mistake. Then there’s minor stuff like Reptilicus, the Ultraman Netflix anime, Gridman, etc. which was left out intentionally as they were either too minor to reference or that I didn’t want to overstuff the video with just a list of things that happened. It’s a history video, not a compilation. - Audio mixing is admittedly pretty wack at times. That’s just one of those kinks I’ve gotta work out as I make more videos. - A few pronunciation errors and minor mistakes made it by accidentally, sorry about that! I recorded each section in real time and was bound to mess something up lol Thanks again for the support, hopefully you’ll stick around for future videos!

@ChefQuinn

4 ай бұрын

Let me cook for you when you reach 1 million subscribers

@ThatOneGuy7550

4 ай бұрын

Pls post the bibliography or citations you've used !!

@deepstatethrombosis

4 ай бұрын

TBH, the IDW comics are so unique and cool, they'd be well worth their own video. Great job on this one! I'm subbed with the bell on for what you do next.

@Levascus

3 ай бұрын

what about Evangelion?

@ThatOneGuy7550

3 ай бұрын

evangelion is a mecha anime, not a kaiju or tokansatsu series. maybe gridman seems more appropriate here but not eva. you should have watched the video lol

Godzilla Minus One earning its Oscar is definitely a highlight of the entire Kaiju genre.

@thewkovacs316

2 ай бұрын

it should have been nominated for best foreign language film

@padawanmage71

2 ай бұрын

@@thewkovacs316 As i understand it, Japan didn’t submit for consideration (!)

@thewkovacs316

2 ай бұрын

@@padawanmage71 really? why not? even a nom would have been a feather in tohu's cap.

@pancakepower1006

Ай бұрын

I thought this said eating its oscar

@MinecraftWorld1954

19 күн бұрын

@@thewkovacs316Because they missed the deadline for it

52:44 Damn, Godzilla looked excited, he wanted to be a Hollywood star. 🥲😞

Being from Hawai'i, Japanese media was a big part of my childhood. There was Kikaida, Power Rangers, and of course Godzilla. My dad got me into Godzilla, and I've been a life long fan ever since. I'm glad to see Tokusatsu and Kaiju become part of main stream pop culture.

@supme7558

2 ай бұрын

What does being from Hawaii have to do with anything?

@lena2231y

2 ай бұрын

@@supme7558 Hawai'i is a huge area for Japanese tourism and immigrants

Brazilian 50 year-old here. Brazil has the largest Japanese community in the world outside Japan itself. Japanese migration officially started in 1908, and their culture has been ingrained into ours since then. And this pretty much includes Japanese Pop culture. My grandpa watched the original Godzilla in the movies back in the late 50s, my mom used to watch National Kid, and I used to watch Ultraman on TV when I was 5 years old, among others (Johnny Sokko And His Flying Robot, UltraSeven, Magma Taishi etc). My brothers grew up on Changeman and Jaspion, and my son on the Power Rangers. But none of this is new here: I dare say we Brazilians have had more contact with this kind of content long before the Americans. As for the video itself, kudos man. Great research and I had a lot of fun watching it.

Even the Heisei era intro here goes hard. It’s hard to beat the Heisei era. Also this is a MASSIVE hot take but I feel KOTM is the best of the Legendary films. From the score to the monster battles, it scratches every itch for me.

@WolfHreda

3 ай бұрын

King of the Monsters is the first non-Japanese Godzilla movie that truly understood Godzilla. It reminded me a lot of Marc Cerasini's books (Especially Godzilla 2000) and just hit the vibes perfectly. Besides all that, some of the cinematography was absolutely stunning.

@ananmtdfox

3 ай бұрын

I also really love KOTM! I absolutely agree. It also scratches my itches

@Windwalker88

2 ай бұрын

The first time i was underwhelmed, but seeing it a second time recently i was blown away. Serizawa's sacrifice was beautiful and the monster awakenings were all amazing

@greedykiryu1755

Ай бұрын

I definitely agree

2 minutes in, this is great. May the algorithm bless you, my friend. Just keep grinding, it'll happen.

this is a insanely underrated video, hope this blows up

wow, well done video sir. this was well worth the two hour watch. among all the crap that been on youtube lately, it nice and refreshing to a well put together essay video on this topic. as a kaiju movie fan myself, it's good to know kaiju movies were always a part of our history and are here to stay for decades to come.

@dudefromtheearth

4 ай бұрын

Agreed! This is so well done.

@Levascus

3 ай бұрын

yup

You absolute LEGEND the love and care that went into this is unmatched, I’m gonna show this to everyone I know who is even slightly interested in the genre

very very VERY well done, this was such a great watch! I'm so happy to see this video getting the views and reception it deserves. I'm so excited for whatever you work on next and in the meantime you should be so, so proud of your work here. this is going to be my go-to for introducing people to kaiju from now on.

Solid deep dive documentary style video on the Kaiju genre. However I'm a bit bummed you didn't talk more in depth about these topics: -Studio Trigger's SSSS.Gridman series which pays homage to the classic Ultraman -Evangelion and the rebuild movies igniting interest in mecha and kaiju within the anime sphere -The many King Kong movies after the original, including the Peter Jackson remake

@jimmypratt

4 ай бұрын

to be fair to the guy the peter jackson film is not only 3 hours long but offers just about nothing to the audience and genre as a whole. not many of the king kong sequels do, and anime isn't too much of an influence (unless you can prove me wrong?) on modern mainstream kaiju. I say this as someone whos favourite show of all time is possibly evangelion.

@srgoji8313

4 ай бұрын

​@@jimmyprattEvangelion has a gigantic influence over kaiju media, Gamera 3, pasific rim, shin godzilla and many more are inspired by it

@toyotatacoma1616

2 ай бұрын

@@jimmyprattpacific rim took heavy influence from Evangelion, and Shin Godzilla was directed Hideaki Anno himself.

@jimmypratt

2 ай бұрын

@@srgoji8313 yeah i forgot about shin and i didnt really think of pacific rim cuz i just...wasnt a fan.

One of the best Kaiju Genre Essays KZread has to offer. Peak content, I hope this blows up even further. Subbed.

Hope there's more Gamera media. He's my favorite Kaiju

@chadgorosaurus4898

3 ай бұрын

We need a Shin Gamera movie

@Autumnfurry2099

3 ай бұрын

@@chadgorosaurus4898 that's what I'm saying

Be proud of what you've put together here. I stayed entertained the whole way through

Excellent documentary! Probably the best documentary about Kaiju media on youtube! Though I will say I'm surprised you didn't mention Gamera Rebirth, since it's the first Gamera project since the mid 2000s. Also Gareth Edwards' 2010 film Monsters since it's not only one of the few big British Kaiju films but also Gareth Edwards' first Kaiju project. At least, I'm pretty sure it's a Kaiju film. Also surprised you didn't mention how the Cloverfield franchise crashed and burned. Especially since Clover makes a cameo in Paradox (tho this cameo is in the video's outro). And finally, I'm surprised you didn't mention the rest of the Pacific Rim franchise (Uprising and Black). I thought they'd get mentioned especially since Uprising was a complete failure that basically killed the franchise. But these are just really small nitpicks, fantastic video! I'm excited to see what else you got planned!

@Zizpy

2 ай бұрын

Didn't expect to see you here

Amazing. Can't wait for the Transformers documentary that you're obligated to make now

@bog0bones

4 ай бұрын

Haha we’ll see on that front! I’d like to make a TF video but I think a lot of the history has already been covered on KZread. Maybe some day!

@RedwoodTheElf

4 ай бұрын

@@bog0bonesAw, I'd prefer a "Henshin Hero" video...from Ultraman to Cutie Honey to Sailor Moon...

I think Kaiju has an element of Yokai (妖怪, both of these characters mean strange or suspicious). Yokai are monsters that appear in Japanese folklore. Because Japan is an animistic country, people attribute terrifying phenomena such as earthquakes and flood damage to Yokai. During the Edo period, thanks to Ukiyoe (Japanese etchings), Yokai became more popular among the people and gained more variety. One example is a huge, haunted skeleton (がしゃどくろ), while another is a creature only washing beans in a river (小豆洗い). I believe that the animistic thought of likening this phenomenon to monsters and the rich variety have been inherited by kaiju. sorry for bad English!

Literal peak fiction of a video, good work.

I love, love, love "King of the Monsters" and especially its take on Mothra, and I fervently hope to see more of her.

@qwertyzillaofficial2969

Ай бұрын

Good news

Much applause. My love for these movies and the people behind them has been reinvigorated

Fantastic video dude. I like the respectful and intensely analytical approach you gave; it clearly comes from a place of pure love. I look forward to seeing more of your writing!

This is an absolutly wonderful video that you've made! As a lifelong G-fan it's great to have a comprehensive history of not only the Godzilla series, but the entirety of major kaiju releases. The fact that this seems to be your first high production video as well, gives me hope that if I can find the time and learn a little video editing, I can make some good content as well. You definitely earned yourself another subscriber, and I'm exited to see what you put out next!

I've seen loads of Kaiju material on KZread and this is terrific. Well done. More thoughts when I've watched it all

This may very well be the BEST kaiju analysis i have EVER seen! Very, very well made!

Incredible video man. Really pleased this came through my recommendations. Hope you keep creating videos, cause this is incredibly high caliber.

A brilliant distillation of the expansive history. Excellent work

This is one of the few videos where I come back to watch it a second time. I love this video's ability to include as many topic as possible. Well done! Just realized that we are 9 months away from the centennial anniversary of Lost World(1925). Honestly the centennial anniversary of many of these famous kaijus, a once-in-a-generation experience; I cannot wait to live through.

What a fantastic documentary on the genre. I got notified of this video on my feed and got curious on it but was busy to see it fully until recently and I was impressed. The editing and your narration flows nicely and it was a good listen while doing homework. For a start of your channel this was great. This and your other video on humans are informative and reflective on the mindset of the fandom and notions towards the genre that it is noticeable. Consider me subbed and following your channel from now on. Props on the content.

This was an absolutely tremendous video. Props to you for the heaps of research that you did. Not to mention fitting all of this into one video. This deserves some serious recognition. Well done.

It's a really good deep dive into the Kaiju genre.

I just finished watching this video and all I can say is, man, you've got yourself another subscriber.

Bro cooked for real, absolutely loved this documentary, if it's even that. A love letter to the genre and to all those who built something grandiose out of nothing.

this was insane and great, keep up the great work

Loved this video! So much passion and care for the genre. Please make more

an absolutely amazing video, I enjoyed watching every minute. I hope ur channel continues to grow :D

Amazing video! I learned some new stuff I didn't even know! Thank you so much!

Fantastic work Joel! Loved every minute!

Wowza! I’m not even into kaiju but I watched this because it was well made and super interesting! Awesome stuff mate

WONDERFUL video. I don’t comment often but had to hear as this has kept me enthralled throughout its runtime.

Great job! This video is amazing!

RRAAUUUH ABSOLUTELY HIGH QUALITY MASTERPIECE OF A VIDEO… KZread NEEDS more stuff like this!

Well done! The most concise, mature, documentary of the Kaigu franchise.

This is a spectacular watch! I’ve been wanting to get more into Godzilla and kaiju films in general so I enjoyed this very much

This video documentary needs more views. It’s very well done.

This is really a fantastic and comprehensive yet easily digestible overview of over 90 years of giant monster media. Great job!

wow, thank you so much for this amazing video, i cant believe your channel hasnt gotten more traction, although after this it seems you might have gotten the recognition you deserve, this is really interesting and very high quality. i look forward to seeing future uploads :)

This is a fantastically well researched and presented documentary! I can't imagine how much work was put into this, truly an impressive feat and worthy of far more views. Great job!

This is an excellent exploration of a genre over 70yrs old. Godzilla and giant monsters were the backbone of my childhood, as I'm sure is the case with most of those commenting on this page. Please keep posting! I thoroughly enjoyed this video! And those who want to criticize because you may have left out a detail or two need to put their money where their mouths are and post their own videos if they feel they can do better. I recognize the time and effort and research that went into producing something like this, so keep doing what you're doing!

This was so well thought out and executed. Thanks for the countless hours and hard work you put into this documentary. Your love for the genre is inspiring.

seeing this pop up in my subscription feed was such a pleasant surprise! this was really, really well done!!!

Amazing video bro,cant wait on your next. Absolutely deserve a sub

I'm a longtime monster movie fan and I really enjoyed your documentary. I can tell there was effort put in and I applaud your overall excellent accuracy so many other channels fall short of. I use letterboxd lists for organizing the more general "giant monster movie" genre Pre-1953: Gensis 1954-1968: Golden Age 1969-1983: Copper Age 1984-2004: Silver Age 2005-2012: Bronze Age 2013-Present: Kaiju Renaissance Aka the 2nd Golden Age. Your video is almost 2 hours long and has a lot of great info for newcomers. Personally I've never been drawn to Ultraman (read Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters so I'm familiar with the early years of that series), so this really let me know how much I was missing. You earned a subscription. Looking forward to what you do next.

This has to be perhaps one of the best videos I have ever seen on this website and your analysis is what I would consider one of the best summaries of all time for the kaiju genre. The way you structured the history of the genre is the way I would've done it almost exactly. I can only give you infinite praise for your efforts on this video and wish you continue work on this channel in the future. I've seen many other videos about this genre and I must say you have put the most sincerity and care into this documentary. While it is impossible to cover the full extent of this genre in two hours (you missed Gamera Rebirth😢)I was honestly impressed with what you achieved. All I can say is bravo to you for teaching me stuff I didn't know myself and for this sole video you earned a new subscriber.🎉

@bog0bones

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! And yeah I forgot to mention Gamera Rebirth, that was an accidental omission. I had to re-record the entire last part of the Resurgence and Reiwa section because I finished the first recording back in May of last year, way before we even knew anything about Minus One and before everything came out lol so I ended up accidentally missing Rebirth there.

This is fantastic! I learned so much about Kaiju history and even films I wanna aware of! Thank you and hat’s off!!!

This is an amazing documentary video 😮

Thank you for making this! This was truly an incredible documentary on a genre that is somehow omnipresent and yet often ignored. As a 9 year old kid who first got into kaiju (mainly Godzilla) in the wilderness years I’ve gotta say I’m insanity grateful to live in the Reiwa era.

Amazing video, informative, fun and with such a high quality! Hope to see this standard on next vídeo projects!

Well done! This is an amazing video essay on the history of Kaiju in our media. This should be a must see for all new Kaiju fans.

Great Job brother! I have long wanted to find this type of post. This one satisfies. Also, great job on recognizing The Lost World, King Kong, The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms.

Amazing video. Subscribed

This was so well done. Amazing time and effort put into making this! Thank you for such a great piece.

This is a fantastic video! Very well researched and edited. Congratulations on its success!

Fantastic showing for what seems to be your first long-form effort!

As a fellow monster kid, I salute you. Glad to know we are not a dying breed. This is the Balls Marie right here. Subbed.

Thank you for this amazing trip!

Excellent! Keep on with the good work! My only nitpick is that Godzilla Minus One came of a little shortchanged at the end. More like an appendix than the crowning highpoint in Kaiju-history it is considered now.

Phenomenal job! I loved every single second of this.

AWESOME!!!! Thank you for this!!!

Great work, dude! I have an ongoing history of giant monster movies series on my channel, but your video here blows my series out of the water.

This was so well done, you should be proud! Mox sent me to watch this, and I'm eagerly awaiting any future projects you have!

very well made video! Oh yeah and congrats on 800 subs btw!

Great video, sir😲👍 So well put, researched, and fun to watch. Happy to see more smaller channels with quality content. Subbed! My first introduction to kaiju genre was in 2002 in Nigeria when my dad bought me a VHS of King Kong vs Godzilla and i was hooked! Still love tge genre till this day.

Amazing vid bud. I can only begin to imagine the time and energy that went into this.

Awesome documentary!

Excellent documentary. I'm so glad that you gave a shout-out (brief though it was) to "Colossal," one of my fave films of that year. Oh, and don't decry the appearance of the parodies. At least in the West, parodies signal the end of a cycle for the genre they're poking fun of. They can only exist when a genre's tropes and cliches have built up to such a level that they become almost universally recognized. Once that happens, the genre is freed head off in new directions, often directions that fans tied to the old orthodoxy, the orthodoxy that made the parodies possible, cannot accept.

I can’t say enough good things about this documentary. Incredible writing and research as well as just story telling. I’ve seen most of these movies multiple times yet everytime you brought up a new film I got a little excited like wow another cool film came out I should watch that, oh wait. Anyways just great video can’t wait to see what you do next.

Man. I can’t believe 2 hours flew by. I loved the breakdown and history. So much to learn. It was great!!! Thank you!!!

Absolutely enjoyed this video you did a great job. Thanks for all the information I now have I much higher respect for the franchise

This was a fantastic summary video. You deserve way more subs than you have, my man. Keep it up.

This was absolutely wonderfully done.

Amazing Documentary!

There's some slight omissions (the Super Robot Boom and latter mecha subgenre and its ties born from the kaiju one) BUT, otherwise, this documentary is a fantastic overview of Japanese giant monster fiction and, as your stated intention, an excellent crash course in said phenomenon.

@bog0bones

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! The super robot boom wasn’t something I was familiar enough with to cover here but maybe for a potential updated version down the line!

@Enshohma

4 ай бұрын

​@@bog0bones For future context (and to the best of my understanding), the 1970s Henshin Boom (second Kaiju Boom) helped spawned an early anime boom filled with its own hefty variety of kaiju, notably the colorful American cartoon and superhero inspired shows from Tatsunoko Productions (Gatchaman and Time Boken) and the many, many, MANY super robot shows from Toei and other companies, some based off the works of author Go Nagai (the original 1970s Devilman series also had strong kaiju elements). While animation is no small feat, the numerous super robot shows offered a cheaper yet visually dynamic alternative to Ultraman and Kamen Rider-style programs, ones limited by their budget and, eventually, ended by the 1970s oil crisis. The super robot genre would give rise to the 'realistic mecha' subgenre which Gundam helped usher in and would tie overall into the anime renaissance / golden age of the 1980s though, by that point, kaiju based anime shows and movies would be relatively rare minus notable outliers (The Guyver, Roujin Z, Patlabor, Evangelion, Mobile Fighter G Gundam, etc.). Cut to ATTACK ON TITAN and kaiju focused anime (along with just more kaiju characters appearing in anime overall) becoming a little more common than ever before. It should also be noted that the 1970s super robot boom also included live action entries such as Red Baron, Mach Baron, and Daitetsujin 17 (that last one is a major favorite of mine). The live action giant robots would lead the surprise success of Leopardon from SPIDERMAN and, in turn, similar mecha included in Super Sentai (Power Rangers' Japanese origins) and other Toei shows from the 1980s.

This was an amazing video! You're one of the few that deserve to blow up on this platform!

Wow well done! Keep it up

Didn't expect how a guy I subscribed six years ago because of a meme just suddenly come back a post this masterpiece!

A damn great video, sir. Damn, damn great! Thank you for sharing your talents and hard work with us.

This is a great video - love it!

You forgot to mention "Gamera Rebirth", which is a descent return of Gamera.

Excellent genre retrospective !

AMAZING! Loved it!

One of the best video essays that I've ever seen 👏

48:26 the Funny thing about Ultraman Great (Toward the Future). Is that places like Richmond near San Francisco (especially San Fran) also got some International Stations! And so I was able to Watch a few Episode of that Series when I was Young!

Great vid man.

Incredible work, bro! Congrats from Peru!

Sick as a dog right now, but this was a wonderful documentary. I've always been interested in Kaiju films (I think my first Godzilla movie was Godzilla vs Hedorah!), but have probably seen only a handful of the movies you mentioned here. I certainly HEARD of a lot of them, but never anything regarding Ultraman or Gamera. I thought it was super fun seeing the history of this genre of film! Wonderful work!!

Excellent vid. You have my subscription Sir.

This was such a fun watch, I remember living through the wilderness era at a teen and patiently waiting for that 2014 release

Wow… just… wow… That was phenomenal. The effort and passion put into this is astonishing, even if there were a few kaiju properties I think you should have covered, such as Gamera Rebirth, Project Nemesis, and Reptilicus. I kinda wish I found this earlier before I got to work on my own Kaiju history project lol.

@sauces7465

4 ай бұрын

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Good vid my big dude.