Works of fiction themed around giant monsters known as Kaijus. A work simply having a Kaiju doesn't count. The Kaiju must be one of the main characters, the main threat of the entire work, or otherwise central to the plot. Kaiju works will make liberal use of Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever if the Kaiju is a giant version of something relatively small, Tokyo Fireball if the Kaiju destroys cities and other structures, and Behemoth Battle if two or more Kaijus fight.
The Kaiju genre is codified by the Godzilla franchise, but the concept of massive creatures is much older, dating back to the age of Religion and Mythology.
Related indexes are Dinosaur Media and Dragon Works, since reptiles tend to be the most popular form of Kaijus, thanks to Godzilla being a massive radioactive dinosaur. Also see Monster Media, since this index is about giant monsters after all.
Works:
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Multimedia Franchises
- Godzilla: The Trope Codifier for this entire genre.
- Tohoverse: Toho's Shared Universe for Godzilla and related kaiju.
- King Kong: Arguably the Trope Maker (or Ur-Example) for this entire genre.
- MonsterVerse: A crossover between Godzilla and King Kong.
- Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Ultra Series
Anime & Manga
- Asadora!
- Attack on Titan
- Gamera Rebirth
- Godzilla Anime and Manga:
- The Island of Giant Insects
- Kaiju Girl Caramelise
- Kaiju No. 8
- Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Pacific Rim: The Black
- SSSS.GRIDMAN
- Ultra Series Anime and Manga:
Arts
Comic Books
Fan Works
Films — Animation
Films — Live Action
- 20 Million Miles to Earth
- The Amazing Colossal Man
- A*P*E
- Attack of the 50-Foot Woman
- The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
- Beginning of the End
- Big Man Japan
- The Blob (1958)
- The Black Scorpion
- Bulgasari
- Cloverfield
- Colossal
- Daigoro vs. Goliath
- Daimajin
- Day of the Kaiju
- D-War
- The Deadly Mantis
- Death Kappa
- Dinocroc
- Earth vs. the Spider
- Gamera
- Gappa The Triphibian Monster
- Gehara The Dark And Long Haired Monster
- The Giant Behemoth
- The Giant Claw
- Godzilla films:
- Godzilla (1954)
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters! (1956)
- Godzilla Raids Again
- King Kong vs. Godzilla
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
- Invasion of Astro-Monster
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
- Son of Godzilla
- Destroy All Monsters
- All Monsters Attack
- Godzilla vs. Hedorah
- Godzilla vs. Gigan
- Godzilla vs. Megalon
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
- Terror of Mechagodzilla
- The Return of Godzilla
- Godzilla vs. Biollante
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
- Godzilla Vs Spacegodzilla
- Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
- Godzilla (1998)
- Godzilla 2000
- Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
- Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack!
- Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
- Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
- Godzilla: Final Wars
- Godzilla (2014)
- Shin Godzilla
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
- Godzilla vs. Kong
- Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
- Godzilla vs. Hedorah (2021)
- Mothra
- Rodan
- Space Amoeba
- Varan, the Unbelievable
- Frankenstein Conquers the World
- War of the Gargantuas
- Dogora
- Gorgo
- The Host (2006)
- Howl From Beyond The Fog
- It Came from Beneath the Sea
- King Kong films:
- Kaiju Mono — an Affectionate Parody that spoofs various kaiju film tropes
- Konga
- The Last Dinosaur
- Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds
- The Lost World
- Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus
- The Mighty Peking Man
- Monster Island (2019)
- The Monster That Challenged the World
- MonsterVerse:
- Queen Kong
- Pacific Rim
- Q: The Winged Serpent
- Rampage (2018)
- Reigo King Of The Sea Monsters
- Reptilicus
- Space Monster Wangmagwi - a Korean monster film that breaks a record in the number of extras employed at it's time of release
- The Super Inframan
- Tah Tien
- Tarantula!
- Them!
- Troll (2022)
- Ultra Series Films:
- Ultraman Story
- Hanuman vs. 7 Ultraman
- Space Warriors 2000
- Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
- Ultraman Zearth
- Ultraman Tiga and Ultraman Dyna: Warriors of the Star of Light
- Ultraman Gaia: The Battle In Hyperspace
- Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey
- Ultraman Tiga Gaiden: Revival of the Ancient Giant
- Ultraman Dyna: The Return Of Hanejiro
- Ultraman Gaia: Once Again Gaia
- Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact
- Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet
- Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle
- Ultraman: The Next
- Ultraman Mebius and the Ultra Brothers
- Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers
- Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends
- Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial
- Ultraman Saga
- Ultraman Ginga S The Movie: Showdown! The 10 Ultra Warriors!
- Ultraman X The Movie: Here Comes! Our Ultraman!
- Ultraman Orb The Movie: Lend Me the Power of Bonds!
- Ultraman Geed The Movie: Connect The Wishes!
- Ultraman R/B The Movie: Select! The Crystal of Bond
- Ultraman Taiga The Movie: New Generation Climax
- Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga: The Movie: Episode Z
- Ultraman Decker Finale: Journey to Beyond
- Shin Ultraman
- War God - a Taiwanese movie where Guan Yu (YES) fights giant kaiju from Mars. This is REAL
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- War of the God Monsters (1985) - a film made by cribbing tons of footage from the Ultra Series
- The X From Outer Space
- Yongary: Monster from the Deep
Literature
Live-Action TV
- Genseishin Justiriser
- Godzilla Island
- Ultra Series Shows:
- Ultra Q
- Ultraman
- Ultraseven
- Ultraman Ace
- Ultraman Taro
- Ultraman Leo
- Ultraman 80
- Ultraman: Towards the Future
- Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero
- Ultraman Tiga
- Ultraman Dyna
- Ultraman Gaia
- Ultraman Neos
- Ultraman Cosmos
- Ultraman Nexus
- Ultraman Max
- Ultraman Mebius
- Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle
- Ultraman Zero
- Ultraman Ginga
- Ultraman X
- Ultraman Orb
- Ultraman Geed
- Ultraman R/B
- Ultraman Taiga
- Ultraman Z
- Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga
- Ultraman Decker
- Ultraman Blazar
- Ultraman Regulos
- Other Tsuburaya Productions Shows:
Pinball
Professional Wrestling
Rides
Tabletop Games
- Kaijudo
- King of Tokyo
- Monsterpocalypse
- Pachimon - Gotta Catch Them All the kaiju!
Video Games
- Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale
- Colossal Kaiju Combat!
- Colossatron: Massive World Threat
- Crush, Crumble, and Chomp!
- Daikaiju Daikessen: Rogue
- Dawn of the Monsters
- Earth Defense Force
- Extinction
- Giga Bash
- Gigapocalypse
- Godzilla Games
- Hakaiou: King of Crusher
- Kaiju A Gogo
- King of the Monsters
- Mechs V Kaijus
- Mega
- Rampage
- Terror of Hemasaurus
- Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher
- Ultra Toukon Densetsu
- Ultra X Weapons
- War of the Monsters
Web Animation
Webcomics
Western Animation
