The Kaiju Transmissions Podcast

Join hosts Byrd and Matt as they discuss all things giant monsters, tokusatsu, and Japanese fantasy films. We'll also cover comics, cartoons, toys, books, and more! Come here for a regular dose of everything from Godzilla and Gamera to King Kong and Ray Harryhausen to Ultraman, and everything in between!

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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 1h35m. Bisher sind 274 Folge(n) erschienen. Dieser Podcast erscheint wöchentlich.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 18 days 16 hours 57 minutes

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episode 326: Godzilla (1998) Retrospective w/ Failure To Franchise Podcast


Our pals Trev (frequent KT guest) and Chris over at the Failure to Franchise podcast had Matt and Byrd on their show to discuss Godzilla 1998!  We discussed how it came to be, memories of living through the marketing and release of the film, the back...


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episode 325: The Whale God (1962) + News Roundup


Byrd and Matt discuss Daiei's 1962 period monster movie, The Whale God (aka The Killer Whale).  Directed by Tokuzo Tanaka (Zatoichi series), with a script written by Kaneto Shindo (Onibaba, Kuroneko) based on the novel by Koichiro Uno, it tells the s...


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 February 26, 2024  1h30m
 
 

episode 324: Translating the Original Godzilla Novels with Jeffrey Angles!


Byrd, Kevin and Justin interview poet and Japanese literary translator Jeffrey Angles about his recent translations of Shigeru Kayama's 1955 novelizations of Godzilla '54 and Godzilla Raids Again (now available for the first time in English via Unive...


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 February 11, 2024  1h41m
 
 

episode 323: Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters (Season 1- 2023-2024)


Byrd, Matt and Tom discuss Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, the recent MonsterVerse spin-off series on Apple TV+.  The story flashes between the 1950s and the 2010s as it follows the founding of the Monarch organization (introduced in 2014's Godzilla reb...


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 January 21, 2024  2h49m
 
 

episode 322: Rogue Stars! Gorath (1962) and Warning From Space (1956)


Byrd and Lux ring in the new year by talking about two Showa-era "colliding worlds" epics.  First is Daiei's Warning From Space, the first Japanese science fiction film made in color.  It tells of a race of cyclops starfish aliens who warn humanity t...


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 January 8, 2024  2h22m
 
 

episode 321: Godzilla Minus One (2023)- Kaiju Sized Roundtable Discussion


Byrd, Matt, Kevin, Lux, Trev, and Tom assemble for a sprawling mega-sized, in depth review of Godzilla Minus One. Toho's latest entry in the franchise is a reboot taking place in the 1940s, as Japan rebuilds after World War 2.  It follows Koichi, a f...


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 December 11, 2023  3h18m
 
 

episode 320: The Fantasy Films of Takashi Yamazaki


In our lead up to Godzilla: Minus One, Byrd, Lux, Tom and Kevin examine more science fiction and fantasy films from director Takashi Yamazaki (Parasyte, Ghost Book, The Eternal Zero).  Yamazaki made his first feature in 2000 and has been a consistent...


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 November 25, 2023  2h56m
 
 

episode 319: Ghost Book (aka Yokaipedia) (2022)


If you think Halloween came and went too soon, Byrd, Tom, Lux and Kevin are here to help soothe your Halloween Hangover with some more yokai-centric madness, with Toho's 2022 fantasy film Ghost Book (aka Yokaipedia).  Directed by Takashi Yamazaki (Go...


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 November 6, 2023  1h11m
 
 

episode 318: The Tetsuo Trilogy


Our October horror series continues as Byrd, Tom, Lux and Kevin discuss Shinya Tsukamoto's cult classic Tetsuo trilogy!  Tsukamoto burst onto the Japanese indie scene with the first film in 1989, cementing him as a master of surrealist outsider cinem...


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 October 30, 2023  2h55m
 
 

episode 317: Intro To GeGeGe No Kitaro


Byrd, Tom, Kevin, and Lux are back to give a crash course on Japan's biggest yokai franchise, GeGeGe No Kitaro.  The franchise, created by famous mangaka Shigeru Mizuki launched Japan's yokai folk creatures into the mainstream, where they have been e...


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 October 23, 2023  1h52m