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Godzilla-shaped ice cream on sale in Tokyo near the sight his most adorable rampage
- Casey Baseel
Nov 30, 2025 - Tweet
You can eat Shin Godzilla’s Kamata-kun very close to Kamata.
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Godzilla, Evangelion, Ultraman, and Kamen Rider have formed a giant robot in tokusatsu clip【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
May 20, 2023
Witness the birth of Shin Universe Robo!
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- (anime • awesome • cool • crazy • Eva Unit-01 • Evangelion • Godzilla • Hideaki Anno • Kamen Rider • S.J.H.U. Project • Shin Godzilla • Shin Kamen Rider • Shin Ultraman • tokusatsu • Ultraman • video)
Godzilla turns your signature into King of the Signatures with kaiju personal seals in Japan【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 20, 2022
Multiple generations of Godzilla and his friends and foes can be part of your signature.
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- (awesome • COK • cool • Godzilla • hanko • kaiju • mothra • movies • personal seals • Shin Godzilla)
Live action Attack on Titan actress Satomi Ishihara confirms pregnancy, due date in spring
- Katy Kelly
Jan 15, 2022
The star announced the happy news through her agency this month.
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- (Attack on Titan • beautiful women • celebrities • Godzilla • kids • movies • pregnancy • Satomi Ishihara • Shin Godzilla)
Let Godzilla do the cleaning with the new Godzilla dust mop cover
- Dale Roll
Apr 23, 2021
Make cleaning fun by recreating scenes from the Shin Godzilla movie!
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- (cool • funny • Godzilla • housework • kaiju • movies • plushies • Premium Bandai • Shin Godzilla • weird)
120-meter Godzilla statue opens in Japan, fans can now zipline into the kaiju king’s mouth【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 13, 2020
It’s Godzilla! But for once, people aren’t screaming and running away, but cheering and drawing near.
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- (Amusement Parks • awesome • COK • cool • Godzilla • kaiju • life-size • movies • Shin Godzilla)
Massive 120-meter Godzilla statue being built as part of Japanese theme park’s newest attraction
- Casey Baseel
Nov 2, 2019
If you’ve ever wanted to zip-line through the King of the Monsters or save Japan from one of his rampages, this is your new happiest place on earth.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • awesome • cool • Godzilla • kaiju • life-size • movies • Shin Godzilla)
Seiko makes limited number of Godzilla watches for 65th anniversary
- Shannon McNaught
Oct 12, 2019
What’s the time, you ask? Time for destruction.
- Japan
- (accessories • collaborations • Godzilla • Grand Seiko • Seiko • Shin Godzilla • watches)
Take on Godzilla yourself in virtual reality at new attractions in Osaka and Tokyo
- Master Blaster
Jul 21, 2018
New VR Zone attraction lets you take on Godzilla in an attack chopper… Good luck with that.
- Japan
- (Godzilla • kaiju • Osaka • Shin Godzilla • Tokyo • Umeda • video • video games • virtual reality • VR • VR Zone)
Grade-school student makes touching tribute to the late Ren Osugi
- Master Blaster
Mar 10, 2018
One future film buff was robbed of the great actor too soon.
- Japan
- (art • Godzilla Resurgence • movies • Ren Osugi • Shin Godzilla • twitter)
40 Japanese reactions to the Shin Godzilla movie!
- Dale Roll
Nov 15, 2017
Get excited with us with these real-time thoughts about Shin Godzilla as viewers celebrate its debut on Japanese television.
Evangelion and pizza: The weird freeze-frame sight gags of Shin Godzilla
- Casey Baseel
Nov 14, 2017
Shin Godzilla is the heaviest kaiju movie in years, but there are still laughs to be found if you know where to look.
- Japan
- (anime • Evangelion • funny • Godzilla • Hideaki Anno • movies • Shin Godzilla)
Lone Tokyo cab driver offering passengers his personal thesis on latest Godzilla movie
- Master Blaster
Nov 1, 2017
And in doing so becomes a legend.
- Japan
- (Godzilla • Godzilla Resurgence • movie review • Shin Godzilla • taxi • Tokyo)
Shin Godzilla visual effects team creates new monster video for Japanese tourism campaign【Video】
- Oona McGee
Mar 30, 2017
A fearsome giant is no match for a powerful travel spot in this impressive video.
- Japan
- (cool • Godzilla • kaiju • Kanmon Straits • Kyushu • monsters • Shin Godzilla • tourism • travel • video • wow)
Fukuoka town builds enormous Godzilla replica out of… straw?
- Mike
Nov 12, 2016
After hearing about it last week, you bet we went to check out Japan’s gigantic straw Godzilla for ourselves, and it’s way more imposing than we’d anticipated.
Gigantic straw Godzilla sculpture appears in Japan – establishes itself as King of Straw-nsters 【Pics】
- KK Miller
Nov 7, 2016
Hay! Godzilla! Aren’t you a little far from home out here in the field?
Shin Godzilla set to leave an imprint on your next drinking adventure
- KK Miller
Nov 4, 2016
Make your night a “monster” of an evening with this elegant but geeky sake set.
- Japan
- (alcohol • crowdfunding • drinking • movies • sake cup • Shin Godzilla)
Kaiju chic – Godzilla fan creates amazing earring that lets King of the Monsters perch on her ear
- Casey Baseel
Oct 6, 2016
Godzilla is known for making sudden appearances in Tokyo, but nobody at all expected him to show up here.
- Japan
- (accessories • earrings • Godzilla • kaiju • movies • Shin Godzilla)
Shin Godzilla resurges in Tokyo with extended residency at cafe and new limited-edition ice cream
- Oona McGee
Sep 30, 2016
Now you can destroy Godzilla and his foes with your jaws in the heart of Tokyo!
- Japan
- (cafes • Godzilla • Ikebukuro • kaiju • mothra • Namja Town • restaurants • Shin Godzilla • themed cafe • themed restaurants)
Rocky Horror Kaiju Show? Video of Japan’s amped-up Shin Godzilla audience participation screening
- Casey Baseel
Sep 10, 2016
Screenings this month to allow shouting, cosplay, and glow sticks.
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- Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
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Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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