The Americanization of Godzilla (Summative 2019)
Godzilla (or Gojira in Japan) is one of the largest Japanese media franchises ever. It is universally regarded as the father of the Kaiju (Japanese word for "Strange Creature) genre. Godzilla's titular character is a huge mascot all around the world as well, not just Japan.While the Japanese company Toho is responsible for most of the films and media featuring the character, both Godzilla and other Kaiju films have been attempted on numerous occasions by American studios. Godzilla has left quite a large footprint in the West, with many of the Japanese films seeing releases with English dub-overs in the West, as well as multiple original features including the 1998 Godzilla and the new sort of “Monster Cinematic Universe” starting with the American 2014 Godzilla. Basically, the big guy has seen a lot of worldwide appearances, and it makes it extremely apparent the sort of effect that American cinema has had on foreign studios. Let's start with original Ame
