Kaiju Vs. History

This month on Kaiju Vs. History we invite guest from the Final Forum podcast to talk kaiju with us, going over the largest creatures, from demons to dragons, in the Dragon Ball universe. Are there really that many that its worth an entire episode? Does Akira Toriyama have a love for Godzilla and King Kong that seeped into his seminal work? Find out along with us and the folks from Final Forum on t...

Welcome Kaiju Vs History fans to the start of KvH 2.0 and the kickoff to our monthly episodes. This month (June) we are looking at the latest in the Monsterverse universe with Apple TV's season 2 of their show Monarch (2026). Find out about our thoughts, the connections to the Legendary films, and whether we thought they should have just adapted Biollante in this week's episode, this is our review...

This week on Kaiju Vs. History we finish off our podcast goal as of the time of this recording we have watched every single kaiju film available to us! To celebrate we recalibrate the podcast and talk about our future goals and projects and look at how the podcast will change. Join us this week for our look into the future and reflections on the past on a very special episode!

We return to Netflix streaming for another massive monster movie, and a sequel to boot. Can the mythological majesty of this movie stand up to the positive performance of the first flick? Or will this movie stink like its synonymous best worst movie ever? We will get into this week as we look at last years "Troll 2"

Once more we wade into the shallow pool of micro budget kaiju 'classics' with a director with a green screen and a dream. Will this movie use up all the carte blanche to print films that SRS Cinemas has garnered over the years or will this movie chum up the waters? Find out along with us as we look at "Kaiju Glam Metal Shark Attack!"

Join us this week as we take another look at the hit or miss world of Netflix Animated Kaiju actions, as we look at a brand new Ultraman universe. Will a giant monster baby and daddy issues save this family fun fest or will this seeming homerun fail to reach the bleachers? Find out as we take a look at 2024's "Ultraman: Rising"

We return once more to the funny headspace of Director Shinpei Hiyashiya, this time with perhaps his smallest crowd fund raised film yet that take place outside of his Raigo series. Can this simple tale of ninjas, ancient kaiju guardians and the simple mountain village outside of Tokyo distract us long enough from the world collapsing around us? Likely not but we will still watch 2024's "War of th...

We take a look at a theatrically released truncation of an anime hit, as the latest manga adaptation flies off the page and into film in a short time frame. Will this movie be enough to get audiences interested in the characters and universe of the show or is it too much left on the cutting room floor? You can join us this week to find out on the "Kaiju No 8: Mission Recon" review.

Once more we escape our straight jackets inside the Asylum for another mockbuster, but one that perhaps is our last one for the podcast. Can a sequel without a godzilla rip-off succeed to ape a movie with little Big G in the first place? Can the terrible script make a semblance of sense when read by the overpaid actors? Can Cthulhu by another name end the world and grab our attention? We will see...

Once more we escape our straight jackets inside the Asylum for another mockbuster, but one that perhaps is our last one for the podcast. Can a sequel without a godzilla rip-off succeed to ape a movie with little Big G in the first place? Can the terrible script make a semblance of sense when read by the overpaid actors? Can Cthulhu by another name end the world and grab our attention? We will see...

We get another extension of the Mosnterverse this week with the 5th official film entry into the Titanic series. Can a more vibrantly colored and Kong heavy story swing through theaters to box office glory, or will this Showa era excursion into the center of the earth land flat on its face? We take a long and loving look at the second film in the titan team up this week with 2024's "Godzilla x Kon...

The Monsterverse continues on the streaming screen as we get a prequel to the King of the Monsters and a look back at the creation of the Monarch organization. Can a more human-centric story survive in a universe dominated by giant kaiju battles? We will chat Legendary films and Apple TV adaptations this week as we take a peek at 2023's "Monarch: Legacy of Monsters"

A new Godzilla film from Japan has emerged, with a historical setting an a dark and gritty look at post-war Japan, where Tokyo has been fire-bombed to ashes, but the will of the people remains strong. Can hope survive though when a kaiju threat emerges from the ocean to take our Nuclear family below zero? Find out in this academy award winning drama as we watch 2023's "Godzilla Minus One"!!!

We take a look at a new historical kaiju film from director Hiroto Yokokawa as he takes a look at the Heisei era instead of his previous Showa-loving flicks. Can the celebration of actress Megumi Odaka and other Heisei actors make up for the short script and micro budget? Find out along with us as we take a retrospective look as this amazingly respectful 2023 film "Hoshi 35"

What do you get when you add stock footage to vignettes filmed in the local park on top of 20 minutes of credits? You get a film that makes me feel like I owe an apology to Ape Vs Monster. Can Tom Sizemore's 60 second cameo save this film from one of the worst scores in this podcast's history? Find out on this week's examination of "Mega Ape"

This week we take a look at the first Gamera project in over 18 years as Netflix expands its already impressive animated Kaiju offerings. Can this short series make up for the lack of live action or will it go down like the animated Godzilla films as forgettable streaming crap? Find out as we watch the 2023 series "Gamera: Rebirth"

Jason Statham is back for another underwater romp with CGI sharks this week, as Hollywood and China team up for another oceanic action flick. Will this movie with its greater reliance on creature feature tropes measure up or repeat the cycle of megalodon monster mashes and fail to deliver? Find out with us this week as we watch 2023's "Meg 2: The Trench"

A film that has been in development for nearly 60 years finally gets a 2023 release decades after the director's death. Can 1990's Stop motion animation with modern techniques work to tell a Lost World style or should this movie remain buried in the past? Find out with us as we finally get our hands on "The Primevals"

Netflix tries their hand at more animated Kaiju series, this time with a technical tie-in with the Legendary Monsterverse. But can this series with no Monarch references work to enhance the connected world? Find out along with us for a quick conversation about the 2023 series "Skull Island"

You know the drill, the Asylum makes mockbusters to confuse grandma buying DVDs for their grandchildren (see Armageddon 2025) and this week they are taking another shot at 2021's Godzilla vs. Kong. Can getting rid of the Godzilla character work with additional Monkey business? The answer is no but you should still listen to this weeks episode, because we had to talk about 2023's "Ape Vs Mecha Ape"

What if The Asylum decided to cash in on the Avengers film mega crossover genre by taking their most well known properties and reusing digital assets from each for another terrible film? That's our mission this week as we travel 3 years into the future from this films release to look at 2022's "2025 Armageddon"

We head to the frozen mountains and thick forests of Norway to peep the magical creatures known as Trolls. Can these mountain dwelling malcontents carve their place in the kaiju universe or will Netflix drop the ball on another kaiju project? Find out along with us as we explore 2022's "Troll"

This week as an X-mas "Present" we look at a host of terrible B-movie Giantess films created over the last 30 years. While awfully tangential to kaiju cinema, we talk about if any of these softcore cinema flicks are worth your time or worth never thinking about again. So join us for our holiday follies this yeas in the 2025

We head back overseas to Japan to check out the next film from director and special effects enthusiast Yoshikazu Ishii. Will this look at Japan's rough Covid years and office hijinks be a hit or will we be social distancing ourselves from this film? Find out along with us as we watch 2022's "Yuzo the Biggest Battle in Tokyo".

Jordan Peele throws a curveball at audiences who believed they were getting a UFO film when in reality he was making the oddest kaiju in cinema history since 1964's Dogora. Will this horror adjacent monster flick score top points as a daikaiju or be relegated to a mish mash of monster genres? Find out along with us we look at 2022's "Nope"