Our Resident Expert Answers The World s Hardest Godzilla Questions
Our Resident Expert Answers The World s Hardest Godzilla Questions
By Hunter Cates/Feb. 23, 2021 6:51 pm EDT/Updated: Feb. 24, 2021 12:04 am EDT
Godzilla first arrived upon cinema s shores back in 1954. Nearly 70 years later, you could argue Godzilla is Japan s most significant pop culture export. Before there was
Pokémon,
Dragon Ball Z, Hello Kitty, Studio Ghibli, and a bazillion other Japanese characters, genres, and consumer goods, there was Godzilla. As Japan s first mainstream, post-war cultural export, the big guy opened Japanese culture to the world.
Okay, so giving Godzilla partial credit for Sony or Toyota s success may be