Dual Titles of Godzilla Movies

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Djdndnejwnwn

MemberGiganMay-05-2021 3:31 PM

Some Godzilla movies have different titles in different countries, I wanted to make a list of the ones I know, please help me compile them.

-Gojira, Monster King Gojira, Japan: Under the Terror of the Monster (Spain), Godzilla the Sea Monster of Odo (Netherlands)

-Godzilla’s Counterattack (Literal Translation, Japan), Gigantis the Fire monster (USA), The Return of Godzilla (France) The Fire Monster, (Brazil)

-King Kong vs Godzilla (Japan), The Return of Kong (Germany), Godzilla: Battle Party of the Giants(Germany), The Triumph of King Kong (Italy)

- Mothra vs Godzilla (Japan), Godzilla vs The Thing (USA, England), Godzilla and the Prehistoric Caterpillars (Germany), Strong Godzilla (Iceland)

-Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: The Greatest Battle on Earth (one of the Japanese Titles, GMK v1 I guess.), Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster (USA)

- Great Monster War (Japanese Literal translation), Monster Zero (USA), Invasion of the Astro Monster (US), King Kong 2000 (Lebanon)

Those Are the Showa ones I know.. Now the one hesei one I know,

-Godzilla (1984, Japan, Finland), Godzilla is alive (US), The Return of Godzilla/Godzilla 1985 (US).

Anyway I thought these were interesting my favorite titles are King Kong 2000 and Godzilla: battle party of the Giants

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Djdndnejwnwn

MemberGiganMay-06-2021 8:06 PM

Another title for GMK (2001) in mexico is The Invasion of Godzilla

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Djdndnejwnwn

MemberGiganMay-06-2021 8:15 PM

I’ve been doing some research and it seems the Tawainese Titles Include Dinosaur, as a replacement for Godzilla. In fact Godzilla vs Biollante is called Big Dinosaurs

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SarcasticGoji,
I think the way Taiwan uses "dinosaur" and Germany uses "Frankenstein" & "King Kong" are the same. In those respective countries, the words stand in for "monster" and are popular selling points. What seems bizarre, misleading and almost like a copyright lawsuit to us, must be more accepted and understood in those countries.

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