Talk:List of monsters from comics and books/@comment-831485-20150725220327

Time for me to elaborate on some of my recent additions above...

WHAT IS "KAIJU RABAN"?

Enshohma's Answer: Manga author and artist Shigeru Mizuki may not be a famous name here in America (I'm writing this in Los Angeles CA, by-the-way), but his influence on Japanese fiction is still going strong. Especially in the man's contributions to classic and contemporary Yokai mythology, which includes his still popular series "GeGeGe no Kitaro", and the Daiei produced Yokai films from the 1960's. So it's something of a pleasant surprise that Shigeru Mizuki was responsible for a one-shot Godzilla manga back in 1958, entitled "Kaiju Raban"!For the sake of accuracy, Godzilla's presence in the tale is only within the first act. Though his villainous presences is quite prominent, and he is the catalyst for other, original title monsters of book. Including a giant robot duplicate, years before Meckanikong or Mechagodzilla arrived on the scene. Nicholas Driscoll has written a detailed review and plot synopsis for "Kaiju Raban", which can be read at the following link: http://www.tohokingdom.com/comics/kaiju_raban_shogakukan.html WHO IS ANTI-GODZILLA? Enshohma Answer: "Godzilla vs Anti-Godzilla" was a planned story-line for Dark Horse Comic's larger 1995-1996 Godzilla series, but went unused when the comic was cancelled with issue 16. Basically, Godzilla was to battle a more extreme (possibly 'more mutated') clone version of himself. Anti-Godzilla was mentioned in a written interview with the comics' second editor and head writer, featured in an issue of G-Fan...Unfortunately, despite having said issue in my collection, I've forgotten the man's name, or the G-Fan issue number in question. I'll keep you guys updated, though extra help from any of you guys, would be appreciated. ALSO...Should we add the Gamera manga / comic exclusive monsters here, in its own section? There's also a wealth of original, Manga-exclusive Kaiju, created for various one-shots across the 1960's and 1970's ("Godzilla vs Gigan" poked fun at this sub-genre, with Gengo Kotaka's fictional monsters Shukra and Mamagon). I'm trying to gather more information on these wonderful oddities, BUT they can easily be added to the Miscellaneous section, when the time comes.