Board Thread:General Discussions/@comment-27050484-20170401193712

Following the discussion here: http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:152354 I started to think about what can we actually consider kaiju and by extension dai kaiju. Kaiju is the Japanese word for "Strange Beast{'s}" while Dai Kaiju means "Large Strange Beast{'s}". So the question was posed if Jaws/Bruce the Shark was a Kaiju, if so what other creatures and/or beings in fiction could be considered for classification as Kaiju. Does Indomanous Rex from Jurassic World count as a Kaiju since it was genetically engineered? What about Dragons? King Ghidorah and his ilk are all dragons as is Manda. Are Dragons in general Dai Kaiju? What about Pokémon, Digimon, or other sorts of monsters from anime, manga and video games? Is Bowser from Super Mario a Kaiju? What about various alien creatures and enemies from the Metroid, Castlevania, Legend of Zelda, etc? What about monsters from various Tokusatsu like Ultraman, Power Rangers/Super Sentai and Kamen Rider? Just how far does the definition of Kaiju stretch? Just some food for thought. 