Figure 1.-- Here we see Godzilla making a Christmas appearance. Notice his admireers. There are some girls, but basically they are mosdtly boys--including an enthusiatic group of Cub Scouts. |
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Godzilla is the most famous Japanese monster bar none. Since the first Godzill2wa movie (1954) a huge range oif ither misters have appeared to battle with Goidzilla. Gamera by all accounts ranks second. Godzilla is the only one that the wider public readily reognizes. Godzill'a creators report that they used various dinosaurs to shape Godzilla's final iconic look.. The main designers were Teizō Toshimitsu and Akira Watanabe. Tanaka initial idea was a gorilla, King Kong-like or whale-like desig as they alreasy had a name--name “Gojira” (a combination of the Japanese words for 'gorilla', gorira, and 'whale'”, kujira), but decided on a dinosaur-like design. Godzilla is the English-language version of Gojira. The creators turned to dinosaur books and magazines for their final design. They combined Tyrannosaurus, Iguanodon, and the dorsal fins of a Stegosaurus for the final design. Of course that helped sell little boys on Godzilla. For obvious reasons boys love dinasours, just like girls love Hellp Kitty and My Pony. These are not culturally implanted interests, they are inate choices of young children.
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