What Made You a Godzilla Fan?

Well one of the first Godzilla movies I ever saw was Godzilla vs King Ghidorah and I just thought it was awesome having two giant 300 feet monsters destroying cities and fighting each other so I really got into the series and they would show a Godzilla movie on TV like every week and I found them so amusing. Been a fan ever since I was 4 :)

when i was in elementary school , they had a trendmasters godzilla figure , at 1st i thought it was a t rex , then some1 told me it was godzilla , thenlater on , i saw godzilla 2000 on sale at a dvd store and i bought it and watched it , and i loved it , and i've been a fan evur since

The fact he was super gentle and caring about the city....... What made us all fans his atomic breath and massive destruction personality! -_-

My daikaiju story starts when I was in 8th grade, back in 2008. Middle school was terrible, so one night I decided to ease the pain by watching a movie from iTunes. I saw a banner advertisement for Cloverfield, and clicked on it, curious and unaware of the movie’s genre. Reading the iTunes plot description, I was apparently interested enough to purchase the movie, and soon afterwards began to watch it. I guess something about it was appealing, since it turned out that I loved it, and have rewatched it countless times since. It’s still my very favorite movie to this day.

Naturally, watching this giant monster movie led me to the daikaiju genre, and of course, Godzilla films. I was fascinated by every daikaiju movie I watched, and also began to explore other realms of science fiction. Now I have a growing collection of kaiju figures, a few stacks of Godzilla comics, a Godzilla VHS box set, a Godzilla board game and card game, Godzilla movie soundtracks, some daikaiju-themed shirts, 3 daikaiju movie posters, and my favorite game of all time, Godzilla Unleashed for Wii.

I’ve loved giant monsters since 2008, and will likely continue to love this genre long into the future, no matter what gender expectations dictate and what society thinks of my obsession. Haha. This has been the abridged story of my daikaiju love affair.

the first movies i ever saw was godzilla vs hedorah and zilla 98  i was in kindergarten and i still new the 98 movie wasnt a very good one but the most nostalgic movies for me was godzilla vs mg2 final wars and godzilla 98 (but only because its  like zillas own little movie )and i could never forget gmk I LOVE THAT MOVIE !!!!!

I became a fan due to being interested in dinosaurs. When I saw a large dinosaur fighting other awesome creatures I was immediately hooked!

I started watching Godzilla when I was a kid. The first one I ever watched was Godzilla 1954. I have to say though, the Godzilla from the 60"s and 70's was what made me become a fan. That Godzilla actually had personality and would taunt and dance during fights. He was a badass. I have been the biggest fan ever since. I love me some Godzilla

I started watching Godzilla when I was a kid. The first one I ever watched was Godzilla 1954. I have to say though, the Godzilla from the 60"s and 70's was what made me become a fan. That Godzilla actually had personality and would taunt and dance during fights. He was a badass. I have been the biggest fan ever since. I love me some Godzilla

I was either 2 or 3, and my grandma gave me Godzilla vs Megalon as a present.. I was absolutely fascinated by it. I can't even describe why, but I could watch that movie over and over again and whenever I felt sad I'd watch it. The movie practically changed my life lol. I soon began collecting all the movies and now I'm almost 18 and still a hardcore fan :')

As a child, I loved Godzilla because I thought his design was awesome and loved seeing him fight other awesome looking monsters. But as I grew older I started to appreciate other things about Godzilla, specifically the original Gojira. What truly made me a fan of Godzilla was realizing that he was so much more than a large, cool-looking animal. When I realized Godzilla was an allegory for the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombings I never looked at him the same way again. It definitely made me realize just how terrifying the original movie is when trying to view it as someone who was actually there would. Seeing Godzilla as being a physical representation of the atomic age makes me realize what it means when he is referred to as a force of nature. It really puts it into perspective for me to think that one being could wield so much power. He is basically power incarnate. So,yeah. Thats what made me a big fan, rather than just a casual fan. Also, he stomps cities.

Godzilla's merchandise, especially the videogames in particular. Sadly unlike you guys I do not share such a deep, rich bond with the movies, for I was born too late (1999 to be exact)to live through the era.

eversince i was 4 when i saw godzilla 2000 and the 1998 remake.  i wanted to know more about him since.

Not gonna lie it was the Heat Ray

when i first saw godzilla 2000

when i first saw godzilla 2000

Well, family legend has it that I watched my first Godzilla movie on TV whilst I was still a toddler, sitting next to my dad, who had fallen asleep. My first recollections were at 5 years old and I was already a fan at that point. I do rememeber seeing Godzilla: King of the Monsters for the first time and being inconsulible for about a half hour after watching Godzilla die.

I was looking around the web. I saw this thing called Godzilla online. I originally thought it was just some fan-made monster. I found out more about Godzilla soon. Now I'm here with an SH Monsterarts sitting right above me.

I think Godzilla vs King Kong was the first G film I saw. I think I was around 7, maybe 8 years old then. And it totally blew me away at that age. So that is what got me interested in the Big G. 

There is also something else. I can't really explain it in a rational way, but there is just something about a giant monster stomping on a city that appeals to me. And Godzilla's design was...just cool. Reminded me of a T Rex and Alligator (It didn't hurt that I do kinda like alligators). And when he unleashes his atomic breath, I just love the explosions.

Years later when I finally saw the original G film, I was struck but well the film was, not just as a Kaiju film, but simply as a good film, period. And Honda, while best known for his Kaiju flicks, was also well known as an assitant to Kurosawa and in fact helped to finish some of Kurosawa's films.

What made me a Godzilla fan? What inspired me to blindly love a giant, irradiated, atomic-laser breathing dinosaur capable of destroying entire cities within minutes and fought giant monsters to the death?

Why, it was the giant, irradiated, flamable breath wielding iguana that I had known for years as Godzilla.

Zilla.

I was young. I watched the movie. I was exhilerated. I wanted everything with the mere word Godzilla plastered on it.

Long live Big G!