What Made You a Godzilla Fan?

Okay, this is how it all started for me.

It was Christmas day at my Grandma's house. Me and my sister were opening presents and my dad was fliping through the channels and landed on Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters all out attack. It started at the end battle right before Mothra died and just the look of Godzilla and King Ghidorah memerized me. After that I tryed to find but instead Godzilla: Final Wars at a movie rental store. And after I got hooked ad have loved him ever since. Now I own I the movies and am close to getting all the Monsters action figures.

First Godzilla film I saw was 1985. We see his vision overlooking a fog covered city and then that security guard comes out, the ground cracks beneath his feet and than we pan up to see my first glimpse of Godzilla. I was hooked for life after that.

I found giant monsters beating the snot out of eachother very appealing.

Ironically, I was first introduced with the name by Godzilla 1998. I had a figure of Gino, and carried him where ever I went, and then Godzilla 2000 came! :D

I pretty much fell in love with the movie, and mostly Orga (I was around five or six when I saw it). I later on played the video games, and watched to rest of the millenium films. That's pretty much how it all started for me. :) 

i read a book called dogzilla, in 2010. i saw many videos online about him, started watchin films on netflix, and ever since then i've been a nut

Well I was about 3, and my dad took me to work with him and I saw a collection of Godzilla figures on a shelf and well I asked what those were and the guy who owned them let me have one. And since that day I still love Godzilla.

I was a kid about 5 or 6, I was playing outside when my dad called me in the house, I thought I was in trouble or something.  He directed me to the TV and said "there's a movie on for you!"  On the TV was a little boy playing with a gadget, using his imagination, dialing in to some place called "monster land" and suddenly the boy was there.  Giant insects, bully monsters, baby Godzilla (as I came to call him), and of course, the star of them all, Big G himself. From that point on, I was hooked.  Over the years, I came to dismiss Godzilla's Revenge as a series "filler" with all the stock footage and such and as I said in another post, I dont much care for the cuddly kid friendly Godzilla in this flick.  But I was a small kid then and I related to the boy in the film.  At that age it was magic. 

I remember my dad telling me to go inside his room and he showed me a movie. He said as a kid he would watch Godzilla movies. After watching Godzilla I was hooked and learned everything I could about him. And after a while I found out about the new movie!

I was in 1999 and when i saw my first godzilla movie i was 4 or 5 the movie was godzilla vs mothera  the battle for the earth and i just loved it, i loved the look of godzilla the destruction it was amazing thats what got me into godzilla.

You see, where i come from there has only been six movies released. And that was in 2007. But too my luck, my uncle (R.I.P you old mofo) had them imported from the US/japan. He didnt have anything else for me to watch when i was a kid back then. So he plopped on one of the first movies i remember seeing; King Kong VS Godzilla. I was so intrigued, and saw all of his Godzilla movies. What happend to his collection is unknown. But then in 1998, i lost interest after seeing the horrible Zilla movie. I feared i would never see my Godzilla again. I was thirteen at that point. I then regained interest a few years later when i on the internet found out there was 28 movies! I had only believed there too be six-seven movies. And then three years later we got a box-set and i was back in business!

well, i would say that i was 7, and i watched the movies ( and i of course wasnt interested in most things)and it just looked so cool... and i stuck with loving them ever scince

I've been a Godzilla fan since I was born. I was born in 1996. The first movie I ever saw was Godzilla 2000 when it came to theatres. I instantly fell in love, as I grew older I kept watching all the movies they released while of course finding the older ones and watching them as well. I've seen every movie and my first tattoo will be of Godzilla. I will be a fan until I die. I'm now 18 years old and I cannot wait to see this king reborn in the starlight. It's about time he got the attention a king deserves. Am I right?

I never got a chance to watch any Godzilla films until about 2009 when GODZILLA 2014 was first announced. I was really excited about a new Godzilla movie and decided to watch one for the first time. I chose Godzilla vs. Megaguirus since it was the only one on TV. I thought it was okay but then I watched Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) on Hulu and that film pretty much cemented me as a fan. I still need to watch about 10 more to see all 28 though, I'm missing pretty much all the films from the 60s and 70s.

i watched g1998 on vhs loved it as a kid(3/4 years old), then maybe a year (memory is a little blurred) my first toho godzilla movie was (unfortunatly) ebirah horror of the deep (godzilla vs the sea monster in the us). at first i liked the 1998 movie more, then when i watched the  movies online (back then and still today the only way if you live outside the us) and godzilla save the earth, i was then hucked for the rest of my life.

Godzilla 1985 was my first and it made me a fan because of its atmosphere. The musical score was incredible, as were the effects and action. One of a few childhood favorites that remains a favorite for me today.

I really didnt know about godzilla till i seen an action figure of him in a toy store, it was of Burning godzilla and i loved dinosaurs and godzilla to me looked like an awsome dinosaur and i ended up getting it for christmas and still have the figure. That was back in 2003, i was born in 1997. I had not realized what he was but after watching my First movies which  Godzilla vs mechagodzilla(1974)  and Godzilla 2000. after those films i was hooked and one day my cousin, who was also a godzilla fan, was selling a whole tub of movies and half of them were godzilla and he just gave them to me. the films he had given to me were godzilla the king of the monsters, godzilla vs megalon, godzilla raids again and godzilla vs king gihdorah. i had also loved the 1998 godzilla film, even though people say it was horrible but i actually enjoyed the film alot. it may not stay true to the origionals but its still a great movie in my opinion and loved the animated series too. i have collected almost every godzilla film and also pick up toys here and there and now with Godzilla apearing on the big screen in 2014 i cant wait for the film. i will probally collect the toy lines too. thanks for reading. 

The first time I ever saw Godzilla was when I was watching tv with my dad flipping through channels when we came across the last fight scene in Destroy All Monsters, which is one of my favorite fights in the Godzilla movie to date. Ever since then I was just hooked. I loved the idea of giant monsters destroying cities and fighting each other, and I still do.

Godzilla vs. Gigan on the Sci-Fi Channel (as it was called then) at 1:00am during the summer of 1994. And that's all it took. Good times.

Well, I was on youtube 1 day and saw the Godzilla: Final Wars trailer, a while back when I was younger and I was just like:

Omg that's cool, giant monsters fighting. At first I thought godzilla was 1000 ft tall awesome but it turned out to be 100-400 ft (I was younger so don't question me) but I was freaked out. I thought it was real so, I was scared. But my mom told me it was just a monster movie so I was less scared and I've watched 28 out of all 32 movies and I"ve loved Godzilla ever since.

I have a game for my gamecube called Big Air and it came with a Godzilla destroy all monsters melee demo so I kept playing it and then found out that my friend had Terror of Mechgodzilla, Godzilla vs Mothra, and the Godzilla vs SpaceGodzilla/ Godzilla vs Destroyah double disk so we watched them and I got hooked thats the story of how I fell in love with Godzilla

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 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

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!

I think I was a Godzilla fan prior to Godzilla 1985 but that's the one I remember as my first clear Godzilla memory.... I think I wanted to see it because the poster in the video store looked sweet, and being blown away at how fantastic the movie looked compared to prior Godzilla stuff I'd see in syndication. I also humorously recall my 8 year old self marveling at how deep it was when Raymond Burr would monologue about Godzilla being a reflection of the world we ourselves created (as I said I was 8 it was huge concept at the time) . I hope they figure out the rights so I can see it again someday....

I HAVE BEEN A GOZILLA FAN SENCE I WAS A LITTLE KID, I HAD ALL OF THE VCR TAPES OF ALL OF THE MOVIES. BUT I LOST THEM ALL IN HURRICANE KATRINNA. I AM TRYING TO REBUILD MY TAPE COLLECTION BUT IT HARD TO FIND THIM ON CD'S . I AM GLAD THEY ARE COMING BACK OUT WITH MORE MOVIES ON THE OLD GIRL. SHE ALWAYS KICKSASS.