STACK's Ultimate Monster Guide

Japanese Monsters

Kaiju : strange creature or giant monster – usually found attacking cities and/or each other.

GODZILLA King of the Monsters. Both destroyer and saviour. A prehistoric beast mutated by atomic radiation. Extremely resilient and can fire atomic breath. When kaiju are trashing your city, he’s who you’re gonna call.

RODAN Giant mutant pterodactyl with a 200-metre wingspan. Can create destructive sonic booms in flight and handy in a scrap against King Ghidorah, especially when teamed up with Mothra. Sometime ally of Godzilla.

KING GHIDORAH It came from outer space. Dragon-like kaiju with three heads and two tails. One of the most powerful of all Japanese monsters. Can fly at speeds of Mach 3 and fire gravity beams from its mouths. Arch enemy of Godzilla.

GAMERA Invincible Guardian of the Universe. Forget the Ninja Turtles, they’ve got nothing on this giant, flying, bipedal chelonian. A kaiju icon to rival Godzilla (but they’ve never met). Armour-plated shell for defence, but susceptible to cold.

GIGAN Cyborg space monster with a buzzsaw chest, hooked metal limbs and a laser eye. Capable of supersonic and interstellar flight. A nasty piece of work and super powerful – even the combined might of Godzilla and Anguirus couldn’t stop it.

HEDORAH The Smog Monster. Tadpole- like space creature with a taste for pollution. Comprised of sludge and capable of squirting caustic slime at its enemies. Incredibly powerful and resilient to attack – even Godzilla struggled to defeat it.

MANDA Worm-like aquatic dragon with vestigial limbs and horns. Guardian of the underwater kingdom of Mu. Crushes its enemies like a boa constrictor. Extremely agile in water but

KING CAESAR Categorised as an ‘Ancient Shisa’ (a lion/dog hybrid) and resembling a giant terrier. Surprisingly agile for a beast that weighs 30,000 tons, rock solid, and skilled in martial arts combat – especially against MechaGodzilla.

pretty useless on land. Another ally of Godzilla.