Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Japan, he's "Gojira" — a name derived from the Japanese words "gorira," meaning gorilla, and "kujira," meaning whale. In ...

The Godzilla franchise debuted with the 1954 Japanese film Godzilla(Gojira). Since then, Japan and the rest of the world have known and become quite fascinated with Godzilla and the franchise the ...

There aren't a ton of Godzilla movies where he's an unambiguous hero, but there are a few good ones, like Destroy All Monsters and Godzilla vs. Gigan.

In Japan, he's "Gojira" — a name derived from the Japanese words "gorira," meaning gorilla, and "kujira," meaning whale. In America, he's "Godzilla" — a name ...