The King of Monsters

Did you know …

That the classic movie monster “Godzilla” was actually based on a real animal? It’s true, he was!

According to Godzilla’s creator, Shigeru Kayama, the idea for Godzilla came to him when he was a child as he sat on his balcony and watched a Japanese green anole lizard stand on its hind legs to grab a sleeping cricket.

Of course, the King of Monsters isn’t famous for snatching crickets. Where did his city-destroying habits come from, then? Rumor has it that little Shigeru was locked out on the balcony because his parents were holding another of their blindfold-orgies. By the time he finally jiggled the lock open all the guests had left, and Shigeru found his father, naked and still blindfolded, passed out on the wreckage of Shigeru’s prized model train set.

Some say that Dr. Serizawa’s line to Hideto Ogawa in the film is a direct reference to Shigeru’s feelings after the incident:

“Ogata, humans are weak animals. Even if I burn my notes, the secret will still be in my head.”