Samfuri:Infobox characterGodzilla ( ) wani dodon almara ne, kokaiju, wanda aka fara fitowa a fim din mai suna 1954, wandaIshirō Honda ya ba da umarni kuma ya rubuta shi. Halin ya zama gunkin al'adun gargajiya na duniya, yana bayyana a cikinkafofin watsa labarai daban-daban: fina-finai 33 na Japan daToho Co., Ltd., fina-fukkuna biyar na Amurka, daWasannin bidiyo da yawa, litattafai, littattafai masu ban dariya, daShirye-shiryen talabijin. An kira Godzilla Sarkin Monsters, sunan da aka fara amfani da shi a Godzilla, Sarkin Monters! (1956), asalin kasar Amurka nafim din 1954.
Asalinsa kuma a mafi yawan maimaitawar halitta, Godzilla babban dabba ne mai rarrafe ko dinosaur wanda yake amphibious ko kuma yana zaune a cikin teku, ya farka kuma ya ba da iko bayan shekaru da yawa ta hanyar fallasa radiation na nukiliya da gwajin nukiliya. Tare da bama-Bamai na nukiliya na Hiroshima da Nagasaki da kuma abin da ya faru na Lucky Dragon 5 har yanzu sabo ne a cikin sanin Jafananci, An yi tunanin Godzilla a matsayin kwatanci gamakaman nukiliya.[1] Wasu sun ba da shawarar cewa Godzilla kwatanci ne ga Amurka, "babban dabba" da aka tashe daga "rashin hankali" wanda ke ɗaukar mummunar fansa a kan Japan.[2][3][4] Yayin da jerin fina-finai suka fadada, wasu labaran sun zama marasa tsanani, suna nuna Godzilla a matsayin mai adawa da jarumi ko ƙaramin barazana wanda ke kare bil'adama. Daga baya fina-finai suna magana game da jigogi da sharhi daban-daban, gami da rashin jin daɗi na Japan, sakaci, da jahilci game da mulkin mallaka na baya, bala'o'i na halitta, da Yanayin ɗan adam.[5]
An nuna Godzilla tare da yawancin masu goyon baya kuma, a cikin shekarun da suka gabata, ya fuskanci abokan adawar mutane daban-daban, kamar Sojojin Tsaro na Japan (JSDF), ban da wasu manyan dodanni, gami da Gigan, Sarki Ghidora, da Mechagodzilla. Godzilla ya yi yaƙi tare da abokan tarayya kamar Anguirus, Mothra, da Rodan kuma yana da 'ya'ya, gami da Godzilla Junior da Minilla. Godzilla ya kuma yi yaƙi da haruffa da halittu daga wasu franchises a cikin kafofin watsa labarai - kamar King Kong - da kuma haruffa daban-daban na Marvel Comics, kamar S.H.I.E.L.D., Fantastic Four, da Avengers, da kuma haruffan DC Comics kamar Justice League, Legion of Doom[6] da Green Lantern Corps.
Da farko ya bayyana a shekara ta 1954, Godzilla ya fito a cikin fina-finai 38: fina-fukkuna 33 na Japan da Toho Co., Ltd. ta samar da kuma rarraba fina-fakkaatu biyar na Amurka, daya da TriStar Pictures ta samar da hudu da Legendary Pictures ta samar. Wannan dodon ya kuma bayyana a cikin wasu hanyoyin nishaɗi da yawa, waɗanda suka haɗa da layin littattafai masu ban dariya, novelizations, da wasannin bidiyo; kowane bayyanar yana fadada a sararin samaniya da fina-finai suka kirkira.
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