Guilala having its way with a boat it apparently found out in the countryside in outer space.
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Kaiju Profile
Name: Guilala
Films: The X from Outer Space (1967), Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (2008)
First appearing in the 1967 movie, The X from Outer Space, the strangely lovable Guilala looks kind of like a giant alien chicken who is accompanied by psychedelic theme music, and has a particular style of destruction that is pretty far removed from Godzilla’s plodding-juggernaut-of-horror routine. He swings his arms around like a petulant child, tosses freighter ships right out of the bay, and honks (not roars- honks) constantly. He’s also pretty damned cute for a kaiju- those big eyes, the wacky antennae, the puffy arms and legs... No matter how many fireballs he upchucks at the military, no matter how many high-rises he stomps flat, you’ll still find yourself going “d’awwww” every time he shows up. Even his name is cute.
Although this has made Guilala kind of a laughingstock in Japan, being regarded as one of their most ridiculous kaiju, impossible to be taken seriously. Even the sequel to his original movie was turned into a comedy where he fights a giant, golden statue of Beat Takeshi... and looses...
When he first appears in The X from Outer Space, The spaceship AAB Gamma is dispatched from Japan to travel to Mars to investigate reports of UFOs in the area. When the Gamma nears the red planet, it comes across a mysterious alien vessel that sprays the ship with spores (Like you do...) Samples are taken back to Earth where one of them begins to develop.
The cosmic spore grows into a giant-sized Guilala who begins a reign of destruction through Tokyo. He spits fireballs, feeds on nuclear fuel, turns into a flying, burning sphere, and destroys any airplanes and tanks in his path. Guilala is finally defeated by jets laden with bombs, which coat it in a substance called "Guilalalium." It causes Guilala to shrink down to its original spore form and the government promptly launches the spore back into space, where it will circle the sun in an endless orbit... at least until 2008...
In the year 2008 Guilala returns in the movie, Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit, in which all the world leaders are together at a G8 Summit meeting in Japan when a meteorite crashes into the heart of Sapporo and releases the monster Guilala yet again. He rampages through Sapporo, leaving death and destruction in his wake while the world leaders all try a number of ridiculous things to stop him. Guilala gets high and eventually fights a golden statue of a god played by Beat Takeshi.
In the end Guilala gets his head cut off and that is the last we see of Guilala... Other than his appearance in a very cute commercial for The Ladders.
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Here’s an extensive list of the various titles of theatrical tokusatsu films. It goes:
Original Japanese Title --> International Export English Title --> American Release Title
GODZILLA --> same --> GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS!
GODZILLA'S COUNTERATTACK --> GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN --> GIGANTIS, THE FIRE MONSTER (later GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN for TV)
KING KONG VS. GODZILLA --> same --> same
MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA --> originally GODZILLA AGAINST MOTHRA then MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA in the early 90s --> GODZILLA VS. THE THING (later GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA for home video)
THREE GIANT MONSTERS: THE GREATEST BATTLE ON EARTH --> originally MONSTER OF MONSTERS, GHIDORAH* then GHIDORAH, THE THREE HEADED MONSTER in the late 90s --> GHIDRAH, THE THREE HEADED MONSTER
*became MONSTER OF MONSTERS, GHIDORA in the early 90s when Toho was spelling the name without the second 'h' for a brief amount of time
MONSTER WARFARE --> INVASION OF ASTRO MONSTER (though the actual print title card features the proper English INVASION OF THE ASTRO-MONSTERS) --> MONSTER ZERO (later GODZILLA VS. MONSTER ZERO for home video)
GODZILLA, EBIRAH, MOTHRA: BIG DUEL IN THE SOUTH SEAS --> EBIRAH, HORROR OF THE DEEP --> GODZILLA VS. THE SEA MONSTER
MONSTER ISLAND'S DECISIVE BATTLE: SON OF GODZILLA --> SON OF GODZILLA --> same
ATTACK OF THE MARCHING MONSTERS --> DESTROY ALL MONSTERS --> same
GODZILLA, MINYA, GABARA: ALL MONSTERS ATTACK --> ALL MONSTERS ATTACK --> originally briefly MINYA, SON OF GODZILLA before becoming GODZILLA'S REVENGE
GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH --> same --> GODZILLA VS. THE SMOG MONSTER (later GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH for television/DVD)
EARTH DESTRUCTION DIRECTIVE: GODZILLA VS. GIGAN --> GODZILLA VS. GIGAN --> GODZILLA ON MONSTER ISLAND (later GODZILLA VS. GIGAN for home video)
GODZILLA VS. MEGALON --> same --> same
GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA --> same --> originally briefly GODZILLA VS. THE BIONIC MONSTER before becoming GODZILLA VS. THE COSMIC MONSTER (later GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA for home video)
MECHAGODZILLA'S COUNTERATTACK --> TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA --> For U.S. television in 1978, TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA; for U.S. theatrical release in 1979, THE TERROR OF GODZILLA (the TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA title would later be used for THE TERROR OF GODZILLA prints used for home video)
GODZILLA --> THE RETURN OF GODZILLA --> GODZILLA 1985
GODZILLA VS. BIOLLANTE --> same --> same
GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH --> same --> same
GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA --> same --> GODZILLA AND MOTHRA: THE BATTLE FOR EARTH
GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA --> GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA II (though would be copyrighted at the Library of Congress as GODZILLA VS. SUPER-MECHAGODZILLA) --> same
GODZILLA VS. SPACEGODZILLA --> same --> GODZILLA VS. SPACE GODZILLA
GODZILLA VS. DESTROYER --> GODZILLA VS. DESTOROYAH --> same
GODZILLA 2000 MILLENNIUM --> same --> GODZILLA 2000
GODZILLA VS. MEGAGUIRUS: G-ERADICATION STRATEGY --> GODZILLA VS. MEGAGUIRUS --> same
GODZILLA, MOTHRA, KING GHIDORAH: GIANT MONSTERS ALL-OUT ATTACK --> GODZILLA, MOTHRA, AND KING GHIDORAH: GIANT MONSTERS ALL-OUT ATTACK --> same
GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA --> GODZILLA AGAINST MECHAGODZILLA --> same
GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA VS. MECHAGODZILLA: TOKYO S.O.S. --> GODZILLA: TOKYO S.O.S. --> same
GODZILLA: FINAL WARS --> same --> same
GIANT MONSTER GAMERA --> GAMERA --> GAMMERA, THE INVINCIBLE (later GAMERA for home video)
GREAT MONSTER DUEL: GAMERA VS. BARUGON --> GAMERA VS. BARUGON --> WAR OF THE MONSTERS (later GAMERA VS. BARUGON for home video)
GIANT MONSTER MID-AIR BATTLE: GAMERA VS. GAOS --> GAMERA VS. GAOS (became GAMERA VS. GYAOS in the mid-90s) --> RETURN OF THE GIANT MONSTERS (later GAMERA VS. GAOS for home video)
GAMERA VS. OUTER SPACE MONSTER VIRAS --> GAMERA VS. VIRAS --> DESTROY ALL PLANETS
GAMERA VS. GIANT EVIL BEAST GUIRON --> GAMERA VS. GUIRON --> ATTACK OF THE MONSTERS (later GAMERA VS. GUIRON for home video)
GAMERA VS. GIANT DEMON BEAST JIGER --> GAMERA VS. JIGER --> GAMERA VS. MONSTER X
GAMERA VS. DEEP SEA MONSTER ZIGRA --> GAMERA VS. ZIGRA --> same
SPACE MONSTER GAMERA --> SUPER MONSTER --> GAMERA, SUPER MONSTER
GAMERA: GIANT MONSTER MID-AIR BATTLE --> GAMERA, GUARDIAN OF THE UNIVERSE --> same
GAMERA 2: ADVENT OF LEGION --> G2: GAMERA VS. LEGION (later GAMERA 2: ATTACK OF THE LEGION by Kadokawa) --> GAMERA 2: ATTACK OF THE LEGION
GAMERA 3: AWAKENING OF IRYS --> GIII: INCOMPLETE STRUGGLE (later GAMERA 3: REVENGE OF IRYS by Kadokawa) --> GAMERA 3: REVENGE OF IRIS
LITTLE BRAVES: GAMERA --> GAMERA THE BRAVE --> same
MAJIN --> MAJIN, THE HIDEOUS IDOL (later DAIMAJIN) --> MAJIN, THE MONSTER OF TERROR
MAJIN GROWS ANGRY --> THE RETURN OF DAIMAJIN --> THE RETURN OF GIANT MAJIN (later MAJIN STRIKES AGAIN before properly becoming THE RETURN OF DAIMAJIN for home video)
MAJIN'S COUNTERATTACK --> THE REVENGE OF DAIMAJIN (later DAIMAJIN STRIKES AGAIN) --> originally THE RETURN OF DAIMAJIN before properly becoming DAIMAJIN STRIKES AGAIN for home video)
100 GHOST STORIES --> 100 MONSTERS --> YOKAI MONSTERS: 100 MONSTERS
SPOOK WARFARE --> GHOSTS ON PARADE --> YOKAI MONSTERS: SPOOK WARFARE
JOURNEY ALONG WITH TOKAIDO ROAD GHOSTS --> ALONG WITH GHOSTS --> YOKAI MONSTERS: ALONG WITH GHOSTS
SPOOK WARFARE --> THE GREAT YOKAI WAR --> same
INVISIBLE MAN --> INVISIBLE AVENGER --> none
ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN --> MONSTER SNOWMAN --> HALF HUMAN: THE STORY OF THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN
SPACEMEN APPEAR IN TOKYO --> THE MYSTERIOUS SATELLITE --> WARNING FROM SPACE
THE SKY'S GIANT MONSTERS: RODAN --> RODAN --> same
EARTH DEFENSE FORCES --> THE MYSTERIANS --> same
GIANT MONSTER VARAN --> VARAN --> VARAN, THE UNBELIEVABLE
BEAUTY AND THE LIQUID PEOPLE --> THE H-MAN --> same
THE BIRTH OF JAPAN --> THE THREE TREASURES --> AGE OF THE GODS
SPACE WARFARE --> BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE --> same
THE ELECTRONICALLY-TRANSMITTED MAN --> THE SECRET OF THE TELEGIAN --> same
WORLD WAR III BREAKS OUT: 41 HOURS OF FEAR --> THE FINAL WAR --> none
GAS HUMAN BEING NO. 1 --> THE HUMAN VAPOUR --> THE HUMAN VAPOR
HIGH-SPEED SPACESHIP --> originally SPACE GREYHOUND before becoming IRON SHARP recently --> INVASION OF THE NEPTUNE MEN
MOTHRA --> same --> same
WORLD WARFARE --> THE LAST WAR --> same
SUSPICIOUS STAR GORATH --> GORATH --> same
WHALE GOD --> THE WHALE GOD --> none
MATANGO --> MATANGO, FUNGUS OF TERROR --> ATTACK OF THE MUSHROOM PEOPLE (later MATANGO for home video)
THE GREAT THIEF --> SAMURAI PIRATE --> THE LOST WORLD OF SINBAD
UNDERSEA BATTLESHIP --> ATORAGON --> ATRAGON
GIANT PHANTOM MONSTER AGON --> AGON, THE ATOMIC DRAGON --> none
SPACE MONSTER DOGORA --> same --> DAGORA, THE SPACE MONSTER (later DOGORA for home video)
FRANKENSTEIN VS. SUBTERRANEAN MONSTER BARAGON --> FRANKENSTEIN VS. BARAGON --> FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD
GREAT DECISIVE BATTLE OF THE GIANT MAGIC DRAGONS --> originally WONDER! before recently becoming GRAND DUEL IN MAGIC --> THE MAGIC SERPENT
UNDERSEA WARFARE --> WATER CYBORGS --> TERROR BENEATH THE SEA
FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTERS: SANDA VS. GAILAH --> THE WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS --> same
GOLDEN BAT --> THE GOLDEN BAT --> none
GIANT SPACE MONSTER GUILALA --> THE X FROM OUTER SPACE --> same
COLLOSAL BEAST GAPPA --> GAPPA, THE TRIPHIBIAN MONSTER --> MOMSTER FROM A PREHISTORIC PLANET (later GAPPA, THE TRIPHIBIAN MONSTER for home video)
KING KONG'S COUNTERATTACK --> KING KONG ESCAPES --> same
LONG STORY MONSTER MOVIE: ULTRAMAN --> ULTRAMAN --> none
GREAT MONSTER YONGARY --> same --> YONGARY, MONSTER FROM THE DEEP
VAMPIRE GOKEMIDORO --> GOKE, BODY SNATCHER FROM HELL --> BODY SNATCHER FROM HELL (later GOKE, BODY SNATCHER FROM HELL on DVD)
BLOODSUCKING SKULL BOAT --> LIVING SKELETON --> same
INSECT WARFARE --> GENOCIDE --> same
GAMMA NO. 3: BIG SPACE STRATEGY --> THE GREEN SLIME --> THE GREEN SLIME
LATITUDE ZERO: GREAT STRATEGY --> LATITUDE ZERO --> same
KONTO 55: GREAT SPACE ADVENTURE --> none --> none
FEAR OF THE GHOST HOUSE: BLOODSUCKING DOLL --> THE VAMPIRE DOLL --> none
GEZORA, GANIME, KAMEBA: GIANT MONSTERS OF THE SOUTH SEAS --> SPACE AMOEBA --> YOG, MONSTER FROM SPACE (later SPACE AMOEBA for home video)
CURSED HOUSE: BLOODSUCKING EYES --> LAKE OF DRACULA --> THE LAKE OF DRACULA
GREAT FIERCE MONSTER BATTLE: DAIGORO VS. GOLIATH --> DAIGORO VS. GOLIATH --> none
CREST OF THE WOLF --> HORROR OF THE WOLF --> none
JAPAN SINKS --> THE SUBMERSION OF JAPAN --> TIDAL WAVE
HANUMAN VS. 7 ULTRAMEN --> THE 6 ULTRA BROTHERS VS. THE MONSTER ARMY --> SPACE WARRIORS 2000
BLOODSUCKING ROSE --> EVIL OF DRACULA --> same
GREAT PROPHECIES OF NOSTRADAMUS --> PROPHECIES OF NOSTRADAMUS (CATASTOPHE 1999) --> THE LAST DAYS OF PLANET EARTH
ESPY --> same --> E.S.P./SPY
TOKYO BAY BURNS --> CONFLAGRATION --> HIGH-SEAS HIJACK
POLAR PROBE SHIP POLAR BORER --> THE LAST DINOSAUR --> same
LEGEND OF DINOSAURS AND OMINOUS BIRDS --> LEGEND OF DINOSAURS AND MONSTER BIRDS --> THE LEGEND OF DINOSAURS
HOUSE --> same --> same
ORANGUTAN KING --> MIGHTY PEKING MAN --> GOLIATHON (later THE MIGHTY PEKING MAN for home video)
PLANET WARFARE --> THE WAR IN SPACE --> same
MYSTERY OF BERMUDA --> THE BERMUDA DEPTHS --> same
MESSAGE FROM SPACE --> same --> same
FIREBIRD --> THE PHOENIX --> none
BLUE CHRISTMAS --> BLOOD TYPE: BLUE --> none
DIRECTED BY AKIO JISSOJI: ULTRAMAN --> none --> none
ULTRAMAN: GREAT MONSTER DECISIVE BATTLE --> none --> none
RESURRECTION DAY --> VIRUS --> same
EARTHQUAKE ARCHIPELEGO --> DEATHQUAKE --> same
SAYONARA JUPITER --> BYE BYE JUPITER --> SAYONARA JUPITER
ULTRAMAN ZOFFY: THE ULTRA BROTHERS VS. THE MONSTER ARMY --> none --> none
ULTRAMAN STORY --> THE ULTRAMAN STORY --> none
PULGASARI --> same --> same
CAPITAL CITY DISAPPEARS --> TOKYO BLACKOUT --> none
BAMBOO CUTTER STORY --> PRINCESS FROM THE MOON --> none
GUNHED --> same --> same
ULTRA Q THE MOVIE: LEGEND OF THE STARS --> ULTRA Q: THE MOVIE --> none
ZEIRAM --> same --> ZERAM
YAMATO TAKERU --> OROCHI, THE EIGHT-HEADED DRAGON --> same
ZEIRAM 2 --> same --> same
ULTRAMAN ZEARTH --> same --> none
MOTHRA --> originally MOTHRA, QUEEN OF MONSTERS later REBIRTH OF MOTHRA in the very late 90s --> REBIRTH OF MOTHRA
ULTRAMAN ZEARTH 2: GREAT SUPERMAN WAR - LIGHT AND SHADOW --> ULTRAMAN ZEARTH 2 --> none
MOTHRA 2: UNDERSEA BATTLE --> REBIRTH OF MOTHRA 2 --> same
ULTRAMAN TIGA AND ULTRAMAN DYNA: SHINING STAR WARRIORS --> ULTRAMAN TIGA AND ULTRAMAN DYNA: WARRIORS OF THE STAR OF LIGHT --> ULTRAMAN TIGA & ULTRAMAN DYNA
MOTHRA 3: KING GHIDORAH ATTACKS --> briefly MOTHRA 3: INVASION OF KING GHIDORAH before becoming REBIRTH OF MOTHRA 3 --> REBIRTH OF MOTHRA 3
YONGARY (later YONGARY 2001: YONGARY VS. CYKER) --> YONGGARY --> REPTILIAN
SAKUYA: GHOST COMMUNICATOR --> SAKURA, SLAYER OF DEMONS --> none
ULTRAMAN --> ULTRAMAN THE NEXT --> none
SUPER STAR FLEET SAZER X FIGHT! STAR WARRIORS --> SAZER X: THE MOVIE --> none
JAPAN SINKS --> THE SINKING OF JAPAN --> DOOMSDAY: THE SINKING OF JAPAN
THE WORLD SINKS EXCEPT JAPAN --> same --> none
ULTRAMAN MEBIUS AND ULTRA BROTHERS --> ULTRAMAN MEBIUS AND ULTRAMAN BROTHERS --> none
GUILALA'S COUNTERATTACK: LAKE TOYA SUMMIT CRISIS --> MONSTER X STRIKES BACK: ATTACK THE G8 SUMMIT! --> MONSTER X STRIKES BACK: ATTACK THE G8 SUMMIT
GREAT DECISIVE BATTLE! SUPER 8 ULTRA BROTHERS--> SUPERIOR 8 ULTRA BROTHERS --> none
GIANT MONSTER BATTLE: ULTRA GALAXY LEGEND --> MEGA MONSTER BATTLE: ULTRA GALAXY LEGEND - THE MOVIE --> none
ULTRAMAN ZERO - THE MOVIE: SUPER BATTLE! BELIAL'S GALAXY EMPIRE --> ULTRAMAN ZERO: THE REVENGE OF BELIAL --> none
ULTRAMAN SAGA --> same --> none
ULTRAMAN GINGA S: DECISIVE BATTLE! 10 BRAVE ULTRA WARRIORS --> ULTRAMAN GINGA S MOVIE SHOWDOWN! THE 10 ULTRA BROTHERS --> none
COME ON, ULTRAMAN X! OUR ULTRAMAN --> ULTRAMAN X: THE MOVIE --> same
ULTRAMAN ORB: I'M STOPPING THE POWER BOND --> ULTRAMAN ORB THE MOVIE: I'M BORROWING THE POWER OF YOUR BONDS --> none
NEW GODZILLA --> briefly GODZILLA RESURGENCE before becoming SHIN GODZILLA --> same
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"I am kaiju, hear me roar!"
No you're not! You're a giant plucked turkey!
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Action-packed scene from the 1967 Shochiku film Attack of the Giant Space Chicken The X From Outer Space!
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