{"id":1021,"date":"2023-10-27T03:01:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T03:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/representations-of-nature\/?p=1021"},"modified":"2023-12-14T13:55:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T13:55:55","slug":"the-rise-of-the-kaiju-the-ultimate-predator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/representations-of-nature\/2023\/10\/27\/the-rise-of-the-kaiju-the-ultimate-predator\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rise of the Kaiju: The Ultimate Predator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Creator<\/td>Toho Company Ltd.<\/td><\/tr>
Media Form<\/td>Image<\/td><\/tr>
Genre<\/td>Theatrical release poster<\/td><\/tr>
Date and Location of Creation<\/td>1954, Japan<\/td><\/tr>
Publication Information<\/td>Movie poster made by Toho Company Ltd. (\u6771\u5b9d\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e, T\u014dh\u014d Kabushiki-kaisha)
Toho Company Ltd. (\u6771\u5b9d\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e, T\u014dh\u014d Kabushiki-kaisha) \u00a9 1954<\/td><\/tr>
“Predator” Represented<\/td>Godzilla<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Object Label #1 by Nya Long (adapting information from Wikipedia<\/a>) is licensed under CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

King Kong, Godzilla, The Meg; What do these three have in common?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The monsters in these three franchises of films exemplify a trope called the Kaiju (\u602a\u7363)<\/a>. The Kaiju is, in the shortest way I can explain it, a giant monster that terrorizes whole cities and large metropolitan areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone knows about the concept of predators and prey<\/a>. Where there is a creature, there is always a more powerful creature to eat that creature, and where the stronger creature resides, there is an even stronger creature to consume that one, and so on and so forth. Predators cannot exist without prey. Kaijus are the ultimate predator, a seemingly unbeatable creature unless conquered by many humans together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

King Kong<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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