Sebagai simbol abadi dan ikonik dari sejarah sinema pasca-Perang Dunia II,^[1] monster raksasa yang terkena radiasi Godzilla telah dirujuk dan diparodikan berkali-kali dalam budaya populer.^[2] Godzilla dan monster atom lainnya telah muncul dalam berbagai media, termasuk kartun,^[3] film, sastra, televisi, dan permainan video.

Referensi

1. ↑ Godzilla and Postwar Japan Diarsipkan 2007-09-04 di Wayback Machine. – "William M. Tsutsui (Univ. of Kansas) explores the role of the Godzilla film series in popular culture"
2. ↑ In Godzilla's Footsteps: Japanese Pop Culture Icons on the Global Stage ed. by William M. Tsutsui, Michiko Ito. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 ISBN 1-4039-6461-0
3. ↑ Professor Ferenc M. Szasz and Issei Takechi, "Atomic Heroes and Atomic Monsters: American and Japanese Cartoonists Confront the Onset of the Nuclear Age, 1945–80," The Historian 69.4 (Winter 2007): 728–752.

Pranala luar

• Godzilla on St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture by David L. Hixson
• Godzilla – Other media
• The Science of Godzilla on a pop culture humor website
• Contemporary Japan and popular culture by John Whittier Treat Diarsipkan 2010-03-15 di Wayback Machine. (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1996).
• Toho Godzilla vs TriStar Godzilla – Pop Culture Battles
• "J-Pop Goes The Market: In a globalized economy, comic books, toys, and other popular-culture products from Japan are no longer exotic—they're worldwide hits" by Edward M. Gomez in Duke Magazine 92.5 (September–October, 2006) – "Historically, for American consumers, the encounter with Japanese pop-culture products as we know them dates back to the post-World War II era. A major pop icon of those times whose fame crossed the Pacific was Gojira ("Godzilla" in the American market)..."
• godzilla – "Godzilla is one of the defining aspects of Japanese popular culture for many people worldwide."
• CFP: In Godzilla's Footsteps: Japanese Pop Culture Icons on the Global Stage (12/1/02; 10/?/04)
• Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture – Godzilla Conquers the Globe
• "Gojira as Japan's First Postwar Media Event," in the book, In Godzilla's Footsteps : Japanese Pop Culture Icons on the Global Stage
• Godzilla Blows Out 50 Birthday Candles—Incinerating Them By Katherine Moore from Columbia News – "... to a daylong symposium titled "Global Fantasies: Godzilla in World Culture. ... in earlier forms of popular representation and commercial culture in Japan. ..."
• PopMatters Feature – Godzilla at 50: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING GODZILLA By Steven Luc
• Godzilla: Destroying Tokyo and my Social Life – "Further research on the subject reveals just how big of an influence Godzilla still has on global popular culture."
• Coming soon to a conference at KU: Godzilla returns – "... addition to academic sessions featuring leading scholars in Japanese popular culture, film, literature, history and anthropology, "In Godzilla's ..."
• East Meets West — Again – "The "Godzilla" half refers to the current fascination with Japanese pop culture..."