List of kaiju anime
This is a list of kaiju anime, original video animations (OVAs), original net animations (ONAs), and films.
| Name | Year | Creator(s) | Original medium | Adaptation(s) | Description | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambassador Magma | 1965 | Osamu Tezuka | manga | OVA, television drama | ||
| Attack on Titan | 2009 | Hajime Isayama | manga | anime, novels, live-action films, video games | [1][2] | |
| Cencoroll | 2009 | Atsuya Uki | film | |||
| Chibi Godzilla Raids Again | 2023 | Chiharu Sakazaki | anime | |||
| Chibikko Kaiju Yadamon | 1967 | Ushio Souji | anime | manga | ||
| Dai-Guard | 1999 | Fumihiko Shimo | anime | |||
| Darling in the Franxx | 2018 | Code:000, Atsushi Nishigori, Naotaka Hayashi | anime | manga | [1][2] | |
| Deca-Dence | 2020 | Takuya Tsunoki, Shō Tanaka, Yuzuru Tachikawa, Hiroshi Seko | anime | Gadoll | [3] | |
| Diebuster | 2004 | Gainax, Kazuya Tsurumaki | OVA | manga | Space Monsters or Uchuu Kaijuu | [4] |
| Digimon | 1997 | Bandai | toys | anime, manga, video games | ||
| Dinosaur War Izenborg | 1977 | Keiichi Abe | anime | intelligent dinosaurs | ||
| Gamera Rebirth | 2023 | Kadokawa Corporation | ONA | manga | ||
| GeGeGe no Kitarō | 1960 | Shigeru Mizuki | manga | anime, live-action film | daikaiju, creatures of Japanese mythology and folkloric creatures from other countries | |
| Go! Go! Loser Ranger! | 2021 | Negi Haruba | manga | anime | [2] | |
| Godannar | 2003 | Hiroyuki Kawasaki | anime | video game | Mimetic beasts | |
| God Eater (TV series) | 2010 | Namco Bandai Games | video game | anime | Aragami | [1] |
| Godzilla Singular Point | 2021 | Toh EnJoe | anime | [1] | ||
| Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle | 2018 | Gen Urobuchi, Sadayuki Murai, Tetsuya Yamada | anime | |||
| Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters | 2017 | Gen Urobuchi | anime | [1] | ||
| Godzilla: The Planet Eater | 2018 | Gen Urobuchi | anime | [1] | ||
| Gridman Universe | 2023 | Keiichi Hasegawa | anime | |||
| Gunbuster | 1988 | Toshio Okada | OVA | manga | Space Monsters or Uchuu Kaijuu | [4] |
| Gurren Laggan | 2007 | Kazuki Nakashima | anime | manga, light novel, video game | [1] | |
| Howl from Beyond the Fog | 2019 | Daisuke Satō | short story | anime, live-action film | monster called Nebula | |
| I'm Home! Chibi Godzilla | 2020 | Chiharu Sakazaki, helo.inc | anime | |||
| Kaiju Girl Caramelise | 2018 | Spica Aoki | manga | anime | ||
| Kaiju Girls | 2016 | Minoru Ashina | ONA | |||
| Kaiju Girls Black | 2018 | Kento Shimoyama | anime | |||
| Kaiju No. 8 | 2020 | Naoya Matsumoto | manga | anime, light novel | [1][5] | |
| Kaijuu Sekai Seifuku | 2020 | web manga | ONA | |||
| The King Kong Show | 1966 | live-action film | anime | produced in Japan for an American company | ||
| Knight's & Magic | 2010 | Hisago Amazake-no | light novel | anime, manga | Demon Beasts | |
| Knights Of Sidonia | 2009 | Tsutomu Nihei | manga | anime | [4] | |
| Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka | 2015 | Makoto Fukami, Seigo Tokiya | manga | anime | Disas | |
| Mushibugyo | 2009 | Hiroshi Fukuda | manga | anime, video game | giant insects known as "Mushi" | |
| Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | 1982 | Hayao Miyazaki | manga | anime | giant mutant insects | |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion | 1995 | Gainax | anime | giant mutant insects | [1][2] | |
| One Punch Man | 2009 | One | webcomic | anime, manga | [1][2] | |
| Orient | 2018 | Shinobu Ohtaka | manga | anime | Kishin - kaiju-like monsters | |
| Pacific Rim: The Black | 2021 | Greg Johnson, Craig Kyle, Paul Giacoppo, Nicole Dubuc | ONA | |||
| Rage of Bahamut | 2011 | Cygames | TCG | anime | dragon Bahamut | |
| Snowball Earth | 2021 | Yuhiro Tsujitsugu | manga | anime | ||
| SSSS.Dynazenon | 2021 | Tsuburaya Productions, Keiichi Hasegawa | anime | [1] | ||
| SSSS.Gridman | 2018 | Tsuburaya Productions, Keiichi Hasegawa | anime | [1] | ||
| Terra Formars | 2011 | Yū Sasuga, Kenichi Tachibana | manga | anime | giant mutated humanoid cockroaches | |
| To The Abandoned Sacred Beasts | 2014 | Maybe | manga | anime | Incarnates - soldiers who can transform into giant mythical beasts | |
| The Ultraman (1979) | 1979 | Tsuburaya Productions | anime | |||
| Ultraman | 2011 | Eiichi Shimizu, Tomohiro Shimoguchi | manga | anime | giant aliens | |
| Ultraman: Rising | 2024 | Tsuburaya Productions, Netflix | anime | |||
| Zoids: Chaotic Century | 1983 | Takara Tomy | toys | anime | Zoids, short for Zoic Androids, are large bio-mechanical creatures |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Garza, Branson (May 11, 2025). "Love Monsters? Love Anime? Then We Have 10 Shows You Absolutely Need to Watch". ScreenRant.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Locke, Alexandra; Donohoo, Timothy Blake; Kemner, Louis; Ashford, Sage (May 11, 2024). "25 Best Anime If You're Craving Another Kaiju No. 8". CBR.
- ↑ "Deca-Dence Puts a Colorful, Sci-Fi Spin on Attack on Titan". July 10, 2020.
- 1 2 3 Wassenberg, Anya (September 6, 2021). "10 Intense Space Battle Anime That Give Star Wars A Run For Its Money". CBR.
- ↑ Davis, Angela (March 15, 2024). "New Crunchyroll Kaiju Anime May Be the Unofficial Pacific Rim Successor Fans Have Waited For". ScreenRant.
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