Kaiju Naming Question

[jellydonut25]

here's something i've always wondered...

now, when an american dub butchers a kaiju's name like minya or anguirus (these two get so many different names throughout the movies, if you had a monster for each name, you'd have more than toho has ever created) I USUALLY understand where they get such butcherings...ala minya, angilas, ghidrah instead of ghidorah, hell godzilla instead of gojira...usually it makes sense sound-wise

also, even though i don't understand how the word kamacuras became gimantis, i understand where the word came from...

BUT where in god's name did the word SPIGA come from??? i mean it doesnt even SOUND OR LOOK like kumonga and its not like its gispider...or spido or spideria or well u get the idea...

any help on where this particular name came from?

[Jim Ballard]

I always figured it was SPIderGiAnt. :dunno:

But, that is my assumption.

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[Gfan54]

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[MouthForWar]

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[kidnicky]

[jellydonut25]

[Shin_Edda_Robo!!!!!]

[kiryugoji04]

I've always been under the impression that "Radon" came from Pteradon... it's an incorrect term, but then so is Godzilla as an anatomically correct dinosaur...

[Shin_Edda_Robo!!!!!]

I'm not sure, but I think Pteranadon in Japanese is Pu-Te-Ra-Don

[Tyler E. Martin]

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