by jellydonut25 » Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:11 pm
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?