Composite Illustration by Paco Taylor (STP Design)

Monster Islands: Godzilla Movies As Teaching Tools of Human History

Nearly everything I wanted to learn about anthropology was influenced by the giant monster movies of Japan.

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Why do giant monsters in the 1960s special effects films of Japan nearly always seem to come from make-believe islands situated in the South Pacific? From the time of my…

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Paco Taylor

Paco writes about Eastern & Western pop culture, history, and art. He has bylines at CBR, G-Fan, Comics Beat, NeoText, and Nextshark | stpaco@gmail