Godzilla is turning 70 and Australians are getting in on the celebrations. What’s behind the monster’s lasting popularity?
When Sydneysider Elizabeth Wilkinson decided to get a tattoo of Godzilla on her upper arm five years ago, she tried four studios before she found an artist who said yes to her request. “I think he is timeless. His movies can be set at any period. In this new age, when we do have lots of natural disasters that happen in our world, he’s still part of it somehow ... We always need Godzilla, for all time,” she told SBS Japanese.
“If you look at a modern film like Shin Godzilla , it was affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake . Rebuilding cities after destruction is a very Japanese theme," Jones said. “No other monster reflects actual events like Godzilla. It’s always been close to Japan, gone through things with Japan ." For Wikinson, her Godzilla tattoo is a daily reminder of her personal growth. “For me, Godzilla symbolises my love for Japan.
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