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Do Japanese people call Godzilla 'Godzilla' or 'Gojira'?

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Gojira. シン - ゴジラ shin-Gojira meaning new/true/God Godzilla - depending on which kanji one infers from the シン katakana( new 新 true 真 God 神). read more

The original Japanese name of Godzilla is Gojira. According to the Sanseido Concise Gairaigo Jiten (dictionary of foreign loan words) the original English spelling was "Gozilla". No one seems to know how the "d" got there. read more

In the original Japanese films, Godzilla and all the other monsters are referred to with gender-neutral pronouns equivalent to "it", while in the English dubbed versions, Godzilla is explicitly described as a male, such as in the title of Godzilla, King of the Monsters!. read more

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