Kaiju Big Battel facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Kaiju Big Battel |
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| Established | 1994 |
| Style | American Wrestling |
| Location | New York City, United States |
| Founder(s) | Rand Borden |
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Kaiju Big Battel is a really cool live show from New York City. It was created by Rand Borden. The shows are a funny mix of professional wrestling and Japanese monster movies called tokusatsu kaiju eiga. In these shows, people dress up in amazing monster costumes. They act like giant monsters, similar to Godzilla or Gamera, who fight and smash cities!
The idea for Kaiju Big Battel started from a mistake Rand Borden made on a T-shirt. The shows are full of jokes, especially for fans of wrestling (like Mexican wrestling), superhero comic books, and Japanese culture. Many character names sound like funny Spanish or Japanese words, and they often use "Engrish" (English spoken in a funny Japanese way) to make people laugh.
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How Kaiju Big Battel Started
Kaiju Big Battel began as a video idea by Rand Borden. He was a student at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The very first monster he made was called Midori no Kaiju, which means "Big Green Monster" in Japanese. He built it using foam and latex.
Even though the video project didn't happen, another student suggested making more monsters. These new monsters could fight Midori no Kaiju in live shows, which they called "Big Battels." The first ever Battel took place on Halloween in 1996 in Boston. It featured Midori No Kaiju, along with other characters like Atomic Cannon and Powa Ranjuru. The first big Kaiju Big Battel event was held in March 1997 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Rand Borden has created over 120 different monster costumes! He keeps them all stored away.
Studio Kaiju and Beyond
Borden started a company called Studio Kaiju in 2000, and his brother David became the manager. Their first DVD, Kaiju Big Battel: Terebi Sento, came out in 2001. It showed four exciting matches. In 2004, they even released a funny book about the first eight years of Kaiju Big Battel.
Studio Kaiju stopped in 2011, and Rand Borden went back to creating Kaiju shows on his own. Kaiju Big Battel performed at Twitchcon in 2017, and the show was broadcast live on Twitch. In May 2019, Kaiju Big Battel held its first show in Europe, at Alexandra Palace in London.
Awesome Kaiju Characters
Here are some of the most famous and fun characters you might see in a Kaiju Big Battel show:
- Dusto Bunny is a huge, scary dust bunny. He's said to be "one billion dust mites" tall and weighs "64 tons (mostly fluff)."
- French Toast is a giant waffle who speaks with a French accent. His funny nickname is "The Awful Waffle."
- Kung-Fu Chicken Noodle is a martial artist who carries a big cleaver. He wears a soup can over his body and weighs "120 fluid tons."
- Dr. Cube is the main bad guy of Kaiju Big Battel. He's a plastic surgeon who wears a white box on his face to hide his scars. He uses science to control an army of monsters. His goal is to destroy people and take over the Earth! Rand Borden got the idea for Dr. Cube after finding a surgical gown and a box.
- American Beetle is a hero from America. He's so proud of his Mexican background that he only speaks Spanish.
- Referee "You Call that a Knife" Dundee is the referee who tries to keep things fair in the ring.
Cool Projects and Games
Studio Kaiju has used Kickstarter to help fund some cool projects. In 2016, they tried to raise money for a hardcover art book of Kaiju posters, but it didn't reach its goal. However, in 2018, they successfully raised over $21,000 for Kaiju Big Battel action figures!
On October 31, 2018, a Kaiju Big Battel video game was released for computers and phones. The game is called Kaiju Big Battel: Fighto Fantasy. It's a funny game that makes fun of old-school role-playing games from the 1990s, like Final Fantasy.
Stories Inspired by Real Life
The stories and plots for Kaiju Big Battel shows sometimes get ideas from what's happening in the world. For example, when new healthcare laws were being discussed in the United States, the character American Beetle changed from being a Republican to a Democrat. This was because he needed insurance for surgery. Sometimes, the main villain, Dr. Cube, even uses lines that sound like famous quotes from American President Donald Trump.
