Kaiju Big Battel

Kaiju Big Battel
Big Battel sticker on Houston in New York City

Kaiju Big Battel is a performance by the Boston, Massachusetts based performance entertainment troupe Studio Kaiju created by Rand Borden and David Borden. The performances are parodies of both professional wrestling and the tokusatsu kaiju kaiju eiga films of Japan. These Battels are presented in the style of professional wrestling events, with the costumed performers playing the roles of giant, city-crushing monsters similar to Godzilla and Gamera. The misspelling of "Battel" is intentional. Originally, Rand Borden misspelled the word "battle" on a T-shirt design. People thought it was funny, so it was left that way. In-jokes are plentiful and are aimed towards fans of professional wrestling (especially Mexican wrestling), superhero comic books and Japanese popular culture. Many of the names of the characters are in mock Spanish or mock Japanese, and Engrish is used liberally for comedic effect.

History of Studio Kaiju

Studio Kaiju began as a video project by students at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The first character created was Midori no Kaiju (Japanese for "Big Green Monster"). While the video project never came to fruition, another student suggested that more characters be created to fight Midori no Kaiju at live competitions, or, Big Battels. The first Battel occurred on Halloween night in 1996 at the Revolving Museum in Boston and featured Midori No Kaiju, as well as Atomic Cannon, Powa Ranjuru, Force Trooper Robo, Taro "The Mouth" Fuji's commentary, and Anthony Salbino's construction. The first full-scale Kaiju Big Battel event was held in March 1997 in Boston, Massachusetts at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts.[1] The earliest performances in other cities included matches with other troupes of costumed wrestlers at venues such as Fort Thunder in Providence, Rhode Island.

History of Kaiju Big Battel

Kaiju Big Battel is a modern conflict that involves extremely large creatures. These creatures constantly threatened to destroy the Earth every time they fought. A special committee, called the Kaiju Regulatory Commission (KRC), was formed to figure out how to end the danger that these creatures were causing as well as find a way to use the monsters' destructive capabilities and tendencies for constructive purposes. They appointed a Commissioner to oversee this project and to help control the creatures. The Commissioner thought up the idea of having sanctioned Battels where the creatures could release their anger against one another. This way, the human race would be safe to view these Battels while also being kept out of harm's way.

Characters

The Heroes

Dr. Cube's Posse

Dr. Cube in February 2013.

Team Space Bug

Consists of insectoid Kaiju. Space Bugs hate the Heroes, indeed, but hate Dr. Cube's Posse even more.

The Rogues

Although unpredictable in nature, the Rogues are simply classified as being unaffiliated with any other faction.

Human Co-Stars

Louden Noxious announcing at a Chikara event in 2008.

These are the humans who are a part of Kaiju Big Battel but do not (typically) fight.

The Graveyard

The graveyard is a place that contains both monsters and humans that have been killed - or gone missing - in action for some time.

Videography

Official DVD Releases

Terebi Sento (2003) Shocking Truth (2005) More Better Fighto (2007)

Titles

Championship Champion(s) Defeated Date Won Location Event
Kaiju Grand Championship American Beetle #13 June 4, 2011 Las Vegas Leveling Las Vegas
Kaiju Double Danger Tandem Championship Yokosuka Jump Squadron (Dusto Bunny and Jeremiah the Pink Teddy Bear) Furious Furries (The Grudyin and Tucor) June 20, 2009 Philadelphia, PA All Out War 2
Meisterschaft-Riemen Uchu Chu Herr Kraftprotz Unknown, 2008 Fiolent Stadium, Simferopol Euro-Battel 2008

External links

References

  1. "Kaiju FAQs". 2001–2007. The first full scale Kaiju Big Battel event occurred in February 1995 at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts.
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