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As an enduring and iconic symbol of post-World War II cinematic history,[1] the fictional giant monster Godzilla has been referenced and parodied numerous times in popular culture.[2] Godzilla and other atomic monsters have appeared in a variety of mediums, including cartoons,[3] film, literature, television, and video games.
^Godzilla and Postwar Japan Archived 2007-09-04 at the Wayback Machine – "William M. Tsutsui (Univ. of Kansas) explores the role of the Godzilla film series in popular culture"
^In Godzilla's Footsteps: Japanese Pop Culture Icons on the Global Stage ed. by William M. Tsutsui, Michiko Ito. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 ISBN 1-4039-6461-0
^Professor Ferenc M. Szasz and Issei Takechi, "Atomic Heroes and Atomic Monsters: American and Japanese Cartoonists Confront the Onset of the Nuclear Age, 1945–80," The Historian 69.4 (Winter 2007): 728–752.
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