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The Daimajin (大魔神) (or Majin) is a fictional character that appears in a trilogy of tokusatsu movies produced by the Daiei Motion Picture Company. Daimajin is a giant stone idol in the shape of a samurai in full armor, which is possessed by a powerful spirit. In each film the Daimajin is brought to life to save the people of the local community from oppression. When its work is done the unstoppable stone giant becomes an inert statue again. A majin (é”神) is a term that means a magical being, i. ...
A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ...
Tokusatsu (特撮) (sometimes just called Toku) is the Japanese term for special effects and often used to classify Japanese live-action sci-fi/fantasy/horror movie/TV productions. ...
Daiei Motion Picture Company, Ltd. ...
The term idol (derived from Greek eid-, videre, to see. ...
Japanese samurai in armour, 1860s. ...
Alternative meanings: vehicle armour, Armor (novel) A hoplite wearing a helmet, a breastplate and greaves (and nothing else). ...
For other meanings of the word giant, see Giant (disambiguation) Giants are humanoid creatures of prodigious size and strength, a type of legendary monster that appear in the tales of many different races and cultures. ...
Although usually referred to as Daimajin (which is Japanese for "giant demon god"), it had an actual name, Arakatsuma (アラカツマ), as revealed in the first film.
Background
Daimajin is similar to the golem of Jewish folklore. Like the golem, it is an animated statue which uses its vast strength to aid suffering people. In the first film, Daimajin, like the golem, was difficult to control and there was danger of it turning on the people it was meant to help. It was completely righteous in the last two films, however. The stony appearance of the Daimajin, and its inexorable but clumsy gait are reminiscent of the golem in two German films, Der Golem (English title: The Golem) (1915) and Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (English title: The Golem: How He Came Into the World (1920). It is not known whether either of these films were a direct influence on the Daimajin series. In Jewish folklore, a golem (גול×, sometimes pronounced goilem) is an animated being crafted from inanimate material. ...
The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ...
Folklore is the body of narratives, including tales, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs current among a particular population, comprising the oral tradition of that culture, subculture, or group. ...
1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
1920 (MCMXX) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ...
Daimajin is also a basis for the famous super robot Mazinger Z. The Super Robot Mazinger Z. Super Robot is a term used in manga and anime to describe a giant robot or mecha, with an arsenal of fantastical super-powered weapons, sometimes transformable or combined from two or more robots and/or vehicles usually piloted by young, daring heroes, and often...
Mazinger Z The Movie DVD cover Mazinger Z (マジンガーZ or マジンガー・ゼット), also known as Tranzor Z, is the name of a manga by artist Go Nagai, first published in Japan in 1972, and turned into a long-running anime television series later in the same year. ...
Daimajin has no relationship to the similarly named Majin Buu of the anime series Dragonball Z. In the manga/anime Dragon Ball Z, Majin is the title given to someone under the control of the Wizard Babidi. ...
A scene from Cowboy Bebop (1998) Anime (アニメ) is a style of animation originating in Japan. ...
Dragon Ball Z logo (English manga). ...
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