Kaiju and Seijin, Monsters and Aliens
If you like tokusatsu, you have probably heard of terms like Kaiju and Seijin. Their translations in English are not always entirely accurate, and some people might misunderstand the definition of them. Read on to find out more about the categories of villains. Alien Baltan Jr. (Barutan Seijin Jr.) an example of an Uchujin Seijin ( 星人 ) refers to beings from other planets. It is commonly translated as "alien". It literally means "star-person/people". Seijin itself is not commonly used on its own. There is always the planet it comes from as a prefix. (Eg. Baltan Seijin). Before tokusatsu, specifically before the Ultra Series, aliens were seldom written in English in such a way as "Alien __ ". For example, Alien Zetton would have been expressed as Zettonian in the western way of naming aliens. When one talks about them as a broad term, it will be called 宇宙人 (Uchuujin) meaning "space person". Technically, Aliens do not have to be seij...
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