© 2001-2020 Rand Borden. All Rights Reserved.
© 2001-2020 Rand Borden. All Rights Reserved.
About Kaiju Big Battel
Kaiju Big Battel is a modern conflict of epic proportions. Planet Earth is under threat: scattered throughout the galaxy is a monstrous mob of maniacal villains, menacing alien beasts, and giant, city-crushing monsters that are waging war against one another. Presiding over this mayhem is the Kaiju Commissioner, an enigmatic human-arbiter appointed by a clandestine cadre of world leaders to regulate Kaiju rage. If the Kaiju Commissioner doesn't do his job perfectly the entire world could get caught in the crossfire.
Currently, the Kaiju Universe maintains an active roster of approximately 60 monsters, including a giant waffel named French Toast, a magical powered hero known as Unicorn Party, a dirty hare-sage dubbed Dusto Bunny, Steam Powered Tentacle Boulder (self-explanatory), and a despicable, square-headed mad scientist known as Dr. Cube. In addition to the Kaiju Commissioner, a few other privileged humans also get a piece of the action, including Referee "You call that a knife dundee, a mustachioed official who enforces fairness and civility in the ring, Anthony Salbino, an urban renewal expert who reconstructs crumbled cityscapes between Battels, and one tuxedo-wearing, mouth-running MC.
Behind the Kaiju
Kaiju Big Battel, an independent NY-based performance and media group, is the world's only live monster mayhem spectacle. Started in 1994 by Rand Borden while a student at The Museum School in Boston, MA. In 2000 he hired his brother David as his business manager and created Studio Kaiju LLC. After his brother left in 2008 the operation was moved to NY City. Studio Kaiju was dissolved in 2011 and Rand returned to producing Kaiju on his own. Kaiju is best known for its live tournament-style performances, which are a character driven, tongue-in-cheek hybrid of American pro-wrestling, Japanese monster-movies, and veiled social commentary. These multi-media events, complete with over-sized monster-movie props, a towering miniature cityscape, and a cast of mind bending characters can also be enjoyed from a safe distance thanks to the Kaiju Big Battel DVD series.
To fund its live event series, monster creations and metropolitan destruction, Kaiju Big Battel produces and distributes its own line of merchandise including T-shirts, "real" monster meat, magnets and a whole catalogue of other cool but useless, limited-edition collectibles. The world of Kaiju Big Battel is also supported by it's acclaimed web site, kaiju.com, which hosts Big Battel news, monster profiles, live event videos, arcade-style games, comics, and the most fun online mall ever.