Movies - Minya

	Movies - Minya

* For the Egyptian Governorate, see Al Minya.

Minya or Minilla (ミニラ), is a monster from the Godzilla series of films and is the first of several young Godzillas in the series. He first appeared in Son of Godzilla
and also appeared in Destroy All Monsters
, and Godzilla's Revenge. The offspring of the famous Godzilla, Minya resembles a smaller, pudgy version of his father. His snout is slightly upturned and his eyes are larger and placed further forward on his head, giving him a more human-like appearance. The fins on his back are small and unformed, and he also lacks the ash colored scaling of his father. His coloring is green with lighter shading over the front of his stomach. Minya was born on Sogell Island, when his egg was cracked open by a group of Kamacuras. The giant mantises might have killed him had his father Godzilla not arrived to protect him. Godzilla proceeded to train his son and defended him against further attacks from the Kamacuras. Together the father and son defeated the giant spider Kumonga. Godzilla and Minya were placed in hibernation when a group of scientists completed a weather experiment, resulting in the freezing of their island. The monsters revived when the snow melted, and eventually relocated to Monsterland. Along with his father and other kaiju, Minya fought King Ghidorah at Mount Fuji as part of the effort to defeat the Kilaak invasion. He then returned to Monsterland where he remains to this day.

Minya is much more friendly with humans than any of his contemporaries, and once appeared in the dreams of a troubled boy in order to give an example of how to deal with bullying and other childhood issues. He is also very playful, enjoying such games as kicking large boulders and jumping over or riding on his father's tail. While he is usually fearful of other monsters, he occasionally shows courage when defending his human friends, although more often than not he is overmatched by other kaiju.

He is most notable for his ability to breathe plasmatomic smoke rings, though he did learn to use a true plasmatomic beam in Son of Godzilla. Minya also has the ability to communicate with his father over great distances by broadcasting a brainwave pattern over radio frequencies. This ability interfers with other radio transmissions in its vicinity. In Godzilla's Revenge Minya is depicted as having the ability to shrink down to human size. This was originally meant to be indicative of the fantasy element of this film, in which Minya only appears in the dreams of a young boy. This power is depicted again in the film Godzilla: Final Wars
.

Minya reappeared in a slightly altered form in Godzilla: Final Wars
(2004) which, as part of the Millennium series, was not directly connected to any of his previous appearances. His role, however, was unchanged; very human-friendly, especially towards children. He also interceded on behalf of humanity to Godzilla, prompting Godzilla to end his war with the human race. His Japanese name, "Minira" is a combination of "Mini" and "Gojira" (Japanese name for Godzilla), thus he is referred to as a "miniature Godzilla"!

Minya is sometimes confused with Godzooky, a similar character from the 1978 animated Hanna-Barbera series The Godzilla Power Hour
.

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Minya's parentage has long been a subject of fan speculation. One theory states that he is the son of the Godzilla that was destroyed in the first movie and the second that appeared in Godzilla Raids Again. Others believe that Godzilla is asexual and the one that rescued Minya from Solgell Island is the only parent. It is also possible that Minya is Godzilla's adopted son, since there are significant anatomical differences between the two. None of these theories is official - all people have to go on is Godzilla's instinctive parenting and the film's title 'Son of Godzilla'. See also: Godzilla Junior

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