Pacific Rim: Tales from Year Zero
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Pacific Rim: Tales from Year Zero is a graphic novel prequel to the film Pacific Rim that explores the early days of the Kaiju War and the origins of key characters and the Jaeger program.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pacific Rim: Tales from Year Zero canonical | 8 |
| Kaiju War | 3 |
| Pacific Rim | 1 |
| Pacific Rim: Aftermath | 1 |
| Pacific Rim: Tales from the Drift | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Pacific Rim: Tales from Year Zero Context triple: [Dr. Hermann Gottlieb, appearsIn, Pacific Rim: Tales from Year Zero]
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A.
Pacific Rim: Uprising
Pacific Rim: Uprising is a 2018 science fiction action film that continues the story of giant human-piloted robots battling monstrous creatures in a futuristic world.
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B.
Pacific Rim
Pacific Rim is a 2013 science fiction action film directed by Guillermo del Toro, featuring giant robots called Jaegers battling monstrous sea creatures known as Kaiju.
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C.
Alita: Battle Angel
Alita: Battle Angel is a 2019 cyberpunk action film, produced by James Cameron and directed by Robert Rodriguez, that adapts Yukito Kishiro’s manga about a powerful cyborg girl navigating a dystopian future.
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D.
Kaiju
Kaiju are colossal, monstrous creatures from Japanese science fiction and popular culture, often depicted as city-destroying beasts that battle humanity or other giant monsters.
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E.
Godzilla vs. Kong
Godzilla vs. Kong is a 2021 American monster film in the MonsterVerse franchise that pits the iconic kaiju Godzilla and King Kong against each other in a spectacular big-budget crossover battle.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Pacific Rim: Tales from Year Zero Target entity description: Pacific Rim: Tales from Year Zero is a graphic novel prequel to the film Pacific Rim that explores the early days of the Kaiju War and the origins of key characters and the Jaeger program.
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A.
Pacific Rim: Uprising
Pacific Rim: Uprising is a 2018 science fiction action film that continues the story of giant human-piloted robots battling monstrous creatures in a futuristic world.
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B.
Pacific Rim
Pacific Rim is a 2013 science fiction action film directed by Guillermo del Toro, featuring giant robots called Jaegers battling monstrous sea creatures known as Kaiju.
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C.
Alita: Battle Angel
Alita: Battle Angel is a 2019 cyberpunk action film, produced by James Cameron and directed by Robert Rodriguez, that adapts Yukito Kishiro’s manga about a powerful cyborg girl navigating a dystopian future.
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D.
Kaiju
Kaiju are colossal, monstrous creatures from Japanese science fiction and popular culture, often depicted as city-destroying beasts that battle humanity or other giant monsters.
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E.
Godzilla vs. Kong
Godzilla vs. Kong is a 2021 American monster film in the MonsterVerse franchise that pits the iconic kaiju Godzilla and King Kong against each other in a spectacular big-budget crossover battle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic book
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graphic novel ⓘ prequel ⓘ |
| basedOn | Pacific Rim ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | official tie-in to Pacific Rim film continuity ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| explores |
development of the Jaeger defense program
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formation of key pilot partnerships ⓘ initial Kaiju attacks on Earth ⓘ |
| featuresConcept |
Jaegers
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Kaiju ⓘ |
| format | collected volume ⓘ |
| franchiseOwner | Legendary Pictures ⓘ |
| genre |
action
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kaiju ⓘ mecha ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
backstories of key Pacific Rim characters
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early days of the Kaiju War ⓘ origins of the Jaeger program ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | multiple interlinked stories ⓘ |
| narrativeTimeframe | years before events of Pacific Rim film ⓘ |
| partOf |
Pacific Rim film franchise
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surface form:
Pacific Rim franchise
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| prequelTo |
Pacific Rim
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surface form:
Pacific Rim (2013 film)
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| publisher | Legendary Comics ⓘ |
| setInFictionalUniverse |
Pacific Rim film franchise
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surface form:
Pacific Rim universe
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| targetAudience | fans of Pacific Rim film ⓘ |
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Subject: Pacific Rim: Tales from Year Zero Description of subject: Pacific Rim: Tales from Year Zero is a graphic novel prequel to the film Pacific Rim that explores the early days of the Kaiju War and the origins of key characters and the Jaeger program.
Referenced by (14)
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this entity surface form:
Kaiju War
this entity surface form:
Kaiju War
this entity surface form:
Kaiju War
this entity surface form:
Pacific Rim: Tales from the Drift
this entity surface form:
Pacific Rim: Aftermath
this entity surface form:
Pacific Rim