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(1957)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Volcano_Monsters_(1957)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Unproduced_3D_film_(1983)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Unproduced_3D_film_(1983)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.2</span> <span>Unproduced 3D film (1983)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Unproduced_3D_film_(1983)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-TriStar_Pictures_(1998–2000)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#TriStar_Pictures_(1998–2000)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.3</span> <span>TriStar Pictures (1998–2000)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-TriStar_Pictures_(1998–2000)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Legendary_Pictures_(2014–present)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Legendary_Pictures_(2014–present)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.4</span> <span>Legendary Pictures (2014–present)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Legendary_Pictures_(2014–present)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Filmography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Filmography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Filmography</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Filmography-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Filmography subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Filmography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Toho_films" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Toho_films"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Toho films</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Toho_films-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-American_films_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#American_films_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>American films</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-American_films_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Guest_appearances" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Guest_appearances"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Guest appearances</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Guest_appearances-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Localized_releases" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Localized_releases"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Localized releases</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Localized_releases-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Reception" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reception"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Reception</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Reception-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Reception subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Reception-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Critical_response" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Critical_response"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Critical response</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Critical_response-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Toho_productions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Toho_productions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.1</span> <span>Toho productions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Toho_productions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-American_productions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#American_productions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.2</span> <span>American productions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-American_productions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Box_office_performance" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Box_office_performance"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Box office performance</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Box_office_performance-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> 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<span>Japan</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Japan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-United_States" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_States"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.2</span> <span>United States</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_States-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Video_games" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Video_games"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Video games</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Video_games-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Literature" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Literature"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Literature</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Literature-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> 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vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle References subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Sources</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>External links</span> 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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Godzilla_English_Logo.png/250px-Godzilla_English_Logo.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Godzilla_English_Logo.png/375px-Godzilla_English_Logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Godzilla_English_Logo.png/500px-Godzilla_English_Logo.png 2x" data-file-width="508" data-file-height="196" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Current official English brand logo<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tomoyuki_Tanaka" title="Tomoyuki Tanaka">Tomoyuki Tanaka</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERagone200734_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERagone200734-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eiji_Tsuburaya" title="Eiji Tsuburaya">Eiji Tsuburaya</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ishir%C5%8D_Honda" title="Ishirō Honda">Ishirō Honda</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyfle199824_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199824-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original work</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1954_film)" title="Godzilla (1954 film)">Godzilla</a></i> (1954)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Toho" title="Toho">Toho Co., Ltd.</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years</th><td class="infobox-data">1954–present</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lavender;">Print publications</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Book(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(Marc_Cerasini_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Godzilla (Marc Cerasini series)">Cerasini novels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(Scott_Ciencin_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Godzilla (Scott Ciencin series)">Ciencin novels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monsterverse#Books" title="Monsterverse">Monsterverse books</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Comics</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(comics)" title="Godzilla (comics)">Full list</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lavender;">Films and television</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Film(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Toho<br />(<a href="#Filmography">33 films</a>; 1954–current)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/TriStar_Pictures" title="TriStar Pictures">TriStar Pictures</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><br />(<a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1998_film)" title="Godzilla (1998 film)">1 film</a>; 1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legendary_Entertainment" title="Legendary Entertainment">Legendary Pictures</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Monsterverse#Films" title="Monsterverse">4 films</a>; 2014–current)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Television series</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="#Television">Full list</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lavender;">Games</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Video game(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Godzilla_games" title="List of Godzilla games">Full list</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lavender;">Audio</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Soundtrack(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Final_Wars_(soundtrack)" title="Godzilla: Final Wars (soundtrack)">Godzilla: Final Wars</a></i> (2004)<br /><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(2014_soundtrack)" title="Godzilla (2014 soundtrack)">Godzilla</a></i> (2014)<br /><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_King_of_the_Monsters_(soundtrack)" title="Godzilla: King of the Monsters (soundtrack)">Godzilla: King of the Monsters</a></i> (2019)<br /><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Kong_(soundtrack)" title="Godzilla vs. Kong (soundtrack)">Godzilla vs. Kong</a></i> (2021)<br /><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Minus_One_(soundtrack)" title="Godzilla Minus One (soundtrack)">Godzilla Minus One</a></i> (2023)<br /><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_x_Kong:_The_New_Empire_(soundtrack)" title="Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (soundtrack)">Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire</a></i> (2024)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lavender;">Miscellaneous</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">American series</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Monsterverse" title="Monsterverse">Monsterverse</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Godzilla</b></i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>: <span lang="ja">ゴジラ</span>, <a href="/wiki/Hepburn_romanization" title="Hepburn romanization">Hepburn</a>: <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Gojira</i></span>)</span> is a Japanese <a href="/wiki/Monster_movie" title="Monster movie">monster</a>, or <i><a href="/wiki/Kaiju" title="Kaiju">kaiju</a></i>, franchise centering on the <a href="/wiki/Godzilla" title="Godzilla">titular character</a>, a prehistoric reptilian monster awakened and empowered by nuclear radiation. The films series are recognized by the <i><a href="/wiki/Guinness_World_Records" title="Guinness World Records">Guinness World Records</a></i> as the "longest continuously running film series", having been in ongoing production since 1954, with several hiatuses of varying lengths.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> There are 38 <i>Godzilla</i> films: 33 Japanese films produced and distributed by <a href="/wiki/Toho" title="Toho">Toho Co., Ltd.</a>, and five American films; one by <a href="/wiki/TriStar_Pictures" title="TriStar Pictures">TriStar Pictures</a> and four films (part of the <a href="/wiki/Monsterverse" title="Monsterverse">Monsterverse</a> franchise) by <a href="/wiki/Legendary_Entertainment" title="Legendary Entertainment">Legendary Pictures</a>. </p><p>The original film, <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1954_film)" title="Godzilla (1954 film)">Godzilla</a></i>, was directed by and co-written by <a href="/wiki/Ishir%C5%8D_Honda" title="Ishirō Honda">Ishirō Honda</a> and released by Toho in 1954.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It became an influential classic of the genre. It featured political and social undertones relevant to Japan at the time. The 1954 film and its special effects director <a href="/wiki/Eiji_Tsuburaya" title="Eiji Tsuburaya">Eiji Tsuburaya</a> are largely credited for establishing the template for <i><a href="/wiki/Tokusatsu" title="Tokusatsu">tokusatsu</a></i>, a technique of practical special effects filmmaking that would become essential in Japan's film industry since the release of <i>Godzilla</i> (1954).<sup id="cite_ref-toku_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toku-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> For its North American release, the film was localized in 1956 as <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla,_King_of_the_Monsters!" title="Godzilla, King of the Monsters!">Godzilla, King of the Monsters!</a></i> and featured new footage with <a href="/wiki/Raymond_Burr" title="Raymond Burr">Raymond Burr</a> edited together with the original Japanese footage. </p><p>The popularity of the films has led to the film series expanding to other media, such as <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_in_popular_culture" title="Godzilla in popular culture">television, music, literature</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Godzilla_games" title="List of Godzilla games">video games</a>. Godzilla has become one of the most recognizable symbols in Japanese pop culture worldwide and a well-known facet of <a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Japan" title="Cinema of Japan">Japanese cinema</a>. It is also considered one of the first examples of the popular <i>kaiju</i> and <i>tokusatsu</i> subgenres in Japanese entertainment. </p><p>The tone and themes vary per film. Several of the films have political themes, others have dark tones, <a href="/wiki/Shared_universe" title="Shared universe">complex internal mythology</a>, or are simple action films featuring aliens or other monsters, while others have simpler themes accessible to children.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKalat19971–5_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKalat19971–5-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Godzilla's role varies from purely a destructive force to an ally of humans, or a protector of Japanese values, or a hero to children. The name Godzilla is a romanization of the original Japanese name Gojira (ゴジラ)—which is a combination of two Japanese words: <i>gorira</i> (ゴリラ), "gorilla", and <i>kujira</i> (クジラ), "whale". The word alludes to the size, power and aquatic origin of Godzilla. As developed by Toho, the monster is an offshoot of the combination of radioactivity and ancient <a href="/wiki/Dinosaur_size" title="Dinosaur size">dinosaur</a>-like creatures, indestructible and possessing special powers (see <a href="/wiki/Godzilla#Characteristics" title="Godzilla">Godzilla characteristics</a>). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Godzilla</i> film series is broken into several different eras reflecting a characteristic style and corresponding to the same eras used to classify all <i>kaiju eiga</i> (<a href="/wiki/Monster_movies" class="mw-redirect" title="Monster movies">monster movies</a>) in Japan. The first, second, and fourth eras refer to the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_emperor" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese emperor">Japanese emperor</a> during production: the <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dwa_era" title="Shōwa era">Shōwa era</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Heisei_era" title="Heisei era">Heisei era</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Reiwa_era" title="Reiwa era">Reiwa era</a>. The third is called the Millennium era, as the emperor (<a href="/wiki/Akihito" title="Akihito">Heisei</a>) is the same, but these films are considered to have a different style and storyline than the Heisei era. </p><p>Over the series' history, the films have reflected <a href="/wiki/History_of_Japan" title="History of Japan">the social and political climate in Japan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKalat1997240_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKalat1997240-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the original film, Godzilla was an <a href="/wiki/Allegory" title="Allegory">allegory</a> for the effects of <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapons" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear weapons">nuclear weapons</a>, and the consequences that such weapons might have on Earth.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The radioactive contamination of the Japanese fishing boat <i><a href="/wiki/Daigo_Fukury%C5%AB_Maru" title="Daigo Fukuryū Maru">Lucky Dragon No. 5</a></i> through the United States' <a href="/wiki/Castle_Bravo" title="Castle Bravo">Castle Bravo</a> <a href="/wiki/Thermonuclear" class="mw-redirect" title="Thermonuclear">thermonuclear</a> device test at <a href="/wiki/Bikini_Atoll" title="Bikini Atoll">Bikini Atoll</a> on March 1, 1954, led to much press coverage in Japan preceding the release of the first film in 1954.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKennedy,_et_al.20198_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKennedy,_et_al.20198-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Heisei and Millennium series have largely continued this concept. Toho was inspired to make the original <i>Godzilla</i> film after the commercial success of the 1952 re-release of <i><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_(1933_film)" title="King Kong (1933 film)">King Kong</a></i> and the success of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Beast_from_20,000_Fathoms" title="The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms">The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms</a></i> (1953), the first live-action film to feature a giant monster awakened following an atomic bomb detonation.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The success of the <i>Godzilla</i> franchise itself would go on to inspire other giant monster films worldwide. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shōwa_era_(1954–1975)"><span id="Sh.C5.8Dwa_era_.281954.E2.80.931975.29"></span>Shōwa era (1954–1975)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Shōwa era (1954–1975)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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/></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">The <i>Shōwa</i> iterations of Godzilla featured in <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1954_film)" title="Godzilla (1954 film)">Godzilla</a></i> (1954) and <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Megalon" title="Godzilla vs. Megalon">Godzilla vs. Megalon</a></i> (1973).</div></div></div></div> <p>The initial series of films are named after the <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dwa_era" title="Shōwa era">Shōwa era</a> (as all of these films were produced during <a href="/wiki/Hirohito" title="Hirohito">Emperor Shōwa</a>'s reign).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESolomon201729_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESolomon201729-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEngland202177_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEngland202177-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This Shōwa timeline spanned from 1954, with <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1954_film)" title="Godzilla (1954 film)">Godzilla</a></i>, to 1975, with <i><a href="/wiki/Terror_of_Mechagodzilla" title="Terror of Mechagodzilla">Terror of Mechagodzilla</a></i>. </p><p>The first <i>Godzilla</i> film initially began as a Japanese-Indonesian co-production titled <i>In the Shadow of Glory</i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">栄光のかげに</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Eikō no Kage ni</i></span><span style="margin-left:.09em">)</span></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, the project was cancelled after the Indonesian government denied visas to Toho's crew due to anti-Japanese sentiments and political pressure.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERagone200733_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERagone200733-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On his flight back to Japan after a failed attempt to renegotiate with the Indonesian government, film producer <a href="/wiki/Tomoyuki_Tanaka" title="Tomoyuki Tanaka">Tomoyuki Tanaka</a> conceived an idea for a giant monster film inspired by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Beast_from_20,000_Fathoms" title="The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms">The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms</a></i> and the then-recent <i><a href="/wiki/Daigo_Fukury%C5%AB_Maru" title="Daigo Fukuryū Maru">Daigo Fukuryū Maru</a></i> incident.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERagone200734_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERagone200734-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Tanaka then succeeded in convincing executive producer Iwao Mori to replace <i>In the Shadow of Glory</i> with his monster idea, after special effects director <a href="/wiki/Eiji_Tsuburaya" title="Eiji Tsuburaya">Eiji Tsuburaya</a> agreed to do the film.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyfle199821_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199821-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tsuburaya initially proposed a giant octopus-like monster,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERagone200734_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERagone200734-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and later a gorilla-like or whale-like monster to reflect the creature's name <i>Gojira</i>, a combination of the Japanese words for gorilla<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">ゴリラ</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">gorira</i></span>)</span> and whale<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">クジラ</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">kujira</i></span>)</span>. But Tsuburaya settled on a dinosaur-like monster designed by Teizō Toshimitsu and <a href="/wiki/Akira_Watanabe_(art_director)" title="Akira Watanabe (art director)">Akira Watanabe</a> under his supervision.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyfle199823_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199823-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Tanaka handpicked <a href="/wiki/Ishir%C5%8D_Honda" title="Ishirō Honda">Ishirō Honda</a> to direct and co-write the film, feeling that his wartime experience was ideal for the film's anti-nuclear themes – despite not being Toho's first choice.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERagone200734_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERagone200734-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyfleGodziszewski200600:06:05_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfleGodziszewski200600:06:05-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Principal photography ran 51 days, and special effects photography ran 71 days.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyfle199830–31_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199830–31-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Godzilla</i> was first released in <a href="/wiki/Nagoya" title="Nagoya">Nagoya</a> on October 27, 1954,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyfleGodziszewski2017103–104_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfleGodziszewski2017103–104-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and released nationwide on November 3, 1954.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV2008106_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV2008106-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Despite mixed reviews,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyfle199837_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199837-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> it was a box office success. It became the eighth best-attended film in Japan that year,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyfle199834_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199834-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and earned <span style="white-space: nowrap">¥183 million</span> (just under $510,000) in <a href="/wiki/Distributor_rentals" class="mw-redirect" title="Distributor rentals">distributor rentals</a> during its initial run,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyfleGodziszewski2017105_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfleGodziszewski2017105-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> with total lifetime gross receipts of <span style="white-space: nowrap">$2.25 million</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyfle199834_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199834-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tohokingdom_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tohokingdom-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The film was nominated for Best Picture and Best Special Effects at the Japanese Movie Association Awards, where it won the latter.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyfle199847_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199847-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Starting with <i><a href="/wiki/Ghidorah,_the_Three-Headed_Monster" title="Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster">Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster</a></i>, Godzilla began evolving into a friendlier, more playful <a href="/wiki/Antihero" title="Antihero">antihero</a> (this transition was complete by <i><a href="/wiki/Son_of_Godzilla" title="Son of Godzilla">Son of Godzilla</a></i>, where Godzilla is depicted as a more virtuous character) and, as years went by, it evolved into an <a href="/wiki/Anthropomorphic" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthropomorphic">anthropomorphic</a> <a href="/wiki/Superhero" title="Superhero">superhero</a>. <i>Ghidorah the Three-Headed Monster</i> was also significant for introducing Godzilla's archenemy and the main antagonist of the film series, <a href="/wiki/King_Ghidorah" title="King Ghidorah">King Ghidorah</a>. </p><p><i>Son of Godzilla</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/All_Monsters_Attack" title="All Monsters Attack">All Monsters Attack</a></i> were aimed at youthful audiences, featuring the appearance of Godzilla's son, <a href="/wiki/Minilla" title="Minilla">Minilla</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Mechagodzilla" title="Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla">Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla</a></i> was notable for introducing Godzilla's robot duplicate and the secondary antagonist of the film series, <a href="/wiki/Mechagodzilla" title="Mechagodzilla">Mechagodzilla</a>. The Shōwa period loosely tied in to a number of Toho-produced films in which Godzilla himself did not appear and consequently saw the addition of many monsters into the <i>Godzilla</i> continuity, three of which (<a href="/wiki/Rodan" title="Rodan">Rodan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Varan" title="Varan">Varan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mothra" title="Mothra">Mothra</a>) originated in their own solo films and another five (<a href="/wiki/Anguirus" title="Anguirus">Anguirus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manda_(kaiju)" class="mw-redirect" title="Manda (kaiju)">Manda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baragon" title="Baragon">Baragon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gorosaurus" class="mw-redirect" title="Gorosaurus">Gorosaurus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kumonga" class="mw-redirect" title="Kumonga">Kumonga</a>) appeared in their first films as either secondary antagonists or secondary kaiju. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Haruo_Nakajima" title="Haruo Nakajima">Haruo Nakajima</a> mainly portrayed Godzilla since 1954 until his retirement in 1972. However, other stunt actors have portrayed the character in his absence, such as <a href="/wiki/Katsumi_Tezuka" title="Katsumi Tezuka">Katsumi Tezuka</a>, Yū Sekida, Ryosaku Takasugi, Seiji Onaka, Shinji Takagi, Isao Zushi, and <a href="/wiki/Toru_Kawai" title="Toru Kawai">Toru Kawai</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Godzilla_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Godzilla-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Am._Godzilla_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Am._Godzilla-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Eiji_Tsuburaya" title="Eiji Tsuburaya">Eiji Tsuburaya</a> directed the special effects for the first six films of the series. His protege Sadamasa Arikawa took over the effects work for the next three films (with Tsuburaya supervising), while <a href="/wiki/Teruyoshi_Nakano" title="Teruyoshi Nakano">Teruyoshi Nakano</a> directed the special effects for the last six films of the series. </p><p><a href="/wiki/The_Criterion_Collection" title="The Criterion Collection">The Criterion Collection</a> released the Shōwa era films as part of a Blu-ray box set in the United States and Canada on October 29, 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Heisei_era_(1984–1995)"><span id="Heisei_era_.281984.E2.80.931995.29"></span>Heisei era (1984–1995)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Heisei era (1984–1995)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Heisei_Godzilla.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/29/Heisei_Godzilla.jpg/90px-Heisei_Godzilla.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/29/Heisei_Godzilla.jpg/135px-Heisei_Godzilla.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/29/Heisei_Godzilla.jpg/180px-Heisei_Godzilla.jpg 2x" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="454" /></a><figcaption>The <i>Heisei</i> Godzilla featured in <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Mothra" title="Godzilla vs. Mothra">Godzilla vs. Mothra</a></i> (1992).</figcaption></figure> <p>Toho rebooted the series in 1984 with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Return_of_Godzilla" title="The Return of Godzilla">The Return of Godzilla</a></i>, starting the second era of <i>Godzilla</i> films, known as the <i>Heisei</i> series.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESolomon2017145_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESolomon2017145-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i>The Return of Godzilla</i> serves as a direct sequel to the original 1954 film and ignores the subsequent events of the Shōwa era. <i>The Return of Godzilla</i> was released in 1984, five years before the new Emperor, but is considered part of this era, as it is a direct predecessor to <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Biollante" title="Godzilla vs. Biollante">Godzilla vs. Biollante</a></i> (1989), which came out in the first year of the new Emperor's reign.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeesCerasini199812_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELeesCerasini199812-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Heisei films are set in a single timeline, with each film providing continuity to the other films, and brings Godzilla back as a destructive force of nature that is feared by humans.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESolomon2017145_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESolomon2017145-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The biological nature and science behind Godzilla became a much more discussed issue in the films, showing the increased focus on the moral aspects of genetics. <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._King_Ghidorah" title="Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah">Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah</a></i> gave Godzilla's first concrete birth story, featuring a dinosaur named <i>Godzillasaurus</i> that was mutated by nuclear radiation into Godzilla. Godzilla was portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Kenpachiro_Satsuma" title="Kenpachiro Satsuma">Kenpachiro Satsuma</a> for the Heisei films while the special effects were directed by <a href="/wiki/Koichi_Kawakita" class="mw-redirect" title="Koichi Kawakita">Koichi Kawakita</a>, with the exception of <i>The Return of Godzilla</i>, for which the effects were directed by Teruyoshi Nakano. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Millennium_era_(1999–2004)"><span id="Millennium_era_.281999.E2.80.932004.29"></span>Millennium era (1999–2004)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Millennium era (1999–2004)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Millennium_Godzilla_Incarnations.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8d/Millennium_Godzilla_Incarnations.jpg/400px-Millennium_Godzilla_Incarnations.jpg" decoding="async" width="400" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8d/Millennium_Godzilla_Incarnations.jpg/600px-Millennium_Godzilla_Incarnations.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8d/Millennium_Godzilla_Incarnations.jpg 2x" data-file-width="652" data-file-height="153" /></a><figcaption>The Millennium iterations of Godzilla.</figcaption></figure> <p>Toho rebooted the franchise for a second time with the 1999 film <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_2000" title="Godzilla 2000">Godzilla 2000: Millennium</a></i> starting the third era of <i>Godzilla</i> films, known as the Millennium series.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaker201992_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaker201992-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEngland202133_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEngland202133-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Millennium series is treated similarly to an <a href="/wiki/Anthology_series" title="Anthology series">anthology series</a> where each film is a standalone story, with the 1954 film serving as the only previous point of reference. <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Against_Mechagodzilla" title="Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla">Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Tokyo_S.O.S." title="Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.">Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.</a></i> are the only films in the Millennium era to share continuity with each other and are also connected to 1961's <i><a href="/wiki/Mothra_(film)" title="Mothra (film)">Mothra</a></i>. </p><p>After the release of 2004's <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Final_Wars" title="Godzilla: Final Wars">Godzilla: Final Wars</a></i>, marking the 50th anniversary of the <i>Godzilla</i> film franchise, Toho decided to put the series on hiatus for another 10 years. Toho also demolished the water stage on its lot used in numerous <i>Godzilla</i>, kaiju and tokusatsu films.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Yoshimitsu_Banno" title="Yoshimitsu Banno">Yoshimitsu Banno</a>, who had directed 1971's <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Hedorah" title="Godzilla vs. Hedorah">Godzilla vs. Hedorah</a></i>, secured the rights from Toho to make an <a href="/wiki/IMAX" title="IMAX">IMAX 3D</a> short film production, based on a story similar to his <i>Hedorah</i> film. This project eventually led to the development of <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(2014_film)" title="Godzilla (2014 film)">Legendary's <i>Godzilla</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Tsutomu_Kitagawa" title="Tsutomu Kitagawa">Tsutomu Kitagawa</a> portrayed Godzilla for the majority of the Millennium films, with the exception of <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla,_Mothra_and_King_Ghidorah:_Giant_Monsters_All-Out_Attack" title="Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack">Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack</a></i>, in which Godzilla was portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Mizuho_Yoshida_(actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mizuho Yoshida (actor)">Mizuho Yoshida</a>. Unlike the Shōwa and later Heisei films, the special effects for the Millennium films were directed by multiple effects directors such as <a href="/wiki/Kenji_Suzuki_(director)" title="Kenji Suzuki (director)">Kenji Suzuki</a> (<i>Godzilla 2000</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Megaguirus" title="Godzilla vs. Megaguirus">Godzilla vs. Megaguirus</a></i>), Makoto Kamiya (<i>Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack</i>), Yuichi Kikuchi (<i>Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla</i>), and Eiichi Asada (<i>Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.</i>, <i>Godzilla: Final Wars</i>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reiwa_era_(2016–present)"><span id="Reiwa_era_.282016.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Reiwa era (2016–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Reiwa era (2016–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Toho%27s_New_Godzilla%27s.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0e/Toho%27s_New_Godzilla%27s.jpg/220px-Toho%27s_New_Godzilla%27s.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0e/Toho%27s_New_Godzilla%27s.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="305" data-file-height="327" /></a><figcaption>The Reiwa iterations of Godzilla.</figcaption></figure> <p>In December 2014, Toho announced plans for a new <i>Godzilla</i> film of its own for a 2016 release.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The film is Toho's reboot of the <i>Godzilla</i> franchise, after <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(2014_film)" title="Godzilla (2014 film)">Legendary Pictures' reboot</a> in 2014; the film is co-directed by <a href="/wiki/Hideaki_Anno" title="Hideaki Anno">Hideaki Anno</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shinji_Higuchi" title="Shinji Higuchi">Shinji Higuchi</a> (both of whom collaborated on the <a href="/wiki/Anime" title="Anime">anime</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion" title="Neon Genesis Evangelion">Neon Genesis Evangelion</a></i>), with the screenplay by Anno and the visual effects directed by Higuchi.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Principal photography began in September and ended in October with the special effects work following in November that year.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Shin_Godzilla" title="Shin Godzilla">Shin Godzilla</a></i> was released in Japan on July 29, 2016, in IMAX, 4DX, and MX4D to positive reviews and was a box office success.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the release of Shin Godzilla, Toho established a "Godzilla Room", a group consisting of 14 individuals that were tasked with studying all the previous films that involved the character and to ensure that further movies would avoid damaging the brand. The group wrote up a new set of mandated guidelines that all feature films and merchandise had to follow, which involved the prohibition of permanently killing off the character and keeping him from preying on "people or things" to ensure that every appearance remained authentic.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2016, Toho announced plans for a trilogy of anime <i>Godzilla</i> films with <a href="/wiki/Polygon_Pictures" title="Polygon Pictures">Polygon Pictures</a> animating the films and <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> distributing the trilogy worldwide, except in Japan where each film will be given a theatrical release by Toho.<sup id="cite_ref-trilogy_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trilogy-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The first film, titled <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Planet_of_the_Monsters" title="Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters">Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters</a></i>, was released on November 17, 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The second film, titled <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_City_on_the_Edge_of_Battle" title="Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle">Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle</a></i>, was released on May 18, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-Anime_Godzilla_2_Press_Notes_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anime_Godzilla_2_Press_Notes-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The third and final film in the trilogy, titled <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_The_Planet_Eater" title="Godzilla: The Planet Eater">Godzilla: The Planet Eater</a></i>, was released on November 9, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-SciFi_Japan_October_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SciFi_Japan_October-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2018, Toho announced its plans to invest <span style="white-space: nowrap">¥15 billion</span> (<span style="white-space: nowrap">US$135 million</span>) for the next three years beginning in 2019 to co-produce content with Hollywood and Chinese studios who have licensed Toho's properties, such as <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla" title="Godzilla">Godzilla</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Your_Name" title="Your Name">Your Name</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon" title="Pokémon">Pokémon</a></i>. Toho would invest 25% in production costs and would earn a higher share in revenue and manage creators rights, so its creative input would be reflected in each work.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In May 2018, Toho's Chief Godzilla Officer Keiji Ota revealed that a sequel to <i>Shin Godzilla</i> would not happen, but expressed interest in a potential shared cinematic series between Godzilla and other Toho monsters akin to the <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe" title="Marvel Cinematic Universe">Marvel Cinematic Universe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, Toho invested <span style="white-space: nowrap">¥15.4 billion</span> (<span style="white-space: nowrap">US$140 million</span>) into its Los Angeles-based subsidiary <a href="/wiki/Toho_International" title="Toho International">Toho International Inc.</a> as part of its "Toho Vision 2021 Medium-term Management Strategy", a strategy to increase content, platform, real-estate, surpass <span style="white-space: nowrap">¥50 billion</span> in profits, and increase character businesses on Toho intellectual properties such as <i>Godzilla</i>. Hiroyasu Matsuoka was named the representative director of the project.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2019, Toho launched the first official English website and the first official English Twitter and Instagram for the franchise.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2019, Toho revealed plans to present the Toho Godzilla at <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Comic-Con" title="San Diego Comic-Con">San Diego Comic-Con</a> for the first time to commemorate the franchise's 65th anniversary, as well as being part of its plan to expand the franchise in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At San Diego Comic-Con, Akito Takahashi, the project manager of Toho's Godzilla Strategic Conference, revealed Toho's intentions to have the Toho and Legendary <i>Godzilla</i> films expand together. He also revealed that the option to reintroduce political themes and old or new monsters would be available to filmmakers, should they choose to pursue it. Akito also expressed interest in re-introducing Mechagodzilla and Jet Jaguar in the future.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2020, Toho announced plans for an anime series titled <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Singular_Point" title="Godzilla Singular Point">Godzilla Singular Point</a></i> released on Netflix in 2021, revealing artwork for Godzilla and its principal characters. The project was directed by Atsushi Takahashi, with music by Kan Sawada, written by Toh Enjoe, character designs by <a href="/wiki/Kazue_Kato" title="Kazue Kato">Kazue Kato</a>, and animations by Eiji Yamamori. The series was produced by <a href="/wiki/Bones_(studio)" title="Bones (studio)">Bones Inc.</a> in partnership with <a href="/wiki/Orange_(animation_studio)" title="Orange (animation studio)">Orange Co., Ltd.</a>, featured hand-drawn and CG animation, and had no relation to Polygon's anime film trilogy.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 3, 2022, during the franchise's 68th anniversary known as "Godzilla Day", Toho announced plans to release a new live-action <i>Godzilla</i> film, <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Minus_One" title="Godzilla Minus One">Godzilla Minus One</a></i>, on November 3, 2023, to commemorate the franchise's 70th anniversary. Toho also stated that <a href="/wiki/Takashi_Yamazaki" title="Takashi Yamazaki">Takashi Yamazaki</a> was the director, writer, and visual effects supervisor for this new film and that it had entered post-production after recently completed filming.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to <i><a href="/wiki/Collider_(website)" class="mw-redirect" title="Collider (website)">Collider</a></i>, <i>Minus One</i> became the most commercially successful Japanese film in the series and "helped the <i>Godzilla</i> series become more popular than ever before".<sup id="cite_ref-Highest-Grossing_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Highest-Grossing-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2024, <i>Minus One</i> won the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Visual_Effects" title="Academy Award for Best Visual Effects">Academy Award for Best Visual Effects</a>, becoming the first <i>Godzilla</i> film to win an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award">Academy Award</a>, as well as the first Japanese film to win Best Visual Effects.<sup id="cite_ref-Oscar_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oscar-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 1, 2024, Toho announced plans to move forward with a new Godzilla film with Yamazaki returning to direct, write, and handle visual effects.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_films">American films <span class="anchor" id="American_Godzilla"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: American films"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Volcano_Monsters_(1957)"><span id="The_Volcano_Monsters_.281957.29"></span><i>The Volcano Monsters</i> (1957)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: The Volcano Monsters (1957)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Raids_Again#American_version" title="Godzilla Raids Again">Godzilla Raids Again §&#160;American version</a></div> <p>The producers of <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla,_King_of_the_Monsters!" title="Godzilla, King of the Monsters!">Godzilla, King of the Monsters!</a></i> – Harry Rybnick, Richard Kay, Edward Barison, Paul Schreibman, and Edmund Goldman – purchased the North American rights to the 1955 sequel <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Raids_Again" title="Godzilla Raids Again">Godzilla Raids Again</a></i> but rather than localize or dub the film in English, they chose to produce a new film that would repurpose the effects footage from <i>Godzilla Raids Again</i>; filming was expected to begin in June 1957. Rybnick hired <a href="/wiki/Ib_Melchior" title="Ib Melchior">Ib Melchior</a> and Edwin Watson to write a script, titled <i>The Volcano Monsters</i>, that focused on a new story with American characters centered around the effects footage. Toho approved of the idea in early 1957 and shipped the Godzilla and Anguirus suits for additional photography to be shot at Howard A. Anderson's special effects studio. Rybnick and Barison originally made a deal with AB-PT Pictures Corp. to co-finance the film but plans for <i>The Volcano Monsters</i> were cancelled after AB-PT Pictures folded. Schreibman, Goldman, and new financier Newton P. Jacobs, decided to dub <i>Godzilla Raids Again</i> into English instead.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyfle199867–68_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199867–68-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Unproduced_3D_film_(1983)"><span id="Unproduced_3D_film_.281983.29"></span>Unproduced 3D film (1983)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Unproduced 3D film (1983)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Steve_Miner%27s_Godzilla.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/67/Steve_Miner%27s_Godzilla.jpg/250px-Steve_Miner%27s_Godzilla.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/67/Steve_Miner%27s_Godzilla.jpg/375px-Steve_Miner%27s_Godzilla.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/67/Steve_Miner%27s_Godzilla.jpg 2x" data-file-width="457" data-file-height="218" /></a><figcaption>Storyboard by William Stout for Steve Miner's unproduced 3D <i>Godzilla</i> film. Stout chose to reinvent his Godzilla design as an amalgam between a Tyrannosaurus and Toho's original design.<sup id="cite_ref-Stout&#39;s_Journal_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stout&#39;s_Journal-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_King_of_the_Monsters_in_3D" title="Godzilla: King of the Monsters in 3D">Godzilla: King of the Monsters in 3D</a></div> <p>In 1983, director <a href="/wiki/Steve_Miner" title="Steve Miner">Steve Miner</a> pitched his idea for an American 3D production of <i>Godzilla</i> to Toho, with storyboards by William Stout and a script written by <a href="/wiki/Fred_Dekker" title="Fred Dekker">Fred Dekker</a>, titled <i>Godzilla: King of the Monsters in 3D</i>, which would have featured Godzilla rampaging through San Francisco in an attempt to find its offspring.<sup id="cite_ref-Miner_Godzilla_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miner_Godzilla-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Various studios and producers expressed interest but passed it over due to high budget concerns.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKalat2010153_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKalat2010153-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The film would have featured a full scale animatronic Godzilla head built by <a href="/wiki/Rick_Baker" title="Rick Baker">Rick Baker</a>, stop motion animation executed by <a href="/wiki/David_W._Allen" title="David W. Allen">David W. Allen</a>, an articulated stop motion Godzilla figure created by Stephen Czerkas, and additional storyboards by Doug Wildey.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The production design would have been overseen by William Stout.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="TriStar_Pictures_(1998–2000)"><span id="TriStar_Pictures_.281998.E2.80.932000.29"></span>TriStar Pictures (1998–2000)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: TriStar Pictures (1998–2000)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1998_film)" title="Godzilla (1998 film)">Godzilla (1998 film)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_The_Series" title="Godzilla: The Series">Godzilla: The Series</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:268px;max-width:268px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:132px;max-width:132px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Godzilla_(1998).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d7/Godzilla_%281998%29.jpg/130px-Godzilla_%281998%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d7/Godzilla_%281998%29.jpg/195px-Godzilla_%281998%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d7/Godzilla_%281998%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="255" data-file-height="391" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:132px;max-width:132px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Godzilla_Empire_Reveal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3c/Godzilla_Empire_Reveal.jpg/130px-Godzilla_Empire_Reveal.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3c/Godzilla_Empire_Reveal.jpg/195px-Godzilla_Empire_Reveal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3c/Godzilla_Empire_Reveal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="255" data-file-height="390" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Zilla_(Godzilla)" title="Zilla (Godzilla)">TriStar's Godzilla</a> (left) and <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(Monsterverse)" title="Godzilla (Monsterverse)">Legendary's Godzilla</a> (right). The 1998 film's depiction of Godzilla received wide criticism from fans, critics, and journalists for its drastic departure from its source material.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In comparison, the 2014 film and its depiction of Godzilla received a more positive response, with praise to its respect to the source material and being more favorably compared against the 1998 film.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></div></div></div></div> <p>In October 1992, <a href="/wiki/TriStar_Pictures" title="TriStar Pictures">TriStar Pictures</a> acquired the rights from Toho with plans to produce a trilogy.<sup id="cite_ref-TriStar_1992_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TriStar_1992-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Director <a href="/wiki/Jan_de_Bont" title="Jan de Bont">Jan de Bont</a> and writers <a href="/wiki/Terry_Rossio" title="Terry Rossio">Terry Rossio</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ted_Elliott_(screenwriter)" title="Ted Elliott (screenwriter)">Ted Eliott</a> developed a script that had Godzilla battling a shape-shifting alien called "the Gryphon". De Bont later left the project after budget disagreements with the studio.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Roland_Emmerich" title="Roland Emmerich">Roland Emmerich</a> was hired to direct and co-write a new script with producer <a href="/wiki/Dean_Devlin" title="Dean Devlin">Dean Devlin</a>. </p><p>A co-production between <a href="/wiki/Centropolis_Entertainment" title="Centropolis Entertainment">Centropolis Entertainment</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_N._Fried" title="Robert N. Fried">Fried Films</a>, Independent Pictures, and TriStar Pictures,<sup id="cite_ref-Variety_Leydon_Review_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Variety_Leydon_Review-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1998_film)" title="Godzilla (1998 film)"> Godzilla</a></i> was theatrically released on May 20, 1998, to negative reviews<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-p4_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-p4-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and grossed $379 million worldwide against a production budget between $130–150 million.<sup id="cite_ref-1998_BOM_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1998_BOM-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELichtenfeld2007218_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELichtenfeld2007218-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Despite grossing nearly three times its budget,<sup id="cite_ref-Forbes-15y_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Forbes-15y-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> it was considered a box office disappointment.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Two planned sequels were cancelled and an <a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_The_Series" title="Godzilla: The Series">animated TV series</a> was produced instead.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> TriStar let the license expire in 2003. In 2004, Toho began trademarking new iterations of TriStar's Godzilla as "<a href="/wiki/Zilla_(TriStar_Godzilla)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zilla (TriStar Godzilla)">Zilla</a>", with only the incarnations from the 1998 film and animated TV series retaining the Godzilla copyright/trademark.<sup id="cite_ref-p4_92-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-p4-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-penny_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-penny-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Legendary_Pictures_(2014–present)"><span id="Legendary_Pictures_.282014.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Legendary Pictures (2014–present)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Legendary Pictures (2014–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Monsterverse" title="Monsterverse">Monsterverse</a></div> <p>In 2004, director <a href="/wiki/Yoshimitsu_Banno" title="Yoshimitsu Banno">Yoshimitsu Banno</a> acquired permission from Toho to produce a short IMAX <i>Godzilla</i> film. In 2009, the project was turned over to <a href="/wiki/Legendary_Pictures" class="mw-redirect" title="Legendary Pictures">Legendary Pictures</a> to be redeveloped as a feature film.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Announced in March 2010, the film was co-produced with <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Pictures" title="Warner Bros. Pictures">Warner Bros. Pictures</a> and was directed by <a href="/wiki/Gareth_Edwards_(director)" title="Gareth Edwards (director)">Gareth Edwards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-variety-report_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-variety-report-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stomps_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stomps-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(2014_film)" title="Godzilla (2014 film)"> Godzilla</a></i> was theatrically released on May 16, 2014, to positive reviews<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and was a box office success, grossing $529 million worldwide against a production budget of $160 million.<sup id="cite_ref-Numbers_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Numbers-105"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The film's success prompted Toho to produce a <a href="/wiki/Shin_Godzilla" title="Shin Godzilla">reboot of their own</a> and Legendary to proceed with sequels and a shared cinematic franchise dubbed the <a href="/wiki/Monsterverse" title="Monsterverse">Monsterverse</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-monsterverse_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-monsterverse-106"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> with <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_King_of_the_Monsters_(2019_film)" title="Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film)">Godzilla: King of the Monsters</a></i> released on May 31, 2019;<sup id="cite_ref-King_of_the_Monsters_Press_Release_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King_of_the_Monsters_Press_Release-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Kong" title="Godzilla vs. Kong">Godzilla vs. Kong</a></i> released on March 24, 2021;<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the TV series <i><a href="/wiki/Monarch:_Legacy_of_Monsters" title="Monarch: Legacy of Monsters">Monarch: Legacy of Monsters</a></i> released on November 17, 2023, on <a href="/wiki/Apple_TV%2B" title="Apple TV+">Apple TV+</a>; and <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_x_Kong:_The_New_Empire" title="Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire">Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire</a></i> released on March 29, 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Toho_films">Toho films</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Toho films"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:25px"># </th> <th style="width:300px;">Title </th> <th style="width:50px;">Year </th> <th style="width:120px;">Director(s) </th> <th style="width:140px;">Effects director(s) </th> <th style="width:250px;">Monster co-star(s) </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6" style="background-color:#CEE0F2;"><a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dwa_era" title="Shōwa era">Shōwa era</a> (1954–1975) </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1954_film)" title="Godzilla (1954 film)">Godzilla</a></i> </p> </td> <td>1954 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ishir%C5%8D_Honda" title="Ishirō Honda">Ishirō Honda</a> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Eiji_Tsuburaya" title="Eiji Tsuburaya">Eiji Tsuburaya</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Raids_Again" title="Godzilla Raids Again">Godzilla Raids Again</a></i> </p> </td> <td>1955 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Motoyoshi_Oda" title="Motoyoshi Oda">Motoyoshi Oda</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anguirus" title="Anguirus">Anguirus</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_vs._Godzilla" title="King Kong vs. Godzilla">King Kong vs. Godzilla</a></i> </td> <td>1962 </td> <td rowspan="4">Ishirō Honda </td> <td><a href="/wiki/King_Kong" title="King Kong">King Kong</a>, the Oodako<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Mothra_vs._Godzilla" title="Mothra vs. Godzilla">Mothra vs. Godzilla</a></i> </p> </td> <td rowspan="2">1964 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mothra" title="Mothra">Mothra</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Ghidorah,_the_Three-Headed_Monster" title="Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster">Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster</a></i> </p> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/King_Ghidorah" title="King Ghidorah">King Ghidorah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rodan" title="Rodan">Rodan</a>, Mothra </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Astro-Monster" title="Invasion of Astro-Monster">Invasion of Astro-Monster</a></i> </p> </td> <td>1965 </td> <td>King Ghidorah, Rodan </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Ebirah,_Horror_of_the_Deep" title="Ebirah, Horror of the Deep">Ebirah, Horror of the Deep</a></i> </p> </td> <td>1966 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jun_Fukuda" title="Jun Fukuda">Jun Fukuda</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sadamasa_Arikawa&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Sadamasa Arikawa (page does not exist)">Sadamasa Arikawa</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;">&#160;&#91;<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%89%E5%B7%9D%E8%B2%9E%E6%98%8C" class="extiw" title="ja:有川貞昌">ja</a>&#93;</span> </td> <td>Ebirah, Mothra, the Ookondoru<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Son_of_Godzilla" title="Son of Godzilla">Son of Godzilla</a></i> </td> <td>1967 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minilla" title="Minilla">Minilla</a>, Kumonga, Kamacuras </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Destroy_All_Monsters" title="Destroy All Monsters">Destroy All Monsters</a></i> </td> <td>1968 </td> <td rowspan="2">Ishirō Honda </td> <td>King Ghidorah, Rodan, Mothra, Anguirus, Minilla, Kumonga, Manda, Gorosaurus, <a href="/wiki/Baragon" title="Baragon">Baragon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Varan" title="Varan">Varan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td> <p><i><a href="/wiki/All_Monsters_Attack" title="All Monsters Attack">All Monsters Attack</a></i> </p> </td> <td>1969 </td> <td>Ishirō Honda<br /><a href="/wiki/Teruyoshi_Nakano" title="Teruyoshi Nakano">Teruyoshi Nakano</a> </td> <td>Gabara, Minilla </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Hedorah" title="Godzilla vs. Hedorah">Godzilla vs. Hedorah</a></i> </p> </td> <td>1971 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yoshimitsu_Banno" title="Yoshimitsu Banno">Yoshimitsu Banno</a> </td> <td rowspan="5">Teruyoshi Nakano </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hedorah" title="Hedorah">Hedorah</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Gigan" title="Godzilla vs. Gigan">Godzilla vs. Gigan</a></i> </p> </td> <td>1972 </td> <td rowspan="3">Jun Fukuda </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gigan" title="Gigan">Gigan</a>, King Ghidorah, Anguirus<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Megalon" title="Godzilla vs. Megalon">Godzilla vs. Megalon</a></i> </td> <td>1973 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Megalon" title="Megalon">Megalon</a>, Jet Jaguar, Gigan </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Mechagodzilla" title="Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla">Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla</a></i> </p> </td> <td>1974 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mechagodzilla" title="Mechagodzilla">Mechagodzilla</a>, King Caesar, Anguirus </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 </td> <td> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Terror_of_Mechagodzilla" title="Terror of Mechagodzilla">Terror of Mechagodzilla</a></i> </p> </td> <td>1975 </td> <td>Ishirō Honda </td> <td>Mechagodzilla 2, Titanosaurus </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6" style="background-color:#CEE0F2;"><a href="/wiki/Heisei_era" title="Heisei era">Heisei era</a> (1984–1995) </th></tr> <tr> <td>16 </td> <td> <p><i><a href="/wiki/The_Return_of_Godzilla" title="The Return of Godzilla">The Return of Godzilla</a></i> </p> </td> <td>1984 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Koji_Hashimoto_(director)" title="Koji Hashimoto (director)">Kōji Hashimoto</a> </td> <td>Teruyoshi Nakano </td> <td>Shockirus<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> (Giant Sea Lice)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeesCerasini199855_119-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELeesCerasini199855-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Biollante" title="Godzilla vs. Biollante">Godzilla vs. Biollante</a></i> </td> <td>1989 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kazuki_%C5%8Cmori" title="Kazuki Ōmori">Kazuki Ōmori</a> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dichi_Kawakita" title="Kōichi Kawakita">Kōichi Kawakita</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Biollante" title="Biollante">Biollante</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._King_Ghidorah" title="Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah">Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah</a></i> </td> <td>1991 </td> <td>King Ghidorah, Mecha-King Ghidorah, the Dorats, Godzillasaurus </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 </td> <td> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Mothra" title="Godzilla vs. Mothra">Godzilla vs. Mothra</a></i> </p> </td> <td>1992 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Takao_Okawara" title="Takao Okawara">Takao Ōkawara</a> </td> <td>Mothra, Battra </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 </td> <td> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Mechagodzilla_II" title="Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II">Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II</a></i> </p> </td> <td>1993 </td> <td>Mechagodzilla, Super Mechagodzilla, Rodan, Fire Rodan, <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Junior" title="Godzilla Junior">Baby Godzilla</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._SpaceGodzilla" title="Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla">Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla</a></i> </td> <td>1994 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kensh%C5%8D_Yamashita&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Kenshō Yamashita (page does not exist)">Kenshō Yamashita</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;">&#160;&#91;<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E4%B8%8B%E8%B3%A2%E7%AB%A0" class="extiw" title="ja:山下賢章">ja</a>&#93;</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SpaceGodzilla" title="SpaceGodzilla">SpaceGodzilla</a>, Moguera, Fairy Mothra, Little Godzilla </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 </td> <td> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Destoroyah" title="Godzilla vs. Destoroyah">Godzilla vs. Destoroyah</a></i> </p> </td> <td>1995 </td> <td>Takao Ōkawara </td> <td>Destoroyah, Godzilla Junior </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6" style="background-color:#CEE0F2;">Millennium era (1999–2004) </th></tr> <tr> <td>23 </td> <td> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_2000" title="Godzilla 2000">Godzilla 2000: Millennium</a></i> </p> </td> <td>1999 </td> <td>Takao Ōkawara </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kenji_Suzuki_(director)" title="Kenji Suzuki (director)">Kenji Suzuki</a> </td> <td>Orga, the Millennian </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 </td> <td> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Megaguirus" title="Godzilla vs. Megaguirus">Godzilla vs. Megaguirus</a></i> </p> </td> <td>2000 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Masaaki_Tezuka&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Masaaki Tezuka (page does not exist)">Masaaki Tezuka</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;">&#160;&#91;<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%89%8B%E5%A1%9A%E6%98%8C%E6%98%8E" class="extiw" title="ja:手塚昌明">ja</a>&#93;</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Megaguirus" title="Megaguirus">Megaguirus</a>, the Meganulons, the Meganulas </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 </td> <td> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla,_Mothra_and_King_Ghidorah:_Giant_Monsters_All-Out_Attack" title="Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack">Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack</a></i> </p> </td> <td>2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%ABsuke_Kaneko" class="mw-redirect" title="Shūsuke Kaneko">Shūsuke Kaneko</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Makoto_Kamiya&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Makoto Kamiya (page does not exist)">Makoto Kamiya</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;">&#160;&#91;<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A5%9E%E8%B0%B7%E8%AA%A0" class="extiw" title="ja:神谷誠">ja</a>&#93;</span> </td> <td>King Ghidorah, Mothra, Baragon </td></tr> <tr> <td>26 </td> <td> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Against_Mechagodzilla" title="Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla">Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla</a></i> </p> </td> <td>2002 </td> <td rowspan="2">Masaaki Tezuka </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Y%C5%ABichi_Kikuchi&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Yūichi Kikuchi (page does not exist)">Yūichi Kikuchi</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;">&#160;&#91;<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8F%8A%E5%9C%B0%E9%9B%84%E4%B8%80" class="extiw" title="ja:菊地雄一">ja</a>&#93;</span> </td> <td>Mechagodzilla<sup id="cite_ref-Kiryu_121-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kiryu-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>i<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 </td> <td> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Tokyo_S.O.S." title="Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.">Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.</a></i> </p> </td> <td>2003 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eiichi_Asada&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Eiichi Asada (page does not exist)">Eiichi Asada</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;">&#160;&#91;<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B5%85%E7%94%B0%E8%8B%B1%E4%B8%80" class="extiw" title="ja:浅田英一">ja</a>&#93;</span> </td> <td>Mechagodzilla,<sup id="cite_ref-Kiryu_121-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kiryu-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>i<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Mothra, Kamoebas </td></tr> <tr> <td>28 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Final_Wars" title="Godzilla: Final Wars">Godzilla: Final Wars</a></i> </td> <td>2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ryuhei_Kitamura" title="Ryuhei Kitamura">Ryūhei Kitamura</a> </td> <td>Monster X, Keizer Ghidorah, <a href="/wiki/Zilla_(Godzilla)" title="Zilla (Godzilla)">Zilla</a>, Rodan, Mothra, Gigan, King Caesar, Anguirus, Minilla, Kumonga, Kamacuras, Manda, Hedorah, Ebirah </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6" style="background-color:#CEE0F2;"><a href="/wiki/Reiwa_era" title="Reiwa era">Reiwa era</a> (2016–present)<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>j<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td>29 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Shin_Godzilla" title="Shin Godzilla">Shin Godzilla</a></i> </td> <td>2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hideaki_Anno" title="Hideaki Anno">Hideaki Anno</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Shinji_Higuchi" title="Shinji Higuchi">Shinji Higuchi</a> </td> <td>Shinji Higuchi<br /><a href="/wiki/Katsuro_Onoue" title="Katsuro Onoue">Katsuro Onoue</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td>30 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Planet_of_the_Monsters" title="Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters">Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters</a></i> </td> <td>2017 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dbun_Shizuno" title="Kōbun Shizuno">Kōbun Shizuno</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hiroyuki_Seshita&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Hiroyuki Seshita (page does not exist)">Hiroyuki Seshita</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;">&#160;&#91;<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%80%AC%E4%B8%8B%E5%AF%9B%E4%B9%8B" class="extiw" title="ja:瀬下寛之">ja</a>&#93;</span> </td> <td rowspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>Servum, <a href="/wiki/Dogora" title="Dogora">Dogora</a>, Dagahra, Orga, Kamacuras, Anguirus, Rodan, Mechagodzilla </td></tr> <tr> <td>31 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_City_on_the_Edge_of_Battle" title="Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle">Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="2">2018 </td> <td>Mechagodzilla City, Servum, Vulture </td></tr> <tr> <td>32 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_The_Planet_Eater" title="Godzilla: The Planet Eater">Godzilla: The Planet Eater</a></i> </td> <td>King Ghidorah, Mothra, Servum </td></tr> <tr> <td>33 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Minus_One" title="Godzilla Minus One">Godzilla Minus One</a></i> </td> <td>2023 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Takashi_Yamazaki" title="Takashi Yamazaki">Takashi Yamazaki</a> </td> <td>Takashi Yamazaki<br /><a href="/wiki/Kiyoko_Shibuya" title="Kiyoko Shibuya">Kiyoko Shibuya</a><sup id="cite_ref-VFX_127-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VFX-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>k<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_films_2">American films</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: American films"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:25px"># </th> <th style="width:300px;">Title </th> <th style="width:50px;">Year </th> <th style="width:120px;">Director(s) </th> <th style="width:140px;">Effects supervisor </th> <th style="width:250px;">Monster co-star(s) </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6" style="background-color:#CEE0F2;"><a href="/wiki/TriStar_Pictures" title="TriStar Pictures">TriStar Pictures</a> (1998) </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1998_film)" title="Godzilla (1998 film)">Godzilla</a></i> </td> <td>1998 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roland_Emmerich" title="Roland Emmerich">Roland Emmerich</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Volker_Engel" title="Volker Engel">Volker Engel</a> </td> <td>Baby Godzillas </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6" style="background-color:#CEE0F2;"><a href="/wiki/Legendary_Entertainment" title="Legendary Entertainment">Legendary Pictures</a> / <i><a href="/wiki/Monsterverse" title="Monsterverse">Monsterverse</a></i> (2014–present) </th></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(2014_film)" title="Godzilla (2014 film)"><i>Godzilla</i></a> </td> <td>2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gareth_Edwards_(director)" title="Gareth Edwards (director)">Gareth Edwards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Rygiel" title="Jim Rygiel">Jim Rygiel</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MUTO" title="MUTO">MUTOs</a> (male and female) </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_King_of_the_Monsters_(2019_film)" title="Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film)"><i>Godzilla: King of the Monsters</i></a> </td> <td>2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Dougherty" title="Michael Dougherty">Michael Dougherty</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guillaume_Rocheron" title="Guillaume Rocheron">Guillaume Rocheron</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/King_Ghidorah" title="King Ghidorah">King Ghidorah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mothra" title="Mothra">Mothra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rodan" title="Rodan">Rodan</a>, Queen MUTO, Behemoth, Methuselah, Scylla<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Kong" title="Godzilla vs. Kong">Godzilla vs. Kong</a></i> </td> <td>2021 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Adam_Wingard" title="Adam Wingard">Adam Wingard</a> </td> <td>John "DJ" DesJardin </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kong_(Monsterverse)" title="Kong (Monsterverse)">Kong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mechagodzilla" title="Mechagodzilla">Mechagodzilla</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Skullcrawler, Warbat,<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Hell Hawk,<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Titanus Doug </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_x_Kong:_The_New_Empire" title="Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire">Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire</a></i> </td> <td>2024 </td> <td>Alessandro Ongaro<sup id="cite_ref-VT_132-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VT-132"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Kong, Skar King, <a href="/wiki/Tiamat_(Godzilla)" title="Tiamat (Godzilla)">Tiamat</a>, Shimo, Suko, Mothra, Titanus Doug, Wart Dog, Scylla, Vertacine, Drownviper, One-Eye </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Guest_appearances">Guest appearances</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: Guest appearances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2007, a <a href="/wiki/Computer-generated_imagery" title="Computer-generated imagery">CGI</a> Godzilla appeared in the Toho <a href="/wiki/Slice_of_life" title="Slice of life">slice of life</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/Always:_Sunset_on_Third_Street_2" title="Always: Sunset on Third Street 2">Always: Sunset on Third Street 2</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-NewGodzillaDictionary_133-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NewGodzillaDictionary-133"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In an imaginary sequence, Godzilla destroys part of 1959 Tokyo, with one of the main protagonists getting angry that Godzilla damaged his car showroom. The making of the sequence was kept a secret. Godzilla has been referenced in, and has briefly appeared in, several other films.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Godzilla guest starred in the show <i><a href="/wiki/Crayon_Shin-chan" title="Crayon Shin-chan">Crayon Shin-chan</a></i> as an antagonist.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Godzilla also appears in cave paintings (alongside Rodan, Mothra and King Ghidorah) in a <a href="/wiki/Post-credits_scene" title="Post-credits scene">post-credits scene</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Kong:_Skull_Island" title="Kong: Skull Island">Kong: Skull Island</a></i>. In 2019, Godzilla made an appearance in the anime film <i><a href="/wiki/Shinkansen_Henkei_Robo_Shinkalion#Theatrical_film" title="Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion">Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion the Movie: Mirai Kara Kita Shinsoku no ALFA-X</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Localized_releases">Localized releases</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=15" title="Edit section: Localized releases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1956, Jewell Enterprises Inc., released <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla,_King_of_the_Monsters!" title="Godzilla, King of the Monsters!">Godzilla, King of the Monsters!</a></i>, an American localization of <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1954_film)" title="Godzilla (1954 film)">Godzilla</a></i> (1954). This version removed most of the political themes and social commentaries, resulting in 30 minutes of footage from the Japanese version replaced with new footage featuring <a href="/wiki/Raymond_Burr" title="Raymond Burr">Raymond Burr</a> interacting with Japanese actors and look-alikes to make it seem like Burr was a part of the original Japanese production. In addition, the soundtrack and sound effects were slightly altered and some dialogue was dubbed into English.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyfleGodziszewski2017105_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfleGodziszewski2017105-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This release is referred to as an "<a href="/wiki/Americanization" title="Americanization">Americanization</a>" or the "Americanized" version by some sources.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Similar localizations (or Americanizations) occurred for the U.S. releases of <i><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_vs._Godzilla" title="King Kong vs. Godzilla">King Kong vs. Godzilla</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyfle199887–91_141-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199887–91-141"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Return_of_Godzilla" title="The Return of Godzilla">The Return of Godzilla</a></i>, released in the U.S. as <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_1985" title="Godzilla 1985">Godzilla 1985</a></i>;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyfle1998235–242_142-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle1998235–242-142"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the latter which had Burr reprising the role of Steve Martin from <i>Godzilla, King of the Monsters!</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyfle1998237_143-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle1998237-143"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1957, the same American producers of <i>Godzilla, King of the Monsters!</i> attempted to produce <i>The Volcano Monsters</i>, a new film that would have repurposed the effects footage of <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Raids_Again" title="Godzilla Raids Again">Godzilla Raids Again</a></i> around a new story with American characters. However, funding from AB-PT Pictures collapsed after the company closed down and <i>Godzilla Raids Again</i> was instead re-cut, dubbed in English, and released in 1959 by <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros." title="Warner Bros.">Warner Bros.</a> as <i>Gigantis the Fire Monster</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKalat201037–40_144-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKalat201037–40-144"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1976, Italian director <a href="/wiki/Luigi_Cozzi" title="Luigi Cozzi">Luigi Cozzi</a> intended to re-release <i>Godzilla</i> in Italy (known by fans as "<i>Cozilla</i>"). Facing resistance from exhibitors to showing a black-and-white film, Cozzi instead licensed a negative of <i>Godzilla, King of the Monsters</i> from Toho and created a new film in color, adding much stock footage of graphic death and destruction and short scenes from newsreel footage from World War II, which he released as <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla,_King_of_the_Monsters!#Italian_re-release" title="Godzilla, King of the Monsters!">Godzilla</a></i> in 1977. The film was colorized using a process called Spectrorama 70, where color gels are put on the original black-and-white film, becoming one of the first black-and-white films to be colorized. Dialogue was dubbed into Italian and new music was added. After the initial Italian run, the negative became Toho's property and prints have only been exhibited in Italy from that time onward. Italian firm Yamato Video at one time intended to release the colorized version on a two-disc DVD along with the original <i>Godzilla</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cozzilla_145-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cozzilla-145"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyfle1998207_&amp;_208_146-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle1998207_&amp;_208-146"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Notes </th> <th>Director(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td>1956 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla,_King_of_the_Monsters!" title="Godzilla, King of the Monsters!">Godzilla, King of the Monsters!</a></i> </td> <td>Re-edited U.S. version of <i>Godzilla</i> (1954) with additional footage </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ishir%C5%8D_Honda" title="Ishirō Honda">Ishirō Honda</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Terry_O._Morse" title="Terry O. Morse">Terry O. Morse</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1963 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_vs._Godzilla#English_version" title="King Kong vs. Godzilla">King Kong vs. Godzilla</a></i> </td> <td>Re-edited U.S. version of the 1962 film with additional footage </td> <td>Ishirō Honda <br />Thomas Montgomery </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla,_King_of_the_Monsters!#Italian_re-release" title="Godzilla, King of the Monsters!">Godzilla</a></i> </td> <td>Re-edited Italian version of <i>Godzilla, King of the Monsters!</i> (1956) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ishir%C5%8D_Honda" title="Ishirō Honda">Ishirō Honda</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Luigi_Cozzi" title="Luigi Cozzi">Luigi Cozzi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_1985" title="Godzilla 1985">Godzilla 1985</a></i> </td> <td>Re-edited U.S. version of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Return_of_Godzilla" title="The Return of Godzilla">The Return of Godzilla</a></i> (1984) with additional footage </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Koji_Hashimoto_(director)" title="Koji Hashimoto (director)">Koji Hashimoto</a><br />R.J. Kizer </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical_response">Critical response</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=17" title="Edit section: Critical response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Toho_productions">Toho productions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=18" title="Edit section: Toho productions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This list includes American versions of Toho originals. There are no critic scores for <i>Return of Godzilla</i>, however the recut American version of the film <i>Godzilla 1985</i> does. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Title </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1954_film)" title="Godzilla (1954 film)">Godzilla</a></i> (1954) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001940000000000000♠">94</span>% (78 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001790000000000000♠">79</span> (20 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla,_King_of_the_Monsters!" title="Godzilla, King of the Monsters!">Godzilla, King of the Monsters!</a></i> (1956) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001850000000000000♠">85</span>% (26 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001610000000000000♠">61</span> (8 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Raids_Again" title="Godzilla Raids Again">Godzilla Raids Again</a></i> (1955) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001640000000000000♠">64</span>% (11 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_vs._Godzilla" title="King Kong vs. Godzilla">King Kong vs. Godzilla</a></i> (1963)<sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>l<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001520000000000000♠">52</span>% (21 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001400000000000000♠">40</span> (4 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mothra_vs._Godzilla" title="Mothra vs. Godzilla">Mothra vs. Godzilla</a></i> (1964) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001920000000000000♠">92</span>% (13 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ghidorah,_the_Three-Headed_Monster" title="Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster">Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster</a></i> (1964) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001770000000000000♠">77</span>% (13 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Astro-Monster" title="Invasion of Astro-Monster">Invasion of Astro-Monster</a></i> (1965) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001500000000000000♠">50</span>% (8 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ebirah,_Horror_of_the_Deep" title="Ebirah, Horror of the Deep">Ebirah, Horror of the Deep</a></i> (1966) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001630000000000000♠">63</span>% (8 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Son_of_Godzilla" title="Son of Godzilla">Son of Godzilla</a></i> (1967) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001630000000000000♠">63</span>% (16 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Destroy_All_Monsters" title="Destroy All Monsters">Destroy All Monsters</a></i> (1968) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001820000000000000♠">82</span>% (11 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/All_Monsters_Attack" title="All Monsters Attack">All Monsters Attack</a></i> (1969) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001290000000000000♠">29</span>% (7 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Hedorah" title="Godzilla vs. Hedorah">Godzilla vs. Hedorah</a></i> (1971) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001670000000000000♠">67</span>% (15 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Gigan" title="Godzilla vs. Gigan">Godzilla vs. Gigan</a></i> (1972) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001670000000000000♠">67</span>% (6 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Megalon" title="Godzilla vs. Megalon">Godzilla vs. Megalon</a></i> (1973) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001380000000000000♠">38</span>% (8 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Mechagodzilla" title="Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla">Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla</a></i> (1974) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001860000000000000♠">86</span>% (7 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Terror_of_Mechagodzilla" title="Terror of Mechagodzilla">Terror of Mechagodzilla</a></i> (1975) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001430000000000000♠">43</span>% (7 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_1985" title="Godzilla 1985">Godzilla 1985</a></i> (1985) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001270000000000000♠">27</span>% (11 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001310000000000000♠">31</span> (6 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Biollante" title="Godzilla vs. Biollante">Godzilla vs. Biollante</a></i> (1989) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001710000000000000♠">71</span>% (7 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._King_Ghidorah" title="Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah">Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah</a></i> (1991) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001560000000000000♠">56</span>% (9 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Mothra" title="Godzilla vs. Mothra">Godzilla vs. Mothra</a></i> (1992) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001780000000000000♠">78</span>% (9 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Mechagodzilla_II" title="Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II">Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II</a></i> (1993) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001830000000000000♠">83</span>% (6 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-172"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._SpaceGodzilla" title="Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla">Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla</a></i> (1994) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001570000000000000♠">57</span>% (7 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-173"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Destoroyah" title="Godzilla vs. Destoroyah">Godzilla vs. Destoroyah</a></i> (1995) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠">100</span>% (6 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_2000" title="Godzilla 2000">Godzilla 2000</a></i> (1999) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001570000000000000♠">57</span>% (69 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001410000000000000♠">41</span> (23 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Megaguirus" title="Godzilla vs. Megaguirus">Godzilla vs. Megaguirus</a></i> (2000) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001600000000000000♠">60</span>% (5 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-177"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla,_Mothra_and_King_Ghidorah:_Giant_Monsters_All-Out_Attack" title="Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack">Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah:<br />Giant Monsters All-Out Attack</a></i> (2001) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001650000000000000♠">65</span>% (17 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-178"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Against_Mechagodzilla" title="Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla">Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla</a></i> (2002) </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Tokyo_S.O.S." title="Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.">Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.</a></i> (2003) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001800000000000000♠">80</span>% (5 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-179" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Final_Wars" title="Godzilla: Final Wars">Godzilla: Final Wars</a></i> (2004) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001500000000000000♠">50</span>% (12 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-180"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Shin_Godzilla" title="Shin Godzilla">Shin Godzilla</a></i> (2016) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001860000000000000♠">86</span>% (73 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001680000000000000♠">68</span> (14 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-182" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-182"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Planet_of_the_Monsters" title="Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters">Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters</a></i> (2017) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001710000000000000♠">71</span>% (7 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-183"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_City_on_the_Edge_of_Battle" title="Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle">Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle</a></i>(2018) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001600000000000000♠">60</span>% (5 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-184"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_The_Planet_Eater" title="Godzilla: The Planet Eater">Godzilla: The Planet Eater</a></i> (2018) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001600000000000000♠">60</span>% (5 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-185" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-185"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Singular_Point" title="Godzilla Singular Point">Godzilla Singular Point</a></i> (2021) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001560000000000000♠">56</span>% (9 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-186"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Minus_One" title="Godzilla Minus One">Godzilla Minus One</a></i> (2023) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001980000000000000♠">98</span>% (181 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-187" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-187"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001810000000000000♠">81</span> (34 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-188" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-188"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="American_productions">American productions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=19" title="Edit section: American productions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Title </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1998_film)" title="Godzilla (1998 film)">Godzilla</a></i> (1998) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001200000000000000♠">20</span>% (150 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-189" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-189"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001320000000000000♠">32</span> (23 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-190" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-190"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(2014_film)" title="Godzilla (2014 film)">Godzilla</a></i> (2014) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001760000000000000♠">76</span>% (330 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-191" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-191"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001620000000000000♠">62</span> (48 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-192" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-192"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_King_of_the_Monsters_(2019_film)" title="Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film)">Godzilla: King of the Monsters</a></i> (2019) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001420000000000000♠">42</span>% (354 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-193" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-193"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001480000000000000♠">48</span> (46 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-194" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-194"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Kong" title="Godzilla vs. Kong">Godzilla vs. Kong</a></i> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001760000000000000♠">76</span>% (392 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-195" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-195"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001590000000000000♠">59</span> (57 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-196" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-196"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Monarch:_Legacy_of_Monsters" title="Monarch: Legacy of Monsters">Monarch: Legacy of Monsters</a></i> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001890000000000000♠">89</span>% (84 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-197" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-197"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001680000000000000♠">68</span> (26 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-198" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-198"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_x_Kong:_The_New_Empire" title="Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire">Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire</a></i> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001540000000000000♠">54</span>% (235 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-199" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-199"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001470000000000000♠">47</span> (51 reviews)<sup id="cite_ref-200" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-200"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Box_office_performance">Box office performance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=20" title="Edit section: Box office performance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Film </th> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th>Box office gross revenue (<abbr title="estimation">est.</abbr>) </th> <th rowspan="2" data-sort-type="currency">Budget </th></tr> <tr> <th>Worldwide </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4">Toho productions </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1954_film)" title="Godzilla (1954 film)">Godzilla</a></i> </td> <td>1954 </td> <td><span style="white-space: nowrap">$2,250,000</span> </td> <td><span style="white-space: nowrap">¥63 million</span><br />(<span style="white-space: nowrap">$900,000</span>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Raids_Again" title="Godzilla Raids Again">Godzilla Raids Again</a></i> </td> <td>1955 </td> <td>≈ <span style="white-space: nowrap">¥170 million</span><br />(Japan rentals) </td> <td><span style="white-space: nowrap">¥32 million</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla,_King_of_the_Monsters!" title="Godzilla, King of the Monsters!">Godzilla, King of the Monsters!</a></i> </td> <td>1956 </td> <td>≈ <span style="white-space: nowrap">$2,000,000</span> </td> <td><span style="white-space: nowrap">$100,000</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_vs._Godzilla" title="King Kong vs. Godzilla">King Kong vs. Godzilla</a></i> </td> <td>1962 </td> <td>≈ <span style="white-space: nowrap">$8,700,000</span> </td> <td><span style="white-space: nowrap">¥150 million</span><br />(<span style="white-space: nowrap">$420,000</span>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mothra_vs._Godzilla" title="Mothra vs. Godzilla">Mothra vs. Godzilla</a></i> </td> <td>1964 </td> <td>≈ ¥3,200,000,000 </td> <td><span style="white-space: nowrap">¥123 million</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ghidorah,_the_Three-Headed_Monster" title="Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster">Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster</a></i> </td> <td>1964 </td> <td>≈ $2,300,000<br />(US/Japan rentals) </td> <td><span style="white-space: nowrap">¥133 million</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Astro-Monster" title="Invasion of Astro-Monster">Invasion of Astro-Monster</a></i> </td> <td>1965 </td> <td>≈ $4,200,000<br />(US/Japan rentals) </td> <td>¥132 million </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ebirah,_Horror_of_the_Deep" title="Ebirah, Horror of the Deep">Ebirah, Horror of the Deep</a></i> </td> <td>1966 </td> <td>≈ ¥330,000,000<br />(Japan rentals) </td> <td rowspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Son_of_Godzilla" title="Son of Godzilla">Son of Godzilla</a></i> </td> <td>1967 </td> <td>≈ ¥260,000,000<br />(Japan rentals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Destroy_All_Monsters" title="Destroy All Monsters">Destroy All Monsters</a></i> </td> <td>1968 </td> <td>≈ ¥230,000,000 </td> <td>¥200 million </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/All_Monsters_Attack" title="All Monsters Attack">All Monsters Attack</a></i> </td> <td>1969 </td> <td>≈ ¥260,000,000 (Japan rentals) </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Hedorah" title="Godzilla vs. Hedorah">Godzilla vs. Hedorah</a></i> </td> <td>1971 </td> <td>≈ ¥300,000,000 (Japan rentals) </td> <td>¥100 million </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Gigan" title="Godzilla vs. Gigan">Godzilla vs. Gigan</a></i> </td> <td>1972 </td> <td>≈ $20,000,000 </td> <td>$1.2 million </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Megalon" title="Godzilla vs. Megalon">Godzilla vs. Megalon</a></i> </td> <td>1973 </td> <td>≈ $20,000,000 </td> <td>$1.2 million </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Mechagodzilla" title="Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla">Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla</a></i> </td> <td>1974 </td> <td>≈ $20,000,000 </td> <td>$1.2 million </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Terror_of_Mechagodzilla" title="Terror of Mechagodzilla">Terror of Mechagodzilla</a></i> </td> <td>1975 </td> <td>≈ $20,000,000 </td> <td>$1.2 million </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Return_of_Godzilla" title="The Return of Godzilla">The Return of Godzilla</a></i> </td> <td>1984 </td> <td>≈ $14,000,000 </td> <td>$6.25 million </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_1985" title="Godzilla 1985">Godzilla 1985</a></i> </td> <td>1985 </td> <td>≈ $4,120,000 </td> <td>$2 million </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Biollante" title="Godzilla vs. Biollante">Godzilla vs. Biollante</a></i> </td> <td>1989 </td> <td>≈ ¥1,040,000,000 </td> <td>¥700 million </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._King_Ghidorah" title="Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah">Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah</a></i> </td> <td>1991 </td> <td>≈ ¥1,450,000,000 </td> <td>¥1.5 billion </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Mothra" title="Godzilla vs. Mothra">Godzilla vs. Mothra</a></i> </td> <td>1992 </td> <td>≈ ¥3,770,000,000 </td> <td>¥1 billion </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Mechagodzilla_II" title="Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II">Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II</a></i> </td> <td>1993 </td> <td>≈ $36,000,000 </td> <td>$9.5 million </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._SpaceGodzilla" title="Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla">Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla</a></i> </td> <td>1994 </td> <td>≈ ¥1,650,000,000 </td> <td>¥1 billion </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Destoroyah" title="Godzilla vs. Destoroyah">Godzilla vs. Destoroyah</a></i> </td> <td>1995 </td> <td>≈ $34,500,000 </td> <td>¥1 billion </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_2000" title="Godzilla 2000">Godzilla 2000: Millennium</a></i> </td> <td>1999 </td> <td>≈ $12,900,000 </td> <td>¥1.65 billion </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Megaguirus" title="Godzilla vs. Megaguirus">Godzilla vs. Megaguirus</a></i> </td> <td>2000 </td> <td>≈ ¥1,200,000,000 </td> <td>¥700-800 million<br />(<span style="white-space: nowrap">$7–9 million</span>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla,_Mothra_and_King_Ghidorah:_Giant_Monsters_All-Out_Attack" title="Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack">Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah:<br />Giant Monsters All-Out Attack</a></i> </td> <td>2001 </td> <td>≈ $20,000,000 </td> <td>¥700-800 million<br />(<span style="white-space: nowrap">$7–9 million</span>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Against_Mechagodzilla" title="Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla">Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla</a></i> </td> <td>2002 </td> <td>$14,122,958 </td> <td>¥1 billion </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Tokyo_S.O.S." title="Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.">Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.</a></i> </td> <td>2003 </td> <td>$10,724,345 </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Final_Wars" title="Godzilla: Final Wars">Godzilla: Final Wars</a></i> </td> <td>2004 </td> <td>$9,167,302 </td> <td>¥1.9 billion </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Shin_Godzilla" title="Shin Godzilla">Shin Godzilla</a></i> </td> <td>2016 </td> <td>$78,053,145 </td> <td>¥1.3 billion </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Planet_of_the_Monsters" title="Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters">Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters</a></i> </td> <td>2017 </td> <td>$3,285,291 </td> <td rowspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_City_on_the_Edge_of_Battle" title="Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle">Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle</a></i> </td> <td>2018 </td> <td>≈ ¥100,000,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_The_Planet_Eater" title="Godzilla: The Planet Eater">Godzilla: The Planet Eater</a></i> </td> <td>2018 </td> <td>$1,523,168 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Minus_One" title="Godzilla Minus One">Godzilla Minus One</a></i> </td> <td>2023 </td> <td>$115,857,413 </td> <td>$10–12 million </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4">American productions </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1998_film)" title="Godzilla (1998 film)">Godzilla</a></i> </td> <td>1998 </td> <td>$379,014,294 </td> <td>$130–150 million </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(2014_film)" title="Godzilla (2014 film)">Godzilla</a></i> </td> <td>2014 </td> <td>$529,076,069 </td> <td>$160 million </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_King_of_the_Monsters_(2019_film)" title="Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film)">Godzilla: King of the Monsters</a></i> </td> <td>2019 </td> <td>$387,300,138 </td> <td>$170–200 million </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Kong" title="Godzilla vs. Kong">Godzilla vs. Kong</a></i> </td> <td>2021 </td> <td>$470,116,094 </td> <td>$155–200 million </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_x_Kong:_The_New_Empire" title="Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire">Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire</a></i> </td> <td>2024 </td> <td>$571,750,016 </td> <td>$135–150 million </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>N/A = no know data</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_media">Other media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=21" title="Edit section: Other media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=22" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Japan">Japan</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=23" title="Edit section: Japan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1973, Godzilla was featured in Toho's <i><a href="/wiki/Tokusatsu" title="Tokusatsu">tokusatsu</a></i> series <i><a href="/wiki/Zone_Fighter" title="Zone Fighter">Zone Fighter</a></i>, which also featured King Ghidorah and Gigan in a few episodes. Several filmmakers who had worked on previous Godzilla films participated in the series; <a href="/wiki/Tomoyuki_Tanaka" title="Tomoyuki Tanaka">Tomoyuki Tanaka</a> produced the series, directors <a href="/wiki/Ishir%C5%8D_Honda" title="Ishirō Honda">Ishirō Honda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jun_Fukuda" title="Jun Fukuda">Jun Fukuda</a> directed a few episodes – Fukuda also wrote episode four, effects director <a href="/wiki/Teruyoshi_Nakano" title="Teruyoshi Nakano">Teruyoshi Nakano</a> contributed to the special effects, while <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dichi_Kawakita" title="Kōichi Kawakita">Kōichi Kawakita</a> (who would direct the effects for Toho's <a href="/wiki/Heisei_era" title="Heisei era">Heisei era</a> films) served as assistant effects director.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyfle1998192_&amp;_193_201-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle1998192_&amp;_193-201"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1992, Toho produced a children's educational animated series titled <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilland" title="Godzilland">Godzilland</a></i> which featured live-action segments mixed with <a href="/wiki/Chibi_(style)" title="Chibi (style)">chibi</a>-styled animation.<sup id="cite_ref-ANN_Toole_Cartoons_202-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ANN_Toole_Cartoons-202"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1997, Toho produced a children's series titled <i>Godzilla Island</i>, centered on Godzilla toys. Toho made the series available worldwide on their official YouTube channel in November 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-THR_New_Godzilla_2023_203-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-THR_New_Godzilla_2023-203"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2018, GEMSTONE, a web content subsidiary of Toho, held a competition for filmmakers to produce short films based on the Godzilla franchise with finalists receiving a cash prize and the opportunity to work with Toho in an official capacity.<sup id="cite_ref-204" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-204"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> One of these finalists, the puppet short <i>Godziban</i>, would become an ongoing <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> web series in August 2019, with a selection of 20 episodes being offered on <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Prime_Video" title="Amazon Prime Video">Amazon Prime Video</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hulu" title="Hulu">Hulu</a> in Japan in 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-205" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-205"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>193<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In October 2020, Toho announced <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Singular_Point" title="Godzilla Singular Point">Godzilla Singular Point</a></i>; an <a href="/wiki/Anime" title="Anime">anime</a> series directed by Atsushi Takahashi, written by <a href="/wiki/Toh_EnJoe" title="Toh EnJoe">Toh EnJoe</a>, and animated by Japanese studios <a href="/wiki/Bones_(studio)" title="Bones (studio)">Bones</a> and <a href="/wiki/Orange_(animation_studio)" title="Orange (animation studio)">Orange</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-206" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-206"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>194<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i>Godzilla Singular Point</i> aired on Japanese television in April 2021 and released worldwide on <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> in June 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-207" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-207"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>195<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Chibi_Godzilla_Raids_Again" title="Chibi Godzilla Raids Again">Chibi Godzilla Raids Again</a></i>, a short anime series produced by Toho and Pie in the sky, aired in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-208" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-208"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>196<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="United_States">United States</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=24" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Godzilla and its likeness has appeared in various television-related media, including <i><a href="/wiki/Robot_Chicken" title="Robot Chicken">Robot Chicken</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Roseanne" title="Roseanne">Roseanne</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Animaniacs" title="Animaniacs">Animaniacs</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/South_Park" title="South Park">South Park</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_In_The_Middle" class="mw-redirect" title="Malcolm In The Middle">Malcolm In The Middle</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Chappelle%27s_Show" title="Chappelle&#39;s Show">Chappelle's Show</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Rugrats" title="Rugrats">Rugrats</a></i>, a <a href="/wiki/Nike_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nike (company)">Nike</a> commercial with <a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Charles Barkley</a> battling Godzilla, and multiple appearances on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>, including a Halloween spoof titled <i><a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_XXVI" title="Treehouse of Horror XXVI">Homerzilla</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-209" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-209"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-210" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-210"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>198<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1978, <a href="/wiki/Hanna-Barbera" title="Hanna-Barbera">Hanna-Barbera</a> produced the animated series <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1978_TV_series)" title="Godzilla (1978 TV series)">Godzilla</a></i> and ran for two seasons on <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyfle1998209_211-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle1998209-211"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>199<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2022, Toho made the complete Hanna-Barbera series available worldwide on their official YouTube channel.<sup id="cite_ref-HB_Godzilla_on_YT_212-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HB_Godzilla_on_YT-212"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>200<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1991, the English dubbed versions of <i><a href="/wiki/Ebirah,_Horror_of_the_Deep" title="Ebirah, Horror of the Deep">Ebirah, Horror of the Deep</a></i> (as <i>Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster</i>) and <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Megalon" title="Godzilla vs. Megalon">Godzilla vs. Megalon</a></i> were riffed on <i><a href="/wiki/Mystery_Science_Theater_3000" title="Mystery Science Theater 3000">Mystery Science Theater 3000</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-213" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-213"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>201<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1998, <a href="/wiki/Columbia_TriStar_Television" title="Columbia TriStar Television">Columbia TriStar Television</a> produced <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_The_Series" title="Godzilla: The Series">Godzilla: The Series</a></i>; developed by Jeff Kline and Richard Raynis, the series served as a sequel to the 1998 film <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1998_film)" title="Godzilla (1998 film)">Godzilla</a></i> and ran for two seasons on <a href="/wiki/Fox_Kids" title="Fox Kids">Fox Kids</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-214" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-214"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>202<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In January 2022, <a href="/wiki/Legendary_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Legendary Television">Legendary Television</a> announced that <a href="/wiki/Apple_TV%2B" title="Apple TV+">Apple TV+</a> had ordered a live-action series set in the <a href="/wiki/Monsterverse" title="Monsterverse">Monsterverse</a> titled <i><a href="/wiki/Monarch:_Legacy_of_Monsters" title="Monarch: Legacy of Monsters">Monarch: Legacy of Monsters</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Apple_Deadline_215-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Apple_Deadline-215"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>203<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="50">Year </th> <th style="width:200px;">Title </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1973 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Zone_Fighter" title="Zone Fighter">Zone Fighter</a></i> </td> <td>The series features Godzilla in five episodes.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyfle1998192_&amp;_193_201-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle1998192_&amp;_193-201"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978–1979 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1978_TV_series)" title="Godzilla (1978 TV series)">Godzilla</a></i> </td> <td>In 2006, Classic Media released the first eight episodes on two volume DVD's as <i>Godzilla: The Original Animated Series</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-216" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-216"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>204<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2022, <a href="/wiki/Toho_International" title="Toho International">Toho International Inc.</a> released the complete series on their official YouTube channel.<sup id="cite_ref-HB_Godzilla_on_YT_212-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HB_Godzilla_on_YT-212"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>200<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilland" title="Godzilland">Godzilland</a></i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <td><i>Godzilland 2</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994-1996 </td> <td><i>Get Going! Godzilland</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997–1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Island" title="Godzilla Island">Godzilla Island</a></i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998–2000 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_The_Series" title="Godzilla: The Series">Godzilla: The Series</a></i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019- </td> <td><i>Godziban</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Singular_Point" title="Godzilla Singular Point">Godzilla Singular Point</a></i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Monarch:_Legacy_of_Monsters" title="Monarch: Legacy of Monsters">Monarch: Legacy of Monsters</a></i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023-2024 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Chibi_Godzilla_Raids_Again" title="Chibi Godzilla Raids Again">Chibi Godzilla Raids Again</a></i> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Video_games">Video games</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=25" title="Edit section: Video games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Godzilla_games" title="List of Godzilla games">List of Godzilla games</a></div> <p>A game called <i>Gojira-kun</i> (which was originally going to be titled <i>Gojiraland</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-217" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-217"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>205<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> was released for the <a href="/wiki/MSX" title="MSX">MSX</a> in 1985. In 1990, <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1990_video_game)" title="Godzilla (1990 video game)">Gojira-kun: Kaijū Daikōshin</a></i> was released for the Game Boy. In 1993, <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Godzilla" title="Super Godzilla">Super Godzilla</a></i> was released for the SNES.<sup id="cite_ref-218" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-218"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>206<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2004, <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Save_the_Earth" title="Godzilla: Save the Earth">Godzilla: Save the Earth</a></i> was released by Atari. In 2007, <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Unleashed" title="Godzilla: Unleashed">Godzilla: Unleashed</a> </i> was released for the <a href="/wiki/Wii" title="Wii">Wii</a> and DS. The 2014 video game <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(2014_video_game)" title="Godzilla (2014 video game)">Godzilla</a></i> was released by <a href="/wiki/Bandai_Namco_Entertainment" title="Bandai Namco Entertainment">Bandai Namco</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-219" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-219"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>207<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In May 2022, <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty:_Warzone" title="Call of Duty: Warzone">Call of Duty: Warzone</a></i> featured a cross-over event for <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Kong" title="Godzilla vs. Kong">Godzilla vs. Kong</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-220" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-220"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>208<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Godzilla would be confirmed to play in the Kaiju fighting game <a href="/wiki/GigaBash" title="GigaBash">GigaBash</a> as a guest character.<sup id="cite_ref-221" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-221"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>209<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Godzilla is slated to appear in Chapter 6: Season 1 of <i><a href="/wiki/Fortnite:_Battle_Royale" class="mw-redirect" title="Fortnite: Battle Royale">Fortnite: Battle Royale</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literature">Literature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=26" title="Edit section: Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(comics)" title="Godzilla (comics)">Godzilla (comics)</a></div> <p>A <i>Godzilla</i> series of books was published by <a href="/wiki/Random_House" title="Random House">Random House</a> during the late 1990s and the first half of 2000. The company created different series for different age groups, the <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(Scott_Ciencin_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Godzilla (Scott Ciencin series)">Scott Ciencin series</a> being aimed at preteens and the <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(Marc_Cerasini_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Godzilla (Marc Cerasini series)">Marc Cerasini series</a> being aimed at teens and young adults. Several <a href="/wiki/Manga" title="Manga">manga</a> have been derived from specific <i>Godzilla</i> films and both <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dark_Horse_Comics" title="Dark Horse Comics">Dark Horse</a> have published <i>Godzilla</i> comic book series (1977–1979 and 1987–1999, respectively). In 2011, IDW Publishing started a new series, <i>Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters</i> (published in book form under the same title), rebooting the Godzilla story. It was followed by two sequel series, <i>Godzilla</i> (published in book form as <i>Godzilla: History's Greatest Monster</i>) and <i>Godzilla: Rulers of Earth</i> (published in book form as <i>Godzilla: Complete Rulers of Earth Volume 1</i> and <i>Godzilla: Complete Rulers of Earth Volume 2</i>), as well as seven five-issue miniseries to date. </p><p>To tie-in with the 2014 film, three books were published. <a href="/wiki/Titan_Books" class="mw-redirect" title="Titan Books">Titan Books</a> published a novelization of the film in May 2014, written by Greg Cox. The graphic novel <i>Godzilla: Awakening</i> by Max Borenstein, Greg Borenstein and Eric Battle served as a prequel, and <i>Godzilla: The Art of Destruction</i> by Mark Cotta told about the making of the film. Godzilla has been referenced in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i> comics on three separate occasions. The character is featured in <i>Bart Simpson's Guide to Life</i> where it and other kaiju characters such as <a href="/wiki/Minilla" title="Minilla">Minilla</a> and <a href="/wiki/King_Ghidorah" title="King Ghidorah">King Ghidorah</a> can be seen; it is featured in the comic "<i>An Anime Among Us!</i>" and <i>K-Bart</i>. Godzilla is also featured in the comic <i>Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror 7</i> where it and other kaiju can be seen referenced on the front cover. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=27" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_The_Album" title="Godzilla: The Album">Godzilla: The Album</a></i>, the <a href="/wiki/Soundtrack_album" title="Soundtrack album">soundtrack album</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1998_film)" title="Godzilla (1998 film)">Godzilla</a></i> (1998), sold 2.5<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>million copies worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-222" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-222"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>210<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The album's lead single, "<a href="/wiki/Come_with_Me_(Puff_Daddy_song)" title="Come with Me (Puff Daddy song)">Come with Me</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Puff_Daddy" class="mw-redirect" title="Puff Daddy">Puff Daddy</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Page" title="Jimmy Page">Jimmy Page</a>, sold a certified 2.025<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>million copies worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-223" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-223"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>211<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Its Japan-exclusive single, "<a href="/wiki/Shinshoku_(Lose_Control)" title="Shinshoku (Lose Control)">Lose Control</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Japanese_rock" title="Japanese rock">Japanese rock</a> band <a href="/wiki/L%27Arc-en-Ciel" title="L&#39;Arc-en-Ciel">L'Arc-en-Ciel</a>, sold 938,401 copies in Japan.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Shin_Godzilla" title="Shin Godzilla">Shin Godzilla Ongakushuu</a></i>, the soundtrack album of <i><a href="/wiki/Shin_Godzilla" title="Shin Godzilla">Shin Godzilla</a></i> (2016), sold 43,951 copies in Japan.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Mars_(B%27z_album)" title="Mars (B&#39;z album)">Mars</a></i> (1991), an album by the Japanese rock duo <a href="/wiki/B%27z" title="B&#39;z">B'z</a> featuring a Godzilla-themed song, sold 1,730,500 copies in Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-224" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-224"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>212<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Blue_%C3%96yster_Cult" title="Blue Öyster Cult">Blue Öyster Cult</a> released the song "<a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(Blue_%C3%96yster_Cult_song)" title="Godzilla (Blue Öyster Cult song)">Godzilla</a>" in 1977. It was the first track, and the second of four singles, from their fifth studio album <i><a href="/wiki/Spectres_(album)" title="Spectres (album)">Spectres</a></i> (also 1977). Artists such as <a href="/wiki/Fu_Manchu_(band)" title="Fu Manchu (band)">Fu Manchu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Racer_X_(band)" title="Racer X (band)">Racer X</a> and <a href="/wiki/Double_Experience" title="Double Experience">Double Experience</a> have included cover versions of this song on their albums. American musician <a href="/wiki/Michale_Graves" title="Michale Graves">Michale Graves</a> wrote a song titled "Godzilla" for his 2005 album <i>Punk Rock Is Dead</i>. The lyrics mention Godzilla and several on-screen adversaries such as Mothra, Hedorah, Destoroyah and Gigan.<sup id="cite_ref-225" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-225"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>213<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura has a song titled "Biotech is Godzilla" on its 1993 release <i>Chaos A.D</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-226" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-226"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>214<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Composer <a href="/wiki/Eric_Whitacre" title="Eric Whitacre">Eric Whitacre</a> wrote a piece for wind ensemble titled "Godzilla Eats Las Vegas!" The work was commissioned by Thomas Leslie of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Nevada,_Las_Vegas" title="University of Nevada, Las Vegas">University of Nevada, Las Vegas</a> and was premiered in 1996 by the university's wind band. Annotations on the score instruct performers to dress in costume and a "script" is provided for the audience. Since the piece's premiere, it has been performed by notable ensembles including the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Band" title="United States Marine Band">United States Marine Band</a> and the Scottish National Wind Symphony.<sup id="cite_ref-whitacre_227-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whitacre-227"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>215<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The French death metal band <a href="/wiki/Gojira_(band)" title="Gojira (band)">Gojira</a> named the band after Godzilla's name in Japanese.<sup id="cite_ref-228" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-228"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>216<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The song "Simon Says" by Pharoahe Monch is a hip-hop remix of the "Godzilla March" theme song. The instrumental version of this song was notably used in the 2000 film <i><a href="/wiki/Charlie%27s_Angels_(2000_film)" title="Charlie&#39;s Angels (2000 film)">Charlie's Angels</a></i>. The British band <a href="/wiki/Lostprophets" title="Lostprophets">Lostprophets</a> released a song called "<a href="/wiki/We_Are_Godzilla,_You_Are_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="We Are Godzilla, You Are Japan">We Are Godzilla, You Are Japan</a>" on its second studio album <i><a href="/wiki/Start_Something" title="Start Something">Start Something</a></i>. The American punk band <a href="/wiki/Groovie_Ghoulies" title="Groovie Ghoulies">Groovie Ghoulies</a> released a song called "Hats off to You (Godzilla)" as a tribute to Godzilla. It is featured on the EP <i>Freaks on Parade</i> released in 2002. </p><p>The American artist <a href="/wiki/Doctor_Steel" title="Doctor Steel">Doctor Steel</a> released a song called 'Atomic Superstar' about Godzilla on his album <i><a href="/wiki/People_of_Earth_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="People of Earth (album)">People of Earth</a></i> in 2002. In 2003, the British singer <a href="/wiki/Siouxsie_Sioux" title="Siouxsie Sioux">Siouxsie Sioux</a> released the album <i><a href="/wiki/H%C3%A1i!" title="Hái!">Hái!</a></i> with her band <a href="/wiki/The_Creatures" title="The Creatures">The Creatures</a>; the album had a Japanese theme with a song dedicated to the monster, simply titled "<a href="/wiki/Godzilla!" title="Godzilla!">Godzilla!</a>". The record label Shifty issued the compilation album <i>Destroysall</i> with 15 songs from 15 bands, ranging from hardcore punk to doom-laden death metal. Not all of the songs are dedicated to Godzilla, but all do appear connected to monsters from Toho Studios. Fittingly, the disc was released on August 1, 2003, the 35th anniversary of the Japanese release of <i>Destroy All Monsters</i>. </p><p>King Geedorah (a.k.a. <a href="/wiki/MF_Doom" title="MF Doom">MF DOOM</a>) released <i><a href="/wiki/Take_Me_to_Your_Leader_(King_Geedorah_album)" title="Take Me to Your Leader (King Geedorah album)">Take Me to Your Leader</a></i>, a hip-hop album featuring guests from the group <a href="/wiki/Monsta_Island_Czars" title="Monsta Island Czars">Monsta Island Czars</a>, another Godzilla-themed hip-hop group. These albums include multiple Godzilla samples throughout the series. Taiwanese American electronic musician <a href="/wiki/Mochipet" title="Mochipet">Mochipet</a> released the EP <i>Godzilla Rehab Center</i> on August 21, 2012, featuring songs named after monsters in the series including Gigan, King Ghidorah, Moguera and Hedorah. </p><p>In 2019, American rock band Think Sanity released their debut album featuring songs based on Godzilla, Mothra, and Hedorah. The songs are titled "Sad Kaiju", "Mothra", and "Sludge", respectively. The monsters are also mentioned by name on the track "News at Six" in which they are comically described by newscaster Chip Bentley as destroying a nearby town. The band has mentioned in interviews that they have also written songs based on Biollante, King Ghidorah, and Rodan as well. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geographic_features">Geographic features</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=28" title="Edit section: Geographic features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The largest <a href="/wiki/Megamullion" class="mw-redirect" title="Megamullion">megamullion</a>, located 600 kilometres to the south-east of <a href="/wiki/Okinotorishima" title="Okinotorishima">Okinotorishima</a>, the southernmost Japanese island, is named the <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Megamullion" title="Godzilla Megamullion">Godzilla Megamullion</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Japan_Coast_Guard" title="Japan Coast Guard">Japan Coast Guard</a> played a role in name, reaching an agreement with <a href="/wiki/Toho" title="Toho">Toho</a> who owns the rights to Godzilla. Toho's Chief Godzilla officer Keiji Ota stated that "I am truly honored that (the megamullion) bears Godzilla's name, the Earth's most powerful monster."<sup id="cite_ref-229" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-229"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>217<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cultural_impact">Cultural impact</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=29" title="Edit section: Cultural impact"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_in_popular_culture" title="Godzilla in popular culture">Godzilla in popular culture</a></div> <p>Godzilla is one of the most recognizable symbols of <a href="/wiki/Japanese_popular_culture" title="Japanese popular culture">Japanese popular culture</a> worldwide and is an important facet of Japanese films, embodying the <a href="/wiki/Kaij%C5%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaijū">kaiju</a> subset of the <a href="/wiki/Tokusatsu" title="Tokusatsu">tokusatsu</a> genre. It has been considered an allegory of nuclear weapons. The earlier <i>Godzilla</i> films, especially the original <i>Godzilla</i>, portrayed Godzilla as a frightening, nuclear monster. Godzilla represented the fears that many Japanese held about the nuclear attacks on <a href="/wiki/Hiroshima" title="Hiroshima">Hiroshima</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nagasaki" title="Nagasaki">Nagasaki</a> and the possibility of recurrence.<sup id="cite_ref-230" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-230"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>218<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the series progressed, so did Godzilla, changing into a less destructive and more heroic character.<sup id="cite_ref-Huffington_231-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Huffington-231"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>219<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-232" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-232"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>220<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Ghidorah,_the_Three-Headed_Monster" title="Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster">Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster</a></i> (1964) was the turning point in Godzilla's transformation from villain to hero, by pitting him against a greater threat to humanity, <a href="/wiki/King_Ghidorah" title="King Ghidorah">King Ghidorah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Syfy_233-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Syfy-233"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>221<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Godzilla has since been viewed as an <a href="/wiki/Anti-hero" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-hero">anti-hero</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Huffington_231-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Huffington-231"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>219<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Roger_Ebert" title="Roger Ebert">Roger Ebert</a> cites Godzilla as a notable example of a villain-turned-hero, along with King Kong, the <a href="/wiki/James_Bond_film" class="mw-redirect" title="James Bond film">James Bond films</a>' <a href="/wiki/Jaws_(James_Bond)" title="Jaws (James Bond)">Jaws</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Terminator_(character)" title="Terminator (character)">Terminator</a>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Rambo_(franchise)" title="Rambo (franchise)">Rambo</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-234" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-234"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>222<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Godzilla is considered "the original radioactive <a href="/wiki/Superhero" title="Superhero">superhero</a>" due to his accidental radioactive <a href="/wiki/Origin_story" title="Origin story">origin story</a> predating <a href="/wiki/Spider-Man" title="Spider-Man">Spider-Man</a> (1962 debut),<sup id="cite_ref-Huffington_231-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Huffington-231"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>219<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> though Godzilla did not become a hero until <i>Ghidorah</i> in 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-Syfy_233-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Syfy-233"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>221<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By the 1970s, Godzilla came to be viewed as a superhero, with the magazine <i>King of the Monsters</i> in 1977 describing Godzilla as "Superhero of the '70s."<sup id="cite_ref-235" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-235"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>223<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1973, Godzilla was voted the most popular <a href="/wiki/Movie_monster" class="mw-redirect" title="Movie monster">movie monster</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Monster_Times" title="The Monster Times">The Monster Times</a></i> poll, beating <a href="/wiki/Count_Dracula" title="Count Dracula">Count Dracula</a>, <a href="/wiki/King_Kong" title="King Kong">King Kong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Werewolf_fiction" title="Werewolf fiction">Wolf Man</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Mummy_(Universal_film_franchise)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Mummy (Universal film franchise)">The Mummy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Creature_From_the_Black_Lagoon" class="mw-redirect" title="Creature From the Black Lagoon">Creature From the Black Lagoon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Frankenstein%27s_monster" title="Frankenstein&#39;s monster">Frankenstein's monster</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-236" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-236"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>224<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010, the <a href="/wiki/Sea_Shepherd_Conservation_Society" title="Sea Shepherd Conservation Society">Sea Shepherd Conservation Society</a> named their most recently acquired scout vessel MV <i>Gojira</i>. Toho, the people in charge of the <i>Godzilla</i> franchise, served them with a notice to remove the name and in response the boat's name was changed in May 2011 to <a href="/wiki/MV_Brigitte_Bardot" title="MV Brigitte Bardot">MV <i>Brigitte Bardot</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-237" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-237"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>225<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Steven_Spielberg" title="Steven Spielberg">Steven Spielberg</a> cited <i>Godzilla</i> as an inspiration for <i><a href="/wiki/Jurassic_Park" title="Jurassic Park">Jurassic Park</a></i> (1993), specifically <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla,_King_of_the_Monsters!" title="Godzilla, King of the Monsters!">Godzilla, King of the Monsters!</a></i> (1956), which he grew up watching.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyfle199815_238-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199815-238"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>226<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> During its production, Spielberg described <i>Godzilla</i> as "the most masterful of all the dinosaur movies because it made you believe it was really happening."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyfle199817_239-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199817-239"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>227<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i>Godzilla</i> also influenced the Spielberg film <i><a href="/wiki/Jaws_(film)" title="Jaws (film)">Jaws</a></i> (1975).<sup id="cite_ref-240" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-240"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>228<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-241" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-241"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>229<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i>Godzilla</i> has also been cited as an inspiration by actor <a href="/wiki/Tim_Allen" title="Tim Allen">Tim Allen</a> and filmmakers <a href="/wiki/Martin_Scorsese" title="Martin Scorsese">Martin Scorsese</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tim_Burton" title="Tim Burton">Tim Burton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-242" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-242"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>230<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards">Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=30" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output 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You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Won">Won</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=31" title="Edit section: Won"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1954 Japan Movie Association Awards – Special Effects (<i>Godzilla</i> (1954))<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyfle199847_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199847-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>1966 Japan Academy Award – Special Effects (<i>Invasion of Astro-Monster</i>)</li> <li>1986 Japan Academy Award – Special Effects and Newcomer of the Year (<i>The Return of Godzilla</i>)</li> <li>1986 Razzie Awards – Worst Supporting Actor and Worst New Star (<i>The Return of Godzilla</i>)</li> <li>1992 Japan Academy Award – Special Effects (<i>Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah</i>)</li> <li>1993 Tokyo Sports Movie Awards – Best Leading Actor (<i>Godzilla vs. Mothra</i>)</li> <li>1993 Best Grossing Films Award – Golden Award and Money-Making Star Award (<i>Godzilla vs. Mothra</i>)</li> <li>1993 Japan Academy Award – Best Score (<i>Godzilla vs. Mothra</i>)</li> <li>1994 Japan Academy Award – Best Score (<i>Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II</i>)</li> <li>1995 Best Grossing Films Award – Silver Award (<i>Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla</i>)</li> <li>1996 Best Grossing Films Award – Golden Award (<i>Godzilla vs. Destoroyah</i>)</li> <li>1996 Japan Academy Award – Special Effects (<i>Godzilla vs. Destoroyah</i>)</li> <li>1996 <a href="/wiki/MTV_Movie_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="MTV Movie Awards">MTV Movie Awards</a> – Lifetime Achievement*</li> <li>1998 Golden Raspberry Awards – Worst Supporting Actress and Worst Remake or Sequel (<i>Godzilla</i> (1998))</li> <li>1999 Saturn Awards – Best Special Effects (<i>Godzilla</i> (1998))</li> <li>2001 Saturn Awards – Best Home Video Release (<i>Godzilla 2000</i>)</li> <li>2002 Best Grossing Films Award – Silver Award (<i>Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack</i>)</li> <li>2004 <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-243" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-243"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>231<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-244" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-244"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>232<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> – (<i>Godzilla: Final Wars</i>)</li> <li>2007 Saturn Awards – Best DVD Classic Film Release (<i>Godzilla</i> (1954))</li> <li>2014 22nd Annual Japan Cool Content Contribution Award (<i>Godzilla</i> (2014))<sup id="cite_ref-245" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-245"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>233<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>2017 <a href="/wiki/40th_Japan_Academy_Prize" class="mw-redirect" title="40th Japan Academy Prize">40th Japan Academy Prize</a> – Best Picture, Best Director, Cinematography, Lighting Direction, Art Direction, Sound Recording, Film Editing (<i>Shin Godzilla</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-246" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-246"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>234<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>2017 <a href="/wiki/11th_Asian_Film_Awards" title="11th Asian Film Awards">11th Asian Film Awards</a> – Best Visual Effects (<i>Shin Godzilla)</i><sup id="cite_ref-247" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-247"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>235<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>2021 <a href="/wiki/Golden_Trailer_Awards" title="Golden Trailer Awards">21st Golden Trailer Awards</a> – Best Fantasy Adventure TV Spot for a Feature Film ( <i>Godzilla: King of the Monsters)</i><sup id="cite_ref-248" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-248"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>236<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>2022 <a href="/wiki/47th_Saturn_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="47th Saturn Awards">47th Saturn Awards</a> – Best Special Effects (<i>Godzilla vs. Kong)</i><sup id="cite_ref-249" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-249"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>237<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>2024 <a href="/wiki/17th_Asian_Film_Awards" title="17th Asian Film Awards">17th Asian Film Awards</a> – Best Sound and Best Visual Effects (<i>Godzilla Minus One)</i><sup id="cite_ref-250" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-250"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>238<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>2024 <a href="/wiki/47th_Japan_Academy_Film_Prize" title="47th Japan Academy Film Prize">47th Japan Academy Film Prize</a> – Best Picture, Best Screenplay (Yamazaki), Best Supporting Actress (Sakura Ando), Best Cinematography, Best Lighting Direction, Best Art Direction, Best Sound Recording and Best Film Editing (<i>Godzilla Minus One)</i><sup id="cite_ref-251" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-251"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>239<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>2024 <a href="/wiki/96th_Academy_Awards" title="96th Academy Awards">96th Academy Awards</a> – <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Visual_Effects" title="Academy Award for Best Visual Effects">Best Visual Effects</a> (<i>Godzilla Minus One)</i><sup id="cite_ref-Oscar_70-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oscar-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>(*) In 1996 Godzilla received an award for Lifetime Achievement at the MTV Movie Awards. Creator and producer Shōgo Tomiyama accepted on his behalf via satellite and was joined by "Godzilla" himself. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Nominations">Nominations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=32" title="Edit section: Nominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>2022 <a href="/wiki/20th_Visual_Effects_Society_Awards" title="20th Visual Effects Society Awards">20th Visual Effects Society Awards</a> – Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature, Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project, Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature (<i>Godzilla vs. Kong)</i><sup id="cite_ref-252" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-252"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>240<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>2024 <a href="/wiki/22nd_Visual_Effects_Society_Awards" title="22nd Visual Effects Society Awards">22nd Visual Effects Society Awards</a> – Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature for<i>"Godzilla"</i> (<i>Godzilla Minus One)</i><sup id="cite_ref-253" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-253"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>241<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>2024 22nd Visual Effects Society Awards – Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode ( <i>Monarch: Legacy of Monsters)</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Name_usage">Name usage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=33" title="Edit section: Name usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/-zilla" title="-zilla">-zilla</a></div> <p>"-zilla" is a well-known <a href="/wiki/Slang" title="Slang">slang</a> suffix, used to imply some form of excess to a person, object or theme;<sup id="cite_ref-254" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-254"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>242<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> some examples being the <a href="/wiki/Reality_television" title="Reality television">reality TV show</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Bridezillas" title="Bridezillas">Bridezillas</a></i> and the <a href="/wiki/Netscape" title="Netscape">Netscape</a>-derived <a href="/wiki/Web_browser" title="Web browser">web browser</a> <a href="/wiki/Firefox" title="Firefox">Mozilla Firefox</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=34" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_films_featuring_dinosaurs" title="List of films featuring dinosaurs">List of films featuring dinosaurs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla" title="Godzilla">Godzilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_(franchise)" title="King Kong (franchise)">King Kong (franchise)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamera" title="Gamera">Gamera</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godzilla_(franchise)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=35" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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class="reference-text"><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1998_film)" title="Godzilla (1998 film)">Godzilla</a></i> (1998) was a co-production between <a href="/wiki/Centropolis_Entertainment" title="Centropolis Entertainment">Centropolis Entertainment</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_N._Fried" title="Robert N. Fried">Fried Films</a>, Independent Pictures, and TriStar Pictures.<sup id="cite_ref-Variety_Leydon_Review_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Variety_Leydon_Review-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Also known as <i>Behind the Glory</i><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGodziszewski198117_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGodziszewski198117-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <i>In the Shadow of Honor</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyfle199819_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199819-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-83"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-83">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Attributed to multiple sources.<sup id="cite_ref-con_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-con-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-88"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-88">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Attributed to multiple sources.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-113"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-113">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Oodako" literally means "giant octopus" in Japanese.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeesCerasini1998116_111-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELeesCerasini1998116-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Giant_Octopus_112-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Giant_Octopus-112"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-115"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-115">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Ookondoru" literally means "giant condor" in Japanese.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeesCerasini1998116_111-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELeesCerasini1998116-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-116"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-116">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The film briefly recycles footage of Rodan, Mothra, Gorosaurus, Minilla, Kamacuras, and Kumonga from <i>Son of Godzilla</i> and <i>Destroy All Monsters</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-118"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-118">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">While unnamed in the film, the Giant Sea Lice are called ショッキラス ("Shokkirasu") in official Japanese sources, and "Shockirus" has become the accepted Romanization of that name.<sup id="cite_ref-Shockirus_117-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shockirus-117"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Kiryu-121"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Kiryu_121-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kiryu_121-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Referred to as <b>Kiryu</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESolomon2017283_120-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESolomon2017283-120"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-124"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-124">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Japan's Reiwa era began on May 1, 2019;<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> however, Toho considers <i>Shin Godzilla</i> and the anime trilogy as part of the Reiwa era.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-VFX-127"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-VFX_127-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Yamazaki is credited by Japanese sources as in charge of VFX, while English sources have said he was <a href="/wiki/Visual_effects_supervisor" title="Visual effects supervisor">visual effects supervisor</a>. 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July 22, 1998. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://articles.philly.com/1998-07-22/news/25735413_1_music-sales-soundtrack-albums-biggest-album">the original</a> on September 22, 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>Shōwa</i> era</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1954_film)" title="Godzilla (1954 film)">Godzilla</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Raids_Again" title="Godzilla Raids Again">Godzilla Raids Again</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_vs._Godzilla" title="King Kong vs. Godzilla">King Kong vs. Godzilla</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mothra_vs._Godzilla" title="Mothra vs. Godzilla">Mothra vs. Godzilla</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ghidorah,_the_Three-Headed_Monster" title="Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster">Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Astro-Monster" title="Invasion of Astro-Monster">Invasion of Astro-Monster</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ebirah,_Horror_of_the_Deep" title="Ebirah, Horror of the Deep">Ebirah, Horror of the Deep</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Son_of_Godzilla" title="Son of Godzilla">Son of Godzilla</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Destroy_All_Monsters" title="Destroy All Monsters">Destroy All Monsters</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_Monsters_Attack" title="All Monsters Attack">All Monsters Attack</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Hedorah" title="Godzilla vs. Hedorah">Godzilla vs. Hedorah</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Gigan" title="Godzilla vs. Gigan">Godzilla vs. Gigan</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Megalon" title="Godzilla vs. Megalon">Godzilla vs. Megalon</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Mechagodzilla" title="Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla">Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Terror_of_Mechagodzilla" title="Terror of Mechagodzilla">Terror of Mechagodzilla</a></i> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>Heisei</i> era</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Return_of_Godzilla" title="The Return of Godzilla">The Return of Godzilla</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Biollante" title="Godzilla vs. Biollante">Godzilla vs. Biollante</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._King_Ghidorah" title="Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah">Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Mothra" title="Godzilla vs. Mothra">Godzilla vs. Mothra</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Mechagodzilla_II" title="Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II">Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._SpaceGodzilla" title="Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla">Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Destoroyah" title="Godzilla vs. Destoroyah">Godzilla vs. Destoroyah</a></i> (1995)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Millennium era</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_2000" title="Godzilla 2000">Godzilla 2000</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Megaguirus" title="Godzilla vs. Megaguirus">Godzilla vs. Megaguirus</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla,_Mothra_and_King_Ghidorah:_Giant_Monsters_All-Out_Attack" title="Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack">Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Against_Mechagodzilla" title="Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla">Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Tokyo_S.O.S." title="Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.">Tokyo S.O.S.</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Final_Wars" title="Godzilla: Final Wars">Final Wars</a></i> (2004)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>Reiwa</i> era</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Shin_Godzilla" title="Shin Godzilla">Shin Godzilla</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Planet_of_the_Monsters" title="Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters">Planet of the Monsters</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_City_on_the_Edge_of_Battle" title="Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle">City on the Edge of Battle</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_The_Planet_Eater" title="Godzilla: The Planet Eater">The Planet Eater</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Minus_One" title="Godzilla Minus One">Godzilla Minus One</a></i> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">American</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla,_King_of_the_Monsters!" title="Godzilla, King of the Monsters!">Godzilla, King of the Monsters!</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_1985" title="Godzilla 1985">Godzilla 1985</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1998_film)" title="Godzilla (1998 film)">Godzilla</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(2014_film)" title="Godzilla (2014 film)">Godzilla</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_King_of_the_Monsters_(2019_film)" title="Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film)">Godzilla: King of the Monsters</a></i> (2019)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Kong" title="Godzilla vs. Kong">Godzilla vs. Kong</a></i> (2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_x_Kong:_The_New_Empire" title="Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire">Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire</a></i> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Television" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Television</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Japanese</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Zone_Fighter" title="Zone Fighter">Zone Fighter</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilland" title="Godzilland">Godzilland</a></i> (1992–1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Island" title="Godzilla Island">Godzilla Island</a></i> (1997–1998) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Godzilla_Island_episodes" title="List of Godzilla Island episodes">episodes</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Singular_Point" title="Godzilla Singular Point">Godzilla Singular Point</a></i> (2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chibi_Godzilla_Raids_Again" title="Chibi Godzilla Raids Again">Chibi Godzilla Raids Again</a></i> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">American</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Soundtracks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(Main_Theme)" title="Godzilla (Main Theme)">Godzilla (Main Theme)</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_The_Album" title="Godzilla: The Album">Godzilla: The Album</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Final_Wars_(soundtrack)" title="Godzilla: Final Wars (soundtrack)">Final Wars</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(2014_soundtrack)" title="Godzilla (2014 soundtrack)"><i>Godzilla</i></a> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_King_of_the_Monsters_(soundtrack)" title="Godzilla: King of the Monsters (soundtrack)">King of the Monsters</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Kong_(soundtrack)" title="Godzilla vs. Kong (soundtrack)">Godzilla vs. Kong</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Minus_One_(soundtrack)" title="Godzilla Minus One (soundtrack)">Godzilla Minus One</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_x_Kong:_The_New_Empire_(soundtrack)" title="Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (soundtrack)">Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(Blue_%C3%96yster_Cult_song)" title="Godzilla (Blue Öyster Cult song)">Godzilla</a>" (Blue Öyster Cult)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(Eminem_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Godzilla (Eminem song)">Godzilla</a>" (Eminem)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Who_Will_Know" title="Who Will Know">Who Will Know</a>" (Shiro Sagisu)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Miscellaneous" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Miscellaneous</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Beast_from_20,000_Fathoms" title="The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms">The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms</a></i> (1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bambi_Meets_Godzilla" title="Bambi Meets Godzilla">Bambi Meets Godzilla</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_King_of_the_Monsters_in_3D" title="Godzilla: King of the Monsters in 3D">Godzilla: King of the Monsters in 3D</a></i> (unproduced)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Charles_Barkley" title="Godzilla vs. Charles Barkley">Godzilla vs. Charles Barkley</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monster_Planet_of_Godzilla" title="Monster Planet of Godzilla">Monster Planet of Godzilla</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Always:_Sunset_on_Third_Street_2" title="Always: Sunset on Third Street 2">Always: Sunset on Third Street 2</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ready_Player_One_(film)" title="Ready Player One (film)">Ready Player One</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shin_Ultraman" title="Shin Ultraman">Shin Ultraman</a></i> (2022)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Kaiju" title="Kaiju">Kaiju</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla" title="Godzilla">Godzilla</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(Heisei)" title="Godzilla (Heisei)">Heisei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(Monsterverse)" title="Godzilla (Monsterverse)">Monsterverse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shin_Godzilla_(character)" title="Shin Godzilla (character)">Shin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(Godzilla_Minus_One)" title="Godzilla (Godzilla Minus One)">Minus One</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anguirus" title="Anguirus">Anguirus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rodan" title="Rodan">Rodan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varan" title="Varan">Varan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mothra" title="Mothra">Mothra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Kong" title="King Kong">King Kong</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kong_(Monsterverse)" title="Kong (Monsterverse)">Monsterverse</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Ghidorah" title="King Ghidorah">King Ghidorah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baragon" title="Baragon">Baragon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minilla" title="Minilla">Minilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hedorah" title="Hedorah">Hedorah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gigan" title="Gigan">Gigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megalon" title="Megalon">Megalon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mechagodzilla" title="Mechagodzilla">Mechagodzilla</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kiryu_(Godzilla)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kiryu (Godzilla)">Kiryu</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biollante" title="Biollante">Biollante</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Junior" title="Godzilla Junior">Godzilla Junior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceGodzilla" title="SpaceGodzilla">SpaceGodzilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megaguirus" title="Megaguirus">Megaguirus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zilla_(Godzilla)" title="Zilla (Godzilla)">Zilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MUTO" title="MUTO">MUTO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiamat_(Godzilla)" title="Tiamat (Godzilla)">Tiamat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zilla_Junior" class="mw-redirect" title="Zilla Junior">Zilla Junior</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Movie_Monster_Game" title="The Movie Monster Game">The Movie Monster Game</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Battle_Soccer:_Field_no_Hasha" title="Battle Soccer: Field no Hasha">Battle Soccer: Field no Hasha</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Game" title="Godzilla Game">Godzilla Game</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(Ciencin_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Godzilla (Ciencin series)"><i>Godzilla</i> (Ciencin novel series)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(Cerasini_series)" title="Godzilla (Cerasini series)"><i>Godzilla</i> (Cerasini novel series)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_and_Godzilla_Raids_Again" title="Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again">Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G-Fest" title="G-Fest">G-Fest</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rhedosaurus" title="Rhedosaurus">Rhedosaurus</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gotengo" class="mw-redirect" title="Gotengo">Gotengo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miki_Saegusa" title="Miki Saegusa">Miki Saegusa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_X" class="mw-redirect" title="Super X">Super X</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toho" title="Toho">Toho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SciFi_Japan_TV" title="SciFi Japan TV">SciFi Japan TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_(franchise)" title="King Kong (franchise)"><i>King Kong</i> franchise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hibiya_Godzilla_Square" title="Hibiya Godzilla Square">Hibiya Godzilla Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shin_Japan_Heroes_Universe" title="Shin Japan Heroes Universe">Shin Japan Heroes Universe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamen_Rider" title="Kamen Rider"><i>Kamen Rider</i> franchise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_(franchise)" title="Neon Genesis Evangelion (franchise)"><i>Neon Genesis Evangelion</i> franchise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ultraman" title="Ultraman"><i>Ultraman</i> franchise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Evangelion:_The_Real_4-D" title="Godzilla vs. Evangelion: The Real 4-D">Godzilla vs. Evangelion: The Real 4-D</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, 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(1983 video game)">Godzilla</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Movie_Monster_Game" title="The Movie Monster Game">The Movie Monster Game</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Monster_of_Monsters" title="Godzilla: Monster of Monsters">Monster of Monsters</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1990_video_game)" title="Godzilla (1990 video game)">Godzilla</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_2:_War_of_the_Monsters" class="mw-redirect" title="Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters">War of the Monsters</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Battle_Soccer:_Field_no_Hasha" title="Battle Soccer: Field no Hasha">Battle Soccer: Field no Hasha</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Super_Godzilla" title="Super Godzilla">Super Godzilla</a></i></li> <li><i><a 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Monsters Melee</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Save_the_Earth" title="Godzilla: Save the Earth">Save the Earth</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Unleashed" title="Godzilla: Unleashed">Unleashed</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(2014_video_game)" title="Godzilla (2014 video game)">Godzilla</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kyoei_Toshi" title="Kyoei Toshi">Kyoei Toshi</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="King_Kong" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:King_Kong" title="Template:King Kong"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:King_Kong" title="Template talk:King Kong"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:King_Kong" title="Special:EditPage/Template:King Kong"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="King_Kong" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><i><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_(franchise)" title="King Kong (franchise)">King Kong</a></i></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Characters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/King_Kong" title="King Kong">King Kong</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kong_(Monsterverse)" title="Kong (Monsterverse)">Monsterverse</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Denham" title="Carl Denham">Carl Denham</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Driscoll_(character)" title="Jack Driscoll (character)">Jack Driscoll</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Godzilla" title="Godzilla">Godzilla</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(Monsterverse)" title="Godzilla (Monsterverse)">Monsterverse</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">American films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live action</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_(1933_film)" title="King Kong (1933 film)">King Kong</a></i> (1933)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Son_of_Kong" title="Son of Kong">Son of Kong</a></i> (1933)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_(1976_film)" title="King Kong (1976 film)">King Kong</a></i> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_Lives" title="King Kong Lives">King Kong Lives</a></i> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_(2005_film)" title="King Kong (2005 film)">King Kong</a></i> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Kong:_Skull_Island" title="Kong: Skull Island">Kong: Skull Island</a></i> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Kong" title="Godzilla vs. Kong">Godzilla vs. Kong</a></i> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_x_Kong:_The_New_Empire" title="Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire">Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire</a></i> (2024)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Animated</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mighty_Kong" title="The Mighty Kong">The Mighty Kong</a></i> (1998)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Japanese films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Toho Co., Ltd</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_vs._Godzilla" title="King Kong vs. Godzilla">King Kong vs. Godzilla</a></i> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_Escapes" title="King Kong Escapes">King Kong Escapes</a></i> (1967)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unauthorized/lost</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Wasei_Kingu_Kongu" title="Wasei Kingu Kongu">Wasei Kingu Kongu</a></i> (1933)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_King_Kong_That_Appeared_in_Edo" title="The King Kong That Appeared in Edo">The King Kong That Appeared in Edo</a></i> (1938)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lost_World_(1925_film)" title="The Lost World (1925 film)">The Lost World</a></i> (1925)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Ingagi" title="Ingagi">Ingagi</a></i> (1930)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Creation_(unfinished_film)" title="Creation (unfinished film)">Creation</a></i> (1931, unfinished)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Mighty_Joe_Young_(1949_film)" title="Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)">Mighty Joe Young</a></i> (1949)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Konga_(film)" title="Konga (film)">Konga</a></i> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mighty_Gorga" title="The Mighty Gorga">The Mighty Gorga</a></i> (1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Mighty_Joe_Young_(1998_film)" title="Mighty Joe Young (1998 film)">Mighty Joe Young</a></i> (1998)</span></li></ul> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Ready_Player_One_(film)" title="Ready Player One (film)">Ready Player One</a></i> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_King_of_the_Monsters_(2019_film)" title="Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film)">Godzilla: King of the Monsters</a></i> (2019)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Television</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_King_Kong_Show" title="The King Kong Show">The King Kong Show</a></i> (1966–1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Kong:_The_Animated_Series" title="Kong: The Animated Series">Kong: The Animated Series</a></i> (2000–2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Kong:_King_of_the_Apes" title="Kong: King of the Apes">Kong: King of the Apes</a></i> (2016–2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Skull_Island_(TV_series)" title="Skull Island (TV series)">Skull Island</a></i> (2023)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Stage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_(2013_musical)" title="King Kong (2013 musical)">King Kong</a></i> (2013)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Attractions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kong_(ride)" title="Kong (ride)">Kong</a> (1972; rebuilt 2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_Encounter" title="King Kong Encounter">King Kong Encounter</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kongfrontation" title="Kongfrontation">Kongfrontation</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/King_Kong:_360_3-D" title="King Kong: 360 3-D">King Kong: 360 3-D</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Skull_Island:_Reign_of_Kong" title="Skull Island: Reign of Kong">Skull Island: Reign of Kong</a> (2016)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Video games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_(Atari_2600)" title="King Kong (Atari 2600)">King Kong</a></i> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_2:_Ikari_no_Megaton_Punch" title="King Kong 2: Ikari no Megaton Punch">King Kong 2: Ikari no Megaton Punch</a></i> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_2:_Yomigaeru_Densetsu" title="King Kong 2: Yomigaeru Densetsu">King Kong 2: Yomigaeru Densetsu</a></i> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Konami_Wai_Wai_World" title="Konami Wai Wai World">Konami Wai Wai World</a></i> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_(2005_video_game)" title="King Kong (2005 video game)">Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie</a></i> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Skull_Island:_Rise_of_Kong" title="Skull Island: Rise of Kong">Skull Island: Rise of Kong</a></i> (2023)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_in_popular_culture" title="King Kong in popular culture">King Kong in popular culture</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_(comics)" title="King Kong (comics)">Comics</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_statue" title="King Kong statue">King Kong statue</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Skull_Island_(King_Kong)" title="Skull Island (King Kong)">Skull Island</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Universal_City_Studios,_Inc._v._Nintendo_Co.,_Ltd." title="Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd.">Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd.</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_vs._Tarzan" title="King Kong vs. Tarzan">King Kong vs. Tarzan</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Monsterverse" title="Monsterverse">Monsterverse</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Godzilla</i> (franchise)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tarzan_and_Jane_(TV_series)" title="Tarzan and Jane (TV series)"><i>Tarzan and Jane</i>, "Return of the King"</a> (2018)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Solo</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mothra_(film)" title="Mothra (film)">Mothra</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rebirth_of_Mothra" title="Rebirth of Mothra">Rebirth of Mothra</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rebirth_of_Mothra_II" title="Rebirth of Mothra II">Rebirth of Mothra II</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rebirth_of_Mothra_III" title="Rebirth of Mothra III">Rebirth of Mothra III</a></i> (1998)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">with <a href="/wiki/Godzilla" title="Godzilla">Godzilla</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mothra_vs._Godzilla" title="Mothra vs. Godzilla">Mothra vs. Godzilla</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ghidorah,_the_Three-Headed_Monster" title="Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster">Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ebirah,_Horror_of_the_Deep" title="Ebirah, Horror of the Deep">Ebirah, Horror of the Deep</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Destroy_All_Monsters" title="Destroy All Monsters">Destroy All Monsters</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Mothra" title="Godzilla vs. Mothra">Godzilla vs. Mothra</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla,_Mothra_and_King_Ghidorah:_Giant_Monsters_All-Out_Attack" title="Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack">Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Tokyo_S.O.S." title="Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.">Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Final_Wars" title="Godzilla: Final Wars">Godzilla: Final Wars</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_King_of_the_Monsters_(2019_film)" title="Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film)">Godzilla: King of the Monsters</a></i> (2019)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_x_Kong:_The_New_Empire" title="Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire">Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire</a></i> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Godzilla</i> (franchise)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_The_Planet_Eater" title="Godzilla: The Planet Eater">Godzilla: The Planet Eater</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monsterverse" title="Monsterverse">Monsterverse</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span 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style="width:1%">Films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(2014_film)" title="Godzilla (2014 film)">Godzilla</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kong:_Skull_Island" title="Kong: Skull Island">Kong: Skull Island</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_King_of_the_Monsters_(2019_film)" title="Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film)">Godzilla: King of the Monsters</a></i> (2019)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Kong" title="Godzilla vs. Kong">Godzilla vs. Kong</a></i> (2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_x_Kong:_The_New_Empire" title="Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire">Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire</a></i> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Television</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Skull_Island_(TV_series)" title="Skull Island (TV series)">Skull Island</a></i> (2023)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monarch:_Legacy_of_Monsters" title="Monarch: Legacy of Monsters">Monarch: Legacy of Monsters</a></i> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Soundtracks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(2014_soundtrack)" title="Godzilla (2014 soundtrack)">Godzilla</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kong:_Skull_Island_(soundtrack)" title="Kong: Skull Island (soundtrack)">Kong: Skull Island</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_King_of_the_Monsters_(soundtrack)" title="Godzilla: King of the Monsters (soundtrack)">Godzilla: King of the Monsters</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Kong_(soundtrack)" title="Godzilla vs. Kong (soundtrack)">Godzilla vs. Kong</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_x_Kong:_The_New_Empire_(soundtrack)" title="Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (soundtrack)">Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Monsters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(Monsterverse)" title="Godzilla (Monsterverse)">Godzilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Ghidorah" title="King Ghidorah">King Ghidorah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kong_(Monsterverse)" title="Kong (Monsterverse)">Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mechagodzilla" title="Mechagodzilla">Mechagodzilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mothra" title="Mothra">Mothra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MUTO" title="MUTO">MUTO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rodan" title="Rodan">Rodan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiamat_(Godzilla)" title="Tiamat (Godzilla)">Tiamat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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