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class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gozira" title="Gozira – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Gozira" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target">閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla" title="Godzilla – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Godzilla" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla" title="Godzilla – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Godzilla" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla" title="Godzilla – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Godzilla" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla" title="Godzilla – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Godzilla" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla" title="Godzilla – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Godzilla" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%B1" title="Γκοτζίλα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γκοτζίλα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla" title="Godzilla – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Godzilla" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilo" title="Godzilo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Godzilo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla" title="Godzilla – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Godzilla" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7" title="گودزیلا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="گودزیلا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla" title="Godzilla – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Godzilla" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla" title="Godzilla – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Godzilla" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B3%A0%EC%A7%80%EB%9D%BC" title="고지라 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="고지라" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla" title="Godzilla – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Godzilla" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla" title="Godzilla – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Godzilla" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla" title="Godzilla – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Godzilla" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%95%D7%93%D7%96%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%94" title="גודזילה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="גודזילה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%92%E1%83%9D%E1%83%AB%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90" title="გოძილა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="გოძილა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla_(szerepl%C5%91)" title="Godzilla (szereplő) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Godzilla (szereplő)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2" title="ഗോഡ്സില്ല – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഗോഡ്സില്ല" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target">മലയാളം</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla" title="Godzilla – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Godzilla" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla" title="Godzilla – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Godzilla" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B4%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A9_(%E6%9E%B6%E7%A9%BA%E3%81%AE%E6%80%AA%E7%8D%A3)" title="ゴジラ (架空の怪獣) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ゴジラ (架空の怪獣)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla" title="Godzilla – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Godzilla" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla" title="Godzilla – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Godzilla" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk nynorsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla" title="Godzilla – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Godzilla" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla" title="Godzilla – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Godzilla" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Godzilla_%281954%29.jpg/440px-Godzilla_%281954%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2617" data-file-height="2022" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Godzilla as portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Haruo_Nakajima" title="Haruo Nakajima">Haruo Nakajima</a> via <a href="/wiki/Suitmation" class="mw-redirect" title="Suitmation">suitmation</a> in Godzilla (1954)<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First appearance</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1954_film)" title="Godzilla (1954 film)">Godzilla</a> (1954)<a href="#cite_note-Empire_guide-2">[2]</a></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><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERagone200734-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-Livedoor-4">[4]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eiji_Tsuburaya" title="Eiji Tsuburaya">Eiji Tsuburaya</a><a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-Toho-6">[a]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ishir%C5%8D_Honda" title="Ishirō Honda">Ishirō Honda</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199824-7">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-Toho-6">[a]</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shigeru_Kayama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shigeru Kayama (page does not exist)">Shigeru Kayama</a> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A6%99%E5%B1%B1%E6%BB%8B" class="extiw" title="ja:香山滋">ja</a>]<a href="#cite_note-Livedoor-4">[4]</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Akira_Watanabe_(art_director)" title="Akira Watanabe (art director)">Akira Watanabe</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199827-8">[7]</a> Teizō Toshimitsu<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199827-8">[7]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Portrayed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 0px;"><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:left; padding: 0px;">Various</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left; padding: 0px;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Shōwa era:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haruo_Nakajima" title="Haruo Nakajima">Haruo Nakajima</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle1998178-9">[8]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katsumi_Tezuka" title="Katsumi Tezuka">Katsumi Tezuka</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199827-8">[7]</a></li> <li>Hiroshi Sekida<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle1998142-10">[9]</a></li> <li>Seiji Onaka<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle1998142-10">[9]</a></li> <li>Shinji Takagi<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle1998360-11">[10]</a></li> <li>Isao Zushi<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle1998361-12">[11]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toru_Kawai" title="Toru Kawai">Toru Kawai</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle1998361-12">[11]</a></li> <li>Heisei era:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenpachiro_Satsuma" title="Kenpachiro Satsuma">Kenpachiro Satsuma</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle1998263-13">[12]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Ryu" title="Hurricane Ryu">Hurricane Ryu</a> (<a href="/wiki/Godzilland" title="Godzilland">Adventure! Godzilland</a>)<a href="#cite_note-14">[13]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naoki_Band%C5%8D" title="Naoki Bandō">Naoki Bandō</a> (Get Going! Godzilland)<a href="#cite_note-ANN-15">[14]</a></li> <li>TriStar Pictures:</li> <li>Kurt Carley<a href="#cite_note-kc-16">[15]</a></li> <li>Millennium era:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsutomu_Kitagawa" title="Tsutomu Kitagawa">Tsutomu Kitagawa</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKalat2010232-17">[16]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizuho_Yoshida" title="Mizuho Yoshida">Mizuho Yoshida</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKalat2010241-18">[17]</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Voiced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 0px;"><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:left; padding: 0px;">Various</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left; padding: 0px;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Shōwa era:</li> <li>Ted Thomas<a href="#cite_note-19">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-20">[b]</a></li> <li>Hanna-Barbera:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Cassidy" title="Ted Cassidy">Ted Cassidy</a> (vocal effects)<a href="#cite_note-21">[19]</a></li> <li>Heisei era:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y%C5%ABko_Mita" title="Yūko Mita">Yūko Mita</a> (Get Going! Godzilland)<a href="#cite_note-ANN-15">[14]</a></li> <li>TriStar Pictures:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Welker" title="Frank Welker">Frank Welker</a> (vocal effects)<a href="#cite_note-Frank-22">[20]</a></li></ul> </div> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Motion capture</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Legendary Pictures:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._J._Storm" class="mw-redirect" title="T. J. Storm">T. J. Storm</a><a href="#cite_note-tj-23">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-24">[22]</a><a href="#cite_note-GKOTM_Credits-25">[23]</a></li> <li>Reiwa era:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansai_Nomura" title="Mansai Nomura">Mansai Nomura</a><a href="#cite_note-shinmc-26">[24]</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">In-universe information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alias</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Gigantis<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESolomon201732-27">[25]</a></li> <li>Monster Zero-One<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle1998121-28">[26]</a></li> <li>Titanus Gojira<a href="#cite_note-29">[27]</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Species</th><td class="infobox-data">Prehistoric monster<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199819-30">[28]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Family</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Minilla" title="Minilla">Minilla</a> and <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Junior" title="Godzilla Junior">Godzilla Junior</a> (adopted sons)</td></tr></tbody></table> Godzilla (<a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ɡɒdˈzɪlə/</a> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key">ɡod-ZIL-ə</a>)<a href="#cite_note-31">[c]</a> is a fictional monster, or <a href="/wiki/Kaiju" title="Kaiju">kaiju</a>, that debuted in the <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1954_film)" title="Godzilla (1954 film)">eponymous 1954 film</a>, directed and co-written by <a href="/wiki/Ishir%C5%8D_Honda" title="Ishirō Honda">Ishirō Honda</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Empire_guide-2">[2]</a> The character has since become an international <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_in_popular_culture" title="Godzilla in popular culture">pop culture icon</a>, appearing in <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(franchise)" title="Godzilla (franchise)">various media</a>: 33 Japanese films produced by <a href="/wiki/Toho" title="Toho">Toho Co., Ltd.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(franchise)#American_films" title="Godzilla (franchise)">five American films</a>, and numerous <a href="/wiki/List_of_Godzilla_games" title="List of Godzilla games">video games</a>, novels, <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(comics)" title="Godzilla (comics)">comic books</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(franchise)#Television" title="Godzilla (franchise)">television shows</a>. Godzilla has been dubbed the King of the Monsters, an epithet first used in <a href="/wiki/Godzilla,_King_of_the_Monsters!" title="Godzilla, King of the Monsters!">Godzilla, King of the Monsters!</a> (1956), the American localization of the 1954 film. Originally and in most iterations of the creature, Godzilla is a colossal <a href="/wiki/Mesozoic" title="Mesozoic">prehistoric</a> <a href="/wiki/Reptilia" class="mw-redirect" title="Reptilia">reptilian</a> or <a href="/wiki/Dinosaurian" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinosaurian">dinosaurian</a> monster that is <a href="/wiki/Semiaquatic" title="Semiaquatic">amphibious</a> or resides partially in the ocean, awakened and empowered after many years by exposure to <a href="/wiki/Radioactive_decay" title="Radioactive decay">nuclear radiation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_testing" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear testing">nuclear testing</a>. With the <a href="/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki" title="Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki">nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Daigo_Fukury%C5%AB_Maru" title="Daigo Fukuryū Maru">Lucky Dragon 5</a> incident still fresh in the Japanese consciousness,<a href="#cite_note-Souder_2012-32">[29]</a> Godzilla was conceived as a metaphor for <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapon" title="Nuclear weapon">nuclear weapons</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Brian-33">[30]</a> Others have suggested that Godzilla is a metaphor for the United States, a "giant beast" woken from its "slumber" that then takes terrible vengeance on Japan.<a href="#cite_note-34">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-35">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-36">[33]</a> As the film series expanded, some storylines took on less serious undertones, portraying Godzilla as an <a href="/wiki/Antihero" title="Antihero">antihero</a> or lesser threat who defends humanity. Later films address disparate themes and commentary, including Japan's apathy, neglect, and ignorance of its <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">imperial past</a>,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBarr201683-37">[34]</a> <a href="/wiki/Natural_disaster" title="Natural disaster">natural disasters</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Human_condition" title="Human condition">human condition</a>.<a href="#cite_note-38">[35]</a> Godzilla has been featured alongside many supporting characters and, over the decades, has faced off against various human opponents, such as the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Self-Defense_Forces" title="Japan Self-Defense Forces">Japan Self-Defense Forces</a> (JSDF), in addition to other gargantuan monsters, including <a href="/wiki/Gigan" title="Gigan">Gigan</a>, <a href="/wiki/King_Ghidorah" title="King Ghidorah">King Ghidorah</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mechagodzilla" title="Mechagodzilla">Mechagodzilla</a>. Godzilla has fought alongside allies such as <a href="/wiki/Anguirus" title="Anguirus">Anguirus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mothra" title="Mothra">Mothra</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rodan" title="Rodan">Rodan</a> and has had offspring, including <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Junior" title="Godzilla Junior">Godzilla Junior</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minilla" title="Minilla">Minilla</a>. Godzilla has also battled characters and creatures from other franchises in <a href="/wiki/Crossover_(fiction)" title="Crossover (fiction)">crossover</a> media —such as <a href="/wiki/King_Kong" title="King Kong">King Kong</a>— as well as various <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a> characters, like <a href="/wiki/S.H.I.E.L.D." title="S.H.I.E.L.D.">S.H.I.E.L.D.</a>,<a href="#cite_note-39">[36]</a> the <a href="/wiki/Fantastic_Four" title="Fantastic Four">Fantastic Four</a>,<a href="#cite_note-40">[37]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Avengers_(comics)" title="Avengers (comics)">Avengers</a>,<a href="#cite_note-41">[38]</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a> characters such as the <a href="/wiki/Justice_League" title="Justice League">Justice League</a>,<a href="#cite_note-42">[39]</a> the <a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Doom" title="Legion of Doom">Legion of Doom</a><a href="#cite_note-43">[40]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Green_Lantern_Corps" title="Green Lantern Corps">Green Lantern Corps</a>.<a href="#cite_note-44">[41]</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Appearances">Appearances</h2></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_(franchise)" title="Godzilla (franchise)">Godzilla (franchise)</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(Heisei)" title="Godzilla (Heisei)">Godzilla (Heisei)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(Monsterverse)" title="Godzilla (Monsterverse)">Godzilla (Monsterverse)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shin_Godzilla_(character)" title="Shin Godzilla (character)">Shin Godzilla (character)</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(Godzilla_Minus_One)" title="Godzilla (Godzilla Minus One)">Godzilla (Godzilla Minus One)</a></div> First appearing in 1954, Godzilla has starred in a total of 38 films: 33 Japanese films produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd. and five American films, one produced by <a href="/wiki/TriStar_Pictures" title="TriStar Pictures">TriStar Pictures</a> and four produced by <a href="/wiki/Legendary_Pictures" class="mw-redirect" title="Legendary Pictures">Legendary Pictures</a>. He has also appeared in countless other entertainment mediums, which include comic book lines, <a href="/wiki/Novelization" title="Novelization">novelizations</a>, and video games; each appearance expands upon the universe created by the films. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development">Development</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Naming">Naming</h3></div> Although the process of creating Godzilla's <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1954_film)" title="Godzilla (1954 film)">first film</a> is comprehensively recorded, exactly how its name came to be remains unclear.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERagone200735-45">[42]</a> The most widely accepted report of its origin is that producer <a href="/wiki/Tomoyuki_Tanaka" title="Tomoyuki Tanaka">Tomoyuki Tanaka</a> named the monster after sturdy <a href="/wiki/Toho" title="Toho">Toho</a> worker Shirō Amikura, the later chief of the theater club of Toho, who was jokingly dubbed "Gujira" (グジラ) then "Gojira" (ゴジラ), a <a href="/wiki/Portmanteau" class="mw-redirect" title="Portmanteau">portmanteau</a> of the Japanese words gorira (ゴリラ, "gorilla") and kujira (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1163242311">.mw-parser-output .templateruby>rt{font-variant-east-asian:ruby;font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .templateruby.large{font-size:250%}.mw-parser-output .templateruby.large>rt{font-size:50%}</style><ruby lang="ja">鯨<rp>（</rp><rt>クジラ</rt><rp>）</rp></ruby>, "whale") due to his burly build to resemble a gorilla and his habit to favor <a href="/wiki/Whale_meat" title="Whale meat">whale meat</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199823-46">[43]</a><a href="#cite_note-47">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-48">[45]</a> The account has been acknowledged by Toho themselves,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199823-46">[43]</a> director <a href="/wiki/Ishir%C5%8D_Honda" title="Ishirō Honda">Ishirō Honda</a>,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199823-46">[43]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfleGodziszewski201788-49">[46]</a> producer Tanaka,<a href="#cite_note-Mori-50">[47]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfleGodziszewski201788-49">[46]</a> special effects director <a href="/wiki/Eiji_Tsuburaya" title="Eiji Tsuburaya">Eiji Tsuburaya</a>,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfleGodziszewski201788-49">[46]</a> producer <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ichir%C5%8D_Sat%C5%8D_(producer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ichirō Satō (producer) (page does not exist)">Ichirō Satō</a> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%90%E8%97%A4%E4%B8%80%E9%83%8E_(%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%83%87%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC)" class="extiw" title="ja:佐藤一郎 (映画プロデューサー)">ja</a>],<a href="#cite_note-Satō-51">[48]</a> and production head <a href="/w/index.php?title=Iwao_Mori&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iwao Mori (page does not exist)">Iwao Mori</a> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A3%AE%E5%B2%A9%E9%9B%84" class="extiw" title="ja:森岩雄">ja</a>],<a href="#cite_note-Mori-50">[47]</a> with Satō and Mori recalling that the employee was Amikura.<a href="#cite_note-Satō-51">[48]</a><a href="#cite_note-Mori-50">[47]</a> However, Honda's widow Kimi dismissed the employee-name story as a tall tale in a 1998 <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> documentary on Godzilla, believing that Honda, Tanaka, and Tsuburaya gave "considerable thought" to the name of the monster, stating, "the backstage boys at Toho loved to joke around with tall stories, but I don't believe that one".<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199823-46">[43]</a> Honda's longtime assistant director <a href="/w/index.php?title=K%C5%8Dji_Kajita&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kōji Kajita (page does not exist)">Kōji Kajita</a> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A2%B6%E7%94%B0%E8%88%88%E6%B2%BB" class="extiw" title="ja:梶田興治">ja</a>] added: "Those of us who were closest to them don't even know how and why they came up with Gojira."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfleGodziszewski201789-52">[49]</a> Toho later translated the monster's Japanese name as "Godzilla" for overseas distribution.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199822-53">[50]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfleGodziszewski201789-52">[49]</a> The first recorded foreign usage of "Godzilla" was printed in the <a href="/wiki/Hawaii_Tribune-Herald" title="Hawaii Tribune-Herald">Hawaii Tribune-Herald</a> on November 20, 1955.<a href="#cite_note-54">[51]</a> During the development of the American version of <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Raids_Again" title="Godzilla Raids Again">Godzilla Raids Again</a> (1955), Godzilla's name was changed to "Gigantis" by producer Paul Schreibman, who wanted to create a character distinct from Godzilla.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199874-55">[52]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Characterization">Characterization</h3></div> Within the context of the Japanese films, Godzilla's exact origins vary, but it is generally depicted as an enormous, violent, prehistoric sea monster awakened and empowered by nuclear radiation.<a href="#cite_note-56">[53]</a> Although the specific details of Godzilla's appearance have varied slightly over the years, the overall impression has remained consistent.<a href="#cite_note-57">[54]</a> Inspired by the fictional <a href="/wiki/Rhedosaurus" title="Rhedosaurus">Rhedosaurus</a> created by animator <a href="/wiki/Ray_Harryhausen" title="Ray Harryhausen">Ray Harryhausen</a> for the film <a href="/wiki/The_Beast_from_20,000_Fathoms" title="The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms">The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms</a>,<a href="#cite_note-58">[55]</a> Godzilla's character design was conceived as that of an <a href="/wiki/Semiaquatic" title="Semiaquatic">amphibious</a> reptilian monster based around the loose concept of a dinosaur<a href="#cite_note-59">[56]</a> with an erect standing posture, scaly skin, an anthropomorphic torso with muscular arms, lobed bony plates along its back and tail, and a furrowed brow.<a href="#cite_note-60">[57]</a> Art director <a href="/wiki/Akira_Watanabe_(art_director)" title="Akira Watanabe (art director)">Akira Watanabe</a> combined attributes of a <a href="/wiki/Tyrannosaurus" title="Tyrannosaurus">Tyrannosaurus</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Iguanodon" title="Iguanodon">Iguanodon</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Stegosaurus" title="Stegosaurus">Stegosaurus</a> and an alligator<a href="#cite_note-61">[58]</a> to form a sort of blended <a href="/wiki/Chimera_(mythology)" title="Chimera (mythology)">chimera</a>, inspired by illustrations from an issue of <a href="/wiki/Life_(magazine)" title="Life (magazine)">Life</a> magazine.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsutsui200323-62">[59]</a> To emphasize the monster's relationship with the atomic bomb, its skin texture was inspired by the <a href="/wiki/Keloid" title="Keloid">keloid</a> scars seen on the <a href="/wiki/Hibakusha" title="Hibakusha">survivors of Hiroshima</a>.<a href="#cite_note-63">[60]</a> The basic design has a reptilian visage, a robust build, an upright posture, a long tail and three rows of serrated plates along the back. In the original film, the plates were added for purely aesthetic purposes, in order to further differentiate Godzilla from any other living or extinct creature. Godzilla is sometimes depicted as green in comics, cartoons, and movie posters, but the costumes used in the movies were usually painted charcoal gray with bone-white dorsal plates up until the film <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_2000" title="Godzilla 2000">Godzilla 2000: Millennium</a>.<a href="#cite_note-godziszewski-64">[61]</a> In the original Japanese films, Godzilla and all the other monsters are referred to with <a href="/wiki/Gender-neutral_pronoun" class="mw-redirect" title="Gender-neutral pronoun">gender-neutral pronouns</a> equivalent to "it",<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsutsui200312-65">[62]</a> while in the English dubbed versions, Godzilla is explicitly described as a male. In his book, Godzilla co-creator <a href="/wiki/Tomoyuki_Tanaka" title="Tomoyuki Tanaka">Tomoyuki Tanaka</a> suggested that the monster was probably male; but also suggested that the original 1954 version could have been female.<a href="#cite_note-Tanaka-66">[63]</a> In the 1998 film <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1998_film)" title="Godzilla (1998 film)">Godzilla</a>, the monster is referred to as a male and is depicted laying eggs through <a href="/wiki/Parthenogenesis" title="Parthenogenesis">parthenogenesis</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle1998336-67">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-68">[65]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/MonsterVerse" class="mw-redirect" title="MonsterVerse">Legendary Godzilla</a> films, Godzilla is referred to as a male.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEdwards201400:05:20-69">[66]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEdwards201400:44:36-70">[67]</a> Godzilla's allegiance and motivations, as well as its level of intelligence, have changed from film to film to suit the needs of the story. Although Godzilla does not like humans,<a href="#cite_note-71">[68]</a> it will fight alongside humanity against common threats. However, it makes no special effort to protect human life or property<a href="#cite_note-72">[69]</a> and will turn against its human allies on a whim. It is generally not motivated to attack by predatory instinct; it does not usually eat people<a href="#cite_note-penny-73">[70]</a> and instead sustains itself on nuclear radiation<a href="#cite_note-74">[71]</a> and an omnivorous or piscivorian diet consisting especially of <a href="/wiki/Cetaceans" class="mw-redirect" title="Cetaceans">cetaceans</a> and large fish.<a href="#cite_note-75">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-Tanaka-66">[63]</a> When inquired if Godzilla was "good or bad", producer <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dgo_Tomiyama" title="Shōgo Tomiyama">Shōgo Tomiyama</a> likened it to a <a href="/wiki/Shinto" title="Shinto">Shinto</a> "God of Destruction" which lacks moral agency and cannot be held to human standards of good and evil. "He totally destroys everything and then there is a rebirth. Something new and fresh can begin."<a href="#cite_note-penny-73">[70]</a> <a href="/wiki/Tomoyuki_Tanaka" title="Tomoyuki Tanaka">Tomoyuki Tanaka</a> noted in his book that Godzilla and humanity can become temporal allies against greater threats, however they are essentially enemies due to the difficulty to co-exist.<a href="#cite_note-Tanaka-66">[63]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Abilities">Abilities</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Godzilla_King_of_the_Monsters_(1956)_Atomic_ray.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Godzilla_King_of_the_Monsters_%281956%29_Atomic_ray.png/220px-Godzilla_King_of_the_Monsters_%281956%29_Atomic_ray.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Godzilla_King_of_the_Monsters_%281956%29_Atomic_ray.png/330px-Godzilla_King_of_the_Monsters_%281956%29_Atomic_ray.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Godzilla_King_of_the_Monsters_%281956%29_Atomic_ray.png/440px-Godzilla_King_of_the_Monsters_%281956%29_Atomic_ray.png 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption>Godzilla's atomic heat beam, as shown in <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1954_film)" title="Godzilla (1954 film)">Godzilla</a> (1954)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KK_v_G_trailer_(1962).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/KK_v_G_trailer_%281962%29.png/220px-KK_v_G_trailer_%281962%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/KK_v_G_trailer_%281962%29.png/330px-KK_v_G_trailer_%281962%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/KK_v_G_trailer_%281962%29.png/440px-KK_v_G_trailer_%281962%29.png 2x" data-file-width="1643" data-file-height="817" /></a><figcaption>Godzilla battles <a href="/wiki/King_Kong#King_Kong_(Toho)" title="King Kong">King Kong</a> in <a href="/wiki/King_Kong_vs._Godzilla" title="King Kong vs. Godzilla">King Kong vs. Godzilla</a> (1962). This film attracted the highest Japanese box office attendance figures in the entire Godzilla series to date.<a href="#cite_note-76">[73]</a></figcaption></figure> Godzilla's signature weapon is its "atomic heat beam" (also known as "atomic breath"<a href="#cite_note-77">[74]</a>), nuclear energy that it generates inside of its body, uses electromagnetic force to concentrate it into a laser-like high velocity projectile and unleashes it from its jaws in the form of a blue or red radioactive beam.<a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-78">[75]</a> Toho's special effects department has used various techniques to render the beam, from physical gas-powered flames<a href="#cite_note-79">[76]</a> to hand-drawn or computer-generated fire. Godzilla is shown to possess immense physical strength and muscularity. Haruo Nakajima, the actor who played Godzilla in the original films, was a <a href="/wiki/Black_belt_(martial_arts)" title="Black belt (martial arts)">black belt</a> in judo and used his expertise to choreograph the battle sequences.<a href="#cite_note-80">[77]</a> Godzilla is <a href="/wiki/Semiaquatic" title="Semiaquatic">amphibious</a>: it has a preference for traversing Earth's <a href="/wiki/Hydrosphere" title="Hydrosphere">hydrosphere</a> when in hibernation or migration, can breathe underwater due to pore-shaped <a href="/wiki/Gill" title="Gill">gills</a><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-78">[75]</a><a href="#cite_note-Tanaka-66">[63]</a> and is described in the original film by the character Dr. Yamane as a <a href="/wiki/Transitional_form" class="mw-redirect" title="Transitional form">transitional form</a> between a marine and a terrestrial reptile. Godzilla is shown to have great vitality: it is immune to conventional weaponry thanks to its rugged hide and ability to <a href="/wiki/Regeneration_(biology)" title="Regeneration (biology)">regenerate</a>,<a href="#cite_note-81">[78]</a> and as a result of surviving a nuclear explosion, it cannot be destroyed by anything less powerful. One incarnation possesses an electromagnetic pulse-producing organ in its body which generates an asymmetrical permeable shield, making it impervious to all damage except for a short period when the organ recycles.<a href="#cite_note-82">[79]</a> Various films, non-canonical television shows, comics, and games have depicted Godzilla with additional powers, such as an atomic pulse,<a href="#cite_note-GvKG-83">[80]</a> magnetism,<a href="#cite_note-GvMG-84">[81]</a> precognition,<a href="#cite_note-GvB-85">[82]</a> fireballs,<a href="#cite_note-86">[83]</a> convert electromagnetic energy into intensive body heat,<a href="#cite_note-87">[84]</a> converting shed blood into temporary tentacle limbs,<a href="#cite_note-88">[85]</a> an electric bite,<a href="#cite_note-89">[86]</a> superhuman speed,<a href="#cite_note-90">[87]</a> laser beams emitted from its eyes<a href="#cite_note-91">[88]</a> and even flight.<a href="#cite_note-GvH-92">[89]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Roar">Roar</h4></div> Godzilla has a distinctive disyllabic roar (transcribed in several comics as Skreeeonk!),<a href="#cite_note-93">[90]</a><a href="#cite_note-94">[91]</a> which was created by composer <a href="/wiki/Akira_Ifukube" title="Akira Ifukube">Akira Ifukube</a>, who produced the sound by rubbing a pine tar-resin-coated glove along the string of a <a href="/wiki/Double_bass" title="Double bass">contrabass</a> and then slowing down the playback.<a href="#cite_note-npr-95">[92]</a> In the American version of Godzilla Raids Again (1955) titled Gigantis the Fire Monster (1959), Godzilla's roar was mostly substituted with that of the monster <a href="/wiki/Anguirus" title="Anguirus">Anguirus</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199874-55">[52]</a> From <a href="/wiki/The_Return_of_Godzilla" title="The Return of Godzilla">The Return of Godzilla</a> (1984) to <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._King_Ghidorah" title="Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah">Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah</a> (1991), Godzilla was given a deeper and more threatening-sounding roar than in previous films, though this change was reverted from <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Mothra" title="Godzilla vs. Mothra">Godzilla vs. Mothra</a> (1992) onward.<a href="#cite_note-96">[93]</a> For the 2014 American film, sound editors Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl refused to disclose the source of the sounds used for their Godzilla's roar.<a href="#cite_note-npr-95">[92]</a> Aadahl described the two syllables of the roar as representing two different emotional reactions, with the first expressing fury and the second conveying the character's soul.<a href="#cite_note-ew-97">[94]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Size">Size</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Godzilla_(1954)_Teiz%C3%B4_Toshimitsu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Godzilla_%281954%29_Teiz%C3%B4_Toshimitsu.jpg/220px-Godzilla_%281954%29_Teiz%C3%B4_Toshimitsu.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Godzilla_%281954%29_Teiz%C3%B4_Toshimitsu.jpg/330px-Godzilla_%281954%29_Teiz%C3%B4_Toshimitsu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Godzilla_%281954%29_Teiz%C3%B4_Toshimitsu.jpg/440px-Godzilla_%281954%29_Teiz%C3%B4_Toshimitsu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="660" /></a><figcaption>Teizō Toshimitsu sculpting a prototype for Godzilla's design</figcaption></figure> Godzilla's size is inconsistent, changing from film to film and even from scene to scene for the sake of artistic license.<a href="#cite_note-penny-73">[70]</a> The miniature sets and costumes were typically built at a <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style>1⁄25–<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027">1⁄50 scale<a href="#cite_note-98">[95]</a> and filmed at 240 frames per second to create the illusion of great size.<a href="#cite_note-99">[96]</a> In <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1954_film)" title="Godzilla (1954 film)">the original 1954 film</a>, Godzilla was scaled to be 50 m (164 ft) tall.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELeesCerasini1998124-100">[97]</a> This was done so Godzilla could just peer over the largest buildings in Tokyo at the time.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199827-8">[7]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/Godzilla,_King_of_the_Monsters!" title="Godzilla, King of the Monsters!">1956 American version</a>, Godzilla is estimated to be 121.9 m (400 ft) tall, because producer <a href="/wiki/Joseph_E._Levine" title="Joseph E. Levine">Joseph E. Levine</a> felt that 50 m did not sound "powerful enough".<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsutsui200354-55-101">[98]</a> As the series progressed, Toho would rescale the character, eventually making Godzilla as tall as 100 m (328 ft).<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELeesCerasini1998125-102">[99]</a> This was done so that it would not be dwarfed by the newer, bigger buildings in Tokyo's skyline, such as the 243-metre-tall (797 ft) <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Metropolitan_Government_Building" title="Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building">Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building</a> which Godzilla destroyed in the film Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991). Supplementary information, such as character profiles, would also depict Godzilla as weighing between 20,000 and 60,000 metric tons (22,050 and 66,140 short tons).<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELeesCerasini1998124–125-103">[100]</a> In the American film <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(2014_film)" title="Godzilla (2014 film)">Godzilla</a> (2014) from <a href="/wiki/Legendary_Pictures" class="mw-redirect" title="Legendary Pictures">Legendary Pictures</a>, Godzilla was scaled to be 108.2 m (355 ft) and weighing 90,000 short tons (81,650 metric tons), making it the largest film version at that time.<a href="#cite_note-104">[101]</a> Director <a href="/wiki/Gareth_Edwards_(director)" title="Gareth Edwards (director)">Gareth Edwards</a> wanted Godzilla "to be so big as to be seen from anywhere in the city, but not too big that he couldn't be obscured".<a href="#cite_note-105">[102]</a> For <a href="/wiki/Shin_Godzilla" title="Shin Godzilla">Shin Godzilla</a> (2016), Godzilla was made even taller than the Legendary version, at 118.5 m (389 ft).<a href="#cite_note-106">[103]</a><a href="#cite_note-107">[104]</a> In <a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Planet_of_the_Monsters" title="Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters">Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters</a> (2017), Godzilla's height was increased further still to 300 m (984 ft).<a href="#cite_note-108">[105]</a> In <a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_King_of_the_Monsters_(2019_film)" title="Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film)">Godzilla: King of the Monsters</a> (2019) and <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Kong" title="Godzilla vs. Kong">Godzilla vs. Kong</a> (2021), Godzilla's height was increased to 119.8 m (393 ft) from the 2014 incarnation.<a href="#cite_note-109">[106]</a><a href="#cite_note-110">[107]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_effects">Special effects</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Godzilla_Raids_Again_(1955)_Behind_the_scenes.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Godzilla_Raids_Again_%281955%29_Behind_the_scenes.gif/220px-Godzilla_Raids_Again_%281955%29_Behind_the_scenes.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Godzilla_Raids_Again_%281955%29_Behind_the_scenes.gif/330px-Godzilla_Raids_Again_%281955%29_Behind_the_scenes.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Godzilla_Raids_Again_%281955%29_Behind_the_scenes.gif/440px-Godzilla_Raids_Again_%281955%29_Behind_the_scenes.gif 2x" data-file-width="1378" data-file-height="845" /></a><figcaption>Suit fitting on the set of <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Raids_Again" title="Godzilla Raids Again">Godzilla Raids Again</a> (1955), with <a href="/wiki/Haruo_Nakajima" title="Haruo Nakajima">Haruo Nakajima</a> portraying Godzilla on the left</figcaption></figure> Godzilla's appearance has traditionally been portrayed in the films by <a href="/wiki/Suitmation" class="mw-redirect" title="Suitmation">an actor wearing a latex costume</a>, though the character has also been rendered in <a href="/wiki/Animatronics" title="Animatronics">animatronic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stop-motion" class="mw-redirect" title="Stop-motion">stop-motion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Computer-generated_imagery" title="Computer-generated imagery">computer-generated</a> form.<a href="#cite_note-111">[108]</a><a href="#cite_note-112">[109]</a> Taking inspiration from <a href="/wiki/King_Kong_(1933_film)" title="King Kong (1933 film)">King Kong</a>, special effects artist <a href="/wiki/Eiji_Tsuburaya" title="Eiji Tsuburaya">Eiji Tsuburaya</a> had initially wanted Godzilla to be portrayed via stop-motion, but prohibitive deadlines and a lack of experienced animators in Japan at the time made suitmation more practical.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Suitmation">Suitmation</h4></div> The first suit, weighing in excess of 100 kg (220 lb), consisted of a body cavity made of thin wires and bamboo wrapped in chicken wire for support and covered in fabric and cushions, which were then coated in latex. It was held together by small hooks on the back, though subsequent Godzilla suits incorporated a zipper.<a href="#cite_note-godziszewski-64">[61]</a> Prior to 1984, most Godzilla suits were made from scratch, thus resulting in slight design changes in each film appearance.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKalat201036-113">[110]</a> The most notable changes from 1962 to 1975 were the reduction in Godzilla's number of toes and the removal of the character's external ears and prominent fangs, features which would all later be reincorporated in the Godzilla designs from The Return of Godzilla (1984) onward.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKalat2010160-114">[111]</a> The most consistent Godzilla design was maintained from <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Biollante" title="Godzilla vs. Biollante">Godzilla vs. Biollante</a> (1989) to <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Destoroyah" title="Godzilla vs. Destoroyah">Godzilla vs. Destoroyah</a> (1995), when the suit was given a cat-like face and double rows of teeth.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle1998254-257-115">[112]</a> Several suit actors had difficulties in performing as Godzilla due to the suits' weight, lack of ventilation and diminished visibility.<a href="#cite_note-godziszewski-64">[61]</a> <a href="/wiki/Haruo_Nakajima" title="Haruo Nakajima">Haruo Nakajima</a>, who portrayed Godzilla from 1954 to 1972, said the materials used to make the 1954 suit (rubber, plastic, cotton, and latex) were hard to find after <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. The suit weighed 100 kilograms after its completion and required two men to help Nakajima put it on. When he first put it on, he sweated so heavily that his shirt was soaked within seconds.<a href="#cite_note-116">[113]</a> <a href="/wiki/Kenpachiro_Satsuma" title="Kenpachiro Satsuma">Kenpachiro Satsuma</a> in particular, who portrayed Godzilla from 1984 to 1995, described how the Godzilla suits he wore were even heavier and hotter than their predecessors because of the incorporation of animatronics.<a href="#cite_note-clements2010-117">[114]</a> Satsuma himself suffered numerous medical issues during his tenure, including <a href="/wiki/Oxygen_deprivation" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxygen deprivation">oxygen deprivation</a>, near-drowning, concussions, electric shocks and lacerations to the legs from the suits' steel wire reinforcements wearing through the rubber padding.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKalat2010258-118">[115]</a> The ventilation problem was partially solved in the suit used in 1994's <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._SpaceGodzilla" title="Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla">Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla</a>, which was the first to include an air duct that allowed suit actors to last longer during performances.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle1998298-119">[116]</a> In The Return of Godzilla (1984), some scenes made use of a 16-foot high robotic Godzilla (dubbed the "Cybot Godzilla") for use in close-up shots of the creature's head. The Cybot Godzilla consisted of a <a href="/wiki/Hydraulics" title="Hydraulics">hydraulically powered</a> mechanical endoskeleton covered in <a href="/wiki/Polyurethane" title="Polyurethane">urethane</a> skin containing 3,000 computer operated parts which permitted it to tilt its head and move its lips and arms.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle1998232-120">[117]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="CGI">CGI</h4></div> In <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1998_film)" title="Godzilla (1998 film)">Godzilla</a> (1998), special effects artist <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Tatopoulos" title="Patrick Tatopoulos">Patrick Tatopoulos</a> was instructed to redesign <a href="/wiki/Zilla_(TriStar_Godzilla)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zilla (TriStar Godzilla)">Godzilla</a> as an incredibly fast runner.<a href="#cite_note-Rickett2006-121">[118]</a> At one point, it was planned to use <a href="/wiki/Motion_capture" title="Motion capture">motion capture</a> from a human to create the movements of the computer-generated Godzilla, but it was said to have ended up looking too much like a man in a suit.<a href="#cite_note-122">[119]</a> Tatopoulos subsequently reimagined the creature as a lean, <a href="/wiki/Digitigrade" title="Digitigrade">digitigrade</a> bipedal, iguana-like creature that stood with its back and tail parallel to the ground, rendered via <a href="/wiki/Computer-generated_imagery" title="Computer-generated imagery">CGI</a>.<a href="#cite_note-123">[120]</a> Several scenes had the monster portrayed by stuntmen in suits. The suits were similar to those used in the Toho films, with the actors' heads being located in the monster's neck region and the facial movements controlled via animatronics. However, because of the creature's horizontal posture, the stuntmen had to wear metal leg extenders, which allowed them to stand two metres (six feet) off the ground with their feet bent forward. The film's special effects crew also built a <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027">1⁄6 scale animatronic Godzilla for close-up scenes, whose size outmatched that of <a href="/wiki/Stan_Winston" title="Stan Winston">Stan Winston</a>'s T. rex in <a href="/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(film)" title="Jurassic Park (film)">Jurassic Park</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle1998337-339-124">[121]</a> Kurt Carley performed the suitmation sequences for the adult Godzilla.<a href="#cite_note-kc-16">[15]</a> In <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(2014_film)" title="Godzilla (2014 film)">Godzilla</a> (2014), the character was portrayed entirely via CGI. Godzilla's design in the reboot was intended to stay true to that of the original series, though the film's special effects team strove to make the monster "more dynamic than a guy in a big rubber suit."<a href="#cite_note-125">[122]</a> To create a CG version of Godzilla, the Moving Picture Company (MPC) studied various animals such as bears, <a href="/wiki/Komodo_dragon" title="Komodo dragon">Komodo dragons</a>, lizards, lions and <a href="/wiki/Wolf" title="Wolf">wolves</a>, which helped the visual effects artists visualize Godzilla's body structure, like that of its underlying bone, fat and muscle structure, as well as the thickness and texture of its scales.<a href="#cite_note-126">[123]</a> Motion capture was also used for some of Godzilla's movements. <a href="/wiki/T._J._Storm" class="mw-redirect" title="T. J. Storm">T. J. Storm</a> provided the performance capture for Godzilla by wearing sensors in front of a green screen.<a href="#cite_note-tj-23">[21]</a> Storm reprised the role of Godzilla in <a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_King_of_the_Monsters_(2019_film)" title="Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film)">Godzilla: King of the Monsters</a>, portraying the character through <a href="/wiki/Motion-capture_acting" title="Motion-capture acting">performance capture</a>.<a href="#cite_note-GKOTM_Credits-25">[23]</a> In <a href="/wiki/Shin_Godzilla" title="Shin Godzilla">Shin Godzilla</a>, a majority of the character was portrayed via CGI, with <a href="/wiki/Mansai_Nomura" title="Mansai Nomura">Mansai Nomura</a> portraying Godzilla through motion capture.<a href="#cite_note-shinmc-26">[24]</a> In 2024, <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Minus_One" title="Godzilla Minus One">Godzilla Minus One</a> was nominated for 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 Godzilla film nominated for an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Oscar</a>.<a href="#cite_note-127">[124]</a> At the <a href="/wiki/96th_Academy_Awards" title="96th Academy Awards">96th Academy Awards</a> ceremony, it won the award. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cultural_impact">Cultural impact</h2></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> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Godzillastar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Godzillastar.jpg/220px-Godzillastar.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Godzillastar.jpg/330px-Godzillastar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Godzillastar.jpg/440px-Godzillastar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Godzilla's star on the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a></figcaption></figure> Godzilla is one of the most recognizable symbols of <a href="/wiki/Japanese_popular_culture" title="Japanese popular culture">Japanese popular culture</a> worldwide<a href="#cite_note-128">[125]</a><a href="#cite_note-129">[126]</a> and remains an important facet of Japanese films, embodying the <a href="/wiki/Kaiju" title="Kaiju">kaiju</a> subset of the <a href="/wiki/Tokusatsu" title="Tokusatsu">tokusatsu</a> genre. Godzilla's vaguely humanoid appearance and strained, lumbering movements endeared it to Japanese audiences, who could relate to Godzilla as a sympathetic character, despite its wrathful nature.<a href="#cite_note-130">[127]</a> Audiences respond positively to the character because it acts out of rage and self-preservation and shows where science and technology can go wrong.<a href="#cite_note-131">[128]</a> In 1967, the Keukdong Entertainment Company of South Korea, with production assistance from <a href="/wiki/Toei_Company" title="Toei Company">Toei Company</a>, produced <a href="/wiki/Yongary,_Monster_from_the_Deep" title="Yongary, Monster from the Deep">Yongary, Monster from the Deep</a>, a reptilian monster who invades South Korea to consume oil. The film and character has often been branded as an imitation of Godzilla.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKalat201092-132">[129]</a><a href="#cite_note-yongary-133">[130]</a> Godzilla has been considered a filmographic <a href="/wiki/Metaphor" title="Metaphor">metaphor</a> for the United States, as well as an allegory of <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_power" title="Nuclear power">nuclear</a> weapons in general. The earlier Godzilla films, especially the original, portrayed Godzilla as a frightening nuclear-spawned monster. Godzilla represented the fears that many Japanese held about the <a href="/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki" title="Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki">atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki</a> and the possibility of recurrence.<a href="#cite_note-134">[131]</a> As the series progressed, so did Godzilla, changing into a less destructive and more heroic character.<a href="#cite_note-Huffington-135">[132]</a><a href="#cite_note-136">[133]</a> <a href="/wiki/Ghidorah,_the_Three-Headed_Monster" title="Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster">Ghidorah</a> (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>.<a href="#cite_note-Syfy-137">[134]</a> Godzilla has since been viewed as an <a href="/wiki/Anti-hero" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-hero">anti-hero</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Huffington-135">[132]</a> <a href="/wiki/Roger_Ebert" title="Roger Ebert">Roger Ebert</a> cited Godzilla as a notable example of a villain-turned-hero, along with King Kong, <a href="/wiki/Jaws_(James_Bond)" title="Jaws (James Bond)">Jaws (James Bond)</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Terminator_(character)" title="Terminator (character)">Terminator</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Rambo" title="John Rambo">John Rambo</a>.<a href="#cite_note-138">[135]</a> 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),<a href="#cite_note-Huffington-135">[132]</a> though Godzilla did not become a hero until Ghidorah in 1964.<a href="#cite_note-Syfy-137">[134]</a> By the 1970s, Godzilla came to be viewed as a superhero, with the magazine King of the Monsters in 1977 describing Godzilla as "Superhero of the '70s." Godzilla had surpassed <a href="/wiki/Superman" title="Superman">Superman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Batman" title="Batman">Batman</a> to become "the most universally popular superhero of 1977" according to Donald F. Glut.<a href="#cite_note-139">[136]</a> Godzilla was also voted the most popular <a href="/wiki/Movie_monster" class="mw-redirect" title="Movie monster">movie monster</a> in <a href="/wiki/The_Monster_Times" title="The Monster Times">The Monster Times</a> poll in 1973, beating <a href="/wiki/Count_Dracula" title="Count Dracula">Count Dracula</a>, <a href="/wiki/King_Kong" title="King Kong">King Kong</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Werewolf_fiction" title="Werewolf fiction">Wolf Man</a>, the <a href="/wiki/The_Mummy_(Universal_film_franchise)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Mummy (Universal film franchise)">Mummy</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Creature_from_the_Black_Lagoon" title="Creature from the Black Lagoon">Creature from the Black Lagoon</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Frankenstein%27s_monster" title="Frankenstein's monster">Frankenstein Monster</a>.<a href="#cite_note-140">[137]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Zilla_Compare.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Zilla_Compare.jpg/220px-Zilla_Compare.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Zilla_Compare.jpg/330px-Zilla_Compare.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Zilla_Compare.jpg/440px-Zilla_Compare.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3621" data-file-height="1863" /></a><figcaption>Paleontologist <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Carpenter" title="Kenneth Carpenter">Kenneth Carpenter</a>'s skeletal diagram of Godzilla in a modern dinosaur posture</figcaption></figure> In 1996, Godzilla received the <a href="/wiki/MTV_Movie_Awards#MTV_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MTV Movie Awards">MTV Lifetime Achievement Award</a>,<a href="#cite_note-141">[138]</a> as well as being given a star on the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> in 2004 to celebrate the premiere of the character's 50th anniversary film, <a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Final_Wars" title="Godzilla: Final Wars">Godzilla: Final Wars</a>.<a href="#cite_note-142">[139]</a> Godzilla's pop-cultural impact has led to the creation of numerous parodies and tributes, as seen in media such as <a href="/wiki/Bambi_Meets_Godzilla" title="Bambi Meets Godzilla">Bambi Meets Godzilla</a>, which was ranked as one of the "50 greatest cartoons",<a href="#cite_note-143">[140]</a> two episodes of <a href="/wiki/Mystery_Science_Theater_3000" title="Mystery Science Theater 3000">Mystery Science Theater 3000</a><a href="#cite_note-144">[141]</a> and the song "<a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(Blue_%C3%96yster_Cult_song)" title="Godzilla (Blue Öyster Cult song)">Godzilla</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Blue_%C3%96yster_Cult" title="Blue Öyster Cult">Blue Öyster Cult</a>.<a href="#cite_note-145">[142]</a> Godzilla has also been used in advertisements, such as in a commercial for <a href="/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike</a>, where Godzilla lost an oversized one-on-one game of basketball to a giant version of NBA player <a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Charles Barkley</a>.<a href="#cite_note-146">[143]</a> The commercial was subsequently adapted into a <a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Charles_Barkley" title="Godzilla vs. Charles Barkley">comic book</a> illustrated by <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Butler" title="Jeff Butler">Jeff Butler</a>.<a href="#cite_note-147">[144]</a> Godzilla has also appeared in a commercial for <a href="/wiki/Snickers" title="Snickers">Snickers candy bars</a>, which served as an indirect promo for the 2014 film. Godzilla's success inspired the creation of numerous other monster characters, such as <a href="/wiki/Gamera" title="Gamera">Gamera</a>,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKalat201023-148">[145]</a><a href="#cite_note-149">[146]</a> <a href="/wiki/Reptilicus" title="Reptilicus">Reptilicus</a> of Denmark,<a href="#cite_note-150">[147]</a> <a href="/wiki/Yonggary_(character)" title="Yonggary (character)">Yonggary</a> of South Korea,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKalat201092-132">[129]</a> <a href="/wiki/Pulgasari" title="Pulgasari">Pulgasari</a> of North Korea,<a href="#cite_note-151">[148]</a> <a href="/wiki/Gorgo_(film)" title="Gorgo (film)">Gorgo</a> of the United Kingdom<a href="#cite_note-152">[149]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Clover_(creature)" title="Clover (creature)">Cloverfield monster</a> of the United States.<a href="#cite_note-153">[150]</a> <a href="/wiki/Dakosaurus" title="Dakosaurus">Dakosaurus</a> is an extinct <a href="/wiki/Thalattosuchia" title="Thalattosuchia">sea crocodile</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Jurassic" title="Jurassic">Jurassic Period</a>, which researchers informally nicknamed "Godzilla".<a href="#cite_note-Gasparini''et_al.'',_2006-154">[151]</a> Paleontologists have written tongue-in-cheek speculative articles about Godzilla's biology, with <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Carpenter" title="Kenneth Carpenter">Kenneth Carpenter</a> tentatively classifying it as a <a href="/wiki/Ceratosauria" title="Ceratosauria">ceratosaur</a> based on its skull shape, four-fingered hands, and dorsal scutes and paleontologist <a href="/wiki/Darren_Naish" title="Darren Naish">Darren Naish</a> expressing skepticism, while commenting on Godzilla's unusual morphology.<a href="#cite_note-155">[152]</a> Godzilla's ubiquity in pop culture has led to the mistaken assumption that the character is in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>, resulting in litigation by Toho to protect their corporate asset from becoming a <a href="/wiki/Generic_trademark" title="Generic trademark">generic trademark</a>. In April 2008, <a href="/wiki/Subway_(restaurant)" title="Subway (restaurant)">Subway</a> depicted a giant monster in a commercial for their Five Dollar Footlongs sandwich promotion. Toho filed a lawsuit against Subway for using the character without permission, demanding $150,000 in compensation.<a href="#cite_note-156">[153]</a> In February 2011, Toho sued <a href="/wiki/Honda" title="Honda">Honda</a> for depicting a fire-breathing monster in a commercial for the <a href="/wiki/Honda_Odyssey" title="Honda Odyssey">Honda Odyssey</a>. The monster was never mentioned by name, being seen briefly on a video screen inside the minivan.<a href="#cite_note-157">[154]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Sea_Shepherd_Conservation_Society" title="Sea Shepherd Conservation Society">Sea Shepherd Conservation Society</a> christened a vessel the MV Gojira. Its purpose is to target and harass Japanese whalers in defense of whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. The MV Gojira was renamed the <a href="/wiki/MV_Brigitte_Bardot" title="MV Brigitte Bardot">MV Brigitte Bardot</a> in May 2011, due to legal pressure from <a href="/wiki/Toho" title="Toho">Toho</a>.<a href="#cite_note-158">[155]</a> <a href="/wiki/Gojira_(band)" title="Gojira (band)">Gojira</a> is the name of a French <a href="/wiki/Technical_Death_Metal" class="mw-redirect" title="Technical Death Metal">death metal</a> band, formerly known as Godzilla; legal problems forced the band to change their name.<a href="#cite_note-159">[156]</a> In May 2015, Toho launched a lawsuit against <a href="/wiki/Voltage_Pictures" title="Voltage Pictures">Voltage Pictures</a> over <a href="/wiki/Colossal_(film)" title="Colossal (film)">a planned picture</a> starring <a href="/wiki/Anne_Hathaway" title="Anne Hathaway">Anne Hathaway</a>. Promotional material released at the Cannes Film Festival used images of Godzilla.<a href="#cite_note-160">[157]</a> <a href="/wiki/Steven_Spielberg" title="Steven Spielberg">Steven Spielberg</a> cited Godzilla as an inspiration for <a href="/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(film)" title="Jurassic Park (film)">Jurassic Park</a> (1993), specifically <a href="/wiki/Godzilla,_King_of_the_Monsters!" title="Godzilla, King of the Monsters!">Godzilla, King of the Monsters!</a> (1956), which he grew up watching.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199815-161">[158]</a> Spielberg described Godzilla as "the most masterful of all the dinosaur movies because it made you believe it was really happening."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyfle199817-162">[159]</a> Godzilla also influenced the Spielberg film <a href="/wiki/Jaws_(film)" title="Jaws (film)">Jaws</a> (1975).<a href="#cite_note-163">[160]</a><a href="#cite_note-164">[161]</a> Godzilla has also been cited as an inspiration by filmmakers <a href="/wiki/Martin_Scorsese" title="Martin Scorsese">Martin Scorsese</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tim_Burton" title="Tim Burton">Tim Burton</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKalat2010318-165">[162]</a> A carnivorous dinosaur from the <a href="/wiki/Triassic" title="Triassic">Triassic</a> period was named <a href="/wiki/Gojirasaurus" title="Gojirasaurus">Gojirasaurus</a> in 1997.<a href="#cite_note-166">[163]</a> The main-belt asteroid <a href="/wiki/101781_Gojira" class="mw-redirect" title="101781 Gojira">101781 Gojira</a>, discovered by American astronomer <a href="/wiki/Roy_Tucker" class="mw-redirect" title="Roy Tucker">Roy Tucker</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Goodricke-Pigott_Observatory" title="Goodricke-Pigott Observatory">Goodricke-Pigott Observatory</a> in 1999, was named in honor of the creature.<a href="#cite_note-Asteroid-Gojira-167">[164]</a> The official naming citation was published by the <a href="/wiki/Minor_Planet_Center" title="Minor Planet Center">Minor Planet Center</a> on July 11, 2018 (<a href="/wiki/Minor_Planet_Circulars" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor Planet Circulars">M.P.C.</a> 110635).<a href="#cite_note-MPC-Circulars-Archive-168">[165]</a> The largest <a href="/wiki/Megamullion" class="mw-redirect" title="Megamullion">megamullion</a>, located 600 kilometers 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 Toho. 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."<a href="#cite_note-169">[166]</a> In a 2007 interview, Japanese defense minister Shigeru Ishiba said that he would mobilize the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Self-Defense_Forces" title="Japan Self-Defense Forces">Japan Self-Defense Forces</a> in response to an appearance by Godzilla.<a href="#cite_note-170">[167]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cultural_ambassador">Cultural ambassador</h3></div> In April 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Shinjuku" title="Shinjuku">Shinjuku</a> ward of Tokyo named Godzilla a special resident and official tourism ambassador to encourage tourism.<a href="#cite_note-ny-post-171">[168]</a><a href="#cite_note-guardian-172">[169]</a> During an unveiling of a giant Godzilla bust at Toho headquarters, Shinjuku mayor <a href="/wiki/Kenichi_Yoshizumi" title="Kenichi Yoshizumi">Kenichi Yoshizumi</a> stated, "Godzilla is a character that is the pride of Japan." The mayor extended a residency certificate to an actor in a rubber suit representing Godzilla, but as the suit's hands were not designed for grasping, it was accepted on Godzilla's behalf by a Toho executive. Reporters noted that Shinjuku's ward has been flattened by Godzilla in three Toho movies.<a href="#cite_note-guardian-172">[169]</a><a href="#cite_note-ny-post-171">[168]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output 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Honda</a></li></ul></li></ul> </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="Films" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Films</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"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Shōwa 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><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1954_film)" title="Godzilla (1954 film)">Godzilla</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Raids_Again" title="Godzilla Raids Again">Godzilla Raids Again</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_vs._Godzilla" title="King Kong vs. Godzilla">King Kong vs. Godzilla</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mothra_vs._Godzilla" title="Mothra vs. Godzilla">Mothra vs. Godzilla</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghidorah,_the_Three-Headed_Monster" title="Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster">Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Astro-Monster" title="Invasion of Astro-Monster">Invasion of Astro-Monster</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebirah,_Horror_of_the_Deep" title="Ebirah, Horror of the Deep">Ebirah, Horror of the Deep</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Son_of_Godzilla" title="Son of Godzilla">Son of Godzilla</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Destroy_All_Monsters" title="Destroy All Monsters">Destroy All Monsters</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Monsters_Attack" title="All Monsters Attack">All Monsters Attack</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Hedorah" title="Godzilla vs. Hedorah">Godzilla vs. Hedorah</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Gigan" title="Godzilla vs. Gigan">Godzilla vs. Gigan</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Megalon" title="Godzilla vs. Megalon">Godzilla vs. Megalon</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Mechagodzilla" title="Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla">Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terror_of_Mechagodzilla" title="Terror of Mechagodzilla">Terror of Mechagodzilla</a> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Heisei 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><a href="/wiki/The_Return_of_Godzilla" title="The Return of Godzilla">The Return of Godzilla</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Biollante" title="Godzilla vs. Biollante">Godzilla vs. Biollante</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._King_Ghidorah" title="Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah">Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Mothra" title="Godzilla vs. Mothra">Godzilla vs. Mothra</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Mechagodzilla_II" title="Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II">Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._SpaceGodzilla" title="Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla">Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Destoroyah" title="Godzilla vs. Destoroyah">Godzilla vs. Destoroyah</a> (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><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_2000" title="Godzilla 2000">Godzilla 2000</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Megaguirus" title="Godzilla vs. Megaguirus">Godzilla vs. Megaguirus</a> (2000)</li> <li><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> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Against_Mechagodzilla" title="Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla">Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Tokyo_S.O.S." title="Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.">Tokyo S.O.S.</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Final_Wars" title="Godzilla: Final Wars">Final Wars</a> (2004)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Reiwa 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><a href="/wiki/Shin_Godzilla" title="Shin Godzilla">Shin Godzilla</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Planet_of_the_Monsters" title="Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters">Planet of the Monsters</a> (2017)</li> <li><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> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_The_Planet_Eater" title="Godzilla: The Planet Eater">The Planet Eater</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Minus_One" title="Godzilla Minus One">Godzilla Minus One</a> (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><a href="/wiki/Godzilla,_King_of_the_Monsters!" title="Godzilla, King of the Monsters!">Godzilla, King of the Monsters!</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_1985" title="Godzilla 1985">Godzilla 1985</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1998_film)" title="Godzilla (1998 film)">Godzilla</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(2014_film)" title="Godzilla (2014 film)">Godzilla</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_King_of_the_Monsters_(2019_film)" title="Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film)">Godzilla: King of the Monsters</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Kong" title="Godzilla vs. Kong">Godzilla vs. Kong</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_x_Kong:_The_New_Empire" title="Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire">Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire</a> (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><a href="/wiki/Zone_Fighter" title="Zone Fighter">Zone Fighter</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilland" title="Godzilland">Godzilland</a> (1992–1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Island" title="Godzilla Island">Godzilla Island</a> (1997–1998) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Godzilla_Island_episodes" title="List of Godzilla Island episodes">episodes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Singular_Point" title="Godzilla Singular Point">Godzilla Singular Point</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chibi_Godzilla_Raids_Again" title="Chibi Godzilla Raids Again">Chibi Godzilla Raids Again</a> (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"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1978_TV_series)" title="Godzilla (1978 TV series)">Godzilla</a> (1978–1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_The_Series" title="Godzilla: The Series">Godzilla: The Series</a> (1998–2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarch:_Legacy_of_Monsters" title="Monarch: Legacy of Monsters">Monarch: Legacy of Monsters</a> (2023)</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="Music" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Music</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%">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><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_The_Album" title="Godzilla: The Album">Godzilla: The Album</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_Final_Wars_(soundtrack)" title="Godzilla: Final Wars (soundtrack)">Final Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(2014_soundtrack)" title="Godzilla (2014 soundtrack)">Godzilla</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_King_of_the_Monsters_(soundtrack)" title="Godzilla: King of the Monsters (soundtrack)">King of the Monsters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Kong_(soundtrack)" title="Godzilla vs. Kong (soundtrack)">Godzilla vs. Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_Minus_One_(soundtrack)" title="Godzilla Minus One (soundtrack)">Godzilla Minus One</a></li> <li><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></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><a href="/wiki/The_Beast_from_20,000_Fathoms" title="The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms">The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms</a> (1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bambi_Meets_Godzilla" title="Bambi Meets Godzilla">Bambi Meets Godzilla</a> (1969)</li> <li><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> (unproduced)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Charles_Barkley" title="Godzilla vs. Charles Barkley">Godzilla vs. Charles Barkley</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monster_Planet_of_Godzilla" title="Monster Planet of Godzilla">Monster Planet of Godzilla</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Always:_Sunset_on_Third_Street_2" title="Always: Sunset on Third Street 2">Always: Sunset on Third Street 2</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ready_Player_One_(film)" title="Ready Player One (film)">Ready Player One</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shin_Ultraman" title="Shin Ultraman">Shin Ultraman</a> (2022)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kaiju" title="Kaiju">Kaiju</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><a class="mw-selflink selflink">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></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 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<li><a href="/wiki/G-Fest" title="G-Fest">G-Fest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhedosaurus" title="Rhedosaurus">Rhedosaurus</a></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)">King Kong 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">Kamen Rider franchise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_(franchise)" title="Neon Genesis Evangelion 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href="/wiki/Godzilla_(Monsterverse)" title="Godzilla (Monsterverse)">Monsterverse</a></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><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_(1933_film)" title="King Kong (1933 film)">King Kong</a> (1933)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Son_of_Kong" title="Son of Kong">Son of Kong</a> (1933)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_(1976_film)" title="King Kong (1976 film)">King Kong</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_Lives" title="King Kong Lives">King Kong Lives</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_(2005_film)" title="King Kong (2005 film)">King Kong</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kong:_Skull_Island" title="Kong: Skull Island">Kong: Skull Island</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Kong" title="Godzilla vs. Kong">Godzilla vs. Kong</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_x_Kong:_The_New_Empire" title="Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire">Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire</a> (2024)</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><a href="/wiki/The_Mighty_Kong" title="The Mighty Kong">The Mighty Kong</a> (1998)</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><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_vs._Godzilla" title="King Kong vs. Godzilla">King Kong vs. Godzilla</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_Escapes" title="King Kong Escapes">King Kong Escapes</a> (1967)</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><a href="/wiki/Wasei_Kingu_Kongu" title="Wasei Kingu Kongu">Wasei Kingu Kongu</a> (1933)</li> <li><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> (1938)</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><a href="/wiki/The_Lost_World_(1925_film)" title="The Lost World (1925 film)">The Lost World</a> (1925)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ingagi" title="Ingagi">Ingagi</a> (1930)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creation_(unfinished_film)" title="Creation (unfinished film)">Creation</a> (1931, unfinished)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mighty_Joe_Young_(1949_film)" title="Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)">Mighty Joe Young</a> (1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konga_(film)" title="Konga (film)">Konga</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Mighty_Gorga" title="The Mighty Gorga">The Mighty Gorga</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mighty_Joe_Young_(1998_film)" title="Mighty Joe Young (1998 film)">Mighty Joe Young</a> (1998)</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ready_Player_One_(film)" title="Ready Player One (film)">Ready Player One</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla:_King_of_the_Monsters_(2019_film)" title="Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film)">Godzilla: King of the Monsters</a> (2019)</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><a href="/wiki/The_King_Kong_Show" title="The King Kong Show">The King Kong Show</a> (1966–1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kong:_The_Animated_Series" title="Kong: The Animated Series">Kong: The Animated Series</a> (2000–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kong:_King_of_the_Apes" title="Kong: King of the Apes">Kong: King of the Apes</a> (2016–2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skull_Island_(TV_series)" title="Skull Island (TV series)">Skull Island</a> (2023)</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><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_(2013_musical)" title="King Kong (2013 musical)">King Kong</a> (2013)</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><a href="/wiki/Kong_(ride)" title="Kong (ride)">Kong</a> (1972; rebuilt 2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_Encounter" title="King Kong Encounter">King Kong Encounter</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kongfrontation" title="Kongfrontation">Kongfrontation</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Kong:_360_3-D" title="King Kong: 360 3-D">King Kong: 360 3-D</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skull_Island:_Reign_of_Kong" title="Skull Island: Reign of Kong">Skull Island: Reign of Kong</a> (2016)</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><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_(Atari_2600)" title="King Kong (Atari 2600)">King Kong</a> (1982)</li> <li><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> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_2:_Yomigaeru_Densetsu" title="King Kong 2: Yomigaeru Densetsu">King Kong 2: Yomigaeru Densetsu</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konami_Wai_Wai_World" title="Konami Wai Wai World">Konami Wai Wai World</a> (1988)</li> <li><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> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skull_Island:_Rise_of_Kong" title="Skull Island: Rise of Kong">Skull Island: Rise of Kong</a> (2023)</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><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_in_popular_culture" title="King Kong in popular culture">King Kong in popular culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_(comics)" title="King Kong (comics)">Comics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_statue" title="King Kong statue">King Kong statue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skull_Island_(King_Kong)" title="Skull Island (King Kong)">Skull Island</a></li> <li><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></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_vs._Tarzan" title="King Kong vs. Tarzan">King Kong vs. Tarzan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monsterverse" title="Monsterverse">Monsterverse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(franchise)" title="Godzilla (franchise)">Godzilla (franchise)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarzan_and_Jane_(TV_series)" title="Tarzan and Jane (TV series)">Tarzan and Jane, "Return of the King"</a> (2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><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, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /> <a 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Maki</a> (1991)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Godzilla</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eiji_Okuda" title="Eiji Okuda">Eiji Okuda</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetta_Sugimoto" title="Tetta Sugimoto">Tetta Sugimoto</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takeshi_Kitano" title="Takeshi Kitano">Takeshi Kitano</a> (1998-1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y%C5%8Dsuke_Kubozuka" title="Yōsuke Kubozuka">Yōsuke Kubozuka</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takeshi_Kitano" title="Takeshi Kitano">Takeshi Kitano</a> (2003-2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takuya_Kimura" title="Takuya Kimura">Takuya Kimura</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Odagiri" title="Joe Odagiri">Joe Odagiri</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masahiro_Motoki" title="Masahiro Motoki">Masahiro Motoki</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dfukutei_Tsurube_II" title="Shōfukutei Tsurube II">Shōfukutei Tsurube</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etsushi_Toyokawa" title="Etsushi Toyokawa">Etsushi Toyokawa</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toshiyuki_Nishida" title="Toshiyuki Nishida">Toshiyuki Nishida</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tomokazu_Miura" title="Tomokazu Miura">Tomokazu Miura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ryo_Kase" title="Ryo Kase">Ryo Kase</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hideo_Nakano&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hideo Nakano (page does not exist)">Hideo Nakano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yutaka_Matsushige" title="Yutaka Matsushige">Yutaka Matsushige</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fumiyo_Kohinata" title="Fumiyo Kohinata">Fumiyo Kohinata</a>, <a href="/wiki/Katsunori_Takahashi" title="Katsunori Takahashi">Katsunori Takahashi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenta_Kiritani" title="Kenta Kiritani">Kenta Kiritani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hirofumi_Arai" title="Hirofumi Arai">Hirofumi Arai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sansei_Shiomi" title="Sansei Shiomi">Sansei Shiomi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Akira_Nakao" title="Akira Nakao">Akira Nakao</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shigeru_K%C5%8Dyama" title="Shigeru Kōyama">Shigeru Kōyama</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryuhei_Matsuda" title="Ryuhei Matsuda">Ryuhei Matsuda</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ry%C5%ABhei_Ueshima" class="mw-redirect" title="Ryūhei Ueshima">Ryūhei Ueshima</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatsuya_Fuji" title="Tatsuya Fuji">Tatsuya Fuji</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomokazu_Miura" title="Tomokazu Miura">Tomokazu Miura</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toshiyuki_Nishida" title="Toshiyuki Nishida">Toshiyuki Nishida</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sansei_Shiomi" title="Sansei Shiomi">Sansei Shiomi</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lily_Franky" title="Lily Franky">Lily Franky</a> (2018)</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="Monsterverse" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible 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