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- Tom Reimann
- Shōwa era. The “classic” period of Godzilla movies, the Shōwa era contains most of the films people think of when they picture our favorite atomic lizard.
- Godzilla (1954) Standing in sharp contrast to the joyful camp the franchise would come to embody, the original Godzilla is a deadly serious allegory about the horrors of the atomic age, produced by the only country in history to have ever experienced a nuclear attack.
- Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
- Godzilla Raids Again is technically a direct sequel to Godzilla in that it features some returning characters and references the events of the original film.
Dec 2, 2023 · The Toho series has led to five TV shows, starting with the 1973 superhero series Zone Fighter (which guest-starred Godzilla) to the 2023 children’s anime Chibi Godzilla Raids Again. Here is how to watch every Godzilla movie and TV show in order of release date.
- Godzilla Movies in Chronological Order
- Godzilla
- Godzilla Raids Again
- Godzilla: King of Monsters
- King Kong vs. Godzilla
- Mothra vs. Godzilla
- Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster
- Invasion of Astro-Monster
- Ebirah: Horror of The Deep
- Son of Godzilla
Godzilla Series Overview:
1. Showa Era (1954–1975) - expect continuity for the majority of the films in the Show era. 2. Heisei Era (1984–1995) - the Heisei era starts fresh from the 1954 film with a new story. "While the Godzilla films of the Millennium series and the Reiwa series were released during the Heisei era, they are not counted in the same series due to coming after hiatuses in the franchise and not following the same continuity." as noted from wikizilla. 3. TriStar Era (1998) - TriStar Pictures produces Am...
Is it an overgrown lizard? A time-traveling dinosaur? Or a lab experiment gone horribly wrong? These are just some of the questions the citizens of Tokyo, Japan have after a 164-foot sea creature rises up from the Pacific Ocean to wreak havoc on their town. The Godzilla origin story follows the sea monster’s descent into madness and mayhem after hi...
You’d think Godzilla would take some time off to relax at Disneyland, considering it also opened up in 1955, but alas, Godzilla has a laser-sharp focus on the island nation of Japan. In the sequel to the monster flick, Godzilla finds himself in a battle with his old enemy, an ancient fire-wielding ankylosaurus named Anguirus. The people of Japan th...
A re-edited, Americanized version of the original Godzilla from 1954, this film adds approximately 21 minutes of footage that follow a fictional journalist named Steve Martin (Raymond Burr) as he documents the goings-on of the impossibly large sea creature. You can check out the American trailer for the 1956 re-telling and compare it to the origina...
King Kong vs. Godzilla is a straight-up entertainment spectacular on many levels. The first time both characters were ever introduced on-screen in color, it’s one of the most popular crossover movies in history as well as one of the highest-grossing Japanese films in history. The movie centers around a money-hungry publicity man who is looking to s...
Enter Mothra. She’s beauty, she’s grace, and she’s ready to punch Godzilla in the face. From her own debut movie in 1961, Mothra is ready to meet her match. After Godzilla’s epic battle with King Kong, he's ready for more smoke. In this movie, a news reporter and his photographer find a giant egg washed ashore on the beach. Unfortunately for them, ...
From the destroyer of worlds to the protector of the planet, this movie marks a big shift in Godzilla’s role. When a monstrous creature named Ghidorah comes from outer space to invade planet Earth, Mothra has to convince Godzilla to help save the planet from total annihilation. This movie also marks the first appearance of the Pteranodon Rodan who ...
One small step for man, one giant leap for ancient reptile-kind. Invasion of Astro-Monster follows two astronauts who travel to the mysterious Planet X, located somewhere behind Jupiter. While exploring the planet, home of the alien lifeforms known as Xiliens, the astronauts encounter none other than King Ghidorah, who fled to space after the event...
Tired from his previous space battle, Godzilla finds himself resting on an uncharted island in the Pacific. Unbeknownst to the sleeping giant, the island is run by a hostile organization known as The Red Bamboo. The group uses slave labor by rounding up a group of natives from a nearby island to produce military-grade weapons and a mysterious yello...
A big congratulations are in order for Papa ‘Zilla! Somewhere between all the fighting, Godzilla had a little downtime to produce an heir. (As for who the lucky Ms. ‘Zilla is, audiences are never told.) Shenanigans ensue when some scientists attempt to build a weather-controlling device to bring snow to the tropical climate of Solgell Island, but a...
- Destiny Jackson
- Godzilla (1954) and Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) The first "Godzilla" movie in 1954 introduced the world to the terrors of Gojira in beautiful black and white.
- Godzilla Raids Again (1955) and Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959) It didn't take long for "Godzilla" to become popular, and a sequel, "Godzilla Raids Again," was released a year after the first.
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) King Kong is the OG kaiju, having first appeared in 1933, but "King Kong vs. Godzilla" was only the third film to feature him in nearly 30 years.
- Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) Mothra was first introduced in 1961's "Mothra," and the success of that film helped make "Mothra vs. Godzilla" a reality in 1964.
- Fatima Castillo
- The Showa Era (1954-1975) The entire Godzilla franchise would not have been made possible if it weren’t for the first phase of the series.
- The Heisei Era (1984-1995) As expected, Godzilla Minus One is not the only flick in the franchise that got its own reboot.
- The Millennium Era (1999-2004) Coming out as yet another continuity reboot, each film listed under the Millennium Era, like what the Heisei Era beheld, is closely tied in as sequels for the original 1954 Godzilla film.
- The Reiwa Era (2016-2023) Despite the huge gap years between each Era, the current one is the Reiwa Era, in which the first Godzilla was released in 2016, Shin Godzilla, a standalone film.
Dec 12, 2023 · Some movies are part of a shared universe, while others stand alone. The original Japanese Godzilla films from the 1950s to 1970s have a loose continuity, but it’s not as tightly connected as, say, the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Jul 19, 2024 · For example, Godzilla Minus One is chronologically the first film in the Reiwa era, but because it is a standalone movie, it doesn’t change much if one watches it last in the era based on its release date. An alternative viewing order is if viewers want to watch the MonsterVerse films separately.
