Godzilla: An Encyclopedia of Godzilla (2023)

Godzilla: An Encyclopedia of Godzilla Author(s) Shinji Nishikawa Edited by Akira Sakamoto Written by Naomichi Tanaka Publisher Graphic-sha PublishingJP Titan Booksint'l Publish date August 25, 2023JP September 10, 2024int'l Pages 216 Genre Reference, picture ISBN Japanese edition: ISBN-10: 4766137841 ISBN-13: 978-4-7661-3784-2 English edition: ISBN-10: 1835410367 ISBN-13: 978-1835410363

Godzilla: An Encyclopedia of Godzilla, titled GODZILLA Great Anatomical Picture Book (西川伸司が紐解く怪獣の深淵 ゴジラ大解剖図鑑,   Nishikawa Shinji ga Himotoku Kaijū no Shin'en, lit. "Shinji Nishikawa Unravels the Depths of Godzilla: Godzilla Great Anatomical Picture Book") in Japan, is a Japanese illustrated encyclopedia of Godzilla kaiju created by Shinji Nishikawa. Serving as a compilation and expansion of a series of columns written by Nishikawa for DeAgostini Japan's 2019-2021 magazine Weekly Creating Godzilla, the book was published in Japan by Graphic-sha Publishing on August 25, 2023. Titan Books will release an English-translated version globally on September 10, 2024.

Contents

Showa Godzilla series 1954: Godzilla (p. 6) Godzilla 1955: Godzilla Raids Again (p. 10) Godzilla (p. 12) Anguirus 1962: King Kong vs. Godzilla (p. 14) Godzilla (p. 16) King Kong 1964: Mothra vs. Godzilla (p. 18) Godzilla (p. 20) Mothra 1964: Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (p. 24) Rodan (p. 26) King Ghidorah 1965: Invasion of Astro-Monster (p. 30) Godzilla 1966: Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (p. 32) Godzilla (p. 33) Giant Condor (p. 34) Ebirah 1967: Son of Godzilla (p. 36) Godzilla (p. 38) Minilla (p. 40) Kamacuras (p. 42) Kumonga 1968: Destroy All Monsters (p. 44) Godzilla (p. 46) Anguirus (p. 48) Gorosaurus (p. 50) Manda (p. 52) Baragon (p. 54) Varan 1969: All Monsters Attack (p. 56) Gabara 1971: Godzilla vs. Hedorah (p. 58) Hedorah 1972: Godzilla vs. Gigan (p. 62) Gigan 1973: Godzilla vs. Megalon (p. 64) Godzilla (p. 66) Megalon (p. 68) Jet Jaguar 1974: Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (p. 70) Mechagodzilla (p. 72) King Caesar 1975: Terror of Mechagodzilla (p. 74) Mechagodzilla (p. 76) Titanosaurus

Heisei Godzilla series 1984: The Return of Godzilla (p. 80) Godzilla (p. 83) Shockirus 1989: Godzilla vs. Biollante (p. 84) Godzilla (p. 86) Biollante 1991: Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (p. 90) Godzilla (p. 92) Godzillasaurus (p. 93) Dorat (p. 94) King Ghidorah (p. 96) Mecha-King Ghidorah 1992: Godzilla vs. Mothra (p. 98) Godzilla (p. 100) Mothra (p. 102) Battra 1993: Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (p. 106) Godzilla (p. 108) Mechagodzilla (p. 110) Super Mechagodzilla (p. 112) Rodan (p. 114) BabyGodzilla 1994: Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (p. 116) Godzilla (p. 118) SpaceGodzilla (p. 120) LittleGodzilla (p. 122) MOGUERA 1995: Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (p. 124) Godzilla (p. 126) Destoroyah (p. 130) Godzilla Junior Millennium series 1999: Godzilla 2000: Millennium (p. 134) Godzilla (p. 136) Millennian (p. 138) Orga 2000: Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (p. 140) Meganulon (p. 140) Meganula (p. 142) Megaguirus 2001: Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (p. 144) Godzilla (p. 146) Baragon (p. 148) Mothra (p. 150) King Ghidorah 2002: Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (p. 152) Godzilla (p. 154) Type-3 Kiryu (Heavily Armed) (p. 156) Type-3 Kiryu (High Mobility)

2003: Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (p. 158) Type-3 Kiryu Modified (p. 160) Kamoebas (p. 162) Mothra 2004: Godzilla Final Wars (p. 164) Godzilla (p. 166) Minilla (p. 168) Monster X (p. 170) Keizer Ghidorah (p. 172) Gigan (p. 174) Ebirah (p. 176) Manda (p. 178) Anguirus (p. 180) Rodan (p. 182) King Caesar (p. 184) Kamacuras (p. 186) Kumonga (p. 188) Hedorah (p. 190) Zilla Shin Godzilla 2016: Shin Godzilla (p. 194) Godzilla (Second Form) (p. 195) Godzilla (Third Form) (p. 196) Godzilla (Fourth Form) (p. 197) Godzilla (Fifth Form) Theatrical CG-animated films 劇場用CGアニメーション映画 2017: GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters (p. 198) Godzilla Earth (p. 198) Godzilla Filius (p. 199) Servum 2018: GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle (p. 200) Mechagodzilla 2018: GODZILLA: The Planet Eater (p. 201) Ghidorah Televised animation テレビ放送用アニメーション 2021: Godzilla Singular Point (p. 202) Godzilla Aquatilis (p. 202) Godzilla Amphibia (p. 202) Godzilla Terrestris (p. 203) Godzilla Ultima (p. 204) Rodan (p. 204) Anguirus (p. 205) Manda (p. 205) Salunga (p. 205) Kumonga (p. 206) Jet Jaguar Godzilla Face-Drawing Course ゴジラの顔描き分け講座 (p. 208) Heroines Deeply Involved with Kaiju 怪獣と深く関わったヒロイン (p. 212) People and Terminology 人物・用語 (p. 214) Index さくいん (p. 215)

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