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[[File:THE GODZILLA TIMELINE.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Godzilla timeline]]This is a '''list of the various continuities in the [[Godzilla (franchise)|''Godzilla'' series]]''', along with the films and other official media that are confirmed to take place within them, listed in the order in which they chronologically take place.
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This is a '''list of the various continuities in the [[Godzilla (franchise)|''Godzilla'' series]]''', along with the films and other official media that are confirmed to take place within them, listed in the order in which they chronologically take place.
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<!---SHOWA CONTINUITY --->
==[[:Category:Showa Continuity|Showa continuity]]==
==[[:Category:Showa Continuity|Showa continuity]]==
[[File:Timeline - Showa continuity.png|right|200px|Showa continuity]]
*[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'']] (1954)
*[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'' (1954)]]
*''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]'' (1955)
*''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]''
*''[[Rodan (film)|Rodan]]'' (1956)<ref name="Dictionary">{{harvnb|Nomura|2014|p=311}}</ref>
*''[[Rodan (film)|Rodan]]''<ref name="NewGodzillaDictionary">{{cite book|title=[[Godzilla Dictionary]]|ed=New Edition|date=1 July 2014|publisher=Kasakura|page=133|isbn=4773087250}}</ref>
*''[[Varan (film)|Varan]]'' (1958){{R|Dictionary}}
*''[[Varan (film)|Varan]]''<ref name="NewGodzillaDictionary"/>
*''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'' (1961){{R|Dictionary}}
*''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]''<ref name="NewGodzillaDictionary"/>
*''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' (1962)
*''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]''
*''[[Atragon]]'' (1963){{R|Dictionary}}
*''[[Atragon (film)|Atragon]]''<ref name="NewGodzillaDictionary"/>
*''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]'' (1964)
*''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]''
*''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]]'' (1964)<ref group="note">Set in 1965.</ref>
*''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]]''
*''[[Frankenstein vs. Baragon]]'' (1965){{R|Dictionary}}<ref group="note">Following a prologue set in 1945, the film's events pick up 15 years later (1960). Despite this, the timeline laid out in ''[[Godzilla Dictionary (New Edition)|Godzilla Dictionary [New Edition]]]'' places it between ''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]]'' and ''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]''.</ref>
*''[[Frankenstein vs. Baragon]]''<ref name="NewGodzillaDictionary"/>
*''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]'' (1965){{R|Dictionary}}<ref group="note">Set in 196X (props from the film place it in 1965). This was changed to 197X in the film's [[Toho Champion Festival]] release, though the change is not considered canon.</ref>
*''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]''
*''[[The War of the Gargantuas]]'' (1966){{R|Dictionary}}
*''[[The War of the Gargantuas]]''<ref name="NewGodzillaDictionary"/>
*''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]'' (1966)
*''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]''
*''[[King Kong Escapes]]'' (1967){{R|Dictionary}}
*''[[King Kong Escapes]]''<ref name="NewGodzillaDictionary"/>
*''[[Son of Godzilla]]'' (1967)
*''[[Son of Godzilla]]''
*''[[All Monsters Attack]]'' (1969){{R|Dictionary}}<ref group="note">All of the film's monster scenes take place in the dreams of a schoolboy.</ref>
*''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'' (1971)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'' (1972)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (1973)<ref group="note">Set in 197X.</ref>
*''[[Zone Fighter (series)|Zone Fighter]]''
*''[[Zone Fighter (series)|Zone Fighter]]'' (TV 1973; 26 episodes)<ref>''Godzilla Movie Studio Tour''. Windows 95, Premier Systems, 1998.</ref><ref name="Dictionary2">{{harvnb|Nomura|2014|p=88, 109}}</ref>
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]'' (1974)
*''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]''
*''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]'' (1975)
*''[[Destroy All Monsters|{{tt|Destroy All Monsters|set chronologically last}}]]''
*''[[Destroy All Monsters]]'' (1968)<ref group="note">Set chronologically last. While both English dubs specify its setting as 1999, the Japanese version simply places it at the end of the 20th century.</ref>
'''Note''': ''[[All Monsters Attack]]'', while part of the [[Showa era|Showa series]], is set in the "real world," and not in the continuity of the Showa Godzilla films.
'''Notes''':
*The [[:Category:Fandom|unofficial]] short story ''[[2075: Meister Titano's Counterattack]]'', written by [[Yukiko Takayama]], takes place 100 years after the events of ''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]'' in the year 2075.
*The ''[[Escape from the Hotel with Godzilla Approaching]]'' [[wikipedia:Escape room|escape room]] at Atami Bay Resort Korakuen presents itself as a sequel to ''King Kong vs. Godzilla''. It is unknown whether it acknowledges the subsequent ''Godzilla'' films in the [[Showa era]].
<!--- HEISEI CONTINUITY --->
==[[:Category:Heisei Continuity|Heisei continuity]]==
==[[:Category:Heisei Continuity|Heisei continuity]]==
[[File:timeline - heisei.png|right|200px|Heisei continuity]]
[[File:timeline - heisei.png|right|200px|Heisei continuity]]
*[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'' (1954)]]
*[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'']] (1954)
*''[[The Return of Godzilla]]''
*''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'' (1984)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]'' (1989)
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' (1991)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'' (1992)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'' (1993)
*''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]'' (1994)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' (1995)
'''Note''': The [[1994]] book ''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla Super Complete Works]]'' states that [[MOGUERA]] was built using records of the original [[Moguera]] left behind from the [[Mysterians]]' [[1957]] invasion of [[Earth]], suggesting ''[[The Mysterians]]'' is canon to the [[Heisei era|Heisei series]].<ref name="GvSGSCW">{{cite book|title=[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla Super Complete Works]]|date=12 December [[1994]]|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|pages=62-65|isbn=978-4-09-101444-3}}</ref>
'''Notes''':
*The last five films in this continuity each take place in the year after they were released. ''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' also features time travel to 1944 and 2204.
*The [[1994]] book ''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla Super Complete Works]]'' states that [[Moguera|MOGUERA]] was built using records of the original [[Moguera]] left behind from the [[Mysterian]]s' [[1957]] invasion of [[Earth]], suggesting that ''[[The Mysterians]]'' is canon to the [[Heisei era|Heisei series]].{{sfn|Abe|2014|p=65}}
*The [[2022]] short film ''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex]]'' contains allusions to [[Godzilla Junior]] and the ending of ''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'', though whether it is placed in the Heisei continuity remains unconfirmed.
<!--- TRISTAR CONTINUITY --->
==[[TriStar Pictures|TriStar]] continuity==
==[[TriStar Pictures|TriStar]] continuity==
*[[Godzilla (1998 film)|''GODZILLA'' (1998)]]
*[[GODZILLA (1998 film)|''GODZILLA'']] (1998)
*''[[Godzilla: The Series]]''  
*''[[Godzilla: The Series]]'' (TV 1998-2000; 40 episodes)
==[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium|''Godzilla 2000'' continuity]]==
<!--- GODZILLA 2000 --->
*[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'' (1954)]]
==''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' continuity==
*''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]''
*[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'']] (1954)
==[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus|''Godzilla vs. Megaguirus'' continuity]]==
*''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' (1999)<ref group="note">Set in 2000.</ref>
*[[Godzilla (1954 film)|{{tt|''Godzilla'' (1954)|Altered version in which the Oxygen Destroyer was never used}}]]
<!--- GODZILLA VS. MEGAGUIRUS --->
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]''
==''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]'' continuity==
==[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack|''GMK'' continuity]]==
*[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'']] (1954)<ref group="note">Altered version in which Dr. [[Daisuke Serizawa|Serizawa]] either never used the [[Oxygen Destroyer]] or Godzilla survived it.</ref>
*[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'' (1954)]]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]'' (2000)<ref group="note">Set in 2001.</ref>
*[[Godzilla (1998 film)|''GODZILLA'' (1998)]]<ref name="NewGodzillaDictionary"/>
<!--- GMK CONTINUITY --->
*''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]''
==[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack|''GMK'']] continuity==
==[[:Category:Kiryu Saga Continuity|Kiryu Saga continuity]]==
*[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'']] (1954)
[[File:timeline - kiryu.png|right|200px|Kiryu Saga continuity]]
*[[GODZILLA (1998 film)|''GODZILLA'']] (1998){{R|Dictionary}}
*[[Godzilla (1954 film)|{{tt|''Godzilla'' (1954)|Altered version in which the first Godzilla's skeleton remained intact}}]]<ref name="KiryuMaterial">[[File:Kiryu_timeline_3.jpg|150px]]</ref>
*''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'' (2001)<ref group="note">Set in 2002.</ref>
*''[[Rodan (film)|Rodan]]''<ref name="KiryuMaterial"/>
<!--- KIRYU SERIES --->
*''[[Varan (film)|Varan]]''<ref name="KiryuMaterial"/>
==[[:Category:Kiryu series continuity|Kiryu series continuity]]==
*''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]''<ref name="KiryuMaterial"/>
[[File:timeline - kiryu.png|right|200px|Kiryu series continuity]]
*''[[Gorath (film)|{{tt|Gorath|Altered version where Maguma appeared in 1962, rather than 1980}}]]''<ref name="KiryuMaterial"/>
*[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'']] (1954)<ref group="note">Altered version in which the Oxygen Destroyer killed the first Godzilla, but left his skeleton intact.</ref>
*''[[Atragon (film)|Atragon]]''<ref name="KiryuMaterial"/>
*''[[Rodan (film)|Rodan]]'' (1956){{R|Dictionary}}
*''[[Dogora (film)|Dogora]]''<ref name="KiryuMaterial"/>
*''[[Varan (film)|Varan]]'' (1958){{R|Dictionary}}
*''[[Frankenstein vs. Baragon|{{tt|Frankenstein vs. Baragon|Version with alternate ending including the Giant Octopus}}]]''<ref name="KiryuMaterial"/>
*''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'' (1961){{R|Dictionary}}
*''[[The War of the Gargantuas]]''<ref name="KiryuMaterial"/>
*''[[Atragon]]'' (1963){{R|Dictionary}}
*''[[King Kong Escapes]]''<ref name="KiryuMaterial"/>
*''[[Frankenstein vs. Baragon]]'' (1965){{R|Dictionary}}<ref group="note">Following a prologue set in 1945, the film's events pick up 15 years later (1960). Despite this, sources state that within the continuity of the Kiryu series, [[Frankenstein]], [[Baragon]], and the [[Giant Octopus]] all appeared in [[1965]].</ref>{{#tag:ref|Version with the alternate ending including the [[Giant Octopus]].<ref name="Fantastic">{{harvnb|Shimazaki|Tomoi|Kobayashi|2003|p=79}}<br>[[File:Kiryu timeline 3.jpg|150px]]</ref>|group="note"}}
*''[[Space Amoeba|{{tt|Space Amoeba|A second Kamoebas appeared after the events of this film in 1987.}}]]''<ref name="KiryuMaterial"/>
*''[[The War of the Gargantuas]]'' (1966){{R|Dictionary}}
*''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]''<ref name="KiryuMaterial"/>
*''[[King Kong Escapes]]'' (1967){{R|Dictionary}}
*''[[Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.]]''<ref name="KiryuMaterial"/>
*''[[Space Amoeba]]'' (1970){{R|Dictionary}}<ref group="note">A second [[Kamoebas]] appeared in Guam after the events of this film in 1987.</ref>
==[[Godzilla: Final Wars|''Godzilla: Final Wars'' continuity]]==
*''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]'' (2002)<ref group="note">Set in 2003.</ref>
*''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]''
*''[[Godzilla: Tokyo SOS]]'' (2003)<ref group="note">Set in 2004.</ref>
'''Note''': While Godzilla is still stated to have first appeared in 1954, the original film is not considered canon to ''Final Wars''.
'''Note''': While ''[[Godzilla Dictionary (New Edition)|Godzilla Dictionary [New Edition{{nw|]}}]]'' does not place ''[[Gorath (film)|Gorath]]'' or ''[[Dogora (film)|Dogora]]'' in the Kiryu series' continuity, ''[[Fantastic Collection - Godzilla: Tokyo SOS]]'' confirms the appearances of [[Maguma]] and [[Dogora]].{{R|Fantastic}}
==[[:Category:MonsterVerse Continuity|MonsterVerse continuity]]==
<!--- GODZILLA FINAL WARS --->
*''[[Godzilla: Awakening]]''
==''[[Godzilla Final Wars]]'' continuity==
*''[[Kong: Skull Island|{{tt|Kong: Skull Island|Set in 1973}}]]''
*''[[Godzilla Final Wars]]'' (2004)<ref group="note">Set in 20XX.</ref>
*''[[Skull Island: The Birth of Kong|{{tt|Skull Island: The Birth of Kong|Primarily set in 1996, with flashbacks set in the distant past}}]]''
'''Note''': Though [[Godzilla (Godzilla Final Wars)|Godzilla]] first appeared in 1954, ''Final Wars'' is not considered to be in continuity with the [[Godzilla (1954 film)|original film]] or any others.<ref>{{cite book|title=[[Shin Godzilla Walker: The New Legend of the King of the Monsters]]|date=26 September 2016|edition=3rd|publisher=[[Kadokawa]]|page=47|isbn=978-4-04-895632-1}}<br>[[File:New Godzilla Walker Page 47 - The Godzilla Timeline.jpg|150px]]</ref>
*[[Godzilla (2014 film)|''Godzilla'' (2014)]]
<!--- MONSTERVERSE --->
*''[[Godzilla: Aftershock]]''
==[[:Category:Monsterverse continuity|Monsterverse continuity]]==
*''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]''
*''[[Godzilla: Awakening]]'' (2014)<ref group="note">Primarily set from 1945 to 1954.</ref>
*''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]''
*''[[Kong: Skull Island]]'' (2017)<ref group="note">Set in 1973.</ref>
'''Note''': [[Legendary Pictures|Legendary Comics]] has also announced a ''Skull Island: The Birth of Kong'' sequel comic; its place in the timeline is currently unknown.
*''[[Skull Island (series)|Skull Island]]'' (TV 2023)<ref group="note">Set in circa 1993.</ref>
==[[Shin Godzilla|''Shin Godzilla'' continuity]]==
*''[[Skull Island: The Birth of Kong]]'' (2017)<ref group="note">Set in 2012, with the majority of its events being flashbacks to 1995.</ref>
*''[[Shin Godzilla]]''
*''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]'' (2014)
*''[[Godzilla: Aftershock]]'' (2019)<ref group="note">Set in 2014.</ref>
*''[[Monarch: Legacy of Monsters]]'' (TV 2023-2024)<ref group="note">Primarily set in 2015 and ending in 2017, with flashbacks to 1952, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1962, 1973, 1982, 2012, 2013, and 2014.</ref>
*"[[Kong: Skull Island Cinematic Adventure|Sliver of the Skull]]" (2023)<ref group="note">Campaign set in 2015.</ref>
*''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'' (2019)
*''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters - The Official Movie Novelization]]'' (2019)<ref group="note">[[King Kong (Monsterverse)|Kong]]'s response to [[King Ghidorah (Monsterverse)|King Ghidorah]]'s call is the only part of the novelization to be confirmed canon, as per director [[Michael Dougherty]]. Otherwise, there are several contradictions to the film in the novelization.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Mike_Dougherty/status/1136600770663501824|title=<nowiki>From the #GodzillaMovie novelization by Greg Keyes. https://amazon.com/dp/178909092X/... 🦍</nowiki>|author=[[Michael Dougherty|Dougherty, Michael]]|date=6 June 2019|work=Twitter}}</ref>
*''[[Godzilla Dominion]]'' and ''[[Kingdom Kong]]'' (both 2021)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'' (2021) and ''[[Legends of the Monsterverse: The Omnibus|Godzilla: Fight or Flight]]'' (2023)<ref group="note">Both set in 2024.</ref>
*''[[Godzilla x Kong: The Hunted]]'' (2024)<ref name="Monsterverse" group="note">Set in 2027.</ref>
*''[[Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire]]'' (2024){{R|Monsterverse|g=note}}<!--
=== Discrepancies ===
 
===== ''Godzilla Awakening'' =====
Due to being created during the production of ''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]'' ([[2014]]), there are several inconsistencies between it and not only the finished film but also future [[Monsterverse]] projects. In the film, Drs. [[Ishiro Serizawa]] and [[Vivienne Graham]] state that [[Monarch]] was founded in [[1954]], the same year the USS ''Nautilus'' awakened [[Godzilla (Monsterverse)|Godzilla]]. In the graphic novel, the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima in 1945 attracts [[Shinomura]], with Godzilla swiftly following it; Monarch is founded in 1946; and the first reported sighting of Godzilla takes place in 1948. Moreover, the film does not show or mention Shinomura at all, even though the comic shows the ''Castle Bravo'' H-bomb deployed against both Godzilla and Shinomura in 1954. Serizawa and Graham also suggest that multiple nuclear tests in the Pacific were in reality attempts to kill Godzilla, though only one takes place in the comic. During this detonation in the comic, Godzilla is seen standing upright, while in the film the bomb was exploded as Godzilla was rising from the water. ''Godzilla'' (2014) and ''Awakening'' writer [[Max Borenstein]] later offered the explanation that details from the comic that are not shown or mentioned onscreen could simply have been kept secret by Monarch. Despite these discrepancies, [[Legendary Pictures|Legendary]] included ''Awakening'' in the Monsterverse timeline during a panel at WonderCon 2019 and repeatedly referenced the comic's events in tweets during [[2020]] for the Monsterverse Watchalong events. Details highlighted included the first Monarch meeting in 1946 and Douglas MacArthur's involvement with the organization, Ishiro Serizawa's "background" and Monarch recruitment, and the full significance of Eiji Serizawa's pocket watch. However, Godzilla was again stated to have been "awakened" in 1954 by the USS ''Nautilus'', peculiarly attributed to ''Awakening'' rather than ''Godzilla'' (2014). This contradicts both ''Awakening'', which actually depicts Godzilla having been active since 1945 and the ''Nautilus'' launching in 1950, and Serizawa's 2019 personnel file, which was even subsequently reposted in unaltered form. In [[2023]], the canon TTRPG ''[[Kong: Skull Island Cinematic Adventure]]'' made indirect references to Shinomura, stating, "Monarch's original mission was to research a monstrous creature witnessed in the aftermath of the Hiroshima atomic bombing" and "[Monarch] were tasked with researching the origins of a giant creature reportedly attacking naval vessels after World War II." Later the same year, the television series ''[[Monarch: Legacy of Monsters]]'' brought back Shaw as a major character. However, its [[Departure|second episode]] showed that he did not learn about the Titans and join Monarch until [[1952]], rather than being a founding member in 1946. Its [[Secrets and Lies|third episode]] depicted Monarch first learning of Godzilla's existence in 1954, followed by the U.S. military attempting to kill him with a nuclear weapon, with Shinomura neither mentioned nor shown.
 
===== ''Kong: Skull Island'' =====
In the film, [[Bill Randa]] states that Monarch was founded by President [[Harry S. Truman]] in [[1946]], and that the "1954 ''Castle Bravo'' nuclear tests" were attempts to kill Godzilla.
 
===== ''Godzilla: King of the Monsters - The Official Movie Novelization'' =====
Although following a similar story to the film, the book has several pieces of added information not present in the movie. However, none of these, save for Kong's reaction to Ghidorah's call, are considered canon.
 
===== ''Monarch: Legacy of Monsters'' =====
 
====== "Aftermath" ======
Among the files belonging to [[Bill Randa]], an image of the [[Skullcrawler|Skull Devil]] immediately after it first appears in ''Kong: Skull Island'' is briefly shown. This does not allign with the film due to Randa both throwing the waterproof bag containing the files into the ocean before the Skull Devil emerged, and due to Randa being killed by a smaller Skullcrawler before the large one appeared.
 
====== "Secrets and Lies" ======
The third episode of the show has several inconsistencies with past Monsterverse media in its sequence depicting the ''Castle Bravo'' detonation on Godzilla. Contradictory to Godzilla (2014), Godzilla's presence is first discovered via a recently created footprint rather than USS ''Nautilus'' awakening him. In the film, military officials are shown watching the explosion on a boat, whereas the television show depicts them viewing from a nearby island. Godzilla is portrayed standing fully upright during the ''Castle Bravo'' detonation, aligning with ''Awakening'' rather than ''Godzilla'' (2014), in which he is mostly submerged. A variation on the same shot of Godzilla just before the bomb detonates seen in the 2014 movie and later briefly seen in Godzilla: King of the Monsters is shown. While in the films the shot is of Godzilla rising out of the ocean, Godzilla is positioned in an upright posture, and appears much smaller, standing roughly as tall in the show as he is positioned horizontally in the movies.-->
<!--- SHIN GODZILLA --->
 
==''[[Shin Godzilla]]'' continuity==
*''[[Shin Godzilla]]'' (2016)
<!--- ANIME TRILOGY --->
==''GODZILLA'' anime trilogy continuity==
==''GODZILLA'' anime trilogy continuity==
*''[[Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse|GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse]]''
*''[[GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse]]'' (2017)<ref group="note">Set from 1999 to 2039.</ref>
*''[[Godzilla: Project Mechagodzilla|GODZILLA: Project Mechagodzilla]]''
*''[[GODZILLA: Project Mechagodzilla]]'' (2018)<ref group="note">Set from 2029 to 2048.</ref>
*''[[Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters|GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters]]''
*''[[GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters]]'' (2017)<ref name="Anime" group="note">Set in approximately 22048.</ref>
*''[[Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle|GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle]]''
*''[[GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle]]'' (2018){{R|Anime|g=note}}
*''[[Godzilla: The Planet Eater|GODZILLA: The Planet Eater]]''
*''[[GODZILLA: The Planet Eater]]'' (2018){{R|Anime|g=note}}
==Videos==
<!--- MINUS ONE --->
{{Videos|
==''[[Godzilla Minus One]]'' continuity==
{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LfDLoNEETg</youtube>|{{WZYT|The Godzilla Timeline Explained}}}}
*''[[Godzilla Minus One]]'' (2023)<ref group="note">Set from 1945 to 1947.</ref>
}}
==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of Godzilla movies]]
*[[List of Godzilla movies|List of ''Godzilla'' movies]]
*[[List of Gamera film continuities|List of ''Gamera'' film continuities]]
*[[List of King Kong film continuities|List of ''King Kong'' film continuities]]
==Notes==
{{Notelist}}
==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
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{{Comments}}
===Bibliography===
*{{cite book|title=[[Godzilla Dictionary (New Edition)|Godzilla Dictionary [New Edition{{nw|]}}]]|last=Nomura|first=Kohei|date=7 August 2014|publisher=Kasakura Publishing|isbn=978-4-7730-8725-3}}
*{{cite book|title=[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla Super Complete Works]]|edition=Kindle|editor-last=Abe|editor-first=Katsu|date=23 May 2014|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|isbn=978-4-09-101444-3}}
*{{cite book|title=[[Fantastic Collection - Godzilla: Tokyo SOS]]|last=Shimazaki|first=Jun|last2=Tomoi|first2=Taketo|last3=Kobayashi|first3=Yuji|date=30 December 2003|publisher=[[Asahi Sonorama]]|isbn=4-257-03688-5}}<!--
*{{cite book|title=[[Godzilla Final Wars Super Complete Works]]|edition=2nd|editor-last=Matsui|editor-first=Satoshi|date=1 March 2005|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|isbn=4-09-101498-4}}-->
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Latest revision as of 02:46, 17 April 2024

This is a list of the various continuities in the Godzilla series, along with the films and other official media that are confirmed to take place within them, listed in the order in which they chronologically take place.

Showa continuity

Notes:

Heisei continuity

Heisei continuity

Notes:

TriStar continuity

Godzilla 2000: Millennium continuity

Godzilla vs. Megaguirus continuity

GMK continuity

Kiryu series continuity

Kiryu series continuity

Note: While Godzilla Dictionary [New Edition] does not place Gorath or Dogora in the Kiryu series' continuity, Fantastic Collection - Godzilla: Tokyo SOS confirms the appearances of Maguma and Dogora.[5]

Godzilla Final Wars continuity

Note: Though Godzilla first appeared in 1954, Final Wars is not considered to be in continuity with the original film or any others.[6]

Monsterverse continuity

Shin Godzilla continuity

GODZILLA anime trilogy continuity

Godzilla Minus One continuity

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Set in 1965.
  2. ↑ Following a prologue set in 1945, the film's events pick up 15 years later (1960). Despite this, the timeline laid out in Godzilla Dictionary [New Edition] places it between Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster and Invasion of Astro-Monster.
  3. ↑ Set in 196X (props from the film place it in 1965). This was changed to 197X in the film's Toho Champion Festival release, though the change is not considered canon.
  4. ↑ All of the film's monster scenes take place in the dreams of a schoolboy.
  5. ↑ Set in 197X.
  6. ↑ Set chronologically last. While both English dubs specify its setting as 1999, the Japanese version simply places it at the end of the 20th century.
  7. ↑ Set in 2000.
  8. ↑ Altered version in which Dr. Serizawa either never used the Oxygen Destroyer or Godzilla survived it.
  9. ↑ Set in 2001.
  10. ↑ Set in 2002.
  11. ↑ Altered version in which the Oxygen Destroyer killed the first Godzilla, but left his skeleton intact.
  12. ↑ Following a prologue set in 1945, the film's events pick up 15 years later (1960). Despite this, sources state that within the continuity of the Kiryu series, Frankenstein, Baragon, and the Giant Octopus all appeared in 1965.
  13. ↑ Version with the alternate ending including the Giant Octopus.[5]
  14. ↑ A second Kamoebas appeared in Guam after the events of this film in 1987.
  15. ↑ Set in 2003.
  16. ↑ Set in 2004.
  17. ↑ Set in 20XX.
  18. ↑ Primarily set from 1945 to 1954.
  19. ↑ Set in 1973.
  20. ↑ Set in circa 1993.
  21. ↑ Set in 2012, with the majority of its events being flashbacks to 1995.
  22. ↑ Set in 2014.
  23. ↑ Primarily set in 2015 and ending in 2017, with flashbacks to 1952, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1962, 1973, 1982, 2012, 2013, and 2014.
  24. ↑ Campaign set in 2015.
  25. ↑ Kong's response to King Ghidorah's call is the only part of the novelization to be confirmed canon, as per director Michael Dougherty. Otherwise, there are several contradictions to the film in the novelization.
  26. ↑ Both set in 2024.
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Set in 2027.
  28. ↑ Set from 1999 to 2039.
  29. ↑ Set from 2029 to 2048.
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 Set in approximately 22048.
  31. ↑ Set from 1945 to 1947.

References

This is a list of references for List of Godzilla film continuities. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 Nomura 2014, p. 311
  2. ↑ Godzilla Movie Studio Tour. Windows 95, Premier Systems, 1998.
  3. ↑ Nomura 2014, p. 88, 109
  4. ↑ Abe 2014, p. 65.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Shimazaki, Tomoi & Kobayashi 2003, p. 79
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  6. ↑ Shin Godzilla Walker: The New Legend of the King of the Monsters (3rd ed.). Kadokawa. 26 September 2016. p. 47. ISBN 978-4-04-895632-1.
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  7. ↑ Dougherty, Michael (6 June 2019). "From the #GodzillaMovie novelization by Greg Keyes. https://amazon.com/dp/178909092X/... 🦍". Twitter.

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