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==[[:Category:Showa Continuity|Showa continuity]]== | ==[[:Category:Showa Continuity|Showa continuity]]== | ||
[[File:Timeline - Showa continuity.png|right|200px|Showa continuity]] | [[File:Timeline - Showa continuity.png|right|200px|Showa continuity]] | ||
*[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'' (1954) | *[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'']] (1954) | ||
*''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]'' | *''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]'' (1955) | ||
*''[[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> | *''[[Rodan (film)|Rodan]]'' (1956)<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]]''<ref name="NewGodzillaDictionary"/> | *''[[Varan (film)|Varan]]'' (1958)<ref name="NewGodzillaDictionary"/> | ||
*''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]''<ref name="NewGodzillaDictionary"/> | *''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'' (1961)<ref name="NewGodzillaDictionary"/> | ||
*''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' | *''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' (1962) | ||
*''[[Atragon (film)|Atragon]]''<ref name="NewGodzillaDictionary"/> | *''[[Atragon (film)|Atragon]]'' (1963)<ref name="NewGodzillaDictionary"/> | ||
*''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]'' | *''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]'' (1964) | ||
*''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]]'' | *''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]]'' (1964) | ||
*''[[Frankenstein vs. Baragon]]''<ref name="NewGodzillaDictionary"/> | *''[[Frankenstein vs. Baragon]]'' (1965)<ref name="NewGodzillaDictionary"/> | ||
*''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]'' | *''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]'' (1965) | ||
*''[[The War of the Gargantuas]]''<ref name="NewGodzillaDictionary"/> | *''[[The War of the Gargantuas]]'' (1966)<ref name="NewGodzillaDictionary"/> | ||
*''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]'' | *''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]'' (1966) | ||
*''[[King Kong Escapes]]''<ref name="NewGodzillaDictionary"/> | *''[[King Kong Escapes]]'' (1967)<ref name="NewGodzillaDictionary"/> | ||
*''[[Son of Godzilla]]'' | *''[[Son of Godzilla]]'' (1967) | ||
*''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'' | *''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'' (1971) | ||
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'' | *''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'' (1972) | ||
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' | *''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (1973) | ||
*''[[Zone Fighter (series)|Zone Fighter]]'' | *''[[Zone Fighter (series)|Zone Fighter]]'' (TV 1973) | ||
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]'' | *''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]'' (1974) | ||
*''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]'' | *''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]'' (1975) | ||
*''[[Destroy All Monsters | *''[[Destroy All Monsters]]'' (1968)<ref group="lower-alpha">Set chronologically last.</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. | '''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. | ||
==[[: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> | '''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> | ||
==[[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 1998-1999) | ||
==[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium|''Godzilla 2000'' continuity]]== | ==[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium|''Godzilla 2000'' continuity]]== | ||
*[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'' (1954) | *[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'']] (1954) | ||
*''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' | *''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' (1999) | ||
==[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus|''Godzilla vs. Megaguirus'' continuity]]== | ==[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus|''Godzilla vs. Megaguirus'' continuity]]== | ||
*[[Godzilla (1954 film) | *[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'']] (1954)<ref group="lower-alpha">Altered version in which the [[Oxygen Destroyer]] was never used.</ref> | ||
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]'' | *''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]'' (2000) | ||
==[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack|''GMK'' continuity]]== | ==[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack|''GMK'' continuity]]== | ||
*[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'' (1954) | *[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'']] (1954) | ||
*[[Godzilla (1998 film)|''GODZILLA'' (1998) | *[[Godzilla (1998 film)|''GODZILLA'']] (1998)<ref name="NewGodzillaDictionary"/> | ||
*''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'' | *''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'' (2001) | ||
==[[:Category:Kiryu Saga Continuity|Kiryu Saga continuity]]== | ==[[:Category:Kiryu Saga Continuity|Kiryu Saga continuity]]== | ||
[[File:timeline - kiryu.png|right|200px|Kiryu Saga continuity]] | [[File:timeline - kiryu.png|right|200px|Kiryu Saga continuity]] | ||
*[[Godzilla (1954 film) | *[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'']] (1954)<ref group="lower-alpha">Altered version in which the first Godzilla's skeleton remained intact.</ref> | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Rodan (film)|Rodan]]'' (1956)<ref name="KiryuMaterial">{{cite book|title=[[Fantastic Collection: Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.]]|date=30 December 2003|publisher=[[Asahi Sonorama]]|page=79|isbn=4-257-03688-5}}<br>[[File:Kiryu_timeline_3.jpg|150px]]</ref> | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Varan (film)|Varan]]'' (1958)<ref name="KiryuMaterial"/> | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'' (1961)<ref name="KiryuMaterial"/> | ||
*''[[Gorath (film)|Gorath]]'' (1962)<ref name="KiryuMaterial"/><ref group="lower-alpha">Altered version where Maguma appeared in 1962, rather than 1980, and the [[Moon]] was never destroyed.</ref> | |||
*''[[Atragon (film)|Atragon]]''<ref name="KiryuMaterial"/> | *''[[Atragon (film)|Atragon]]'' (1963)<ref name="KiryuMaterial"/> | ||
*''[[Dogora (film)|Dogora]]''<ref name="KiryuMaterial"/> | *''[[Dogora (film)|Dogora]]'' (1964)<ref name="KiryuMaterial"/> | ||
*''[[Frankenstein vs. Baragon | *''[[Frankenstein vs. Baragon]]'' (1965)<ref name="KiryuMaterial"/><ref group="lower-alpha">Version with alternate ending including the [[Giant Octopus]].</ref> | ||
*''[[The War of the Gargantuas]]''<ref name="KiryuMaterial"/> | *''[[The War of the Gargantuas]]'' (1966)<ref name="KiryuMaterial"/> | ||
*''[[King Kong Escapes]]''<ref name="KiryuMaterial"/> | *''[[King Kong Escapes]]'' (1967)<ref name="KiryuMaterial"/> | ||
*''[[Space Amoeba | *''[[Space Amoeba]]'' (1970)<ref name="KiryuMaterial"/><ref group="lower-alpha">A second [[Kamoebas]] appeared after the events of this film in 1987.</ref> | ||
*''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]'' | *''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]'' (2002) | ||
*''[[Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.]]'' | *''[[Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.]]'' (2003) | ||
==[[Godzilla: Final Wars|''Godzilla: Final Wars'' continuity]]== | ==[[Godzilla: Final Wars|''Godzilla: Final Wars'' continuity]]== | ||
*''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]'' | *''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]'' (2004) | ||
'''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 is still stated to have first appeared in 1954, the original film is not considered canon to ''Final Wars''.<ref>{{cite book|title=[[Shin Godzilla Walker: The New Legend of the King of the Monsters]]|date=26 September 2016|ed=3rd edition|publisher=[[Kadokawa]]|page=47|isbn=978-4-04-895632-1}}</ref> | ||
==[[:Category:MonsterVerse Continuity|MonsterVerse continuity]]== | ==[[:Category:MonsterVerse Continuity|MonsterVerse continuity]]== | ||
[[File:Legendary Continuity.png|right|200px|MonsterVerse continuity]] | [[File:Legendary Continuity.png|right|200px|MonsterVerse continuity]] | ||
*''[[Godzilla: Awakening]]'' | *''[[Godzilla: Awakening]]'' (2014) | ||
*''[[Kong: Skull Island | *''[[Kong: Skull Island]]'' (2016)<ref group="lower-alpha">Set in 1973.</ref> | ||
*''[[Skull Island: The Birth of Kong | *''[[Skull Island: The Birth of Kong]]'' (2017)<ref group="lower-alpha">Primarily set in 1996, with flashbacks set in the distant past.</ref> | ||
*[[Godzilla (2014 film)|''Godzilla'' (2014)]] | *[[Godzilla (2014 film)|''Godzilla'']] (2014) | ||
*''[[Godzilla: | *''[[Godzilla: Aftershock]]'' (2019) | ||
*''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'' | *''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'' (2019) | ||
*''[[GvK: Godzilla Dominion]]'' | *''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters - The Official Movie Novelization]]'' (2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Mike_Dougherty/status/1136600770663501824|title=From the #GodzillaMovie novelization by Greg Keyes. https://amazon.com/dp/178909092X/... 🦍|author=[[Michael Dougherty|Dougherty, Michael]]|date=6 June 2019|work=Twitter}}</ref><ref group="lower-alpha">[[King Kong/Legendary|Kong]]'s response to [[King Ghidorah/Legendary|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.</ref> | ||
*''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'' | *''[[GvK: Godzilla Dominion]]'', ''[[GvK: Kingdom Kong]]'' (2021) | ||
*''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'' (2021) | |||
==[[Shin Godzilla|''Shin Godzilla'' continuity]]== | ==[[Shin Godzilla|''Shin Godzilla'' continuity]]== | ||
*''[[Shin Godzilla]]'' | *''[[Shin Godzilla]]'' (2016) | ||
==''GODZILLA'' anime trilogy continuity== | ==''GODZILLA'' anime trilogy continuity== | ||
*''[[Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse|GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse]]'' | *''[[Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse|GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse]]'' (2017) | ||
*''[[Godzilla: Project Mechagodzilla|GODZILLA: Project Mechagodzilla]]'' | *''[[Godzilla: Project Mechagodzilla|GODZILLA: Project Mechagodzilla]]'' (2018) | ||
*''[[Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters|GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters]]'' | *''[[Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters|GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters]]'' (2017) | ||
*''[[Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle|GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle]]'' | *''[[Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle|GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle]]'' (2018) | ||
*''[[Godzilla: The Planet Eater|GODZILLA: The Planet Eater]]'' | *''[[Godzilla: The Planet Eater|GODZILLA: The Planet Eater]]'' (2018) | ||
==Videos== | ==Videos== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[List of Godzilla movies]] | *[[List of Godzilla movies]] | ||
==Notes== | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 16:28, 2 January 2021
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
- Godzilla (1954)
- Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
- Rodan (1956)[1]
- Varan (1958)[1]
- Mothra (1961)[1]
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
- Atragon (1963)[1]
- Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
- Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965)[1]
- Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
- The War of the Gargantuas (1966)[1]
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
- King Kong Escapes (1967)[1]
- Son of Godzilla (1967)
- Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)
- Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)
- Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
- Zone Fighter (TV 1973)
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
- Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
- Destroy All Monsters (1968)[a]
Note: All Monsters Attack, while part of the Showa series, is set in the "real world," and not in the continuity of the Showa Godzilla films.
Heisei continuity
- Godzilla (1954)
- The Return of Godzilla (1984)
- Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
- Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
- Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)
- 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 series.[2]
TriStar continuity
- GODZILLA (1998)
- Godzilla: The Series (TV 1998-1999)
Godzilla 2000 continuity
- Godzilla (1954)
- Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus continuity
- Godzilla (1954)[b]
- Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
GMK continuity
- Godzilla (1954)
- GODZILLA (1998)[1]
- Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
Kiryu Saga continuity
- Godzilla (1954)[c]
- Rodan (1956)[3]
- Varan (1958)[3]
- Mothra (1961)[3]
- Gorath (1962)[3][d]
- Atragon (1963)[3]
- Dogora (1964)[3]
- Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965)[3][e]
- The War of the Gargantuas (1966)[3]
- King Kong Escapes (1967)[3]
- Space Amoeba (1970)[3][f]
- Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)
- Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
Godzilla: Final Wars continuity
- Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
Note: While Godzilla is still stated to have first appeared in 1954, the original film is not considered canon to Final Wars.[4]
MonsterVerse continuity
- Godzilla: Awakening (2014)
- Kong: Skull Island (2016)[g]
- Skull Island: The Birth of Kong (2017)[h]
- Godzilla (2014)
- Godzilla: Aftershock (2019)
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters - The Official Movie Novelization (2019)[5][i]
- GvK: Godzilla Dominion, GvK: Kingdom Kong (2021)
- Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
Shin Godzilla continuity
- Shin Godzilla (2016)
GODZILLA anime trilogy continuity
- GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse (2017)
- GODZILLA: Project Mechagodzilla (2018)
- GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters (2017)
- GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle (2018)
- GODZILLA: The Planet Eater (2018)
Videos
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See also
Notes
- ↑ Set chronologically last.
- ↑ Altered version in which the Oxygen Destroyer was never used.
- ↑ Altered version in which the first Godzilla's skeleton remained intact.
- ↑ Altered version where Maguma appeared in 1962, rather than 1980, and the Moon was never destroyed.
- ↑ Version with alternate ending including the Giant Octopus.
- ↑ A second Kamoebas appeared after the events of this film in 1987.
- ↑ Set in 1973.
- ↑ Primarily set in 1996, with flashbacks set in the distant past.
- ↑ 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.
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]
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