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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. | 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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==[[:Category:Showa Continuity|Showa | ==[[: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) | ||
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*''[[Destroy All Monsters]]'' (1968)<ref group="lower-alpha">Set chronologically last.</ref> | *''[[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 | ==[[: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) | ||
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*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' (1995) | *''[[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]] | ==[[TriStar Pictures|TriStar]] Continuity== | ||
*[[Godzilla (1998 film)|''GODZILLA'']] (1998) | *[[Godzilla (1998 film)|''GODZILLA'']] (1998) | ||
*''[[Godzilla: The Series]]'' (TV 1998-1999) | *''[[Godzilla: The Series]]'' (TV 1998-1999) | ||
==[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium|''Godzilla 2000'' | ==[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium|''Godzilla 2000'' Continuity]]== | ||
*[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'']] (1954) | *[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'']] (1954) | ||
*''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' (1999) | *''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' (1999) | ||
==[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus|''Godzilla vs. Megaguirus'' | ==[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus|''Godzilla vs. Megaguirus'' Continuity]]== | ||
*[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'']] (1954)<ref group="lower-alpha">Altered version in which the [[Oxygen Destroyer]] was never used.</ref> | *[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'']] (1954)<ref group="lower-alpha">Altered version in which the [[Oxygen Destroyer]] was never used.</ref> | ||
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]'' (2000) | *''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]'' (2000) | ||
==[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack|''GMK'' | ==[[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)<ref name="NewGodzillaDictionary"/> | *[[Godzilla (1998 film)|''GODZILLA'']] (1998)<ref name="NewGodzillaDictionary"/> | ||
*''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'' (2001) | *''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'' (2001) | ||
==[[:Category:Kiryu Saga Continuity|Kiryu Saga | ==[[: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)<ref group="lower-alpha">Altered version in which the first Godzilla's skeleton remained intact.</ref> | *[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'']] (1954)<ref group="lower-alpha">Altered version in which the first Godzilla's skeleton remained intact.</ref> | ||
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*''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]'' (2002) | *''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]'' (2002) | ||
*''[[Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.]]'' (2003) | *''[[Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.]]'' (2003) | ||
==[[Godzilla: Final Wars|''Godzilla: Final Wars'' | ==[[Godzilla: Final Wars|''Godzilla: Final Wars'' Continuity]]== | ||
*''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]'' (2004) | *''[[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''.<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> | '''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 | ==[[:Category:MonsterVerse Continuity|MonsterVerse Continuity]]== | ||
[[File:Legendary Continuity.png|right|200px|MonsterVerse continuity]] | [[File:Legendary Continuity.png|right|200px|MonsterVerse continuity]] | ||
*''[[Godzilla: Awakening]]'' (2014) | *''[[Godzilla: Awakening]]'' (2014) | ||
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*''[[GvK: Godzilla Dominion]]'', ''[[GvK: Kingdom Kong]]'' (2021) | *''[[GvK: Godzilla Dominion]]'', ''[[GvK: Kingdom Kong]]'' (2021) | ||
*''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'' (2021) | *''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'' (2021) | ||
==[[Shin Godzilla|''Shin Godzilla'' | ==[[Shin Godzilla|''Shin Godzilla'' Continuity]]== | ||
*''[[Shin Godzilla]]'' (2016) | *''[[Shin Godzilla]]'' (2016) | ||
==''GODZILLA'' | ==''GODZILLA'' Anime Trilogy Continuity== | ||
*''[[Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse|GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse]]'' (2017) | *''[[Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse|GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse]]'' (2017) | ||
*''[[Godzilla: Project Mechagodzilla|GODZILLA: Project Mechagodzilla]]'' (2018) | *''[[Godzilla: Project Mechagodzilla|GODZILLA: Project Mechagodzilla]]'' (2018) |
Revision as of 07:10, 19 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)
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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.
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