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*''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]'' (1975) | *''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]'' (1975) | ||
*''[[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> | *''[[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> | ||
==[[: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]] | ||
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*''[[Godzilla: Tokyo SOS]]'' (2003)<ref group="note">Set in 2004.</ref> | *''[[Godzilla: Tokyo SOS]]'' (2003)<ref group="note">Set in 2004.</ref> | ||
'''Note''': While ''[[Godzilla Dictionary (New Edition)|Godzilla Dictionary [New Edition{{nw|]}}]]'' does not place ''[[Gorath (film)|Gorath]]'' or ''[[Dogora (film)|Dogora]]'' in the series' continuity, ''[[Fantastic Collection - Godzilla: Tokyo SOS]]'' confirms the appearances of [[Maguma]] and [[Dogora]].{{R|Fantastic}} | '''Note''': While ''[[Godzilla Dictionary (New Edition)|Godzilla Dictionary [New Edition{{nw|]}}]]'' does not place ''[[Gorath (film)|Gorath]]'' or ''[[Dogora (film)|Dogora]]'' in the series' continuity, ''[[Fantastic Collection - Godzilla: Tokyo SOS]]'' confirms the appearances of [[Maguma]] and [[Dogora]].{{R|Fantastic}} | ||
==[[Godzilla Final Wars|''Godzilla Final Wars'' continuity]]== | ==[[Godzilla Final Wars|''Godzilla Final Wars'' continuity]]== | ||
*''[[Godzilla Final Wars]]'' (2004)<ref group="note">Set in 20XX.</ref> | *''[[Godzilla Final Wars]]'' (2004)<ref group="note">Set in 20XX.</ref> | ||
'''Note''': Though 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> Despite this, events roughly corresponding to those of previous films involving the film's monsters took place in this universe, according to ''[[Godzilla Final Wars Super Complete Works]]''.{{sfn|Matsui|2005|pp=76-77}} Monsters from the film's prologue—including [[Varan]], [[Baragon]], [[Gaira]], [[Gezora]], and [[Titanosaurus]]—also canonically appeared.{{sfn|Matsui|2005|p=70}} | '''Note''': Though 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> Despite this, events roughly corresponding to those of previous films involving the film's monsters took place in this universe, according to ''[[Godzilla Final Wars Super Complete Works]]''.{{sfn|Matsui|2005|pp=76-77}} Monsters from the film's prologue—including [[Varan]], [[Baragon]], [[Gaira]], [[Gezora]], and [[Titanosaurus]]—also canonically appeared.{{sfn|Matsui|2005|p=70}} | ||
==[[:Category:MonsterVerse Continuity|MonsterVerse continuity]]== | ==[[:Category:MonsterVerse Continuity|MonsterVerse continuity]]== | ||
*''[[Godzilla: Awakening]]'' (2014)<ref group="note">Primarily set from 1945 to 1954.</ref> | *''[[Godzilla: Awakening]]'' (2014)<ref group="note">Primarily set from 1945 to 1954.</ref> | ||
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*''[[Godzilla Dominion]]'' and ''[[Kingdom Kong]]'' (both 2021) | *''[[Godzilla Dominion]]'' and ''[[Kingdom Kong]]'' (both 2021) | ||
*''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'' (2021)<ref group="note">Set in 2024.</ref> | *''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'' (2021)<ref group="note">Set in 2024.</ref> | ||
==[[Shin Godzilla|''Shin Godzilla'' continuity]]== | ==[[Shin Godzilla|''Shin Godzilla'' continuity]]== | ||
*''[[Shin Godzilla]]'' (2016) | *''[[Shin Godzilla]]'' (2016) | ||
Revision as of 20:26, 17 June 2022
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)[1][note 1]
- The War of the Gargantuas (1966)[1]
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
- King Kong Escapes (1967)[1]
- Son of Godzilla (1967)
- All Monsters Attack (1969)[1][note 2]
- Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)
- Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)
- Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)[note 3]
- Zone Fighter (TV 1973; 26 episodes)[2][3]
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
- Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
- Destroy All Monsters (1968)[note 4]
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)
Notes: The last five films in this continuity each take place in the year after they were released. 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 that The Mysterians is canon to the Heisei series.[4]
TriStar continuity
- GODZILLA (1998)
- Godzilla: The Series (TV 1998-1999)
Godzilla 2000 continuity
- Godzilla (1954)
- Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)[note 5]
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus continuity
- Godzilla (1954)[note 6]
- Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)[note 7]
GMK continuity
- Godzilla (1954)
- GODZILLA (1998)[1]
- Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)[note 8]
Kiryu Saga continuity
- Godzilla (1954)[note 9]
- Rodan (1956)[1]
- Varan (1958)[1]
- Mothra (1961)[1]
- Atragon (1963)[1]
- Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965)[1][note 10]
- The War of the Gargantuas (1966)[1]
- King Kong Escapes (1967)[1]
- Space Amoeba (1970)[1][note 11]
- Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)[note 12]
- Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003)[note 13]
Note: While Godzilla Dictionary [New Edition] does not place Gorath or Dogora in the series' continuity, Fantastic Collection - Godzilla: Tokyo SOS confirms the appearances of Maguma and Dogora.[5]
Godzilla Final Wars continuity
- Godzilla Final Wars (2004)[note 14]
Note: Though Godzilla first appeared in 1954, Final Wars is not considered to be in continuity with the original film or any others.[6] Despite this, events roughly corresponding to those of previous films involving the film's monsters took place in this universe, according to Godzilla Final Wars Super Complete Works.[7] Monsters from the film's prologue—including Varan, Baragon, Gaira, Gezora, and Titanosaurus—also canonically appeared.[8]
MonsterVerse continuity
- Godzilla: Awakening (2014)[note 15]
- Kong: Skull Island (2017)[note 16]
- Skull Island: The Birth of Kong (2017)[note 17]
- Godzilla (2014)
- Godzilla: Aftershock (2019)[note 18]
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters - The Official Movie Novelization (2019)[9][note 19]
- Godzilla Dominion and Kingdom Kong (both 2021)
- Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)[note 20]
Shin Godzilla continuity
- Shin Godzilla (2016)
GODZILLA anime trilogy continuity
- GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse (2017)[note 21]
- GODZILLA: Project Mechagodzilla (2018)[note 22]
- GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters (2017)[note 23]
- GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle (2018)[note 23]
- GODZILLA: The Planet Eater (2018)[note 23]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Set in 196X. This was changed to 197X in the film's Toho Champion Festival release, though the change is not considered canon.
- ↑ All of the film's monster scenes take place in the dreams of a schoolboy.
- ↑ Set in 197X.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Set in 2000.
- ↑ Altered version in which Dr. Serizawa either never used the Oxygen Destroyer or Godzilla survived it.
- ↑ Set in 2001.
- ↑ Set in 2002.
- ↑ Altered version in which the Oxygen Destroyer killed the first Godzilla, but left his skeleton intact.
- ↑ Version with the alternate ending including the Giant Octopus.[5]
- ↑ A second Kamoebas appeared in Guam after the events of this film in 1987.
- ↑ Set in 2003.
- ↑ Set in 2004.
- ↑ Set in 20XX.
- ↑ Primarily set from 1945 to 1954.
- ↑ Set in 1973.
- ↑ Primarily set in 1996, with flashbacks to the distant past.
- ↑ Set in 2014.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Set in 2024.
- ↑ Set from 1999 to 2039.
- ↑ Set from 2029 to 2048.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Set in approximately 22048.
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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Bibliography
- Nomura, Kohei (7 August 2014). Godzilla Dictionary [New Edition]. Kasakura Publishing. ISBN 978-4-7730-8725-3.
- Abe, Katsu, ed. (23 May 2014). Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla Super Complete Works (Kindle ed.). Shogakukan. ISBN 978-4-09-101444-3.
- Shimazaki, Jun; Tomoi, Taketo; Kobayashi, Yuji (30 December 2003). Fantastic Collection - Godzilla: Tokyo SOS. Asahi Sonorama. ISBN 4-257-03688-5.
- Matsui, Satoshi, ed. (1 March 2005). Godzilla Final Wars Super Complete Works (2nd ed.). Shogakukan. ISBN 4-09-101498-4.
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