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Wikizilla has a limited scope of productions which it covers. The following page outlines what media is appropriate for site inclusion, divided by medium and category.

Overview

Categories

Wikizilla's rules for films and series are divided into nine distinct categories: live-action films produced by Toho, live-action series produced by Toho, live-action films produced by Daiei, live-action Japanese films produced by companies other than Toho or Daiei, non-Japanese live action films, documentaries, animated movies, fan films, and miscellaneous television series. In the case that a film or series is a co-production between Toho or Daiei and another Japanese company, it may be considered for both the Toho/Daiei rules, and the Japanese film/miscellaneous TV rules. Similarly, works which are co-productions between a Japanese and non-Japanese company can be considered for both the Japanese and non-Japanese rules.

The following rulesets do not account for films and TV shows starring the characters of Godzilla, Gamera, and/or King Kong, as they are the three main pillars of the site and any such productions are covered automatically. Films in which the characters have minor or supporting roles (e.g. Godzilla in Always: Sunset on Third Street 2, Gamera in Cosplay Warrior Cutie Knight, King Kong in The LEGO Batman Movie) are excluded, but those versions of the characters may receive incarnation pages.

The rules are laid out in numbered lists; a film or series must satisfy at least one of the numbered rules in its respective category. Some rulesets also include a list of exclusions under which a work can be rejected even if it satisfies one of the inclusion criteria.

Listed below each of the rulesets are the productions which have been approved for site inclusion, each of which is marked with a number correlating to the rule(s) which it is qualified by.

Disambiguation of terms

For simplicity's sake, these rules use terms such as "Toho-produced" or "Daiei-produced"; however, these do not refer strictly to Toho Co., Ltd. and Daiei Co., Ltd. For Daiei, both the original Daiei which went bankrupt in 1971 and its successor, established in 1974 as Daiei Film Co., Ltd., are included under the same umbrella. However, this does not extend to Kadokawa, which bought Daiei Film in 2002 and has only produced one Gamera film since. Any film produced by Kadokawa and not Daiei will therefore fall under the rules for general Japanese films. Furthermore, works produced by subsidiaries of Toho or Daiei (such as Toho Eizo) may be considered with those by their parent companies, so long as the company was a subsidiary at the time of the work's production. Works produced by a company that was acquired by Toho or Daiei after the fact do not count retroactively, but still have a chance to qualify for inclusion as a miscellaneous series or Japanese film.

Though Wikizilla frequently lists giant robots as monsters under film and television pages' Appearances sections, they do not count as "giant monsters" in the context of these rules. Also, since many giant monsters lack official measurements, we do not have strict minimum size requirements for giant monsters. The monster should simply be large enough to dominate its surroundings; consequently, films including monsters who only stand several meters tall are more likely to qualify if the monsters terrorize settings like pre-industrial Japan.

Films

Live-action

Toho

Live-action, Toho-produced films outside of the Godzilla series must either:

1. Include a giant monster in a substantial role (cases such as Torterra appearing briefly in Pokémon Detective Pikachu do not count)
2. Include characters (e.g. Rodan and Mothra) or superweapons (e.g. the Gotengo and Maser Cannons) who previously or subsequently appeared in Godzilla media
3. Be science fiction and/or horror and share a director of special effects or equivalent position with at least one Godzilla film
4. Be directly related to another qualified Toho film or TV series (e.g. the Cyber Cop film being based on the Cyber Cop TV series or Gantz: Perfect Answer being a sequel to Gantz)

Films which have been approved under these conditions include:

Ramayana (1942) [1/3] Invisible Man (1954) [3] Half Human (1955) [3] Rodan (1956) [1/2/3] The Mysterians (1957) [2/3] The H-Man (1958) [3] Varan (1958) [1/2/3] The Three Treasures (1959) [1] Battle in Outer Space (1959) [2/3/4] The Secret of the Telegian (1960) [3] The Human Vapor (1960) [3] Mothra (1961) [1/2/3] The Last War (1961) [3] Gorath (1962) [2/3] Matango (1963) [2/3] Atragon (1963) [2/3] Dogora (1964) [1/2/3] Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) [1/2/3] The War of the Gargantuas (1966) [1/2/3/4]

Latitude Zero (1969) [1/2/3] The Vampire Doll (1970) [3] Space Amoeba (1970) [1/2/3] Lake of Dracula (1971) [3] Daigoro vs. Goliath (1971) [1] Submersion of Japan (1973) [3] ESPY (1974) [3] Evil of Dracula (1974) [3] Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) [3] The War in Space (1977) [3] Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1 (1980) [3] Magnitude 7.9 (1980) [3/4] Bye-Bye Jupiter (1984) [3] Princess from the Moon (1987) [3] Cyber Cop (1989) [4] Gunhed (1989) [3] Mikadoroid (1991) [3] Video Girl Ai (1991) [3] Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994) [1]

Rebirth of Mothra (1996) [1/2/3] Rebirth of Mothra 2 (1997) [1/2/3/4] Rebirth of Mothra 3 (1998) [1/2/3/4] Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie (2005) [1/2/3/4] Sinking of Japan (2006) [3/4] Go! Godman (2008) [1/2/4] Gantz (2011) [3] Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011) [4] As the Gods Will (2014) [1] Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1 (2015) [1] Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2 (2015) [1/4] I Am a Hero (2015) [3] Monster Hunter (2020) [1] The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021) [1] Shin Ultraman (2022) [1/2] Ghostbook (2022) [1] Blockbuster Monster Movie (TBA) [1]

Daiei

Live-action, Daiei-produced films outside of the Gamera series must either:

1. Include practical monster effects (with a strong emphasis on suitmation and/or puppeteering) directed or photographed by dedicated special effects personnel
2. Be science fiction and share a director of special effects, special effects photographer, or equivalent role with at least one Godzilla or Gamera film
3. Be directly related to another qualified Daiei film (e.g. The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly being a spiritual successor to The Invisible Man Appears)

The Invisible Man Appears (1949) [2] Warning from Space (1956) [1] The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly (1957) [3] The Demon of Mount Oe (1960) [1] Kujira Gami (1962) [1] Wind Velocity 75 Meters (1963) [2] Daimajin (1966) [1] Return of Daimajin (1966) [1/3]

Daimajin Strikes Again (1966) [1/3] Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968) [1] The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch (1968) [1/2] Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare (1968) [3] Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969) [1/3] The Invisible Swordsman (1970) [1/3] All About Mighty Lady (1984) [1] Tokyo Blackout (1987) [2]

Other Japanese

Live-action Japanese films produced by a company other than Toho or Daiei must either:

1. Focus on one or more giant monsters, or a character who ultimately becomes a giant monster
2. Include a giant monster and share a director of special effects or equivalent role with at least one Godzilla or Gamera film
3. Demonstrate significant influence from the Godzilla, King Kong, and/or Gamera series.
4. Be a remake, direct sequel/prequel, spiritual successor, or parody to a qualified Toho or Daiei film

The following types of films will be automatically excluded:

1. Ultra Series, Super Sentai, and Kamen Rider films, as well as films which focus on parodying these franchises, unless they are produced by Toho
2. Other Tsuburaya Productions films, unless they are feature-length and produced or distributed by Toho
3. Student films, unless they are completed by the director after graduation
4. Pornography

Films which have been approved under these conditions include:

Japanese King Kong (1933) [3] The Great Buddha Arrival (1934) [1] The King Kong that Appeared in Edo (1938) [3] Magic Serpent (1966) [1] The X from Outer Space (1967) [1] Gappa (1967) [1] The Last Dinosaur (1977) [1] Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977) [1] Orochi Strikes Again (1985) [1/2] Getting Any? (1995) [1] Moon Over Tao (1997) [1] Sakuya, Slayer of Demons (2000) [2] Zebraman (2004) [1] The Great Yokai War (2005) [4] The World Sinks Except Japan (2006) [4] Big Man Japan (2007) [1]

Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters (2008) [1] Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (2008) [1] Assault Girls (2009) [1] Geharha: The Dark and Long Haired Monster (2009) [1] Demeking, the Sea Monster (2009) [1] G (2009) [1] Raiga: God of the Monsters (2009) [1] Death Kappa (2010) [1] Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City (2010) [1/4] The God of Clay (2011) [1/2] Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo (2012) [1] Henge (2011) [1] Jellyfish Eyes (2013) [1] Earth Defense Widow (2014) [1] Day of the Kaiju (2014) [1] Love & Peace (2015) [1/3]

Kaiju Mono (2016) [1] Tetsudon, the Kaiju Dream Match (2017) [1] The Great Buddha Arrival (2018) [1] Koujin (2018) [1] Kaiju Ward Gallas (2019) [1] God Raiga vs. King Ohga: War of the Monsters (2019) [1] Attack of the Giant Teacher (2019) [1] Howl from Beyond the Fog (2019) [1] Monster Seafood Wars (2020) [1] The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8 (2020) [1] Nezura 1964 (2021) [3] Yatsuashi (2021) [1] Gankiryu (2021) [1/3] What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? (2022) [1] Brush of the God (2023) [1] Yuzo the Biggest Battle in Tokyo (TBA) [1]

Miscellaneous

Non-Japanese, live-action films must either:

1. Includes a giant monster and demonstrate significant influence from or on the Godzilla, King Kong, and/or Gamera series, beyond the mere presence of a giant monster
2. Include a giant monster and share a director, special effects director, screenwriter, or suitmaker with the Godzilla or Gamera series
3. Include at least one stop-motion giant monster animated by Willis O'Brien, chief animator for the original King Kong
4. Be a remake of, or sequel/prequel to, another qualified film

The following types of films will be automatically excluded:

1. Mockbusters of qualified films, unless they make significant use of practical effects. This does not necessarily exclude spoofs or parodies
2. Films with extremely low production value (e.g. Ganjasaurus Rex and The Mighty Gorga)
3. Films which could be sufficiently covered by another available wiki
4. Pornography

Films which have been approved under these conditions include:

The Ghost of Slumber Mountain (1918) [3] The Lost World (1925) [1/3] Mighty Joe Young (1949) [3] The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) [1] Ilya Muromets (1956) [1] The Black Scorpion (1957) [3] The Giant Behemoth (1959) [3] Konga (1961) [1] Gorgo (1961) [1] Bulgasari (1962) [4] Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967) [2]

Feng Shen Bang (1969) [2] The Super Inframan (1975) [2] A*P*E (1976) [1] The Snake Prince (1976) [2] Queen Kong (1976) [1] The Mighty Peking Man (1977) [1/2] Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century (1977) [1] War of the Wizards (1978) [2] Pulgasari (1985) [2] Nine Lives (1991) [2] Galgameth (1996) [4]

Mighty Joe Young (1998) [4] Reptilian (1999) [4] Cloverfield (2008) [1] Monsters (2010) [2] Monsters: Dark Continent (2014) [4] 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) [4] Colossal (2016) [1] The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) [4] Rampage (2018) [1] Notzilla (2019) [1] Cloverfield sequel (TBA) [4]

Animated

Animated films must either:

1. Be directly related to live-action films we cover. This does not include works which are simply adaptations of the same source material
2. Use 3DCG to closely recreate the look of tokusatsu effects. Exclude films by Tsuburaya Productions

Films which have been qualified under these conditions include:

• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) [1]
• Super Atragon (1995) and Super Atragon: Part II (1996) [1]
• Negadon: The Monster from Mars (2005) [2]

Fan films

Fan films which are based on or significantly reference approved film or TV show must either:

1. Have been participated in by an actor or staff member who worked on films or series covered by the site. The use of stock music by a composer does not count
2. Have been acknowledged by the studio which owns the source material (e.g. distributing the film or threatening legal action against the filmmakers)

Films which have been qualified under these conditions include:

Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969) [2] Daicon III Opening Animation (1981) and Daicon IV Opening Animation (1983) [1] Godzilla vs. Deathgilas (2001) [1] Gamera 4: Truth (2003) [1/2] Waiting for Gorgo (2009) [2] Godzilla Battle Royale (2014) [1] Jet Jaguar: Project M11 (2015) [1] The Cloverfield Files (2019) [1] G vs. G (2019) [1/2]

Godziban pilot (2019) [1/2] Hedorah Silent Spring (2019) [1] Coming Out (2020) [2] KVG (2020) [1] Heritage (2020) [2] Wolfman vs. Godzilla (TBA) [1] Godzilla: Total Destruction (canceled) [1] Wolfman vs. Baragon (canceled) [1]

Television/web/direct-to-video series

Live-action

Toho

Live-action, Toho-produced series outside of the Godzilla series must either:

1. Feature a giant monster in a substantial role
2. Make prominent use of suitmation
3. Be directly related to a qualified Toho film or series

Series which have been approved under these conditions include:

Go! Godman (1972) [1/2] Warrior of Love Rainbowman (1972) [2] Zone Fighter (1973) [1/2] Kure Kure Takora (1973) [2] Diamond Eye (1973) [2] Go! Greenman (1973) [1/2] Submersion of Japan: Television Series (1974) [3] Go! Kotaro Ushiwaka (1974) [2] Flying Saucer War Bankid (1976) [2] Megaloman (1979) [1/2]

Cyber Cop (1988) [2] Guyferd (1996) [2] Star Bows (2000) [2] The Gransazers (2003) [1/2] The Justirisers (2004) [1/2/3] Super Fleet Sazer-X (2005) [1/2/3] Kawaii! JeNny (2007) [1/2] Attack on Titan: Signal to Strike Back (2015) [3] I Am a Hero: The Day it Began (2016) [3] Shin Ultra Fight (web 2022) [1/3]

Miscellaneous

Animated shows produced by Toho, any series produced by a studio other than Toho, or a relevant episode of one of said series, must either:

1. Be directly related to live-action films or shows we cover beyond simply referencing them
2. Include at least one giant monster and have at least half of its episodes be worked on by a Japanese director, special effects director, or screenwriter of a Godzilla or Gamera film

Shows that are produced by Tsuburaya Productions, or that are entries in or parodies of the Kamen Rider or Super Sentai franchises are automatically excluded unless they are Toho co-productions.

Series which have been approved under these conditions include:

• He of the Sun episode 2, "Beat the Monsters!" (1968) [1/2]
• Agon: Atomic Dragon (1968) [2]
• Chibikko Special (1971) [1]
• Assault! Human!! (1972) [1]
• Warrior of Love Rainbowman (1982) [1]
• The Great Yokai Skit: Ushitora Fight (DVD 2005) [1]
• Daimajin Kanon (2010) [1]
• Monster Magnitude: 9 (2010) [2]
• Crayon Shin-chan episode 901, "Crayon Shin-chan vs. Shin Godzilla" (2016) [1]
• Kaiju Defeat COVID! (web 2020) [1]