Godziban (pilot)

Godziban is a fan film submitted to the Godzilla-based GEMSTONE Creators Audition campaign, uploaded to YouTube on March 20, 2019. It carried over characters from Atelier Koganemushi's 2004 puppet show Gekigoji, and led to Toho greenlighting Godziban as a web series. It marked the debuts of four of the five segments in the show's first season, with the exception of Grandpa Hedo's Travels.

Plot

In the Go! Go! Godzilla-kun segment, Godzilla-kun, Minilla, Little, and Moshu-Moshu introduce themselves. Godzilla-kun proposes a race; while he and Little start with a huge lead, Moshu-Moshu soon rockets past them. A segment of Grandpa Hedo follows. In the Attention! Godzilla segment, a young girl with a love of dogs encounters Kamachi, left in a box on the side of the road. Shocked at his appearance, she walks past him at first, but ultimately decides to take him, the monster riding in her backpack. In the Go! Jet Jaguar segment, Jet Jaguar faces questions at a press conference. In the Moshi Moth segment, Moshu-Moshu and her twin Moshuu-Moshuu communicate via string telephone. After a "Godzidan" song and dance, the pilot closes with another Grandpa Hedo segment.

Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

Directed by Jun Shimazaki
Writing and direction by Hideyuki Kobayashi
Cinematography by Jun Shimazaki
Music by Hideyuki Kobayashi (uncredited)
Ending theme "Godzidan" performed by Luna and Lune
Edited by Hideyuki Kobayashi (uncredited)
Cartoon illustrations by Onigiri
Title illustrations by Yukihide Toyoda, Junko Kubota, Marunana
Puppets designed and operated by Hideyuki Kobayashi (uncredited)

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

Luna as schoolgirl
Yumiko Takahashi as Godzilla-kun (voice)
Hideyuki Kobayashi as Little (voice) / Young Hedo (voice)

Appearances

Monsters

Videos

Full pilot

Trivia

Segments in the Godziban pilot would form the basis for the 1st Season episodes "Run On, Godzilla Brothers!" and "Moshu-Moshu Telephone". The schoolgirl who adopted Kamachi would return in "The Godzilla Who Came on Christmas Eve!", with a shot from the pilot recycled as Grandpa Zilla told the story of how the two met.
The pilot's end sequence features clips and images from the puppet show Gekigoji. Two puppets are featured which have yet to appear in the show: an adult Godzilla and a King Ghidorah.
The end credits show many of the actresses who would appear in 1st Season Attention! Godzilla segments cuddling Kamachi.

Media

Godziban series (Videos) • Godziman • Godziban film

Episodes

1st Season	"We Are the Three Godzilla Brothers!" • "Parting Lovers" • "Smack It, Godzilla Brothers!" • "The Sad Ballerina" • "Secret Training Dojo" • "Secret Move: Dropkick!" / "Office Lady Yuko's Depression" • "Run On, Godzilla Brothers!" • "A Godziban Tale: The Tortoise and the Hare " / "A World First! Robot Press Conference" / "Woeful Warriors" • "Moshu-Moshu Telephone" / "Jet Jaguar Activates!!" • "Land of Fire: Aso, Kumamoto Edition" • "Go! Jet Jaguar / Grandpa Hedo Recap" • "Fly to the Cliff!" • "Godzilla Fest 2019 Show" • "Red Balloon" • "A Stubborn Father's Longest Day" • "Son of Minilla" • "He Came From Outer Space" • "G vs. G / I Am Godzilla-kun!" • "The Godzilla Who Came on Christmas Eve!" • "Fly Towards the Future!" • "Film the Dream!"

2nd Season	"Goodbye, Mommy" • "Three Giant Monsters: The Hungriest One on Earth" • "Gigan, Rise!" • "Special Training: Pole Vault!" • "Moshu-Moshu and the Door of Dreams" • "Gigan, Troubled!" / Gigan, Slice! #1 • "Go! Miracle Tail Shot" • "Moshu & Moshuu ★ Dance!" • "Gigan, Brain Freeze!" / Gigan, Slice! #2 • "Showdown! Beach Volleyball in the South Seas" • "Uncle Zilla" • "A Tragic Dissonance" • "Mystery on the Beach"

3rd Season	"Special Training: Discus!" • "Bad Guy Blues" • "Cool Brother JJ!" • "Fly, Godzilla-kun!" • "Champion of Justice, Brother JJ!" / Gigan, Slice! #3 • "Moshu-Moshu Connected Forever" • "Sleeping Monsters: Little" • "Prelude to a Nightmare" • "Sleeping Monsters: Minilla" • "Grandiose Memories" • "Sleeping Monsters: Tiny Zilla" • "Junior Zilla" • "Mysterious Forest of Yakushima Edition" • "A Flower Blooms in the Dark" • "Godzilla-kun Goes to the Forest" • "A Voice that Calls for Us" • "Napping Monsters: All Monsters Attack Edition" • "Beat Space and the Future!"

4th Season	"Shin Father and Son" • "Blu-ray & DVD Trailer" • "Shin Freezing Operation" • "Shin Frozen" • "The Return of Kingoji-kun" • "Special Training: Weightlifting!" • "Who is the Hero?" • "Great Monster Gathering!" • "Hop! Step! Radon! Part 1" / "1st Season Digest" • "Hop! Step! Radon! Part 2" / "2nd Season Digest" / "Opening an Onigiri Shop!" • "Hop! Step! Radon! Part 3" / "3rd Season Digest"

Non-seasonal	Godziban pilot • "The Xilien Who Turned Red" • "Lullaby of the Skies" • "Bring Them to Life! Let's Play with the Three Godzilla Brothers" • "The Greatest Advance of All Monsters on Earth" • "Mothra vs. Bagan: Prologue"

Monsters

Godzilla-kun • Minilla • Little • Grandpa Hedo and Young Hedo • Kamachi • Moshu-Moshu and Moshuu-Moshuu • Anguirus • Baragon • Jet Jaguar • Godzilla • Megalon • Battra • Grandpa Zilla • Dorat • King Ghidorah • Radon and Rodan • Gigan • Gorosaurus • Manda • Varan • Kumonga • Gezora • Young Caesar • Miyarabi • Ebirah • Gabara • Uncle Zilla • Erika • Sakuya • Matan and Tango • Desghidorah • Taigo • Mirei • Monster Zero • Kingoji-kun • Bagan • Mecha-King Ghidorah

Characters

Roborobo • Luna and Lune • Luluvera • Young Serizawa • Lei Lei

Films

Godzilla films

Showa era

Godzilla (1954) • Godzilla Raids Again (1955) • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) • Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) • Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) • Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) • Son of Godzilla (1967) • Destroy All Monsters (1968) • All Monsters Attack (1969) • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) • Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) • Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) • Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

Heisei era

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)

Millennium era

Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) • Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) • Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) • Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) • Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003) • Godzilla Final Wars (2004)

Reiwa era

Live action	Shin Godzilla (2016) • Godzilla Minus One (2023) • untitled film (TBA)

Animated	GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters (2017) • GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle (2018) • GODZILLA: The Planet Eater (2018)

American films

GODZILLA (1998) • Godzilla (2014) • Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) • untitled sixth Monsterverse film (2027)

Short films

"Godzilla vs. Charles Barkley" (1992) • Monster Planet of Godzilla (1994) • Godzilla: The Real 4-D (2017) • CANAL CITY HAKATA GODZILLA The Destroy Mapping Show (2018) • Dream Challenge: Godzilla Appears in Sukagawa (2019) • "The Faceless Star" (2019) • Godzilla vs. Evangelion: The Real 4-D (2019) • Godzilla Interception Operation Awaji attraction video (2020) • Godzilla Appears at Godzilla Fest (2020) • Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle (2021) • "The Impact of a Blue Day" (2021) • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (2021) • Godzilla vs. the Tigers (2022) • Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex (2022) • Fest Godzilla 3: Gigan Attacks (2022) • "GO YOUR WAY" (2023) • Godzilla vs. Megalon (2023) • Fest Godzilla 4: Operation Jet Jaguar (2023) • Godzilla: Attack on Tokyo (2024) • "Yours Ever" (2024) • Fest Godzilla 5: All Monsters Showdown (2024) • TOKYO GODZILLAs (2024)

Gamera films

Shōwa period	Gamera the Giant Monster (1965) • Gamera vs. Barugon (1966) • Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967) • Gamera vs. Viras (1968) • Gamera vs. Guiron (1969) • Gamera vs. Jiger (1970) • Gamera vs. Zigra (1971) • Gamera Super Monster (1980)

Heisei period	Gamera the Guardian of the Universe (1995) • Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996) • Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) • Gamera the Brave (2006)

Short films	Gamera vs. Garasharp (1991) • GAMERA (2015)

King Kong films

King Kong (1933) • Son of Kong (1933) • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) • King Kong Escapes (1967) • King Kong (1976) • King Kong Lives (1986) • The Mighty Kong (1998) • Kong: King of Atlantis (2005) • King Kong (2005) • Kong: Return to the Jungle (2006) • Kong: Skull Island (2017) • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) • untitled sixth Monsterverse film (2027)

Other Toho films

Shōwa period	Ramayana (1940s) • Invisible Man (1954) • Half Human (1955) • Rodan (1956) • The Mysterians (1957) • The H-Man (1958) • Varan (1958) • The Three Treasures (1959) • Battle in Outer Space (1959) • The Secret of the Telegian (1960) • The Human Vapor (1960) • Mothra (1961) • The Last War (1961) • Gorath (1962) • Matango (1963) • Atragon (1963) • Dogora (1964) • Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) • The War of the Gargantuas (1966) • The Killing Bottle (1967) • Latitude Zero (1969) • Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure (1969) • Space Amoeba (1970) • Daigoro vs. Goliath (1972) • Submersion of Japan (1973) • Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) • ESPY (1974) • The War in Space (1977) • Magnitude 7.9 (1980) • Bye-Bye Jupiter (1984) • Princess from the Moon (1987)

Heisei period	Cyber Cop (1989) • Gunhed (1989) • Mikadoroid (1991) • Reiko, Psyche Resurrected (1991) • Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994) • Rebirth of Mothra (1996) • Rebirth of Mothra 2 (1997) • Rebirth of Mothra 3 (1998) • Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie (2005) • Sinking of Japan (2006) • Go! Godman (2008) • "FORESTER: The Attack" (2014) • Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1 (2015) • Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2 (2015)

Reiwa period	Monster Hunter (2020) • The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021) • Shin Ultraman (2022) • yokaipedia (2022)

Other Daiei films

The Invisible Man Appears (1949) • Warning from Space (1956) • The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly (1957) • Killer Whale (1962) • Daimajin (1966) • Return of Daimajin (1966) • Wrath of Daimajin (1966) • Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969)

Other Japanese films

Shōwa period	Japanese King Kong (1933) • The Great Buddha Arrival (1934) • The King Kong that Appeared in Edo (1938) • Magic Serpent (1966) • The X from Outer Space (1967) • Gappa (1967) • The Last Dinosaur (1977) • Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977) • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

Heisei period	The Cat (1991) • Sakuya (2000) • Wanigon vs. Gamaron (2000) • The Great Yokai War (2005) • Negadon: The Monster from Mars (2005) • Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters (2008) • Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (2008) • Geharha: The Dark and Long Haired Monster‎ (2009) • Demeking, the Sea Monster (2009) • Raiga: God of the Monsters (2009) • Death Kappa (2010) • The God of Clay (2011) • A Giant Warrior Descends on Tokyo (2012) • Jellyfish Eyes (2013) • Day of the Kaiju (2014) • Love & Peace (2015) • Kaiju Mono (2016) • The Great Buddha Arrival (2018) • Kaiju Ward Gallas (2019)

Reiwa period	God Raiga vs. King Ohga: War of the Monsters (2019) • The Great Actress Reiko Inui (2019) • Howl from Beyond the Fog (2019) • Monster Seafood Wars (2020) • The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8 (2020) • Nezura 1964 (2021) • Yatsuashi (2021) • What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? (2022) • Yuzo the Biggest Battle in Tokyo (2022) • AKARI (2022) • Hoshi 35 (2023) • Brush of the God (2024) • "Foodlosslla: What Should Humanity Do!?" (2024) • Showdown! Cosmic Trailblaze Saga of Heroes (2024) • Kaiju: Island of Fire (TBA)

Miscellaneous

Films	The Ghost of Slumber Mountain (1918) • The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) • The Giant Behemoth (1959) • Gorgo (1961) • Bulgasari (1962) • Gogola (1966) • Space Monster Wangmagwi (1967) • Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967) • APE (1976) • The Mighty Peking Man (1977) • Pulgasari (1985) • Reptilian (1999) • Cloverfield (2008) • 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) • Colossal (2016) • The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) • Rampage (2018) • Notzilla (2019) • untitled Cloverfield sequel (TBA)

Documentaries	Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection (1986) • Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1998) • GAMERA1999 (1999) • Bringing Godzilla Down to Size (2008) • The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga (2019) • Yonggary Chronicle Project (2019) • Godzilla's Leading Ladies (2020)

Fan films	Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969) • Gamera 4: Truth (2003) • Waiting for Gorgo (2009) • G vs. G (2019) • Godziban (2019) • Heritage (2020) • Coming Out (2020) • Wolfman vs. Godzilla (TBA)

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