Godziburst (web 2025–)
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Godziburst (ゴジバースト Gojibāsuto) is a Japanese kaiju web series directed by Masami Fujita and written by Junichiro Ashiki. A collaboration of Toho, Bandai, and Bandai Spirits produced by MagniFIKA, it serves as a promotion for Bandai's toy line of the same name. Figures from the line are manipulated as puppets or filmed in stop motion to portray battles between Godzilla kaiju, similar to the 1997–98 TV series Godzilla Island. Each episode's starring monsters are given stat readouts and elemental Burst Types which allow them a unique Burst Move.
The series premiered with an "episode 0" on the BANDAI OFFICIAL YouTube channel on August 28, 2025, but was not followed by the official first episode until a month later on September 20, the day of the toy line's launch. The first season ran for five more episodes until November 7, after which a compilation of episodes 1–6 was posted on November 14. A second season was announced to be in development at the end of episode 6, and further information was given at the end of the compilation. It began a month later on December 12 and ran until February 27, 2026, with another compilation on March 6. The season 2 finale ended with the text "to be continued..." and a third season was formally confirmed at the end of the compilation. This season changed its airing schedule to two episodes per week and ran March 13–27.
To coincide with the U.S. release of the Godziburst toy line, Bandai Namco Toys & Collectibles America began posting the series to its YouTube channel on July 6, 2026, with English dubbing and visuals.
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Air date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Season | Japanese* | English | ||
| 0 | "Let's Godziburst!!" | Uncredited | 08/28/2025 | 07/08/2026 | |
| Season 1 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | "A World Beyond Time and Space" | Masami Fujita | 09/20/2025 | 07/09/2026 |
| 2 | 2 | "Godzilla and Little Godzilla" | 09/30/2025 | ||
| 3 | 3 | "Forest of Titans" | Sora Terui | 10/10/2025 | 07/10/2026 |
| 4 | 4 | "Mechagodzilla Strikes" | 10/24/2025 | ||
| 5 | 5 | "Fearsome Gatling Gigan" | Masami Fujita | 11/01/2025 | 07/11/2026 |
| 6 | 6 | "AdventureVerse Finale" | 11/07/2025 | ||
| 1–6 | 1–6 | "Adventureverse Compilation" | Masami Fujita, Sora Terui |
11/14/2025 | TBA |
| Season 2 | |||||
| 7 | 1 | "DuelVerse" | Masami Fujita | 12/12/2025 | 07/12/2026 |
| 8 | 2 | "King of the Ice Storm" | 12/25/2025 | ||
| 9 | 3 | "Beware of the Fire Monster" | Sora Terui | 01/16/2026 | 07/13/2026 |
| 10 | 4 | "Mechagodzilla's Revenge" | Masami Fujita | 01/30/2026 | |
| 11 | 5 | "Super Dragon Monster Invasion!" | 02/13/2026 | 07/14/2026 | |
| 12 | 6 | "CyberduelVerse: The Ultimate Showdown" | 02/27/2026 | ||
| 7–12 | 1–6 | "Cyberduelverse Compilation" | Masami Fujita, Sora Terui |
03/06/2026 | TBA |
| Season 3 | |||||
| 13 | 1 | "Scout from the Darkness" | Masami Fujita | 03/13/2026 | TBA |
| 14 | 2 | "Give 'Em a Shock!" | Sora Terui | ||
| 15 | 3 | "Into the Demonic Verse!" | 03/20/2026 | ||
| 16 | 4 | "Mechagodzilla's Assault!" | Masami Fujita | ||
| 17 | 5 | "The Terror of Destoroyah" | 03/27/2026 | ||
| 18 | 6 | "The King Who Rends the Dark" | |||
| 13–18 | 1–6 | "Hellverse Compilation" | Masami Fujita, Sora Terui[a] |
05/22/2026 | |
| Season 4 | |||||
| 19 | 1 | "The Raid's Advance" | Uncredited | 07/24/2026 | TBA |
| 20 | 2 | "Unleash the Power!" | TBA | ||
Staff
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Masami Fujita
- Episode directors Masami Fujita, Sora Terui
- Associate director Sora Terui (episodes 6, 17–18)
- Series composer and writer Junichiro Ashiki
- Planned and produced by Mitsuo Sugano, Yuta Ueda, Mahiro Ogawa
- Assistant producer Kofu Tsubaki
- Line producers Masami Fujita, Daito Wakau
- Production manager Miho Aoyagi
- Assistant staff coordinator Tomoyoshi Joko
- Production assistants Yuto Kato, Momoko Nishimaniwa, Keiko Kawasaki, Kana Uehara, Ryo Minamoto, Atsushi Kitayama, Masato Takeguchi, Hayato Koyama, Fumina Kitamura, Shuto Motohashi, Yosuke Watanabe, Ryun, Ryoichi Takeda, Takumi Oikawa, Momoko Nishioka
- Post-production producer Takahiro Shimizu
- Assistant post-production producer Toranosuke Tanaka
- AI producer Hideyuki Ishibashi
- Cinematography by Taisuke Iwabuchi, Kota Mori, Yuichi Nakamura
- Assistant cameras Kota Mori, Ryo Minamoto
- Lighting by Yuki Yamanaka, Natsuru Chiba, Hiroki Mae, Kazuki Ogura, Miho Aoyagi
- Music production, mixing, and sound design by Yoshihiro Namizuka
- Stock music by Akira Ifukube (episodes 6, 12), Masaru Sato (episode 7; both uncredited)
- Online editing and color grading by Kazuki Yoshida, Kazuya Araki, Fuminori Kasai
- Online editing support by Tatsuya Rikimaru (episode 1)
- Offline editors Masami Fujita, Sora Terui
- Storyboards by Masami Fujita
- Opening, SY-3 Tower, etc. dioramas by Hiroshi Yamamoto
- Wilderness dioramas and AdventureVerse structures by Hiroyuki Tsuchida, Taiga Nagashima, Keiko Saito, Miharu Miura, Kohei Takeda
- Jungle diorama by Shinya Kusano
- AdventureVerse dioramas by Hiroshi Yamamoto, Masami Fujita, Daito Wakau, Sora Terui, Miho Aoyagi, Kota Mori, Atsushi Kitayama, Aika Saeki
- Cyberduelverse dioramas by Masami Fujita, Kofu Tsubaki, Kota Mori, Miho Aoyagi, Yuto Kato, Momoko Nishimaniwa, Fumina Kitamura, Ryun, Aika Saeki, Isao Sakuma
- 3D-printed models by Daiki Omi
- Graphic designers So Sudo, Mizuki Shimura
- Associate designer Takashi Suzuki
- First assistant director Sora Terui
- Assistant director Kota Mori
- Special effects advisor Aito Ijima
- Stop-motion animator Yoshinari Ishii
- Opening stop-motion supervisor Takuro Oishi
- Opening stop-motion animator Masato Hayafune
- Puppet operator/supervisor Haruka Yamada
- Puppet creators Shinichiro Sone, Sachiko Takeda
- Visual effects by Kazuki Yoshida, Kazuya Araki, Fuminori Kasai, Katsutomo Yokoshoji, Shunki Saito, Yuna Yamada, Mizuha Aso, Taiki Nagashima, Julia Akimoto
- AI creators Koji Hayakawa, Tadashi Kawabata, Kaho Sakuma, Toru Sasaki
- Company credits
- Supervised by Toho
- Planned by Bandai, Bandai Spirits
- Produced by MagniFIKA
- Shooting studio Kaminari Studio
- Post-production by digital egg
- Wilderness dioramas and AdventureVerse structures by Studio Bingo
- Building dioramas by Littlebit, B-Dash
- Diorama art cooperation by gorock
- Jungle diorama by Green-Tech/Grün[b]
- Graphic design by S-PLUS
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Moka Kissa as SY-3, navigator robot (voice)
- Shintaro Tanaka as narrator (voice)
Appearances
Combatants
| Name | Burst Type | Burst Move | Power | Durability | Vitality | Intelligence | Speed | Potential |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biollante (Flower Beast) |
 Forest & King
|
Forest Creation | 130 | 100 | 90 | 95 | 50 | 70 |
| Total: 535 | ||||||||
| Gigan (2004) |
 Cosmos
|
Slash Break | 95 | 95 | 90 | 95 | 100 | 70 |
| Total: 545 | ||||||||
| Hedorah (1971) |
 Factory & Cosmos
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Acid Rain | 80 | ∞ | 70 | 70 | 80 | 50 |
| Total: 350 + ??? | ||||||||
| Kamacuras (2004) |
 Forest
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Sickle Reaper | 60 | 60 | 70 | 100 | 90 | 70 |
| Total: 450 | ||||||||
| Shockirus |  Ocean & Forest
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Rampage Stinger | 30 | 30 | 30 | 20 | 40 | 20 |
| Total: 170 | ||||||||
| Mothra Larva (1992) |
Forest
|
String Attack | 50 | 40 | 80 | 100 | 70 | 100 |
| Total: 440 | ||||||||
| Mothra (1992) |
Fairy Break[c] | 90 | 90 | 110 | 100 | 120 | 100 | |
| Total: 610 | ||||||||
| Type 3 Mechagodzilla Heavy Arms Type[d] |
 Factory
|
Raging Bombardment | 100 | 120 | 100 | 120 | 100 | 80 |
| Total: 620 | ||||||||
| Type 3 Mechagodzilla | Absolute Zero Cannon | 110 | 100 | 100 | 120 | 110 | 80 | |
| Total: 620 | ||||||||
| Type 3 Mechagodzilla <Firefighting Mode> |
 Factory & Ocean
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Global Waterfall | 110 | 130 | 100 | 120 | 110 | 80 |
| Total: 650 | ||||||||
| Godzilla (1991) |
 King
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Hyper Heat Ray | 120 | 120 | 100 | 95 | 85 | 200 |
| Total: 720 | ||||||||
| Burning Godzilla |  King & Ground
|
Destruction Heat Ray | 160 | 110 | 100 | 95 | 90 | 250 |
| Total: 805 | ||||||||
| Blizzard Godzilla |  King & Ocean
|
Ice Inferno | 140 | 130 | 100 | 100 | 90 | 245 |
| Total: 805 | ||||||||
| Gatling Gigan [episodes 2, 11] |
Factory & Cosmos
|
Spinning Bullet Shot | 120 | 120 | 100 | 100 | 120 | 100 |
| Total: 660 | ||||||||
| Gatling Gigan [episodes 5–6] |
150 | 130 | 120 | 100 | 140 | 100 | ||
| Total: 740 | ||||||||
| SpaceGodzilla |  Cosmos & King
|
Gravity Tornado | 125 | 125 | 100 | 95 | 85 | 100 |
| Total: 630 | ||||||||
| Mechagodzilla (1974) |
Factory & Cosmos
|
Space Impact Break | 120 | 110 | 90 | 110 | 100 | 80 |
| Total: 610 | ||||||||
| Mechagodzilla (1974) & Maser Unit |
140 | 120 | 90 | 110 | 110 | 80 | ||
| Total: 650 | ||||||||
| Magma Hedorah |  Cosmos & Factory & Ground
|
Volcanic Cloud | 130 | ∞ | 70 | 70 | 50 | 40 |
| Total: 360 + ??? | ||||||||
| Ice Mothra |  Forest & Ocean
|
Ice Frame | 90 | 100 | 110 | 100 | 130 | 90 |
| Total: 620 | ||||||||
| Burning Millennium Godzilla |
King & Ground
|
Bright Blaze Ray | 160 | 110 | 100 | 100 | 90 | 245 |
| Total: 805 | ||||||||
| Rodan (1993) |  Ground
|
Sonic Bomb | 85 | 85 | 90 | 80 | 130 | 80 |
| Total: 550 | ||||||||
| King Ghidorah (1991) |
Factory
|
Triple Destruction Laser | 120 | 120 | 90 | 100 | 100 | 90 |
| Total: 620 | ||||||||
| LittleGodzilla | King
|
Bubble Heat Ray | 50 | 50 | 80 | 90 | 50 | 200 |
| Total: 520 | ||||||||
| Thunder Godzilla |  King & Electric
|
Lightning Ray | 140 | 120 | 100 | 100 | 110 | 235 |
| Total: 805 | ||||||||
| Anguirus (1972) |
Ground
|
Blast Spear | 100 | 125 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 80 |
| Total: 575 | ||||||||
| Super Mechagodzilla | Factory
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All Weapons Fire | 130 | 125 | 90 | 110 | 120 | 80 |
| Total: 655 | ||||||||
| Destoroyah | King & Ocean
|
Perfect Ultimate Beam | 130 | 130 | 130 | 90 | 100 | 100 |
| Total: 680 | ||||||||
| King Destoroyah |  King & Ocean & Dark
|
All Destroy | 190 | 190 | 130 | 100 | 120 | 100 |
| Total: 830 | ||||||||
Other monstersThe following monsters have appeared briefly or in still frames, but were not profiled.
Characters |
Weapons, vehicles, and races
Locations
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Gallery
- Main article: Godziburst (series)/Gallery.
Videos
Trivia
- Including the season 2 compilation, all episodes from 12 to 18 were released on the same days as episodes of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.
- Each season's fourth episode mentions Mechagodzilla in its title: "Mechagodzilla Strikes", "Mechagodzilla's Revenge", and "Mechagodzilla's Assault!", referring to the Millennium, Showa, and Heisei incarnations, respectively.
- The English version of the show consistently translates Kiryu and SpaceGodzilla as "Mechagodzilla" and "Space Godzilla," despite the U.S. toy line having figures named Formula Type 3 Kiryu and Plasma SpaceGodzilla.
External links
Notes
- ↑ Despite the compilation including the Terui-directed episodes 14–15, he is only credited for his role as associate director of episodes 17–18.
- ↑ Misspelled as "Gree-Tech" (グリーテック Gurītekku) on episodes 2–4.
- ↑ Two imagos performing their Burst Move at the same time was referred to as "Twin Fairy Break."
- ↑ Simply referred to as "Type 3 Mechagodzilla" in episode 1.
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