List of Godzilla film continuities
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][note 1]
- Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)[1][note 2]
- 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 3]
- Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)
- Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)
- Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)[note 4]
- Zone Fighter (TV 1973; 26 episodes)[2][3]
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
- Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
- Destroy All Monsters (1968)[note 5]
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 6]
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus continuity
- Godzilla (1954)[note 7]
- Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)[note 8]
GMK continuity
- Godzilla (1954)
- GODZILLA (1998)[1]
- Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)[note 9]
Kiryu series continuity
- Godzilla (1954)[note 10]
- Rodan (1956)[1]
- Varan (1958)[1]
- Mothra (1961)[1]
- Atragon (1963)[1]
- Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965)[1][note 11][note 12]
- The War of the Gargantuas (1966)[1]
- King Kong Escapes (1967)[1]
- Space Amoeba (1970)[1][note 13]
- Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)[note 14]
- Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003)[note 15]
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 16]
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 17]
- Kong: Skull Island (2017)[note 18]
- Skull Island: The Birth of Kong (2017)[note 19]
- Godzilla (2014)
- Godzilla: Aftershock (2019)[note 20]
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters - The Official Movie Novelization (2019)[9][note 21]
- Godzilla Dominion and Kingdom Kong (both 2021)
- Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) and Fight or Flight (TBA)[note 22]
Shin Godzilla continuity
- Shin Godzilla (2016)
GODZILLA anime trilogy continuity
- GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse (2017)[note 23]
- GODZILLA: Project Mechagodzilla (2018)[note 24]
- GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters (2017)[note 25]
- GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle (2018)[note 25]
- GODZILLA: The Planet Eater (2018)[note 25]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Following a prologue set in 1945, the film's events pick up 15 years later (1960). Despite this, the timeline laid out in Godzilla Dictionary [New Edition] places it between Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster and Invasion of Astro-Monster.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Following a prologue set in 1945, the film's events pick up 15 years later (1960). Despite this, sources state that within the continuity of the Kiryu series, Frankenstein, Baragon, and the Giant Octopus all appeared in 1965.
- ↑ 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 in the novelization.
- ↑ Both set in 2024.
- ↑ Set from 1999 to 2039.
- ↑ Set from 2029 to 2048.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 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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