Forum - Proposed policy for what films and TV shows Wikizilla will cover going forward

Wikizilla has never purely been a wiki for the Godzilla, Gamera, and King Kong franchises, and the outer limits of what we should make pages for has been the subject of spirited debate the past few years. Those debates have made it increasingly clear that approving and rejecting films and shows on a case-by-case basis with no clearly written guidelines is frustrating for all involved. It has also slowly expanded our scope beyond what our relatively small group of editors can hope to write about. To that end, Les and I have spent the past few weeks composing the rules below, with significant input from The King of the Monsters. Koopa and The Boy Who Cried Godzilla have both approved them, while Titanollante is abstaining for now. (Note: the fan film policy was written beforehand and passed 4-1, with myself, Les, Titanollante, and Koopa in favor and The King of the Monsters opposed.)

As this proposed change in policy will have a sizable impact on the site, axing some films and shows which currently have pages and approving others which do not even have sandboxes, we are releasing the rules as they currently stand for community review two weeks before they will be implemented. Please read them carefully and offer your unvarnished opinions. Don't hesitate to be specific about what works you think should qualify or not qualify under a particular rule.

Guidelines regarding other forms of media will be forthcoming.

Godzilla, Gamera, and/or King Kong films and TV shows

Wikizilla covers all films and TV shows starring these characters, who are the three main pillars of our site. Films in which they 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.

Live-action Toho films

For a live-action, Toho-produced film outside of the Godzilla series to be covered on Wikizilla, it must fulfill at least one of four criteria:

1. The film includes a giant monster in a substantial role. Since many giant monsters lack official height, length, and/or wingspan statistics, we do not have strict minimum size requirements. 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. In addition, while we list them under monsters in Appearances sections for simplicity’s sake, giant robots are excluded. These two guidelines apply to all other rules in this policy which mention giant monsters.
2. The film includes characters (e.g. Rodan and Mothra) or superweapons (e.g. the Gotengo and Maser Cannons) who previously or subsequently appeared in Godzilla media.
3. The film is science fiction and/or horror and shares a director of special effects or equivalent position with at least one Godzilla film. Films which do not make extensive use of practical effects, or whose effects are directed by its main director, are excluded (e.g. Horror of the Wolf and Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected do not credit anyone as special effects director, and their effects were filmed alongside their drama portions).
4. The film is directly related to another qualified Toho film or TV series (e.g. the Cyber Cop film being based on the Cyber Cop TV series, Gantz: Perfect Answer being a sequel to Gantz).

Included:

1. Ramayana (1942) [1/3] SANDBOX
2. Invisible Man (1954) [3]
3. Half Human (1955) [3]
4. Rodan (1956) [1/2/3]
5. The Mysterians (1957) [2/3]
6. The H-Man (1958) [3]
7. Varan (1958) [1/2/3]
8. The Three Treasures (1959) [1]
9. Battle in Outer Space (1959) [2/3/4]
10. The Secret of the Telegian (1960) [3]
11. The Human Vapor (1960) [3]
12. Mothra (1961) [1/2/3]
13. The Last War (1961) [3]
14. Gorath (1962) [2/3]
15. Matango (1963) [2/3]
16. Atragon (1963) [2/3]
17. Dogora (1964) [1/2/3]
18. Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) [1/2/3]
19. The War of the Gargantuas (1966) [1/2/3/4]
20. Latitude Zero (1969) [1/2/3]
21. The Vampire Doll (1970) [3]
22. Space Amoeba (1970) [1/2/3]
23. Lake of Dracula (1971) [3]
24. Daigoro vs. Goliath (1971) [1]
25. Submersion of Japan (1973) [3]
26. ESPY (1974) [3]
27. Evil of Dracula (1974) [3]
28. Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) [3]
29. The War in Space (1977) [3]
30. Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1 (1980) [3] NEW
31. Magnitude 7.9 (1980) [3]
32. Bye-Bye Jupiter (1984) [3]
33. Princess from the Moon (1987) [3]
34. Cyber Cop (1989) [4]
35. Gunhed (1989) [3]
36. Mikadoroid (1991) [3]
37. Video Girl Ai (1991) [3] NEW
38. Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994) [1]
39. Rebirth of Mothra (1996) [1/2/3]
40. Rebirth of Mothra 2 (1997) [1/2/3/4]
41. Rebirth of Mothra 3 (1998) [1/2/3/4]
42. Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie (2005) [1/2/3/4]
43. Sinking of Japan (2006) [3/4]
44. Go! Godman (2008) [1/2/4]
45. Gantz (2011) [3] NEW
46. Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011) [4] NEW
47. As the Gods Will (2014) [1] NEW
48. Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1 (2015) [1]
49. Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2 (2015) [1/4]
50. I Am a Hero (2015) [3] NEW
51. Monster Hunter (2020) [1]
52. The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021) [1]
53. Shin Ultraman (2022) [1/2; this means all of the monsters and Ultras in the film can receive pages as well]
54. Ghostbook (2022) [provisional based on the size of the dragon's role in the film] SANDBOX
55. Blockbuster Monster Movie (TBA) [1]

Pages/sandboxes to be deleted:

1. Monkey Sun (1959)
2. Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure (1969)
3. Here Comes Golden Bat (1972)
4. Horror of the Wolf (1973)
5. Conflagration (1975)
6. House (1977)
7. The Blue Stigma (1978)
8. Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected (1991)
9. Rosetta the Masked Angel: Rosetta vs. Freia (1999)

Live-action Toho TV series

For a live-action, Toho-produced television series outside of the Godzilla series to be covered on Wikizilla, it must fulfill at least one of three criteria:

1. The series features a giant monster in a substantial role.
2. The series makes prominent use of suitmation.
3. The series is a sequel, prequel, or remake of a qualified Toho film or series.

All shows must have been produced by Toho or another company which was owned by them at the time of its production. Shows produced by companies that Toho presently own, but did not at the time of the show's production, do not count retroactively. They may, however, still qualify should they meet the requirements for miscellaneous television series.

Included:

1. Go! Godman (1972) [1/2]
2. Warrior of Love Rainbowman (1972) [2]
3. Zone Fighter (1973) [1/2]
4. Kure Kure Takora (1973) [2]
5. Diamond Eye (1973) [2]
6. Go! Greenman (1973) [1/2]
7. Submersion of Japan: Television Series (1974) [3]
8. Go! Kotaro Ushiwaka (1974) [2]
9. Flying Saucer War Bankid (1976) [2]
10. Megaloman (1979) [1/2]
11. Cyber Cop (1988) [2]
12. Guyferd (1996) [2]
13. Star Bows (2000) [2] NEW
14. The Gransazers (2003) [1/2]
15. The Justirisers (2004) [1/2/3]
16. Super Fleet Sazer-X (2005) [1/2/3]
17. Kawaii! JeNny (2007) [1/2]
18. Attack on Titan: Signal to Strike Back (2015) [3]
19. I Am a Hero: The Day it Began (2016) [3] NEW
20. Shin Ultra Fight (web 2022) [1/3] NEW

Pages/sandboxes to be deleted:

1. Forbidden Mariko (1985)
2. The Vampire Gigolo (2004)

Live-action Daiei films

For a live-action, Daiei-produced film outside of the Gamera series to be covered on Wikizilla, it must fulfill at least one of three criteria:

1. The film includes practical monster effects (with a strong emphasis on suitmation and/or puppeteering) directed or photographed by dedicated special effects personnel.
2. The film is science fiction and shares a director of special effects, special effects photographer, or equivalent role with at least one Godzilla or Gamera film.
3. The film is a remake, direct sequel/prequel, or spiritual successor to a qualified Daiei film.

Included:

1. The Invisible Man Appears (1949) [2]
2. Warning from Space (1956) [1]
3. The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly (1957) [3]
4. The Demon of Mount Oe (1960) [1] SANDBOX
5. Kujira Gami (1962) [1]
6. Wind Velocity 75 Meters (1963) [2] SANDBOX
7. Daimajin (1966) [1]
8. Return of Daimajin (1966) [1/3]
9. Daimajin Strikes Again (1966) [1/3]
10. Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968) [1/3] SANDBOX
11. The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch (1968) [1/2] SANDBOX
12. Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare (1968) [1] SANDBOX
13. Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969) [1/3]
14. The Invisible Swordsman (1970) [1/3] SANDBOX
15. All About Mighty Lady (1984) [1] SANDBOX
16. Tokyo Blackout (1987) [2] SANDBOX

Pages/sandboxes to be deleted:

1. Suzunosuke Akado (1957)
2. Suzunosuke Akado: The Vacuum Slash of Asuka (1957)
3. Suzunosuke Akado: The Birdman with Three Eyes (1958)
4. The Invisible Demon (1960)
5. Buddha (1961)

Live-action Japanese films

For a live-action Japanese film produced by a company other than Toho or Daiei to be covered on Wikizilla, it must fulfill at least one of four criteria:

1. The film focuses on one or more giant monsters, or a character who ultimately becomes a giant monster.
2. The film includes a giant monster and shares a director of special effects or equivalent role with at least one Godzilla or Gamera film.
3. The film demonstrates significant influence from the Godzilla, King Kong, and/or Gamera series.
4. The film is 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.

Included:

1. Japanese King Kong (1933) [3]
2. The Great Buddha Arrival (1934) [1]
3. The King Kong That Appeared in Edo (1938) [1?/3]
4. Magic Serpent (1966) [1]
5. The X from Outer Space (1967) [1]
6. Gappa (1967) [1]
7. The Last Dinosaur (1977) [1]
8. Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977) [1]
9. Orochi Strikes Again (1985) [1/2] NEW
10. Getting Any? (1995) [1] NEW
11. Moon Over Tao (1997) [1] NEW
12. Sakuya, Slayer of Demons (2000) [2] NEW
13. Zebraman (2004) [1] NEW
14. The Great Yokai War (2005) [4]
15. The World Sinks Except Japan (2006) [4] SANDBOX
16. Big Man Japan (2007) [1] SANDBOX
17. Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters (2008) [1]
18. Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (2008) [1]
19. Assault Girls (2009) [1] NEW
20. Geharha: The Dark and Long Haired Monster (2009) [1]
21. Demeking, the Sea Monster (2009) [1]
22. G (2009) [1] NEW
23. Raiga: God of the Monsters (2009) [1]
24. Death Kappa (2010) [1]
25. Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City (2010) [1/4] NEW
26. The God of Clay (2011) [1/2]
27. Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo (2012) [1]
28. Henge (2011) [1] NEW
29. Jellyfish Eyes (2013) [1]
30. Earth Defense Widow (2014) [1] SANDBOX
31. Day of the Kaiju (2014) [1]
32. Love & Peace (2015) [1/3] SANDBOX
33. Kaiju Mono (2016) [1]
34. Tetsudon, the Kaiju Dream Match (2017) [1] SANDBOX
35. The Great Buddha Arrival (2018) [1]
36. Koujin (2018) [1] SANDBOX
37. Kaiju Ward Gallas (2019) [1] NEW
38. God Raiga vs. King Ohga: War of the Monsters (2019) [1]
39. Attack of the Giant Teacher (2019) [1] SANDBOX
40. Howl from Beyond the Fog (2019) [1]
41. Monster Seafood Wars (2020) [1]
42. The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8 (2020) [1]
43. Nezura 1964 (2021) [3]
44. Yatsuashi (2021) [1]
45. Gankiryu (2021) [1/3] SANDBOX
46. What to Do With the Dead Kaiju? (2022) [1]
47. Brush of the God (2023) [1]
48. Yuzo the Biggest Battle in Tokyo (TBA) [1]

Pages/sandboxes to be deleted:

1. Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers (1956)
2. Super Giant (1957)
3. Super Giant Continues (1957)
4. Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle (1957)
5. Super Giant: The Space Mutant Appears (1958)
6. Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968)
7. The Living Skeleton (1968)
8. The Green Slime (1968)
9. Giant Monsters Appear in Tokyo (1998)
10. Madness! Live Monster Broadcast (2016)

Miscellaneous live-action films

For a non-Japanese live-action film to be covered on Wikizilla, it must fulfill at least one of four criteria:

1. The film includes a giant monster and demonstrates significant influence from or on the Godzilla, King Kong, and/or Gamera series, beyond the mere presence of a giant monster.
2. The film includes a giant monster and shares a director, special effects director, screenwriter, or suitmaker with the Godzilla or Gamera series.
3. Willis O'Brien, chief animator for the original King Kong, provided stop-motion animation for a giant monster or monsters in the film.
4. The film is a remake of, source material for, or sequel/prequel to, a 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.

If the film is a Japanese co-production, it can be covered if it qualifies under either this ruleset or the appropriate ruleset for a Japanese film.

Included:

1. The Ghost of Slumber Mountain (1918) [3] SANDBOX
2. The Lost World (1925) [1/3] SANDBOX
3. Mighty Joe Young (1949) [3] SANDBOX
4. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) [1]
5. Ilya Muromets (1956) [1] NEW
6. The Black Scorpion (1957) [3] SANDBOX
7. The Giant Behemoth (1959) [3]
8. Konga (1961) [1] SANDBOX
9. Gorgo (1961) [1]
10. Bulgasari (1962) [4]
11. Gogola (1966)
12. Space Monster Wangmagwi (1967) [on “probation” until the SRS Cinema Blu-ray release in August/September allows us to see if it qualifies under rule 1]
13. Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967) [2]
14. Feng Shen Bang (1969) [2] NEW
15. The Super Inframan (1975) [2] NEW
16. A*P*E (1976) [1]
17. The Snake Prince (1976) NEW
18. Queen Kong (1976) [1]
19. The Mighty Peking Man (1977) [1/2]
20. Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century (1977) [1] SANDBOX
21. War of the Wizards (1978) [2] NEW
22. Pulgasari (1985) [2]
23. Nine Lives (1991) [2] NEW
24. Galgameth (1996) [4] SANDBOX
25. Mighty Joe Young (1998) [4] SANDBOX
26. Reptilian (1999) [4]
27. Cloverfield (2008) [1]
28. Monsters (2010) [2] SANDBOX
29. Monsters: Dark Continent (2014) [4] SANDBOX
30. 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) [4]
31. Colossal (2016) [1]
32. The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) [4]
33. Rampage (2018) [1]
34. Notzilla (2019) [1]
35. Cloverfield sequel (TBA) [4]

Proposed deletions:

1. The Giant Claw (1957)
2. Reptilicus (1961)
3. The Founding of Ming Dynasty (1971)
4. The Bermuda Depths (1978)
5. War God (1976)
6. War of the God Monsters (1984)
7. King of Snake (1984)
8. Young Gu and Dinosaur Zuzu (1993)
9. Zarkorr! The Invader (1996)
10. Gargantua (1998)
11. Kraa! The Sea Monster (1998)
12. King of the Lost World (2005)
13. D-War (2007)
14. Monster (2008)
15. Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2009)
16. Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus (2010)
17. Atlantic Rim (2013)
18. Pacific Rim (2013)
19. Mega Shark vs. Mecha Shark (2014)
20. Mega Shark vs. Kolossus (2015)
21. Pacific Rim Uprising (2018)
22. Monster Island (2019)
23. Konga TNT (2020)
24. Ape vs. Monster (2021)
25. The Kaiju Score (TBA) [moved to a sandbox as the film is still in development]

Documentaries

Documentaries covered by Wikizilla should focus primarily on the narrative films covered by the site. This may include individual episodes of a TV series. They may be excluded on the basis of low production value.

1. Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection (1986)
2. Godzilla and Other Movie Monsters (1998) NEW
3. Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1998)
4. GAMERA1999 (1999)
5. The Monster Island (2002) NEW
6. “It Came from Japan” episode of Animal Icons (TV 2005)
7. Bringing Godzilla Down to Size (2008)
8. SciFi Japan TV (Web 2012-14)
9. Kaijunited: Japanese Monsters and Us (2012) NEW
10. Fascinating Tokusatsu Museum (2014) NEW
11. Godzilla’s 60th Anniversary: The Amazing World of Japanese Special Effects (2014) NEW
12. Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction (2015) NEW
13. Tokusatsu Renaissance (2015) NEW
14. Long Live the King (2016) NEW
15. The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga (2019)
16. Yonggary Chronicle Project (2019) NEW
17. Godzilla's Leading Ladies (2020)

Miscellaneous animated films

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

Included:

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

Miscellaneous TV series

For an animated show produced by Toho, any series produced by a studio other than Toho, or a relevant episode of said series to be covered on Wikizilla, it must fulfill at least one of two criteria:

1. The series, or an episode of it, is directly related to live-action films or shows we cover beyond simply referencing them.
2. The series includes a giant monster and at least half of its episodes were 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 part of the Kamen Rider or Super Sentai franchises are automatically excluded unless they are Toho co-productions, in which case they fall under the Toho TV ruleset.

Included:

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

Pages/sandboxes to be deleted:

1. Demon Hunter Mitsurugi (1973)
2. Monkey (1978)
3. Gunbot (2014)
4. Pacific Rim: The Black (2021)

Fan films

For a fan film based on a film or TV show covered on Wikizilla to be covered here, it must fulfill at least one of two criteria:

1. Participation 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. Acknowledgement by the studio which owns the source material (e.g. distributing the film or threatening legal action against the filmmakers).

Original characters in fan films should not receive pages unless they appear in other works (e.g. Gfantis).

Included:

1. Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969) [2]
2. Daicon III Opening Animation (1981) and Daicon IV Opening Animation (1983) [1] NEW
3. Godzilla vs. Deathgilas (2001) [1]
4. Gamera 4: Truth (2003) [1/2]
5. Waiting for Gorgo (2009) [2]
6. Godzilla Battle Royale (2014) [1] NEW
7. Jet Jaguar: Project M11 (2015) [1] NEW
8. The Cloverfield Files (2019) [1] SANDBOX
9. G vs. G (2019) [1/2]
10. Godziban pilot (2019) [1/2]
11. Hedorah Silent Spring (2019) [1]
12. Coming Out (2020) [2] NEW
13. KVG (2020) [1]
14. Heritage (2020) [2]
15. Wolfman vs. Godzilla (TBA) [1]
16. Godzilla: Total Destruction (canceled) [1] NEW
17. Wolfman vs. Baragon (canceled) [1] SANDBOX

Pages/sandboxes which were deleted:

1. Godzilla vs. The Netherlands (1999)
2. Godzilla X The Kaiju Killer (2012)
3. Megan (2018)