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Showa era

Godzilla film eras
← None
Showa
Heisei →
This page is for the Godzilla film era. For the political era of Japan, see Shōwa period.

The Showa era,[1][2] or Shōwa Godzilla series (昭和ゴジラシリーズ,   Shōwa Gojira shirīzu),[3] comprises the initial 15-film run of Godzilla movies from 1954 to 1975. It receives its name from the Japanese Shōwa political period during which all of its films were released. The Showa era kickstarted the Godzilla franchise and pioneered tokusatsu special effects techniques which would be adopted by various other franchises to come. It was followed by the longest hiatus in series history (lasting nearly a full decade), which was finally broken in 1984 with the reboot The Return of Godzilla. Despite being released during the Shōwa period, The Return of Godzilla is not set in the same continuity as the Showa-era films, and is considered to be apart of a successor series, called the Heisei era, which was otherwise produced during the Heisei period.

Entries

See also: List of Godzilla film continuities#Showa continuity.
  1. Godzilla (1954)
  2. Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
  3. King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
  4. Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
  5. Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
  6. Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
  7. Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
  8. Son of Godzilla (1967)
  9. Destroy All Monsters (1968)
  10. All Monsters Attack (1969)
  11. Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)
  12. Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)
  13. Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
  14. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
  15. Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

While all of the Showa-era Godzilla films share continuity with each other, they can generally be divided into three cycles of films.

The first two films in the Godzilla series were produced in 1954 and 1955, and were followed by a seven-year hiatus during which Toho produced several other kaiju films, including Rodan, Varan, and Mothra. The series was revived in 1962 with King Kong vs. Godzilla, after which a new film was produced almost annually throughout the 1960s. During this period, Godzilla gradually began to transition from a villainous destructive monster to a more sympathetic and heroic character. 1968's Destroy All Monsters was originally planned to be the final Godzilla film, but Toho went on to produce six more films as features for the Toho Champion Festival children's matinee program from 1969 to 1975. The Godzilla films released during this period, collectively dubbed the "Champion Series" by kaiju historian August Ragone,[4] in particular cemented Godzilla's image as a monster 'superhero,' and all of its films take place chronologically after Son of Godzilla but before Destroy All Monsters.

The series was placed on hiatus again after the box office failure of Terror of Mechagodzilla in 1975, and despite several attempts by Toho to continue the series, another Godzilla film would not be produced until 1984.

Monsters introduced

The following monsters were created for, or made their Godzilla film debut in, the Showa era:

Trivia

  • The Showa era is the longest of the Godzilla film eras to date, both in the total number of films (15 films) and the number of years spanned (roughly 20 years).

See also

References

This is a list of references for Les/Sandbox/Eras. 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]

  1. ↑ Baker & Goehner 2019, p. 91. sfn error: multiple targets (4×): CITEREFBakerGoehner2019 (help)
  2. ↑ Skipper 2022, p. 18. sfn error: multiple targets (4×): CITEREFSkipper2022 (help)
  3. ↑ Nomura 2014, p. 310. sfn error: multiple targets (3×): CITEREFNomura2014 (help)
  4. ↑ Ragone, August (30 March 2007). "The original Godzilla series has a very loose continuity, much like the Bond films or the Hammer Draculas and Frankensteins..." The Classic Horror Film Board.

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Heisei era

Godzilla film eras
← Showa
Heisei
Millennium →
This page is for the Godzilla film era. For the political era of Japan, see Heisei period.

The Heisei era,[1][2] also known as the Heisei Godzilla series (平成ゴジラシリーズ,   Heisei Gojira shirīzu),[3][4] Heisei Vs. series (平成VSシリーズ,   Heisei Buiesu shirīzu),[5] and several other names,[note 1] is the second distinct era of Godzilla films, generally regarded as lasting from 1984 to 1995. It receives its name from Japan's Heisei political period, during which the majority of its films were released. The exception to this, The Return of Godzilla, was released during the Shōwa period, but is commonly included in the Heisei era outside of Japan due to it sharing continuity with the other Heisei films rather than with the Showa era that preceded it. Within Japan, the exact boundaries of the Heisei series are disputed, and some sources argue that it began in 1989 with Godzilla vs. Biollante.[3][4][14]

Like the Showa era, the continuity of the Heisei era begins with the first Godzilla film from 1954; however, it diverges thereafter, with the remainder of the Showa films ignored (along with the version of Godzilla therein) and a new second Godzilla first appearing in 1984. The Heisei films also contain considerably more numerous recurring elements than the Showa films. Most prominently, the psychic girl Miki Saegusa is featured in all but The Return of Godzilla; Godzilla's adoptive son BabyGodzilla/LittleGodzilla/Godzilla Junior appears in each of the final three films at different stages of growth; and the "Super X" line of flying superweapons is iterated upon throughout the series, with the original Super X appearing in The Return of Godzilla, the Super X2 in Godzilla vs. Biollante, and the Super X3 in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah.

Following the release of the final Heisei film—1995's Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, in which Godzilla is killed off—a new trilogy of Godzilla films were intended to be produced in the United States. Ultimately, only TriStar Pictures' 1998 film GODZILLA ever materialized, after which the Godzilla series was started back up in Japan with 1999's Godzilla 2000: Millennium. Despite also being produced during the Heisei period, Godzilla 2000 and the films released annually thereafter are not connected to the Heisei-era films, and have instead come to be grouped together as the "Millennium era." Moreover, yet another run of films began in 2016 (also during the Heisei period) but has been retroactively deemed the "Reiwa era" due to its overlap with Japan's current political period, the Reiwa period.

Entries

  1. The Return of Godzilla (1984)
  2. Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
  3. Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
  4. Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
  5. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
  6. Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)
  7. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)

Monsters introduced

The following monsters were created for, or made their Godzilla film debut in, the Heisei era:

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Other names include:
    • Heisei series (平成シリーズ,   Heisei shirīzu)[6][7]
    • Vs. series (VSシリーズ,   Buiesu shirīzu)[8][9]
    • Godzilla Vs. series (ゴジラVSシリーズ,   Gojira Buiesu shirīzu)[10]
    • Rebirth series (復活シリーズ,   Fukkatsu shirīzu)[11]
    • Reborn Godzilla series (復活ゴジラシリーズ,   Fukkatsu Gojira shirīzu)[12][13]
    • Miki Saegusa series (三枝未希シリーズ,   Saegusa Miki shirīzu)[14]

References

This is a list of references for Les/Sandbox/Eras. 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]

  1. ↑ Baker & Goehner 2019, p. 91. sfn error: multiple targets (4×): CITEREFBakerGoehner2019 (help)
  2. ↑ Skipper 2022, p. 128. sfn error: multiple targets (4×): CITEREFSkipper2022 (help)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nakajima 2014a, p. 3
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Shimazaki et al. 2012, pp. 7, 128
  5. ↑ Matsunomoto et al. 2014, pp. 48, 262-263.
  6. ↑ Nakajima 2014b, p. 270.
  7. ↑ Aita & Nakamura 2014, p. 40
  8. ↑ Nomura 2014, pp. 312, 347. sfn error: multiple targets (3×): CITEREFNomura2014 (help)
  9. ↑ Matsunomoto et al. 2014, p. 48.
  10. ↑ Hiranuma 1999, p. 5.
  11. ↑ Inoue, Suma & Sachia 1996, p. 42.
  12. ↑ Nomura 2014, pp. 310-311. sfn error: multiple targets (3×): CITEREFNomura2014 (help)
  13. ↑ Aita & Nakamura 2014, p. 40
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Nomura 2014, p. 347 harvnb error: multiple targets (3×): CITEREFNomura2014 (help)

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Millennium era

Godzilla film eras
← Heisei
Millennium
Monsterverse →

The Millennium era,[1][2] Millennium series (ミレニアムシリーズ,   Mireniamu shirīzu),[3] or New Century series (新世紀シリーズ,   Shinseiki shirīzu),[4] is the third distinct era of Godzilla series films, spanning from 1999 to 2004. It is preceded by the Heisei era, which concluded in 1995 to make way for a new trilogy of Godzilla films planned to be produced in the United States. After the release of the first American movie in 1998, TriStar Pictures' GODZILLA, its planned sequels fell through and production of Godzilla films returned to Toho Pictures. Toho's first post-Heisei-era film was Godzilla 2000: Millennium in 1999, kicking off the series which would come to be known as the Millennium era. It is important to note, however, that the entirety of the Millennium era was produced during the same Heisei political period of Japan as the Heisei era.

The Millennium era is notable for being the first in the Godzilla series to not occupy a single continuity, with almost none of the Millennium films being canon to each other. The exception to this is Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla and its sequel Godzilla: Tokyo SOS, which are sometimes grouped together as a subseries called the Kiryu series (機龍シリーズ,   Kiryū shirīzu)[5] or Kiryu Saga (機龍物語,   Kiryū Monogatari, lit. "Kiryu Story"),[6][7] referencing the name given to the Mechagodzilla in those films. The Millennium era is otherwise only unified by Godzilla's first appearance always being set in 1954.

The Millennium era was followed by a nine-and-a-half-year-long hiatus, which was finally broken in 2014 with the release of another American film, Legendary Pictures' Godzilla. This one, which was considerably more well-received than TriStar's 1998 effort, would ultimately spawn the Monsterverse series of films, crossing over Godzilla and King Kong for the first time since 1962. In 2016, Toho released its own post-Millennium film, Shin Godzilla, which despite also being released during the Heisei period, has been deemed the first film of the "Reiwa era."

Entries

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

Monsters introduced

The following monsters were created for, or made their Godzilla film debut in, the Millennium era:

See also

References

This is a list of references for Les/Sandbox/Eras. 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]

  1. ↑ Baker & Goehner 2019, p. 92. sfn error: multiple targets (4×): CITEREFBakerGoehner2019 (help)
  2. ↑ Skipper 2022, p. 178. sfn error: multiple targets (4×): CITEREFSkipper2022 (help)
  3. ↑ Nomura 2014, p. 405. sfn error: multiple targets (3×): CITEREFNomura2014 (help)
  4. ↑ Godzilla Killigraph.jpg
  5. ↑ Nomura 2014, p. 313. sfn error: multiple targets (3×): CITEREFNomura2014 (help)
  6. ↑ @Godzilla_Toho (21 February 2023). "The final installment of the Kiryu Saga, Godzilla: Tokyo SOS, comes to theaters for one night only, March 22. Will you answer the call?

    Get your tickets now 🎟️: https://hubs.la/Q01CMftr0"    . X.
  7. ↑ "GODZILLA: THE KIRYU SAGA - T-SHIRT". Cavitycolors. Retrieved 23 February 2024.

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Reiwa era

Godzilla film eras
← Monsterverse
Reiwa
None →
This page is for the Godzilla film era. For the political era of Japan, see Reiwa period.

The Reiwa era,[1][2] also simply called the current era,[3] is the fourth distinct era of Japanese Godzilla films and the fifth series of Godzilla films overall. Beginning in 2016, the series continues to this day, running concurrently with the United States' Monsterverse. Despite being named after the political era of Japan which began in 2019, the Reiwa period, the majority of its entries were in fact released during the Heisei period; 2023's Godzilla Minus One was the first Reiwa-era film of the Reiwa period. The "Reiwa era" name was first used at Toho International's Godzilla booth during San Diego Comic-Con in 2019,[1] and has since been reiterated in the 2022 English informational book Godzilla: The Official Guide to the King of the Monsters.[2] No such terminology has yet been adopted in Japan, however.

Like the Millennium era before it, the films of the Reiwa era do not share one continuity. The era's first film Shin Godzilla and most recent film Godzilla Minus One are set in standalone continuities, while Polygon Pictures' trilogy of GODZILLA anime films are interconnected. The Reiwa era is also notable for being the first era to include fully-animated films, and the first to include both mainline and spinoff films; the anime trilogy and American Godzilla films are not considered to be numerical entries in the Godzilla series, thus making Shin Godzilla the 29th film and Godzilla Minus One the 30th.

Entries

  1. Shin Godzilla (2016)
  2. GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters (2017)
  3. GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle (2018)
  4. GODZILLA: The Planet Eater (2018)
  5. Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Monsters introduced

The following monsters were created for, or made their Godzilla film debut in, the Reiwa era:

See also

References

This is a list of references for Les/Sandbox/Eras. 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]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 @CriterionCast (17 July 2019). "Checking out the @TOHO_GODZILLA booth at #SDCC"". X.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Skipper 2022, p. 216 harvnb error: multiple targets (4×): CITEREFSkipper2022 (help)
  3. ↑ Baker & Goehner 2019, p. 92. sfn error: multiple targets (4×): CITEREFBakerGoehner2019 (help)

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Shōwa period

Japanese political periods
← Taishō period
Shōwa period
Heisei period →

The Shōwa period (昭和時代,   Shōwa jidai, lit. "period of enlightened peace") is the era of Japan corresponding to the reign of Emperor Hirohito, which lasted from December 25, 1926 until his death on January 7, 1989, after which he was customarily renamed to Emperor Shōwa. This period saw the birth of tokusatsu and kaiju media through franchises like Godzilla, Gamera, Ultraman, Kamen Rider, and Super Sentai. 16 total Godzilla films were released during the Shōwa period, beginning with the 1954 original. The first 15 of these are grouped together as the franchise's "Showa era," while the 16th is considered to be the beginning of the "Heisei era," named as such due to the remainder of its films releasing during the following emperor's reign, the Heisei period.

Selected films

Godzilla series

Main articles: Showa era, Heisei era.

Gamera series

Eight Gamera films were released during the Shōwa period, from 1965 to 1980. The final of these, Gamera Super Monster, was produced nine years after the previous film, Gamera vs. Zigra, due to Daiei declaring bankruptcy. Super Monster was produced by a completely separate company, Daiei Film Releasing, which was established following the acquisition of the original Daiei's assets by Tokuma Shoten. The film's monster scenes consist almost entirely of stock footage from the seven previous productions, and its continuity with the rest of the Shōwa films is unclear.

Other Toho films

Besides the Godzilla series, Toho produced numerous other kaiju, science fiction, and horror films during the Shōwa period, some of which would introduce monsters that would go on to make appearances in the Godzilla series.

Other Daiei films

In addition to the Gamera series, Daiei produced numerous other science fiction and horror films during the Shōwa period, including the Daimajin and Yokai Monsters trilogies.

Miscellaneous films

Selected series

Toho series

During the late 1960s, Toho began producing numerous tokusatsu television series, many featuring kaiju, in a similar vein to Tsuburaya Productions' popular Ultra Series. Two of these series, Go! Godman and Go! Greenman, often reused monsters from other Toho shows or even from some of Toho's films, including the Godzilla films. The series Zone Fighter is particularly notable for featuring guest appearances from Godzilla himself, along with his enemies Gigan and King Ghidorah. Zone Fighter is considered to be part of the continuity of the Showa era Godzilla films, set sometime after Godzilla vs. Megalon.

Miscellaneous series

See also

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Heisei period

Japanese political periods
← Shōwa period
Heisei period
Reiwa period →

The Heisei period (平成時代,   Heisei jidai)

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Reiwa period

Japanese political periods
← Heisei period
Reiwa period
None →

The Reiwa period (令和時代,   Reiwa jidai)

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