Godzilla

**Godzilla** is a fictional giant monster, or *kaiju*, who first appeared in the 1954 japanese film of the same name. Since then has been featured in thirty-nine movies. During his movie career, this large reptile fought against many other  monsters, including the giant moth-like Mothra, the three-headed King Ghidorah, his own robotic mirror image Mechagodzilla, and several more enemies. The original Japanese name, *Gojira (ゴジラ)*, is a combination of the words *gorira* (means *gorilla*) and *kujira* (means *whale*).  In countries where the primary language is English, the name has been changed to *Godzilla*, is an eponymous Japanese movie reptilian monster that has appeared in 38 movies since 1954.

## Movie appearances 
* *Godzilla* (1954)/*Godzilla, King of the Monsters!* (1956) - Embassy Pictures
* *Godzilla Raids Again*/*Gigantis, the Fire Monster* (1955) - Warner Bros. Pictures
* *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1962) - Universal International
* *Mothra vs. Godzilla*/*Godzilla Vs. The Thing* (1964) - American International Pictures
* *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster*/*Ghidrah* (1964) - Walter Reade Organization/Continental
* *Invasion of Astro-Monster* or *Monster Zero* (US release) (1965) - United Productions of America
* *Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster* (1966) - Walter Reade Organization
* *Son of Godzilla* (1967) - Walter Reade Organization
* *Destroy All Monsters* (1968) - American International Pictures
* *All Monsters Attack*/''Godzilla's Revenge* (1969) - United Productions of America
* *Godzilla vs. Hedorah*/*Godzilla Vs. The Smog Monster* (1971) - American International Pictures
* *Godzilla vs. Gigan*/*Godzilla On Monster Island (1972) - Cinema Shares International Distribution
* *Godzilla vs. Megalon* (1973) - Cinema Shares International Distribution
* *Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla*/*Godzilla Vs. The Cosmic Monster* (1974) - Cinema Shares International Distribution
* *Terror of Mechagodzilla*/*The Terror of Godzilla* (1975) - Bob Conn Enterprises 
* *The Return of Godzilla*/*Godzilla 1985* (1984) - New World Pictures
* *Godzilla vs. Biollante* (1989) - Miramax Films
* *Godzilla vs. Mothra*/*Godzilla And Mothra Battle For Earth* (1992) - Tristar Pictures
* *Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II* (1993) - Tristar Pictures
* *Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla* (1994) - Tristar Pictures
* *Godzilla vs. Destoroyah* (1995) - Tristar Pictures
* *Godzilla* (1998) - Tristar Pictures, Centropolis Entertainment
* *Godzilla 2000: Millennium* (1999) - Tristar Pictures 
* *Godzilla vs. Megaguirus* (2000) - Tristar Pictures
* *Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack* (2001) - Tristar Pictures 
* *Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla* (2002) - Tristar Pictures 
* *Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.* (2003) - Tristar Pictures
* *Godzilla: Final Wars* (2004) - Tristar Pictures
* *Godzilla* (2014) - Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures 
* *Shin Godzilla* (2016) - Funimation 
* *Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters* (2017) - Animated - Netflix
* *Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle* (2018) - Animated - Netflix
* *Godzilla: Planet Eater* (2018) - Animated - Netflix
* *Godzilla: King of the Monsters* (2019) - Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures
* *Godzilla vs. Kong* (2021) - Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures, Toho                            
* *Godzilla Minus One* (2023)  - Toho International America, Netflix 
* *Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire* (2024) - Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures, Toho
* *Godzilla Minus Zero* (2026) - Toho International America
* *Godzilla X Kong: Supernova* (2027) - Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures, Toho

## References
*Tohoeiga official site(Japanese company)