Godzilla (Universe)

*This page covers the **main Godzilla franchise**. If you are looking for **Legendary's MonsterVerse**, you should go to MonsterVerse.*

## Summary

***Godzilla*** (**ゴジラ *Gojira***) is a popular series of giant monster films, games, comics, toys, and any licensed products featuring the character Godzilla. Starting in 1954, the Godzilla series has become the longest-running film series in movie history.

The first film, *Godzilla*, was first released in the United States in 1955 in Japanese-American communities only. In 1956, it was adapted by the American company Jewell Enterprises into *Godzilla, King of the Monsters!*, edited and with added principal scenes featuring actor Raymond Burr. This version became an international success and gave rise to Godzilla's popularity outside of Japan.

Since then, Godzilla has been featured in 29 live-action films produced by Toho, three anime films produced by TOHO Animation and animated by Polygon Pictures, three American-made Hollywood adaptations, and countless books, comics, television shows, video games, toys, and other merchandise. Legendary Pictures' recent 2014 film adaptation has launched a shared cinematic universe featuring King Kong, and was followed by a sequel and an upcoming crossover film with King Kong. Toho, meanwhile released its own reboot to the series titled *Shin Godzilla* in 2016 to enormous critical and box office success. In addition, an animated Godzilla film was released in Japanese theaters in 2017, with two sequels following in 2018.

The original *Godzilla* was greatly inspired by the commercial success of the 1952 re-release of *King Kong*, and the 1953 success of *The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms*. *Godzilla* would go on to inspire other giant monster films such as *Gorgo*, *Gamera*, *Yongary, Monster from the Deep*, *Cloverfield*, and many others. The Godzilla series is responsible for pioneering the tokusatsu style of filmmaking in Japan, as well as popularizing the *daikiaju eiga* (Japanese giant monster films) genre of movies. Godzilla is frequently referenced or parodied in popular culture around the world, reflecting his status as a well-known cultural icon.

The Godzilla series consists of 29 numbered film entries produced by the Japanese studio Toho, a trilogy of animated films produced by TOHO animation and animated by Polygon Pictures, as well as three Hollywood adaptations produced by the American studios TriStar Pictures and Legendary Pictures, respectively. The Toho films are broken up into three distinct eras, the Showa, Heisei, Millennium, and Reiwa series, each with its own characteristic style and corresponding to a different time period. The first two series, Showa and Heisei, are named after the political period of Japan in which they were produced, while the Millennium series refers to its being released at the start of the new millennium, due to the Heisei emperor, Akihito, still being Japan's reigning emperor. The Reiwa series refers to the current political era of Japan, the Reiwa period, although all of the films currently comprising this series were released during the political Heisei period.

As the Godzilla franchise has developed over the years, its films have ranged from serious allegorical horror films warning against nuclear testing to social commentary on environmental, scientific, and political issues to light-hearted adventure films aimed at children and everything in between.

## Calculations and Feats

* Attack Potency and Durability
* Speed
* Lifting Strength

* **Godzilla tanks 50 kiloVolts of electricity - 1.195 Tons (8-C, Building level)**
* **Megalon's Drills Burrowing Energy - 10.36 Tons (High 8-C, Large Building level)**
* **Baragon's Heat Beam - 143.36 Tons (8-A, Multi-City Block level)**
* **Gigan Physical Kinetic Energy - 5.53 Kilotons (7-C, Town level)**
* **Shin Godzilla vaporizes buildings - 15.15 Kilotons (7-C, Town level)**
* **GMK Godzilla's Firepower - 64.35 Kilotons (7-C, Town level+)**
* **Letchi Island explosion - 1.53 Megatons (Low 7-B, Small City level)**
* **Godzilla tanks Mt. Mihara eruption - 2 Megatons (Low 7-B, Small City level)**
* **Godzilla boils the section of the ocean with Atomic Breath - 11 Megatons (7-B, City level)**
* **Godzilla Earth destroys the Mechagodzilla's development complex - 206.34 Megatons (7-A, Mountain level)**
* **Godzilla boils a portion of the ocean - 705.58 Megatons (7-A, Mountain level)**
* **PS73 Redirects Comet K - 20.307 Gigatons (6-C, Island level)**
* **GMK Godzilla's Atomic Breath - 31.2 Gigatons (6-C, Island level)**
* **Millennian UFO Kinetic Energy - 2.06 Teratons (Low 6-B, Small Country level)**
* **Godzilla's Blue Spiral Ray - 5.064 Teratons (Low 6-B, Small Country level+)**
* **Godzilla tanks Super X2 Fire Mirror beams - 2.159 Petatons (6-A, Continent level)**
* **Godzilla Earth vaporizes the Bay of Bengal - 2.5 Petatons (6-A, Continent level)**
* **Monster X's Meteor Kinetic Energy - 2.79 Petatons (6-A, Continent level)**
* **Godzilla's Red Spiral Ray - 58.57 Petatons (High 6-A, Multi-Continent level)**
* **King Ghidorah's prism absorbs the Sun energy - 90.82 Petatons (High 6-A, Multi-Continent level)**
* **Kiryu's Absolute Zero Cannon - 109.24 Petatons (High 6-A, Multi-Continent level)**
* **Mothra diverts a asteroid - 267.643 Zettatons (5-B, Planet level)**
* **Dimension Tide's Black Holes - 4201 Yottatons (5-A, Large Planet level)**
* **Burning Godzilla's Meltdown - 3.3 Tenatons (High 5-A, Dwarf Star level)**
* **Godzilla Earth destroys Gorath - 76 Ninatons (High 5-A, Dwarf Star level)**
* **King Ghidorah's Black Hole Mass - 44,352.55 Tenatons (High 4-C, Large Star level)**

- **Original Godzilla walking speed - 8.5 mph (Below Average Human)**

- **Original Godzilla tail speed - 23.13 m/s (Superhuman)**

- **Heisei Godzilla movement speed - 93.89 m/s (Subsonic)**

- **Hedorah physical speed - 101.28 m/s (Subsonic)**

- **Hedorah projectile speed - 103.88 m/s (Subsonic)**

- **Baragon's Heat Beam Speed - Mach 1.31 (Supersonic)**

- **Atomic Breath speed in Godzilla vs. Hedorah - Mach 3.79 (Supersonic+)**

- **Godzilla 2000 Atomic Breath speed - Mach 4.12 (Supersonic+)**

- **Kiryu reflex speed - Mach 4.14 (Supersonic+)**

- **Showa Rodan flight speed - Mach 6.98 (Hypersonic)**

- **GMK Godzilla Atomic Breath speed - Mach 8.59 (Hypersonic)**

- **GxMG Godzilla Atomic Breath speed - Mach 9.64 (Hypersonic)**

- **Heisei Godzilla Atomic Breath speed - Mach 36.4 (High Hypersonic)**

- **Mothra Leo flight speed - Mach 42.61 (High Hypersonic)**

- **Battra's Optic Beams speed - Mach 76.23 (High Hypersonic+)**

- **Dagahra beam speed - Mach 104.08 (Massively Hypersonic)**

- **Aqua Mothra beam speed - Mach 122.87 (Massively Hypersonic)**

- **Mothra flies into deep space - Mach 222.49 (Massively Hypersonic)**

- **Final Wars Godzilla Atomic Breath speed - 2.42% (Sub-Relativistic)**

- **Zone Fighter and King Ghidorah flies through space - 326.86c (Massively FTL)**

- **SpaceGodzilla crystal projectiles speed - 932.99c (Massively FTL)**

- **Gigan and King Ghidorah Deep Space travel - 4,894,200c (Massively FTL+)**

- **Gigan Exo-Atmospheric Travel - 281,910,000c (Massively FTL+)**

- **Godzilla lifts a bridge - 22,922,658 kg (Class M)**

- **Godzilla Earth destroys Mount Tanzawa - 1.38536E+13 kg (Class T)**

## Characters

### Toho Studios

* Godzilla
* Godzilla's Sons
* Divine Moths
* Ghidorahs
* Mechagodzillas
* Rodans
* Showa Era Kaiju
* Heisei Era Kaiju
* Millennium Era Kaiju