Godzilla (film)

# Kaiju

## Showa

Showa era and Showa period, is a term used to identify the years between 1926 and 1989 under the reign of Japanese Emperor Hirohito.

The first *Godzilla* film was to begin the Showa era of the kaiju industry, and is the usual kaiju to be affiliated with this era. During the beginning of this era, Godzilla was mainly antagonistic in nature, taking on the likes of Anguirus and Mothra.

By the time of *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster's* release, Godzilla adopted what would soon become his most famous image: a heroic monster, battling terrible villains with other monsters by his side.

* Godzilla
* Mothra
* Ghidorah
* Rodan
* Anguirus
* Baragon
* Varan
* Mechagodzilla
* Caesar
* Jetjaguar
* Titanosaurus
* Ebirah
* Hedorah
* Kumonga
* Megalon
* Gabara
* Gigan
* Kamoebas
* Minilla
* Kamacuras
* Ganimes
* Gezora
* Kamoebas
* Sanda
* Gaira
* Frankenstein

## Heisei

The Heisei era is a term used to identify the previous political era of Japan. The Heisei series is named after the political Heisei era in Japan, which started in 1989 with the ascension of Emperor Akihito to the throne and ended in 2019 with his abdication.

Technically, the Millennium and MonsterVerse *Godzilla* films are also part of the Heisei era due to being released during the political Heisei period, but are considered to be separate series from the Heisei series due to having separate, distinct continuities.

Other major kaiju franchises have not followed this convention despite having similar hiatuses; for example, *Gamera: The Brave* is considered to be a part of the Heisei series, despite being released seven years after the previous film, *Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris*.

* Dorat
* Shockirus
* Desghidorah
* Bagan
* Moguera
* Biollante
* Spacegodzilla
* Destoroyah

## Millennium

After *Final Wars*, Toho decided to retire the *Godzilla* series for a few years' time. Upon the release of Legendary's 2014 *Godzilla* film, Toho decided to bring the character back with their own post-Millennium reboot film, *Shin Godzilla*, in 2016, and a trilogy of animated *Godzilla* films that begun releasing in 2017.

* Megaguirus
* Orga
* Monster x
* Gotengo

## Reiwa

The Reiwa era is a term used to identify the series of Japanese films in the *Godzilla* franchise released from 2016 onwards, concurrently with Legendary Pictures' MonsterVerse series of films.

Like the Millennium series, it follows an anthology format, beginning with the standalone 2016 film, *Shin Godzilla*, and branching off into the canonically unrelated *Godzilla* anime trilogy, which began releasing in 2017, and ended in 2018.

In October, 2020, it was announced that Netflix had ordered another *Godzilla* anime series, titled *Godzilla Singular Point*, slated for release in 2021. The series will be unrelated to the *AniGoji* trilogy.

Toho also has plans for a tentatively dubbed "World of Godzilla", set to begin production following 2021, which will be a cinematic universe combining the Godzilla character with many other Toho properties. It's unknown if these films will fall under the Reiwa era moniker, or if *Singular Point* will be related to it.

* Obsidius
* Krystalak
* Sphinx
* Dogora
* Dagahra

## Legendary

The MonsterVerse takes place in an alternate Earth timeline inhabited by "massive unidentified terrestrial organisms" (MUTOs), giant monsters of various shapes, sizes, and forms. Each of the films center around Monarch, a cryptozoological organization dedicated to studying the creatures, and their various encounters with the beasts. Many of the Kaiju present in the MonsterVerse are called Titans.

* Muto
* Behemoth
* Scylla
* Methuselah
* Nozuki
* Hellhawks

## GoAnimate

GoAnimate was renamed to Vyond on May 6, 2018. Despite this, the GoAnimate logo and the 2013 outro continued to be used for GoAnimate for Schools until the website was shut down on June 30, 2019. GoAnimate still survives in-name only as GoAnimate, Inc., with Vyond as a trademark of the company.

* Komodithrax
* Cyber-Godzilla

# Locations

## Cities

* London
	+ London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom. The city stands on the River Thames in the south-east of England, at the head of its 50-mile estuary leading to the North Sea. London has been a major settlement for two millennia, and was originally called Londinium, which was founded by the Romans. The City of London, London's ancient core and financial centre—an area of just 1.12 square miles and colloquially known as the Square Mile—retains boundaries that closely follow its medieval limits. The adjacent City of Westminster has for centuries been the location of much of the national government. Thirty-one additional boroughs north and south of the river also comprise modern London. The London region is governed by the mayor of London and the London Assembly.
* Paris
	+ Paris is the capital and most populous city of France. It has an area of 105 square kilometres and a population of 2,229,621 in 2015 within its administrative limits. The city is both a commune and department and forms the centre and headquarters of the �le-de-France, or Paris Region, which has an area of 12,012 square kilometres and a population in 2016 of 12,142,802, comprising roughly 18 percent of the population of France. By the 17th century, Paris was one of Europe's major centres of finance, commerce, fashion, science, and the arts, and it retains that position still today. The Paris Region had a GDP of �624 billion in 2012, accounting for 30.0 percent of the GDP of France
* Tokyo
	+ Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the de facto capital and most populous prefecture of Japan. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central Pacific coast of Japan's main island of Honshu. Tokyo is the political and economic center of the country, as well as the seat of the Emperor of Japan and the national government. As of 2021, the prefecture has an estimated population of 13,960,236. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37.393 million residents as of 2020.
	+ The Tokyo Tower is a communications and observation tower in the Shiba-koen district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan. At 332.9 meters, it is the second-tallest structure in Japan. The structure is an Eiffel Tower-inspired lattice tower that is painted white and international orange to comply with air safety regulations.
* Boston
	+ Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States and 21st most populous city in the country. The city proper covers 48.4 square miles with an estimated population of 692,600 in 2019, also making it the most populous city in New England. It is the seat of Suffolk County. The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest MSA in the country. A broader combined statistical area, generally corresponding to the commuting area and including Providence, Rhode Island, is home to some 8.2 million people, making it the sixth most populous in the United States.
* Rio de Janeiro
	+ Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the second-most populous city in Brazil and the sixth-most populous in the Americas. Rio de Janeiro is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's third-most populous state, after São Paulo and Minas Gerais. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", by UNESCO on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape.
* Dhaka
	+ Dhaka, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the largest and most densely populated cities in the world, with a population of 20.2 million people in the Greater Dhaka Area.
* Abu Dhabi
	+ Abu Dhabi is the capital and the second-most populous city of the United Arab Emirates. The city of Abu Dhabi is located on an island in the Persian Gulf, off the Central West Coast. Most of the city and the Emirate reside on the mainland connected to the rest of the country. As of 2020, Abu Dhabi's urban area had an estimated population of 1.48 million, out of 2.9 million in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, as of 2016. Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, the world's 3rd largest sovereign wealth fund in 2020 is headquartered in the city, while Abu Dhabi itself has over a trillion US dollars worth of assets under management in a combination of various sovereign wealth funds headquartered there.
	+ The speed of Dubai’s metamorphosis is unparalleled, creating a thriving metropolis in the heart of the desert in less than half a century. Many people are likely to be dazzled by the whiteness of the sand and the scale of the skyscrapers, but it’s also still possible to step back in time with a desert safari or boat trip on the creek.
* Jerusalem
	+ Jerusalem is a city in Western Asia, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the oldest cities in the world, and is considered holy to the three major Abrahamic religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Both Israel and the Palestinian Authority claim Jerusalem as their capital, as Israel maintains its primary governmental institutions there and the State of Palestine ultimately foresees it as its seat of power. Neither claim, however, is widely recognized internationally.
* Sylhet
	+ Sylhet is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of Sylhet Division. Located on the right bank of the Surma River at the eastern tip of Bengal, Sylhet has a subtropical climate and lush highland terrain. The city has a population of more than half a million, and is one of the largest cities in Bangladesh after Khulna, Chittagong and Dhaka. Sylhet is one of the most important spiritual and cultural centres in Bangladesh. Furthermore, it is one of the most economically important cities in the country after Dhaka and Chittagong. The city produces the highest amount of tea and gas in the country.
* Moscow
	+ Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 12.4 million residents within the city limits, over 17 million residents in the urban area, and over 20 million residents in the metropolitan area. The city covers an area of 2,511 square kilometres, while the urban area covers 5,891 square kilometres, and the metropolitan area covers over 26,000 square kilometres. Moscow is among the world's largest cities, being the largest city entirely in Europe, the largest urban area in Europe, the largest metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent.
* Mumbai
	+ Mumbai is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second-most populous city in the country after Delhi and the seventh-most populous city in the world with a population of roughly 20 million. As per Indian government population census of 2011, Mumbai was the most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 12.5 million living under Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the sixth most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million. Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. It has the highest number of millionaires and billionaires among all cities in India. Mumbai is home to three UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the Elephanta Caves, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, and the city's distinctive ensemble of Victorian and Art Deco buildings.
* Warsaw
	+ Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula River in east-central Poland and its population is officially estimated at 1.8 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.1 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 7th most-populous capital city in the European Union. The city area measures 517.24 square kilometres, while the metropolitan area covers 6,100.43 square kilometres. Warsaw is an alpha-global city, a major international tourist destination, and a significant cultural, political, and economic hub. Its historical Old Town was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
* Washington D.C.
	+ Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and also known as D.C. or just Washington, is the capital city of the United States. It is located on the Potomac River bordering Maryland and Virginia. The city was named for George Washington, the first president of the United States and a Founding Father, and the federal district is named after Columbia, a female personification of the nation. As the seat of the U.S. federal government and several international organizations, the city is an important world political capital. It is one of the most visited cities in the U.S., seeing over 20 million visitors in 2016.
	+ The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. The term "White House" is often used as a metonym for the president and their advisers.
* Haeundae
	+ Haeundae District is a district of Busan, South Korea. Haeundae has a population of about 423,000, the most populous district of Busan with 11.6% of the city population, and covers an area of 51.44 km² in eastern Busan. Haeundae became a division of Busan Metropolitan City in 1976 and attained the status of district in 1980. Haeundae is an affluent coastal community best known for Haeundae Beach, one of the most famous and popular beaches in South Korea, and attracts tens of thousands of tourists during summer. Haeundae is one of the wealthiest districts in South Korea, and has been subject to considerable commercial development in recent decades, including the Marine City and Centum City areas with their distinctive skyscrapers and high rise buildings.
	+ Busan, formerly romanized as Pusan and now officially known as Busan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's second-most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants. It is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, with its port—Korea's busiest and the sixth-busiest in the world. The surrounding "Southeast Economic Zone" is South Korea's largest industrial area.
* Bangkok
	+ Bangkok is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. Known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep, the city occupies 1,568.7 square kilometres in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has a population of over eight million. Over fourteen million people lived within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region at the 2010 census, making Bangkok the nation's primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in both size and importance to the national economy.
* Detroit
	+ Detroit, Michigan is a city in the United States of America. It is located near Lake Erie.
* Cairo
	+ Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt. The Cairo metropolitan area, with a population of 21.3 million, is the largest metropolitan area in the Arab world, the second largest in Africa, and the sixth largest in the world. Cairo is associated with ancient Egypt, as the famous Giza pyramid complex and the ancient city of Memphis are located in its geographical area. Located near the Nile Delta, Cairo was founded in 969 AD during the Fatimid dynasty, but the land composing the present-day city was the site of Ancient National Capitals whose remnants remain visible in parts of Old Cairo. Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life, and is titled "the city of a thousand minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture. Cairo is considered a World City with a "Beta +" classification according to GaWC.

* Gold coast
	+ Gold Coast is a coastal city in the Australian state of Queensland, approximately 66 kilometres south-southeast of the centre of state capital Brisbane and immediately north of the border with New South Wales. The traditional owners of this region of south-east Queensland are the Yugambeh language people. The demonym for the Gold Coast is Gold Coaster. With an estimated population of 679,127, at June 2019, the Gold Coast is the sixth-largest city in Australia, making it the largest non-capital city, and Queensland's second-largest city.
* Pacific rim
	+ The Pacific Rim comprises the lands around the rim of the Pacific Ocean. The *Pacific Basin* includes the Pacific Rim and the islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Rim roughly overlaps with the geologic Pacific Ring of Fire.
* Hibiya Godzilla square
	+ It features the largest statue of Godzilla in the country, based on the *Shin Godzilla* design of the character, with an original screenplay for the 1954 film being contained within the base. The current statue replaces another of Godzilla, based on the Heisei design that was commissioned in 1995 as a memorial for the character's death in the film *Godzilla vs. Destoroyah*, which was relocated to Toho Cinemas Hibiya in 2018.
* Godzilla street
	+ Godzilla Street is a street named after Godzilla in Kabukichō, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
* Springfield
	+ Springfield's location is impossible to determine, and the show is deliberately evasive on the subject, providing contradictory information about its location.
* Quahog
	+ Quahog is a fiction city located in Rhode Island.
* Townsville
	+ This city is most famous for an active volcano found in Townsville Central Park (which would later become the base for observatory). The city is also famous for crime rates, giant monster attacks, day-savings, Little Tokyo district, and taffy.
* Stoolbend
	+ Stoolbend is located in America.
* Bikini bottom
	+ Bikini Bottom is an underwater city that serves as located at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, it is where the series' main characters live, and where most of the episodes take place.
* Dreamland
	+ Dreamland is destroyed by Varan and Manda.
* City of GoAnimate
	+ GoAnimate City was destroyed and inhabited by Guardian of the Universe.

## Islands

* Monsterland and monster island
	+ Monsterland and Monster Island are fictional locations in Toho Studios' Godzilla film franchise, both serving as nature reserves or homes for several giant monsters.
* Godzilla island
	+ Godzilla Island is an island in the South Pacific where most of Earth's monsters live. It was the primary setting of the 1997-1998 television series of the same name. It is within swimming distance of Matango Island.
* Infant island
	+ Infant Island is the home of the miniature Shobijin priestesses and the guardian of Infant Island, Mothra, whom they serve. The first appearance of the island is in the original *Mothra* film from 1961.
* Sollgel island
	+ A team of United Nations scientists set up a research base on Sollgel Island in order to test a weather-controlling device, which they hoped would allow them to alter climates around Earth to allow for the growing of food, potentially solving world hunger. The scientists produced the Radioactivity Sonde and Weather Control Capsule, and decided to test them on the island. However, something went wrong and the Radioactivity Sonde exploded, releasing huge levels of radiation onto the island. The radiation produced extreme heat waves and violent storms, and also mutated native Giant Praying Mantises into kaiju called Kamacuras. The Kamacuras discovered an egg on the island and broke it open, revealing Minilla, a baby Godzilla. Minilla's cries of distress attracted Godzilla himself to the island, who killed two of the Kamacuras and saved Minilla. Godzilla began raising Minilla as his son, and lived with him in the heart of the island, next to a hot spring of red water. While wandering on the island, Minilla accidentally knocked a rock into a gorge, awakening Kumonga, a giant spider. Kumonga attempted to kill the humans on the island, but they escaped to a cave where Kumonga could not reach them. Kumonga later trapped the surviving Kamacuras and Minilla in its web, and killed the Kamacuras. Before Kumonga could do the same to Minilla, Godzilla arrived and did battle with Kumonga. The humans repaired the Radioactivity Sonde and Weather Control Capsule in attempt to cool the island's climate and send the monsters into hibernation. While Godzilla and Kumonga battled, the devices were activated and it began to snow on the island. Godzilla and Minilla defeated Kumonga, and Godzilla attempted to escape the island before it froze over. Minilla fell down in the snow and cried out, prompting Godzilla to turn back and embrace him. The two monsters then fell into hibernation together while the island froze over. The humans were then rescued by a United Nations submarine.
* Birth island
	+ Birth Island is introduced as a lush island idyll that is home primarily to Little Godzilla, whilst Godzilla comes ashore frequently to look after him. A group of U.N.G.C.C. researchers also visit the island. It is here where Spacegodzilla makes his first attack on Earth, and captures Little Godzilla in a series of crystals after temporarily incapacitating Godzilla. After Spacegodzilla flies off, Godzilla gives chase, and leaves the island. After Spacegodzilla is defeated by both Godzilla and MOGUERA, Little Godzilla is set free from his crystal prison, and jumps about for joy.
* Adonoa island
	+ A scientific expedition to the island discovered a remarkable scene. A giant irradiated Pteranodon called Rodan lived on the island, and fiercely defended an unhatched egg located in the same nest it hatched from. The egg periodically emitted psychic pulses, which attracted Godzilla to the island. Rodan bravely defended his unborn 'brother' from the nuclear kaiju, but was knocked out after landing hard against some rocks and being blasted by Godzilla's atomic breath. In the chaos that followed, the scientists managed to bring the egg back to Japan, where it hatched into BabyGodzilla. After Godzilla's meltdown destroyed Birth Island, the radiation transformed LittleGodzilla into a sub-adult now called "Godzilla Junior." With nowhere to live, Junior began swimming back to his nest on Adonoa Island. Godzilla, now in critical mass, began to follow Junior back to the Bering Sea as well. Hoping to prevent Godzilla's meltdown from destroying the world, G-Force had Miki Saegusa use her telepathic abilities to lure Junior to Tokyo, hoping Godzilla would follow him there and fight and be killed by Destoroyah.
* Letchi island
	+ Letchi Island was the headquarters of the terrorist organization known as the Red Bamboo. The Red Bamboo built a facility on the island where they produced nuclear weapons. The island was guarded by the monster Ebirah, who attacked and destroyed any vessel that came within range of the island. In order to keep Ebirah from attacking their own ships, the Red Bamboo captured and enslaved natives from Infant Island, forcing them to produce a yellow juice from fruits on Letchi Island, which repelled Ebirah, so they could release it from their ships. After the yacht the *Yahlen* was wrecked by Ebirah, the survivors found themselves on the shore of Letchi Island, which they believed was deserted. While wandering the island, the survivors witnessed a Red Bamboo slave ship dock and lead a group of slaves away. They also witnessed Ebirah rise from the water and kill a group of prisoners that tried to escape. One of the slaves, Dayo, managed to escape and joined with the group of shipwreck survivors. The group broke into the Red Bamboo's weapons facility, where they were ambushed by Ryuii, a high-ranking Red Bamboo officer, and a group of armed soldiers. The soldiers chased the group to a cave on the cliff, and returned to the base when they were unable to find them. Inside of the cave, the group discovered Godzilla sleeping. Unwilling to stay in the cave, the group attempted to infiltrate the Red Bamboo base again, but were discovered and fired upon by a machine gun turret. One member of the group, Ryota, was tangled up in a string tied to a weather balloon, which took him to Infant Island, while another was taken prisoner. The three remaining members of the group returned to the cave, and decided to awaken Godzilla so he could destroy the Red Bamboo. Using a sword and a long coil of copper wire, the three created a makeshift lightning rod, which after being struck by lightning transferred a shock to the sleeping Godzilla. Godzilla was awakened, and burst out of the cave. Godzilla walked to the shore, when Ebirah burst out of the water and challenged him. Godzilla and Ebirah threw a rock back and forth at each other, before Godzilla waded out into the water and fought Ebirah hand-to-hand. Godzilla forced Ebirah to retreat, and then returned to the island, destroying the Red Bamboo weapons facility. After rigging their nuclear reactor on the island to explode, the Red Bamboo's commanders tried to escape on a boat, but the yellow juice had been replaced by a decoy fluid by the slaves, and Ebirah destroyed the ship, ending the Red Bamboo for good. Ryota and his brother Yata returned from Infant Island and met up with the other members of the group as well as the slaves, informing them that Mothra was coming to rescue them. They all began constructing a gigantic net for Mothra to carry them off on, while Godzilla engaged Ebirah in battle once again. After a fierce battle, Godzilla tore off both of Ebirah's claws and scorched him with his atomic breath, forcing the wounded monster to swim away in retreat. Victorious, Godzilla witnessed Mothra fly overhead and followed her onto the island. Godzilla tried to goad Mothra into fighting him, but Mothra merely knocked him aside and grabbed the net with all of the humans before flying to safety. Godzilla roared angrily as Mothra flew away, then stood still, with only seconds left before the reactor exploded. The humans called back to Godzilla, warning him to leave the island. Godzilla waited, before finally diving off the island and into the sea. After Godzilla had escaped, the reactor detonated, and Letchi Island was wiped completely off the map in a gigantic explosion.

# Films

## Showa

* Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1954)
* Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
* Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
* Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster (1964)
* Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
* Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
* Son of Godzilla (1967)
* Destroy All Monsters (1968)
* All Monsters Attack (1969)
* Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)
* Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)
* Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
* Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
* Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

## Heisei

* 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)
* Godzilla (1998)

## Millennium

* Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)
* Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
* Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
* Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)
* Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S (2003)
* Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)

## Legendary

* Godzilla (2014)
* Godzilla 2: King of the Monsters (2019)
* Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)