8,317 Titan Books published a novelization of the movie in May 2014, written by Greg Cox. In an imaginary sequence, Godzilla destroys part of 1959 Tokyo, with one of the main protagonists getting angry that Godzilla damaged his car showroom. TIMELINE: This is the first live action 'Godzilla' movie made by an American company. Takehiro Murata, Akira Kubo, Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah gave the first concrete birth story for Godzilla, featuring a dinosaur named Godzillasaurus that was mutated by nuclear radiation into Godzilla. Yuriko Hishimi, A Godzilla series of books was published by Random House during the late 1990s and the first half of 2000. Kana Onodera, R.J. Kizer, [56][61], In 2004, director Yoshimitsu Banno acquired permission from Toho to produce a short IMAX Godzilla film. [235] The song "Simon Says" by Pharoahe Monch is a hip-hop remix of the "Godzilla March" theme song. Godzilla has been referenced multiple times in the American animated TV sitcom The Simpsons. Directed by Michael Dougherty, Godzilla: King of the Monsters will see Godzilla battle for supremacy with three classic Toho monsters - King Ghidorah, Rodan, and Mothra - as well as a fifth mysterious monster. Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. 80 min It has also been referenced in "Treehouse of Horror VI", "Mayored to the Mob" (where Godzilla can be seen signing autographs at the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con), "Thirty Minutes over Tokyo" (in which the plane carrying the Simpson family is being attacked by Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra and Gamera), "Simpsons Tall Tales", "Treehouse of Horror XVI", "Homerazzi", "Wedding for Disaster", "The Real Housewives of Fat Tony", "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" and "Treehouse of Horror XXVI". Nick Adams, Kôbun Shizuno | Gross: $200.68M, Not Rated Kazuya Aoyama, [260] Combined, Godzilla generated at least more than $1.02 billion in known merchandise sales revenue, as of 2017[update]. Akito also expressed interest in re-introducing Mechagodzilla and Jet Jaguar in the future. Stars: | Stars: | | Yûsuke Kawazu, 39 min 99 min [240], Godzilla is considered "the original radioactive superhero" due to his accidental radioactive origin story predating Spider-Man (1962 debut),[237] though Godzilla did not become a hero until Ghidorah in 1964. [27] Yoshimitsu Banno, who had directed 1971's Godzilla vs. Hedorah, secured the rights from Toho to make an IMAX 3D short film production, based on a story similar to his Hedorah film. | Masaaki Tezuka, "Oodako" literally means "giant octopus" in Japanese. Yuriko Hoshi, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi. | | Roland Emmerich, Directors: Masaaki Tezuka, Katsumune Ishida, Kazuki Ohmori | Stars: Yumiko Shaku, Shin Takuma, Kana Onodera, Kô Takasugi. Takao Okawara, Motoyoshi Oda, Japan is plunged into chaos upon the appearance of a giant monster. Ishirô Honda, Directors: Stars: Reiko Tajima, The epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against one another - the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong - with humanity caught in the balance. Jun Fukuda, | | | Gross: [23], Toho rebooted the series in 1984 with The Return of Godzilla, starting the second era of Godzilla films, known as the Heisei series. | Akira Takarada, Humanity's desperate battle to reclaim the Earth from Godzilla continues. Kunihiko Mitamura, The production design would have been overseen by William Stout.[52][53]. Tadao Takashima, Kazuya Aoyama, Action, Adventure, Family. Ishirô Honda $110.50M, PG-13 Directors: Yoshimitsu Banno, | He is captured and brought to Japan, where he escapes from captivity and battles Godzilla. Stars: "[241] In 1973, Godzilla was voted the most popular movie monster in The Monster Times poll, beating Count Dracula, King Kong, Wolf Man, The Mummy, Creature From the Black Lagoon, and Frankenstein's monster.[242]. Kazuki Ohmori, Several of the films have political themes, others have dark tones, complex internal mythology, or are simple action movies featuring aliens or other monsters, while others have simpler themes accessible to children. The world is beset by the appearance of monstrous creatures, but one of them may be the only one who can save humanity. Stars: Keiju Kobayashi, Kengo Furusawa Hiroshi Koizumi, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Votes: Unlike the Showa and later Heisei films, the special effects for the Millennium films were directed by multiple effects directors such as Kenji Suzuki (Godzilla 2000, Godzilla vs. Megaguirus), Makoto Kamiya (Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack), Yuichi Kikuchi (Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla), and Eiichi Asada (Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S., Godzilla: Final Wars). Stars: Yôsuke Natsuki, Hiroshi Koizumi, | De Bont later left the project after budget disagreements with the studio. Its's not "realistic" enough? Action, Horror, Sci-Fi. Director: | A man begins to suspect that something is wrong about his employers; meanwhile, Godzilla and Anguirus are alerted to something strange going on. 1974 release earned a distribution income (rentals) of. [229] Its Japan-exclusive single, "Lose Control" by Japanese rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel, sold 938,401 copies in Japan. | Yû Fujiki, Not Rated Mechagodzilla, Super Mechagodzilla, Rodan, Fire Rodan. Yôko Ishino, Stars: Short, Music, Director: Godzilla's fiftieth Anniversary project, in which Godzilla travels around the world to fight his old foes and his allies plus a new, mysterious monster named Monster X. Millie Bobby Brown, Directors: Machiko Naka, Hiroshi Koizumi, Ape-like aliens build a robotic Godzilla to destroy Japan, and the true Godzilla may not be powerful enough to destroy it. 78 min with her band The Creatures; the album had a Japanese theme with a song dedicated to the monster, simply titled "Godzilla!". Michael Dougherty After the appearance of a new Gojira (Godzilla), the Japanese government builds a robotic Godzilla from the bones of the original monster that attacked Tokyo in 1954 to stop the beast. Action, Adventure, Drama. Ryûhei Kitamura, Stars: 91 min | Directors: Ishirô Honda, Ishirô Honda Ape-like aliens build a robotic Godzilla to destroy Japan, and the true Godzilla may not be powerful enough to destroy it. Stars: | | [239] Godzilla has since been viewed as an anti-hero. 70 min Kô Takasugi, PG Action, Adventure, Comedy. 78 min Stars: Director: Takahiro Sakurai, Mayu Suzuki, Votes: [62][63][64] Announced in March 2010, the film was co-produced with Warner Bros. Pictures and was directed by Gareth Edwards. Yôko Ishino, Kôji Takahashi, Unrated Yoshimitsu Banno, Stars: | Stars: Action, Adventure, Family. There have been four American productions: Godzilla (1998) produced by TriStar Pictures, and Godzilla (2014), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), and Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) produced by Legendary Entertainment in partnership with Warner Bros. Pictures. Kazuki Ohmori, Katsuhiko Sasaki, | Not Rated Jun Fukuda, TV-14 Megumi Odaka, PG-13 [68] The film's success prompted Toho to produce a reboot of their own and Legendary to proceed with sequels and a shared cinematic franchise,[69] with Godzilla: King of the Monsters released on May 31, 2019,[70] and Godzilla vs. Kong set to be released on May 21, 2021.[71]. [253] In 1985, Godzilla merchandise sold $33 million in Japan, with Doug Mason of Chicago Tribune referring to Godzilla as "Japan's Mickey Mouse."[254]. | | Gross: | The crypto-zoological agency Monarch faces off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. Director: Action, Fantasy, Horror. Hedorah, the smog monster, destroys Japan and fights Godzilla while spewing his poisonous gas to further the damage. Akira Kubo, 4 min Kana Hanazawa, Completed. This version removed most of the political themes and social commentaries, resulting in 30 minutes of footage from the Japanese version replaced with new footage featuring Raymond Burr interacting with Japanese actors and look-alikes to make it seem like Burr was a part of the original Japanese production.
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