query: when did the last godzilla movie come out

pos: Godzilla (2014 film) 22, 2020 with Adam Wingard directing the film. Godzilla (2014 film) Godzilla is a 2014 American monster film directed by Gareth Edwards. The film is a reboot of Toho's "Godzilla" franchise and is the 30th film in the "Godzilla" franchise, the first film in Legendary's MonsterVerse, and the second "Godzilla" film to be completely produced by a Hollywood studio. The film stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, Sally Hawkins, David Strathairn, and Bryan Cranston. The project began as an IMAX short film in 2004 but was transferred to Legendary in 2009 to be redeveloped as a feature

pos: Godzilla (2014 film) in his own film, but at least when the monsters were on screen, they delivered the goods." David Kalat (author of "A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series") stated, "I was really surprised how much I liked this", though he felt that "Godzilla himself gets almost no screen time", he did feel that Edwards figured out a successful "modern American context" for the film in supporting American troops, stating, "Edwards' Godzilla (2014) takes that concept and weaponizes it: we're used to seeing Godzilla movies where the military fails because they're stupid, but seeing them fail but be heroic

pos: Shin Godzilla coherent plot" than 2014's "Godzilla". Marcus Goh from Yahoo felt that the film was a better reimagining than 2014's "Godzilla", though he criticized parts of Godzilla's design and the protagonists' plan to stop Godzilla. Goh gave the film a 3.1 score out of 5 and concluded that it "preserves the feel of "Godzilla" movies while updating it with modern responses." Jay Hawkinson from Bloody Disgusting called the film a "very good "Godzilla" movie that teeters on greatness". However, he felt the film's drama "didn't always work" and some of the English delivery felt "canned and often corny", particularly Satomi Ishihara's

pos: Godzilla (franchise) It was followed by two sequel series, "Godzilla" (published in book form as "Godzilla: History's Greatest Monster") and "Godzilla: Rulers of Earth", as well as seven five-issue miniseries to date. To tie-in with the 2014 film, three books were published. Titan Books published a novelization of the movie in May 2014, written by Greg Cox. The graphic novel "Godzilla: Awakening" by Max Borenstein, Greg Borenstein and Eric Battle served as a prequel, and "Godzilla: The Art of Destruction" by Mark Cotta told about the making of the movie. Godzilla has been referenced in "The Simpsons" comics on three separate occasions.

pos: Godzilla (1954 film) of [the original movie’s] basic storyline, in that the creature becomes created by radiation and it becomes a big challenge. But that’s all we took." In 2014, Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures released a reboot of the "Godzilla" franchise, directed by Gareth Edwards. Edwards stated that his "Godzilla" film was inspired by the original 1954 film, stating, "Godzilla is a metaphor for Hiroshima in the original movie. We tried to keep that, and there are a lot of themes from the '54 movie that we've kept." Godzilla (1954 film) "Godzilla" went into production after a Japanese-Indonesian co-production collapsed. Tsuburaya originally

pos: Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack grossed a total of approximately $20,000,000, with 2,400,000 admissions. It was one of the largest-grossing "Godzilla" films of the Millennium series in Japan. The film was released on DVD on January 27, 2004, and was released on Blu-ray, bundled with "Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla", on September 9, 2014. After the film was completed, Toho had their international versions of the movie dubbed in Hong Kong. This dubbed version significantly changes the meaning of several lines throughout the film. Sony licensed "GMK" and "Godzilla vs. Megaguirus" with the hope of giving both films a theatrical release in the United States. Sony's release

pos: Godzilla (2014 video game) note the faithful recreation of the monsters themselves and amount of content for long time Godzilla fans with Jon Ryan reviewing for IGN noting that while the overall game had a "lack of substantial gameplay", "the spirit of the old-school monster movie is where Bandai Namco absolutely nails it". Godzilla (2014 video game) Godzilla (also Godzilla: The Game, ゴジラ Godzilla, Gojira Godzilla, and Godzilla VS for the PS4 in Japan) is a 2014 video game developed by Natsume and published by Bandai Namco Games for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 based on the Japanese monster "Godzilla" franchise by Toho.

pos: Godzilla vs. Hedorah DVD release and a Blu-ray release by Kraken Releasing on May 6, 2014. A video transfer of "Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster" was released in Canada on DVD packaged with "Godzilla vs. Megalon" by Digital Disc. After director Yoshimitsu Banno finished directing "Godzilla vs. Hedorah", he began work on creating another installment in the "Godzilla" series. Like his first "Godzilla" movie, Banno had wanted the next film to have a strong message against pollution. The initial idea was that a mutant starfish-like monster named Deathla battles Godzilla. However, he scrapped this idea and wrote what was going to be "Godzilla

pos: Godzilla (2014 film) the Moving Picture Company (MPC), Double Negative, Weta Digital, Amalgamated Dynamics, ComputerCafe/CafeFX, Lidar VFX, Scanline VFX, Stereo D and The Third Floor. Production of the movie was completed in the last week of March 2014. To create a CG version of Godzilla, MPC studied various animals such as bears, Komodo dragons, lizards, lions and wolves which helped the visual effects artists visualize Godzilla's body structure like that of its underlying bone, fat and muscle structure as well as the thickness and texture of its scale. The production used high-quality panorama photos of the San Francisco skyline, and built a three-dimensional

pos: Godzilla vs. Biollante later released for the first time on Blu-ray and DVD by Miramax Echo Bridge on December 4, 2012. It was released as a double feature and 8-disk movie pack on both Blu-ray and DVD with "Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus" (2009) by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment in 2013. It was last released by Lionsgate on Blu-ray and DVD on October 7, 2014. In Japan, the film sold approximately 2 million tickets, earning $7,000,000 (U.S). "Godzilla vs. Biollante" has received very positive reviews, with praise for the story, music and visuals. Ed Godziszewski of Monster Zero said the film is "by

pos: Derrick Gordon movie 'Conundrum: Secrets Among Friends' to be released in late 2018. Gordon is from Plainfield, New Jersey. He has two brothers, including a twin. Gordon began to think he might be gay while attending middle school. In April 2014, Gordon came out to his family and teammates. He subsequently chose to come out publicly later in 2014, becoming the first openly gay men's basketball player in Division I. Gordon said "I just didn't want to hide anymore, in any way ... I've been waiting and watching for the last few months, wondering when a Division I player would come out,

pos: Mall (film) for the 2009 film . The soundtrack for the film was released under the Warner Bros. and Machine Shop record labels on December 12, 2014. In a tweet-out session, Joe answered the question about the score: "The movie is done! The score is finished! And we are putting it out to distributors and see who's going to put it out. So it's going to come soon." A song named as "It Goes Through", which Shinoda provides lead vocals on, as he also did for "The Last Line" and "Devil's Drop", for the 2-minute trailer that was released on May 28,

pos: Godzilla (franchise) featured original monsters that were video game-only kaiju in a former film/movie. In 2007, "", featuring Krystalak and Obsidius, two newly created Toho-approved creations, was released for the Wii and DS and featured original monsters that were video game-only kaiju. Legendary's Godzilla was featured as a playable character in Bandai Namco's 2014 video game "Godzilla" as "Hollywood Godzilla". The widely popular video game "Pokémon" has made multiple references to Godzilla. The Dark/Rock type Pokémon Tyranitar is a direct reference to Godzilla. The Pokémon's appearance is a large green lizard monster-type creature who is characterised as an unstoppable force. In 2015–present,

pos: Godzilla: The Series of "Godzilla" (1998), featuring three episodes of the TV series: "What Dreams May Come", "Monster War: Part 1" and "Where Is Thy Sting?". In 2014, Mill Creek Entertainment released the complete series on DVD in North America, including the two unaired episodes. The episodes were released in chronological order, not the broadcast order. Two video games were released for the Game Boy Color. They were developed by Crawfish Interactive and published by Crave Entertainment. "Godzilla: The Series" was released in 1999 and "Godzilla: The Series - Monster Wars" was released in 2000. Godzilla: The Series Godzilla: The Series is an

neg: Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II by Mechagodzilla. Garuda's nuclear reactor explodes and resurrects the King of the Monsters. Another ending was considered in which Godzilla's escaping life energy mutates Baby Godzilla into a new adult Godzilla. Toho promoted the film as Akira Ifukube's last performance as composer, and aired the children's program "Adventure Godzilla-land", which portrayed Godzilla and Mechagodzilla as rival news anchors reporting on the events of the upcoming movie, as well as featuring the dance routine "Be like Godzilla". Shortly after the movie was released, Toho further promoted the film's merchandise by opening a Godzilla-themed simulation ride in Sanrio Puroland called "Monster Planet

neg: Godzilla vs. Hedorah die in Hedorah's raids and even Godzilla is overwhelmed by Hedorah's poisonous emissions. As hope sinks, a party is thrown on Mt. Fuji to celebrate one last day of life before humankind succumbs to Hedorah. Ken Yano, Yukio Keuchi, Miki Fujiyama, and the other partygoers realize that Godzilla and Hedorah have come to Mt. Fuji as well for a final confrontation. Dr. Toru Yano and his wife Toshie Yano has determined that drying out Hedorah's body may destroy the otherwise unkillable monster. The JSDF swiftly constructs two gigantic electrodes for this purpose, but their power is cut off by Godzilla

neg: Godzilla 1985 range. It is doubtful that he was telling the truth, for the bidding war, such as it was, didn't last long, and Toho wound up getting far less money. By May, the new "Godzilla" movie had been passed over by the majors and fallen instead into the hands of New World Pictures, the modern-day equivalent of the kind of low-budget, exploitation movie producers and distributors that gobbled up "Godzilla" movies. After acquiring "The Return of Godzilla" for distribution in North America, New World Pictures changed the title to "Godzilla 1985" and radically re-edited the film. Originally, New World reportedly planned

neg: Godzilla (1954 film) effects filmmaking that would become essential in Japan's film industry since the release of "Godzilla" (1954). Critic and scholar Ryusuke Hikawa stated: "Disney created the template for American animation, In the same way, (special-effects studio) Tsubaraya created the template for the Japanese movie business. It was their use of cheap but craftsman-like approaches to movie-making that made tokusatsu unique." In 1998, TriStar Pictures released a reimagining of "Godzilla", directed by Roland Emmerich. Despite that Emmerich wanted his "Godzilla" to have nothing to do with Toho's "Godzilla", he did maintain some elements from the original 1954 film, stating, "We took part

neg: Shin Godzilla achieved a successful resurgence for both the Big G and himself." In July 2017, co-director Shinji Higuchi attended G-Fest XXIV and answered questions regarding sequels, stating, "A lot of people have questions. ‘When is the next Japanese Godzilla movie coming out?’ They cannot make it until after 2020". Higuchi noted that this was due to Toho's contract with Legendary Entertainment, which restricts Toho from releasing a live-action "Godzilla" film in the same year as Legendary's "Godzilla" film (two of Legendary's "Godzilla" sequels will be released in 2019 and 2020). Higuchi also noted Legendary's contract expires in 2020. Despite not producing

neg: Godzilla in popular culture character because he acts out of rage and self-preservation and shows where science and technology can go wrong. Godzilla was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1996 MTV Movie Awards. He is one of only three fictional characters to date ever granted the award. He also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004. WatchMojo.com listed Godzilla as #1 on their "Top 10 Giant Movie Monsters" list. "Wizard" ranked Godzilla as the #44 greatest villain of all time. Godzilla in popular culture As an enduring and iconic symbol of post-World War II cinematic history, Godzilla, the

neg: Godzilla vs. Mothra come to like the characters on screen, or at least be entertained by them." Mike Bogue of American Kaiju said the film "[does] not live up to its potential," but added that "[its] colorful and elaborate spectacle eventually won [him] over" and "the main story thread dealing with the eventual reconciliation of the divorced couple adequately holds the human plot together." Sony - Blu-ray (Toho Godzilla Collection) Godzilla vs. Mothra Originally conceived as a standalone Mothra film entitled "Mothra vs. Bagan", the movie was notable for its return to a more fantasy-based, family-oriented atmosphere evocative of pre-1984 "Godzilla" films. Although

neg: Godzilla: King of the Monsters in 3D falls off as the Scorpion-78 lifts off and Kevin takes the co-pilot's place. As Daxton flies the chopper, Kevin reluctantly fires the missile into Godzilla's throat, which successfully kills the monster. Kevin falls off the Scorpion-78, but is saved by Godzilla. Kevin weeps as Godzilla takes its last breath. In 1983, American filmmaker Steve Miner approached Toho, the owners of Godzilla, about a Hollywood-produced "Godzilla" film with a big budget, A-list actors, and high-priced special effects. Miner had stated to have "always been a fan of Godzilla" and found that the character could be remade into a potentially "good movie".

neg: Godzilla Island show), Jigora (A species of kaiju from Torema's planet that look like pallette swaps of Godzilla Junior), a powered up version of SpaceGodzilla, a different version of Fake Godzilla, Proto Moguera (Which resembles the original Moguera from The Mysterians) and Gororin (a sentient ball-shaped cactus). One kaiju that did not appear in a Godzilla movie, a miniature version of Dogora, also appears for a few episodes, working with Zaguresu. For some unknown reason, Kumonga, Ebirah, Varan, Manda (kaiju), original Mechagodzilla, Titanosaurus (Godzilla), King Kong, Gabara, Minilla, Biollante, Daidako, Daikondoru, and Shockiras were not included. None of the Showa or Heisei

neg: Yasuko Sawaguchi Yasuko Sawaguchi She was born in Osaka. In early 1984, the Japanese movie studio Toho Company Ltd. held their first Toho Cinderella beauty contest, and Yasuko, almost 19 at the time, was chosen as the first Toho Cinderella, beating out the other 30,000 contestants. Shortly after, she made her film debut in the film "Karate Cop III: Song of the Sea", before co-starring as the heroine Naoko Okumura in "The Return of Godzilla", which was the grand comeback film for the famous movie monster "Godzilla". She appeared in the next Godzilla film 5 years later, 1989's "Godzilla vs. Biollante", but

neg: Godzilla (2014 film) lunch", feeling that the film "hits all the wrong beats" but did praise Juliette Binoche and Bryan Cranston's performances, stating, "Their few brief scenes, particularly Cranston's, make for the best dramatic moments in the movie" and also praised Alexandre Desplat's score and the scenes involving Godzilla but stated "it's just one tiny beat in an otherwise way-too-big movie that, weirdly, doesn't give us enough of the one big guy we showed up to see in the first place" and concluded by stating, ""Godzilla" is one of those generic, omnipresent blockbusters that's undone by the very spectacle it strives to dazzle

neg: Godzilla 1985 a little off, of course, but this movie seems to be going for condescending laughs from knowledgable[sic] filmgoers. Special effects: When Godzilla marches on Tokyo, the buildings are the usual fake miniature models, made out of paint and cardboard. The tipoff is when he rips a wall off a high-rise, and nothing falls out. That's because there is nothing inside." Ebert kept a copy of the poster in his office for many years and it was clearly visible in the opening of his television program. Vincent Canby of the "New York Times" was similarly unimpressed: "Though special-effects experts in Japan

neg: Godzilla (franchise) and the secondary antagonist of the movie series, Mechagodzilla. The Shōwa period tied loosely in to a number of Toho-produced films in which Godzilla himself did not appear and consequently saw the addition of many monsters into the "Godzilla" continuity, three of which (Rodan, Mothra and Varan) originated in their own solo movies and another five (Anguirus, Kumonga, Manda, Gorosaurus and Baragon) appeared in their first films as either antagonistic or secondary characters. Haruo Nakajima mainly portrayed Godzilla since 1954 until his retirement in 1972. However, other stunt actors portrayed the character in his absence, such as Katsumi Tezuka, Yū

neg: Godzilla vs. Megaguirus hundreds of eggs, splits up and starts growing when exposed to water, hatching into large dragonfly larvae called Meganulon that come out of the sewer to feed. They flood a portion of the city and molt on the sides of buildings, becoming adult Meganula. Meanwhile, Godzilla appears in search of a source of nuclear energy, despite the edict shutting down all such attractants after its three previous appearances. While Godzilla is fighting the G-Graspers, who are assisted by rebellious scientist Hajime Kudo, the swarm of Meganula are attracted in turn to Godzilla's energy, and attack it. During the course of

neg: Monster movie legends about dragons. The successful feature film "Dragonheart" showed a friendly dragon voiced by Sean Connery. Traditional monster movies re-emerged to a wider audience during the late 1990s. An American remake of "Godzilla" was made in 1998. The Godzilla featured in that film was considerably different from the original and many Godzilla fans disliked the film; despite that, the film was a financial success. In 2002, a French monster film "Brotherhood of the Wolf" became the second-highest-grossing French-language film in the United States in the last two decades. In 2004, Godzilla was temporarily retired following "". Director Peter Jackson, inspired

neg: Godzilla: Battle Legends as a playable character and Mothra. In single player mode, only Godzilla is playable. Godzilla: Battle Legends Godzilla: Battle Legends (simply referred to as "Godzilla" in North America) is a fighting game based on the Godzilla film franchise, made for the Turbo Duo in 1993, developed by Alfa System and published in the United States by Hudson Soft. When Godzilla fights a certain foe, his appearance changes to reflect the era when he battled in certain films. For example, Godzilla looks like as he did in 1955 when he fights Anguirus, and as in 1964 when he fights Rodan. This

neg: Godzilla vs. Mothra Godzilla vs. Mothra Originally conceived as a standalone Mothra film entitled "Mothra vs. Bagan", the movie was notable for its return to a more fantasy-based, family-oriented atmosphere evocative of pre-1984 "Godzilla" films. Although he did not return as director, Ōmori continued his trend of incorporating Hollywood elements into his screenplay, in this case nods to the "Indiana Jones" franchise. The film was released in Japan on December 12, 1992 and in direct to video in the United States in 1998 by Columbia Tristar Home Video as "Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth". Unadjusted for inflation, the film remains the

neg: Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film) think Gareth did an amazing job pulling that off. I think that's what sets up our Godzilla franchise in a way that the second Godzilla movie can pick up on to begin to make Godzilla a more relatable, emphatic figure. But it needed that groundwork because you don't immediately invest emotionally in something that looks like a giant dragon or lizard." In late January 2017, Millie Bobby Brown was the first to be cast for the film, marking it her feature film debut. In February 2017, Kyle Chandler and Vera Farmiga were cast as the parents to Brown's character. In

neg: Yasuko Sawaguchi into the recording studio. Yasuko Sawaguchi She was born in Osaka. In early 1984, the Japanese movie studio Toho Company Ltd. held their first Toho Cinderella beauty contest, and Yasuko, almost 19 at the time, was chosen as the first Toho Cinderella, beating out the other 30,000 contestants. Shortly after, she made her film debut in the film "Karate Cop III: Song of the Sea", before co-starring as the heroine Naoko Okumura in "The Return of Godzilla", which was the grand comeback film for the famous movie monster "Godzilla". She appeared in the next Godzilla film 5 years later, 1989's

neg: Godzilla: Battle Legends Godzilla: Battle Legends Godzilla: Battle Legends (simply referred to as "Godzilla" in North America) is a fighting game based on the Godzilla film franchise, made for the Turbo Duo in 1993, developed by Alfa System and published in the United States by Hudson Soft. When Godzilla fights a certain foe, his appearance changes to reflect the era when he battled in certain films. For example, Godzilla looks like as he did in 1955 when he fights Anguirus, and as in 1964 when he fights Rodan. This game's sequel, "" for the SNES, features fewer monsters, with the inclusion of Biollante

neg: Meganulon up and starts growing. The eggs hatch into Meganulon that come out of the sewer to feed. They flood a huge portion of the city and begin to moult on the sides of buildings, sprouting wings and stingers, becoming Meganula. When the Meganulon moulted they became Meganula, creatures resembling vicious prehistoric dragonflies. They had massive pincer claws and a thin stinger on their abdomen. After their evolution into Meganula the creatures set out to find the biggest source of energy they could find. They attacked Godzilla, during his battle with the G-Graspers. Many were killed by Godzilla and the Dimension

neg: Godzilla vs. Destoroyah the earliest films), Destoroyah's portentous pacing, cardboard-thin characters and cheeseball effects apparently served as a primer on what not to do when Hollywood picked up the franchise". Sony - "Blu-ray (Toho Godzilla Collection) Columbia/Tristar Home Entertainment Godzilla vs. Destoroyah The film was released in Japan on December 9, 1995 and released direct-to-video in the United States in 1999 by Columbia TriStar Home Video. It was the last "Godzilla" film to be produced by any studio until 1998's "Godzilla" and the last "Godzilla" film to be produced by Toho until 1999's "Godzilla 2000". The film received global publicity for Toho's announcement

neg: Godzilla (2014 film) Katsuhiro Otomo's "Akira" had also influenced the visual design of the film, Edwards stated, "...one of our designers on the film - a friend called Matt - when we were designing things, and got stuck, we'd always go, 'What would Akira do?'" For the film's cinematography, Edwards wanted "...to do this beautifully real documentary vibe, but also that classic Spielberg style". Ishirō Honda's "Godzilla" (1954) also inspired the film, Edwards stated, "Godzilla is a metaphor for Hiroshima in the original movie. We tried to keep that, and there are a lot of themes from the '54 movie that we've kept."

neg: Godzilla: Save the Earth play. This mode is now offline. "Godzilla: Save the Earth" received "mixed" reviews on both platforms according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. 1UP gave the game a "B−" score, saying: ""Godzilla: Save the Earth" is a fun game and a worthy sequel to "". If it had been afforded a little more finesse (especially regarding the Challenges) and a little more authentic Godzilla flavor, it'd be even sweeter. The fact is, though, that unless you're a Godzilla fan, there are better games of this general type out there ("War of the Monsters" and "" come to mind). Still, the

neg: Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack exciting entries in Godzilla's long cinematic history." Stomp Tokyo gave the film a score of 3/5, calling it "one of the better-looking entries in the series, albeit one of unfulfilled potential." John Wallis of DVD Talk felt that "the story is quite weak and somber" and that "this new take on [Godzilla] doesn't really work," while Gemma Tarlach of the Milwaukee Journal said that ""GMK" is best when it embraces its unabashed cheesiness. But when it tries to make Statements with Meaning, whether on Japan's past aggressions or ersatz samurai ruminations on the duty of a warrior, the movie flounders

neg: Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film) He said that he had no problem coming back to do a sequel if the film did well, but his main concern was delivering a satisfying experience with the current film, "I want a story that begins and ends, and you leave on a high note. That's all we cared about when we were making this; just this film. If this film is good, the others can come, but let's just pay attention to this and not get sidetracked by other things." After a successful opening of $103 million internationally, Legendary green-lit the "Godzilla" sequel with plans to produce a

neg: Megaguirus Megaguirus Although the species of Meganulon, the origin of Megaguirus, were first depicted in the 1956 movie "Rodan", the monster itself did not appear until its debut in 2000. Megaguirus was first mentioned in the movie "Godzilla vs. Megaguirus" after a swarm of Meganulon absorbed energy from Godzilla and quickly fled to a flooded section of Tokyo. After diving into the flood waters, the entire swarm latched on to an enormous, mutated version of Meganulon. This mutated creature, regarded as the queen, begins to molt once enough energy had been obtained. After leaving behind her exoskeleton, Megaguirus rose above the

neg: Godzilla (2014 film) just enough." David Blaustein of ABC News Radio called the film "very good, but not great", criticizing the film for not having enough screen-time for Godzilla, stating, "There’s not enough Godzilla. When the monster’s away, the movie drags. It’s clear what Edwards and company are trying to do here. i.e. less is more. The issue is, this Godzilla is so much fun to watch, we never want it leave the screen and when he/she/it's not there, it's a letdown." Regardless, Blaustein stated that the film's finale, "more or less, makes it all worth the wait", and awarded the film three-and-a-half

neg: Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film) about the sequel, stating, "The response to the first film was really exciting, but now that that world is established, we can do bigger and even better things." While promoting "", Borenstein mentioned that one thing he aimed to do in the "Godzilla" sequel is make Godzilla more empathetic for the audience, referencing the end of the first film, "When [Godzilla] blows his blue flame down the throat of the other creature – a creature we never empathized with in any way – we're empathizing with Godzilla. That's the thing about the movie that I'm most proud of, and I

neg: Godzilla: Monster of Monsters Japan from the "Godzilla" characters. Godzilla: Monster of Monsters The mysterious Planet X appears when Pluto and Neptune switch positions in the solar system, and its inhabitants begin an attempt to conquer the Earth, using a legion of space monsters (though some of these creatures were in fact from Earth) as their primary attack force. The King of Monsters, Godzilla, joins forces with the guardian monster Mothra and the forces of Earth to repel the invasion forces. The game features two playable characters, Godzilla and Mothra (who originally appeared in her own movie and then later became a regular monster

neg: Godzilla: Monster of Monsters Godzilla: Monster of Monsters The mysterious Planet X appears when Pluto and Neptune switch positions in the solar system, and its inhabitants begin an attempt to conquer the Earth, using a legion of space monsters (though some of these creatures were in fact from Earth) as their primary attack force. The King of Monsters, Godzilla, joins forces with the guardian monster Mothra and the forces of Earth to repel the invasion forces. The game features two playable characters, Godzilla and Mothra (who originally appeared in her own movie and then later became a regular monster to fight alongside Godzilla). The

neg: Eiji Tsuburaya considered a traditional Japanese craft art. The tremendous success of "Godzilla" led Toho to produce a series of science fiction films, films introducing new monsters, and further films involving the Godzilla character itself. The most critically and popularly successful of these films were those involving the team of Tsuburaya, Honda and Tanaka, along with the fourth member of the "Godzilla" team, composer Akira Ifukube. Tsuburaya continued producing the special effects for non-kaiju films like "The H-Man" (1958), and "The Last War" (1961), and won another Japanese Movie Technique Award for his work in the 1957 science-fiction film "The Mysterians". He

neg: Godzilla: Final Wars not to adore it." Mike Bogue of American Kaiju said "the film is flawed, but nonetheless entertaining," saying there are "too many ["Matrix"-style] battles" but that the film "makes excellent use of its monsters" and "Kitamura keeps things moving at a brisk pace." Japan Hero criticized the "[lack of] character development" but concluded that "Final Wars" is "a very entertaining movie," saying that "Kitamura did a wonderful job making it an interesting and great looking film worthy of being the final [Godzilla] movie." Stomp Tokyo said "the monster scenes are generally well done" but criticized the film's "incoherence," saying: "It's

neg: Godzilla (2014 film) stars out of five. Japanese critics and journalists have praised the film for putting "more of an effort to honor the spirit and visual style of the Japanese series" but criticized the film for "complicating the anti-war, anti-nuclear sensibility" and "lack of nerve on the part of the filmmakers to say anything substantial about nuclear weapons or nuclear energy", however, Godzilla illustrator Yuji Kaida called the film "a real kaijū eiga (monster movie) that honored the original in that Godzilla was presented as a force beyond human understanding that maintained the Earth’s natural balance". William Tsutsui, author of "Godzilla on

neg: Godzilla (1998 film) and the Toho trio remained silent for a few minutes, Emmerich recalled, "They were speechless, they stared at it, and there was silence for a couple minutes, and then they said, ‘Could you come back tomorrow?’ I thought for sure we didn't have the movie then." Tomiyama later recalled that "It was so different we realized we couldn't make small adjustments. That left the major question of whether to approve it or not." Even though Tomiyama was not allowed to remove the artwork and maquette from the studio premise, Tomiyama visited Godzilla producer and creator Tomoyuki Tanaka, whose failing health

neg: Mechagodzilla Gundam. In the game "Bulletstorm" there's a level where the player controls a mechanical version of a Hekaton (which is the game's equivalent to Godzilla) as well as the song being played during this part of the game being called "Mecha-dzilla" Godzilla and Mechagodzilla make a cameo appearance in "Ugly Americans" (Season 1: Episode 7 "Kong of Queens") in which King Kong fights Godzilla (King Kong's children watching the movie "Godzilla vs. King Kong") and another when Kong punches a wall (after an argument with Mark Lily on the phone), the Showa-era Mechagodzilla was seen having breakfast. Mechagodzilla was parodied

neg: Godzilla (1978 TV series) last regular showing aired on September 5, 1981 (to be replaced by "The Smurfs", which would last three times as long as "Godzilla" did). Throughout the 1980s until the late 1990s, the series rested in limbo (with the exception of a limited VHS videocassette release of two episodes). Since 1993, it has been rebroadcast on TNT, Cartoon Network and Boomerang, as well as on Retro TV for a brief time on Saturday mornings between 2015–2016. The first 13 episodes from the first season were released on DVD, in three separate volumes titled "Godzilla: The Original Animated Series". Volume 1 contains

neg: The Return of Godzilla film in 3D, and was thus rejected by major American movie studios. Under pressure from a 10,000-member group of Japanese "Godzilla" fans calling themselves the "Godzilla Resurrection Committee", Tanaka decided to helm a Japanese film for "strictly domestic consumption" to be released jointly alongside Miner's movie. In an effort to disavow Godzilla's increasingly heroic and anthropomorphic depiction in previous films, Tanaka insisted on making a direct sequel to the original 1954 movie. He hired screenwriter Shuichi Nagahara, who wrote a screenplay combining elements of the previously cancelled "The Resurrection of Godzilla" and Miner's still unproduced film, including an intensification of

neg: Meganulon Meganulon Meganulon are prehistoric insects which resemble gigantic earwigs, they are green-gray in color and have two large pincer claws on each arm. The Meganulon from the 1956 movie "Rodan" were very big and bulky, with dragonfly faces. When the Meganulon made their second appearance 44 years later in the movie "Godzilla vs. Megaguirus" their bodies were slender and brown in color. The new Meganulon maintained their sharp pincers on each arm. The Meganulon from the showa era did not have any powers or abilities other than their ability to lay dormant in suspended animation for millions of years. The

neg: Gojirasaurus Colorado. "Gojirasaurus"'s assignment to the Coelophysoidea, would suggest that it was a bipedal, terrestrial, actively mobile carnivore. Contemporaries of "Gojirasaurus" included the pseudosuchian "Shuvosaurus", and the phytosaur "Rutiodon". Gojirasaurus Gojirasaurus (meaning "Godzilla Lizard") is a possibly dubious genus of dinosaur named after the giant monster movie character Gojira (the Japanese name for the monster Godzilla). The composite term "Gojirasaurus" is derived from the name of the giant Japanese movie monster "Gojira" (Godzilla) and the Greek word "sauros" (σαυρος) meaning "lizard"; thus, "Godzilla lizard". In addition, a theropod dinosaur with the name "Godzillasaurus" exists in the Heisei era of "Godzilla" films.

neg: Gojirasaurus Gojirasaurus Gojirasaurus (meaning "Godzilla Lizard") is a possibly dubious genus of dinosaur named after the giant monster movie character Gojira (the Japanese name for the monster Godzilla). The composite term "Gojirasaurus" is derived from the name of the giant Japanese movie monster "Gojira" (Godzilla) and the Greek word "sauros" (σαυρος) meaning "lizard"; thus, "Godzilla lizard". In addition, a theropod dinosaur with the name "Godzillasaurus" exists in the Heisei era of "Godzilla" films. "Gojira" was selected as a reference to the great size of this theropod, which exceeded that of its Triassic counterparts. The specific name "quayi", is a reference to

neg: Shin Godzilla announces the revival of a Japanese Godzilla". Brian Ashcraft from "Kotaku" felt the film was a "letdown", though he praised the film's special effects and social reflection of Japan, he criticized the film's depiction of the human characters, stating, "I wish the movie explored the relationships between the politicians and the researchers more instead of glossing over it" and concluded that "This isn’t one of the best "Godzilla" films ever made, but it's certainly not one of the worst by any stretch, either. "Godzilla Resurgence" is a series of compelling ideas in a so-so "Godzilla" movie." Ollie Barder from "Forbes"

neg: Godzilla in popular culture CA rapper Yukmouth titled his third album "Godzilla". The rapper also used the monster's name for an independent record label but closed it down after receiving pressure from Toho in May 2007. In the musical "The Book of Mormon" in the song "Two By Two", Mothra is referenced when one Latter Day Saint is given his mission to Japan. Pharoahe Monch's song "Simon Says" uses sound clips from the movie "Godzilla vs. Mothra". The heavy metal band Iron Maiden uses "Godzilla" footage on their music video "Number of the Beast". Pop singer Kesha has a song describing a relationship with

neg: Shin Godzilla [as the first film]." Mahiro Maeda provided the new design for Godzilla while Takayuki Takeya provided the maquette. Director Higuchi stated that he intended to provide the "most terrifying Godzilla that Japan's cutting-edge special-effects movie-making can muster." A variety of techniques such as puppets, animatronics, and digital effects were initially considered and an upper-body animatronic was produced but went unused after Toho decided to create a completely CG Godzilla, VFX Supervisor Atsuki Sato stated, "CG production had already been determined when I began participating. In the end, it was the best option to allow quick edits as creative visions changed

neg: Godzilla Generations levels in which Godzilla is stomping forward through a city while he has to shoot enemies. The player can also make Godzilla duck and dodge attacks, by holding or tapping the analog pad. In other levels, Godzilla can walk freely and has to fight in one-on-one against Biollante, King Ghidorah, Mothra, the new robot bosses SMG-IInd and MGR-IInd, SpaceGodzilla, the Super X-III the game's smallest boss and the last boss, Destoroyah. Godzilla is the only playable character in the game. He can shoot heat rays at his enemies. IGN gave the game 2.5 out of 10 in their review. Godzilla

neg: Godzilla vs. Megaguirus moment, Godzilla catches the stinger in its mouth and crushes it in its jaws. Godzilla finally blasts Megaguirus with atomic breath, causing her to burst into flames and die. It is revealed that Godzilla was attracted to a secret plasma energy project housed at the Science Institute, in violation of the ban. The G-Graspers continue their mission to destroy Godzilla, but with the Dimension Tide falling out of orbit they are unable to get a lock on it. The vengeful Major Kiriko Tsujimori pilots a ship towards Godzilla, ejecting only at the last second. The Dimension Tide is able to

neg: Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II and destroys Super-Mechagodzilla with a high-powered red spiral atomic ray. Godzilla finally locates Baby, who is at first afraid of the giant monster. Miki telepathically communicates with Baby, convincing it to go with Godzilla. The two monsters head out to the sea. The fifth film in the so-called "Heisei" series of "Godzilla" movies was originally meant to be the last, in order to avoid competing with the upcoming TriStar American "Godzilla" reboot film and to honor the recent passing of Ishirō Honda. Toho had initially wanted to produce a remake of "King Kong vs. Godzilla", but were unable to acquire

neg: King Ghidorah Monster", Ethan Reed of "Toho Kingdom" praised King Ghidorah, calling it "a fantastic addition to the franchise" and "no less than pure evil, a relentless force of destruction that wipes out the life of entire planets just for the sake of it" and concluded that "King Ghidorah is not only one the best characters in the series, but one [of] the best movie villains as well." Similar views were expressed in "Paste", which listed Ghidorah as #5 on its "10 Best Movie Dragons", describing it as "probably the deadliest beast in all of Godzilla lore". Godzilla historian Steve Ryfle, however,

neg: Godzilla vs. Destoroyah the Godzilla legacy, like a cameo appearance by Emiko (Momoko Kouchi) from Godzilla (1954), and they really make the movie. It's nice to see a company handle its property, beloved by millions, with a little respect and knowledge of that property's history". Tim Brayton of Alternate Ending called it "A Godzilla movie of particular grandeur and seriousness", saying "it's the best Godzilla film of the VS era: visually robust, focused on great heaving gestures and emotions that work so much better in this franchise than the attempts at human-scaled storytelling that some of the more recent sequels gestured towards. It

neg: Godzilla vs. Destoroyah "Godzilla vs. Destoroyah" is without a doubt a paradigm all its own." Michael Hubert of Monster Zero praised the "spectacular monster battles," calling "Godzilla vs. Destoroyah" "a great movie" and "one to add to your collection," adding: "Even for non-Godzilla fans, this movie might help dispel some of the preconceptions you have about Godzilla's 'cheese factor'." Japan Hero called the film "a work of art" and "a must see for anyone who loves Godzilla" that features "something for everyone". Mike Bogue of American Kaiju felt the film suffered from "several visual weaknesses" and a "disappointing editing", but that "the positive

neg: Godzilla Junior Godzilla Junior Godzilla Junior first appears in "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II" as an egg. Presuming it to be a "Pteranodon" egg, a scientific team unearths it from Adona Island and ships it to Japan for study. The egg displays strange psychic properties, even imprinting itself upon the biologist Azusa Gojo, before finally hatching to reveal an infant "Godzillasaurus". When Godzilla later appears, having sought out Baby Godzilla through an unexplained psychic link, Baby Godzilla leaves with Godzilla, later settling on Birth Island. By the time of "Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla", Baby Godzilla, now rechristened Little Godzilla, periodically interacts with the human

neg: Pulgasari Kenpachiro Satsuma was quoted as saying he preferred "Pulgasari" to TriStar's "Godzilla". There has been some speculation that the director Shin Sang-ok included a hidden message of his own in the film; the monster of the movie was to be interpreted as a metaphor for Kim Il-sung betraying a people's revolution for his own purposes. After finding out that his credit was removed from the movie, Shin Sang-ok also wrote a remake called "The Adventures of Galgameth". In 2006, "Pulgasari" made its New York debut at the end of Columbia University Japanese culture center's yearlong “Godzilla” festival. "Pulgasari" has gained

neg: Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack embedded within Godzilla, and wish to destroy Japan as punishment for people's attempts to forget Japanese wartime atrocities. A few days later, Godzilla and Baragon battle in Hakone; Godzilla is victorious and Yuri is injured. When Takeda refuses to take her to Godzilla's location, Yuri leaves. Mothra's cocoon is soon immediately discovered in Lake Ikeda. The JSDF dispatch several fighter jets to fight Godzilla but are wiped out. Tachibana sets up a defense line in Yokohama. Mothra and a yet-to-be-grown Ghidorah awaken and fly towards Yokohama to fight Godzilla. The JSDF incapacitates Ghidorah and Mothra but fail to stop Godzilla.

neg: Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla original Godzilla's death. As if possessed by the original Godzilla, Kiryu proceeds to destroy the city around it after Godzilla retreats to the ocean floor. Horrified, the Kiryu Squadron can only watch in alarm as the rampaging cyborg destroys more city property than Godzilla did. After one hour, Kiryu runs out of energy and is brought back to headquarters for further work. All the while, Akane attempts to settle matters involving Hayama, Tokumitsu, and his distressed daughter, Sara (who sees Kiryu as a being with a right to life and believes that it should befriend Godzilla rather than battle it).

neg: Godzilla vs. Destoroyah fallout from rendering Tokyo uninhabitable. Suddenly, the radiation levels plummet and a familiar roar is heard and the JSDF sees that Godzilla Junior, having absorbed the energy from his father's death, has not only regenerated but grown into the new Godzilla. After "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II" and "Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla" failed to match the attendance figures of the highly successful "Godzilla vs. Mothra", producer Shogo Tomiyama announced in the summer of 1995 that the next "Godzilla" movie would be the series' final installment. Screenwriter Kazuki Ōmori initially proposed a story treatment entitled "Godzilla vs. Ghost Godzilla", in which the current

neg: Movie 4 and "It Happened at the World's Fair". The show was also among the first times New Yorkers saw the Doctor Who character, via the theatrical releases "Dr. Who and the Daleks" and "" with Peter Cushing as the title character. The station also had its share of Japanese monster movies, including "Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster" and "Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster", but such titles were minuscule compared with the number of such films that ran on rival WABC-TV's "The 4:30 Movie". Other films shown on "Movie 4" were "Visit to a Small Planet", "Crawlspace" (1972), "Lover Come Back" (1961), "Ten

neg: Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack 50% rating from critics, based on 14 reviews with an average score of 5.1/10. The film has been very well received by fans of the series, who have praised it for its darker story, visuals and more decidedly violent battle scenes. Troy Guinn of Eccentric Cinema gave the film a score of 8/10, calling it "one of only three Godzilla films I would recommend to anyone besides giant monster-movie fans or sci-fi buffs, the other two being the original "Gojira" and "Mothra vs. Godzilla"." Bryan Byun of DVD Verdict gave it a positive review, calling it "one of the most

neg: Godzilla vs. Megaguirus entertaining film." Miles Imhoff of Toho Kingdom said, "Run-of-the-mill, mediocre, and sterile are the three words that best describe "Godzilla vs. Megaguirus". It is a movie that attempts to be creative and edgy, but somehow fails, leaving one wanting with futility to really try to enjoy the film." Stomp Tokyo said "the music is pretty good" but "this movie isn't a step forward in the ways that it really should be." Mike Bogue of American Kaiju said, "Though not the best of the post-Showa Godzilla movies, "Godzilla vs. Megaguirus" is one of the most entertaining." Ian Jane of DVD Talk

neg: Godzilla (1998 film) things in it, but it is something I never would have done. The last half was like watching two creatures go at it. I simply don’t like that." Emmerich instead decided to develop new ideas from scratch, stating, "I didn’t want to make the original "Godzilla", I wanted nothing to do with it. I wanted to make my own. We took part of [the original movie’s] basic storyline, in that the creature becomes created by radiation and it becomes a big challenge. But that’s all we took. Then we asked ourselves what we would do today with a monster movie

neg: Godzilla (franchise) been exhibited in Italy from that time on. Italian firm Yamato Video at one time intended to release the colorized version on a double DVD along with the original "Godzilla". In 2007, a CGI Godzilla appeared in the Toho slice of life movie "Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi" ("Always: Sunset on Third Street 2"). In an imaginary sequence, Godzilla destroys part of 1959 Tokyo, with one of the main protagonists getting angry that Godzilla damaged his car showroom. The making of the sequence was kept a secret. Godzilla has been referenced and has briefly appeared in several other films. Godzilla

neg: Momoko Kōchi made some appearances in two-hour dramas such as . In 1995, Takao Okawara offered Kōchi the chance to reprise her role as Emiko Yamane in "Godzilla vs. Destoroyah". Although Otawara was used to working with younger actors, he was impressed by Kōchi's complete training and concentration. All of her scenes were completed in one day, and her cameo appearance attracted the public throughout Japan. She later recounted her appearance in an interview with CNN: "After the first Godzilla movie people pointed at me saying, 'Godzilla, Godzilla, Godzilla.' As a young woman I hated Godzilla, so I thought, 'no more Godzilla

neg: Godzilla (Main Theme) (Main Theme)" was re-used for the first time in "Terror of Mechagodzilla", the last Godzilla film of the Showa era. As the theme song was brought back in sequels, it was also altered to fit in with the tone of the film. When it was brought back in "Terror of Mechagodzilla", the main title from the film was mixed with the theme song. The only two songs on the "Terror of Mechagodzilla" soundtrack that have the "Godzilla Theme" mixed with the main titles are "The Appearance of Godzilla", "Godzilla vs. The Mega-Monster Tag-Team", and the "Main Title" itself. On the

neg: Nagoya TV Tower also included a bowling alley at the top. The famous movie monster, Godzilla pulled the tower down in "Mothra vs. Godzilla" (1964), and twenty-eight years later, it was destroyed again in the 1992 remake, "Godzilla vs. Mothra". This time around, it is demolished by the monster Battra, when the creature attacks Nagoya. In the anime Seraph of the End, the tower makes a brief appearance in episode 5 of season 2, where characters Yoichi Saotome and Shinya Hiragi use the tower as their sniping point in their mission to assassinate vampire noble Lucal Wesker. Nagoya TV Tower The is a

neg: King Kong vs. Godzilla an early 1960s interview with the Mainichi Newspaper, "But my movie company has produced a very interesting script that combined King Kong and Godzilla, so I couldn't help working on this instead of my other fantasy films. The script is special to me; it makes me emotional because it was "King Kong" that got me interested in the world of special photographic techniques when I saw it in 1933." Eiji Tsuburaya had a stated intention to move the Godzilla series in a lighter direction. This approach was not favoured by most of the effects crew, who "couldn't believe" some of

neg: Godzilla vs. Gigan wipe out human civilization. Manga artist Gengo Kotaka stumbles onto their plan after being hired as a concept artist for the park. When Gengo and his friends accidentally obtain one of the Action Signal Tapes and play it, Godzilla and Anguirus hear the signal and realize something is amiss. Godzilla sends Anguirus to investigate. When Anguirus approaches Tokyo, the Japan Self Defense Forces, misunderstanding the monster's intentions, drive him away. Anguirus reports back to Monster Island, and Godzilla follows it back to Japan to save the Earth from Gigan and King Ghidorah. The aliens attempt to kill Godzilla with a

neg: Indiana Jones (franchise) have Harrison Ford come back like Sean Connery did in the last movie." At the time "Last Crusade" was filmed, Connery was only 58 years old. Lucas also said that age need not be a factor, as Ford was "65 and did everything in this movie. The old chemistry is there, and it's not like he's an old man. He's incredibly agile; he looks even better than he did 20 years ago, if you ask me." In August 2008, Lucas was researching potential plot devices, and stated Spielberg was open to the idea of the fifth film. He also changed

neg: O Beijo do Vampiro of Mina. A robber who tried to assault Bóris when he came to Maramures, but he turned Godzilla into a vampire upon calling Bóris a "good-blood" and Bóris replied before bitting him, "I like that, 'good blood'". Godzilla becomes loyal to Bóris alone as his chauffeur, butler and personal security man. Normally, Bóris ask Godzilla how he must curse the other vampires, and Godzilla suggest by a very bizarre ways, such as taking away their fangs, blinding them like bats and turning them in talking stone statues. Godzilla never did something to anger Bóris, and always will obey his master.

neg: Godzilla (1998 film) of the original Godzilla filmmakers expressed support for the film; Haruo Nakajima (who portrayed Godzilla from 1954-1972) stated, "I'm pleased. I hope that a competition will spring up between Toho and TriStar," Koichi Kawakita (special effects director of the Heisei Godzilla films) stated, "I have great expectations. I’m looking forward to seeing it, not only because I direct special effects for Godzilla films but also because I am a movie fan," Teruyoshi Nakano (special effects director of the late Showa Godzilla films) stated, "I'm pleased that a new approach will be taken", and Ishirō Honda (director of various Showa Godzilla

neg: Godzilla vs. Destoroyah Godzilla vs. Destoroyah The film was released in Japan on December 9, 1995 and released direct-to-video in the United States in 1999 by Columbia TriStar Home Video. It was the last "Godzilla" film to be produced by any studio until 1998's "Godzilla" and the last "Godzilla" film to be produced by Toho until 1999's "Godzilla 2000". The film received global publicity for Toho's announcement that they would kill Godzilla. It was the final film to be scored by Akira Ifukube before his death eleven years later. Miki Saegusa of the United Nations Godzilla Countermeasures Center (UNGCC) travels to Birth Island

neg: Godzilla: Final Wars Kitamura "is absolutely the wrong choice for the material." David Cornelius of "eFilmCritic" gave the film two stars out of five, calling it "the dullest, weakest Godzilla movie I've seen in a long, long time." Ty Burr of the "Boston Globe" gave the film one and a half stars out of five, saying it focused too much on action and not enough on story, and calling it "35 minutes longer than is necessary." Among kaiju-related websites, J.L. Carrozza of Toho Kingdom "absolutely love[d]" "Final Wars", saying "[it's] no masterpiece, but it is such insane fun that quite frankly it's hard

neg: Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack when attempting to conceive this film. In the earliest known script, Godzilla would have faced off against a revamped version of Kamacuras, but this idea was scrapped since Godzilla had fought another insect-like kaiju in the previous film ("Godzilla vs. Megaguirus"). A second idea involved Godzilla battling a new alien monster in a futuristic setting, but the script was considered too dark for a "Godzilla" film. The Guardian Monsters concept came next, though Kaneko's original script originally had Anguirus, Varan and Baragon defend Japan against Godzilla. Toho told him to replace the former two with the more popular King Ghidorah

neg: Godzilla in popular culture to the first American remake. This series also only lasted for two seasons. Godzilla has appeared in many "Robot Chicken" parodies. In one, for instance, Godzilla and his wife are lying in bed and his wife says "I don't know, maybe if we use some toys?" then Mechagodzilla walks into frame cheering with a dildo coming out of his chest. Godzilla made a cameo appearance (in a clip from "Godzilla vs. Biollante") in the 1996 comedy, "Mars Attacks!". Godzilla also made an appearance in the "Happy Tree Friends" episode, 'Wingin' It' when he attacks Flaky. A Godzilla action figure was

neg: Godzilla: King of the Monsters in 3D Miner struck a co-financing deal with Toho for the development of the project. Miner hired Fred Dekker to write the screenplay, who completed the first draft in a few weeks. Miner would later state that he hired Dekker "on a fluke". Dekker had stated the reason why Miner hired him was because Dekker was not a 'Godzilla' fan, finding the original films to be "cheesy", stating, "He did not want to make a cheesy film, and I wasn't interested in just special effects and knocking buildings down. The first thing I said to Steve was, 'If all this movie is

neg: Godzilla (franchise) much press coverage in Japan preceding the release of the first movie in 1954. The Heisei and Millennium series have largely continued this concept. The initial series of movies is named for the Shōwa period in Japan (as all of these films were produced before the ""Shōwa Emperor"" Hirohito's death in 1989). This Shōwa timeline spanned from 1954, with "Godzilla", to 1975, with "Terror of Mechagodzilla". With the exceptions of "Godzilla", "Godzilla Raids Again", "Mothra vs. Godzilla" and "Terror of Mechagodzilla", much of the Shōwa series monster-action was intentionally made comical and laughable for children, with Godzilla frequently engaged in

neg: Godzilla in popular culture 1983. Godzilla would make his first official appearance three years later as one of the playable monsters in The Movie Monster Game by Epyx also for the Commodore 64 PC. (In 1983, a Godzilla knock-off called Goshzilla appeared in this games predecessor, "Crush, Crumble and Chomp!"). Godzilla would get his own games on the NES such as "" and "". He had his own game on the original Game Boy simply titled "Godzilla". Godzilla would make an unauthorized appearance in early versions of the game "Revenge Of Shinobi". Because of the copyright issues, he was removed from latter releases. For

neg: Godzilla (franchise) who call upon Godzilla as an ally, as well as making several homages to the Shōwa films. Several antagonist monsters in both series have been inspired by extant Toho creations. In 1991, two "Godzilla" films, "Godzilla vs. Megalon" and "Godzilla versus the Sea Monster", were shown on the movie-mocking TV show "Mystery Science Theater 3000". A creature resembling Godzilla in parody, alongside another parody character resembling what appears to be a cross between Ultraman and Kamen Rider, appears in the television special "Olive, The Other Reindeer" during the song "Merry Christmas After All", during part of which Olive, Santa and

neg: Godzilla Godzilla has been featured alongside many supporting characters. It has faced human opponents such as the JSDF, or other monsters, including King Ghidorah, Gigan and Mechagodzilla. Godzilla sometimes has allies, such as Rodan, Mothra and Anguirus, and offspring, such as Minilla and Godzilla Junior. Godzilla has also fought characters from other franchises in crossover media, such as the RKO Pictures/Universal Studios movie monster King Kong and the Marvel Comics characters S.H.I.E.L.D., the Fantastic Four and the Avengers. is a portmanteau of the Japanese words: and , which is fitting because in one planning stage, Godzilla was described as "a cross

neg: Godzilla in popular culture present all throughout the sitcom "Roseanne" from the series premiere to the series finale. Variations (some very subtle) on the Godzilla roar can be heard. These variations include: Many books have been released pertaining to Godzilla and the "Godzilla" series, including various collection books and manga. "Gojiro" is the 1991 debut novel by former "Esquire" columnist Mark Jacobson. It reinterprets the "Godzilla" film series from the perspective of the daikaiju—not a fictional creature depicted on-screen via suitmation, but an irradiated varanid–turned–B-movie star named Gojiro (an homage to Gojira, the Japanese name for Godzilla). Random House Publishing produced four novels for

neg: Godzilla (2014 film) documentaries, as well as natural disasters and local government disaster plannings in order to depict the events as close as possible to real-life disasters. When Edwards' signing was announced, it was also announced that Callaham's first draft would be rewritten by another writer. In July 2011, David S. Goyer was attached to rewrite the script. Goyer only worked a few weeks on the script and did not get any credit, stating, "[I was involved with Godzilla] a little bit. I mean I did three or four weeks of work on Godzilla, it wasn’t a page-one rewrite or anything like that.

neg: Miki Saegusa she succeeds in crippling Godzilla and begins crying for it. Godzilla is later revived by Fire Rodan and destroys the mecha. Miki then telepathically convinces Baby Godzilla to leave Japan with Godzilla. In 1994's "Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla", she receives a larger role than in previous films. By then she has come to develop a strong sense of empathy and respect towards Godzilla and began advocating methods of sequestering the kaiju that do not include killing him. Throughout the film she defends Godzilla from those who villainize him, while also wrestling with her feelings for a G-Force soldier she held an

neg: Son of Godzilla of Special Effects, although he did receive some supervision from Tsuburaya when he was available. Toho wanted to create a baby Godzilla to appeal to the "date crowd" (a genre of films that were very popular among young couples during this time period), with the idea that girls would like a "cute" baby monster. For the idea behind Minilla, Fukuda stated, "We wanted to take a new approach, so we gave Godzilla a child. We thought it would be a little strange if we gave Godzilla a daughter, so instead we gave him a son". Fukuda also wanted to portray

neg: Anguirus and second were constructed under the supervision of Eiji Tsuburaya. After the release of "Godzilla Raids Again," Toho was looking to release the movie to Western audiences but was having trouble finding a distributor. AB-PT pictures, an American distribution company was producing their own movie, "The Volcano Monsters", shortly after the release of "Godzilla Raids Again". AB-PT attempted to incorporate the monster footage of Toho's film into their own, but had little success. They struck up a deal between the two companies, a Godzilla and the original Anguirus costume were shipped to Los Angeles to film some additional scenes. Due

neg: Godzilla (1954 film) opinions over the years." As time went on, the film gained more respect in its home country. In 1984, Kinema Junpo magazine listed "Godzilla" as one of the top 20 Japanese films of all time, while a survey of 370 Japanese movie critics published in "Nihon Eiga Besuto 150" ("Best 150 Japanese Films"), had "Godzilla" ranked as the 27th best Japanese film ever made. The film was nominated for two Japanese Movie Association awards. One for best special effects and the other for best film. It won best special effects but lost best picture to Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai". The

neg: Godzilla 1985 creature." The point seems to be that Godzilla, being a "living nuclear bomb", something that cannot be destroyed, must rise up from time to time to remind us of the precariousness of our existence. One can learn the same lesson almost any day on almost any New York street corner." One of the few positive reviews came from Joel Siegel of "Good Morning America", who is quoted on New World's newspaper ads as saying, "Hysterical fun...the best Godzilla in thirty years!". The movie was nominated for a Stinkers Bad Movie Award for Worst Picture and also nominated for two Razzie

neg: Godzilla (1983 video game) containing Tokyo.) Godzilla is randomly set in any of the 25 grids except the grid with Tokyo. The player has a choice of attacking Godzilla or moving troops. You are given a choice of attacking with a land attack, sea attack, air attack, a missile or an atom bomb. When choosing an air, land or sea attack you must choose how many troops, boats or jets you want to send out (you can only send out how many of the given attackers are in the grid that Godzilla is.) You can also move troops and boats to different grids as

neg: Godzilla vs. Megalon done. Godzilla returns to Monster Island, and Jet Jaguar returns to its previous human-sized state and reunites with its inventors. "Godzilla vs. Megalon" was originally planned as a non-"Godzilla" film, a solo vehicle for Jet Jaguar, which was the result of a contest Toho had for children in mid-to-late 1972. The winner of the contest was an elementary school student, who submitted the drawing of a robot called Red Arone. Red Arone was turned into a monster suit, but when the child was shown the suit, he became upset because the suit did not resemble his original design. The boy's

neg: Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla English. In this international version of the movie, an English title card was superimposed over the Japanese title, as had been done with the previous 90s Godzilla films. Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment released "Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla" and "Godzilla vs. Destoroyah" on home video on January 19, 1999. This was the first time either film had been officially released in the United States. TriStar used the Toho dubs, but cut the end credits and created new titles and opening credits for both films. Toho's complete international version of "Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla" (sans any onscreen text besides the English title) has been