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| Our story begins when film producer Tomoyuki Tanaka was forced to scrap the Japanese-Indonesian film titled Eiko no Kanatani (Behind the Glory) during co-production because the Indonesian government refused to grant work visas to the Japanese actors. Now, all he had was a cast, crew, and equipment as well as a schedule. But, he didn't have a movie. In fact, he didn't have even an idea for a film. One day during Tanaka's trip home, he peered outside the window of the traveling airplane staring at the dark waters below wondering what secrets these waves hide. Then it hit him, why not make a film about a gigantic monster? The producer hired Shigeru Kayama to write the screenplay for the film, and Eiji Tsuburaya for the special effects in the movie. Tanaka began brainstorming for the film's title which the production crew around the studio nicknamed "G' for 'Giant' project. The concept title was added titled Kaitei Niman Mairu Kara Dai Kaiju (The Big Monster from 20,000 Miles Underneath the Sea) but the title was dropped because it was too long, was bit of a tongue-twister, and resembled closely to the films The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954). Then, one day a friend informed Tanaka about an overweight press agent working in Toho's publicity department. The agent was named 'Gojira' by some of the staff members - Gojira is the combination of the words gorira (gorilla) and kujira (whale). Tanaka loved the name so much, and after considering it for several days, he officially decided to use it for his monster. Thus, Gojira (Godzilla) was born to the entire world. =============================================================================== |
| Showa series (1954-1975) Godzilla (Godzilla, King of the Monsters!) Godzilla Raids Again King Kong vs. Godzilla Mothra vs. Godzilla Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster Invasion of Astro-Monster Ebirah, Horror of the Deep Son of Godzilla Destroy All Monsters All Monsters Attack Godzilla vs. Hedorah Godzilla vs. Gigan Godzilla vs. Megalon Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla Terror of Mechagodzilla |
| Heisei series (1984-1995) The Return of Godzilla (Godzilla 1984) Godzilla vs. Biollante Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah Godzilla vs. Mothra Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla Godzilla vs. Destoroyah |
| Shinsei series (1999-2004) Godzilla 2000: Millennium Godzilla vs. Megaguirus Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant MonsterAll-Out Attack Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. Godzilla: Final Wars |
| Next-Gen series (2008-20??) Godzilla 3D to the MAX Untitled Next-Gen Godzilla film [2013] |
| Related Toho films Rodan (1956) The Mysterians (1957) Varan the Unbelievable (1958) Battle in Outer Space (1959) Mothra (1961) Gorath (1962) Matango (1963) Atragon (1963) Dogora, the Space Monster (1964) Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965) Space Amoeba (1970) War of the Gargantuas (1966) King Kong Escapes (1967) Zone Fighter (1973, TV series) The War in Space (1977) Rebirth of Mothra (1996) Rebirth of Mothra II (1997) Rebirth of Mothra III (1998) Guilala's Counterattack: The Touyaku Summit One-Shot Crisis (2008) |
| King Kong films King Kong (1933) The Son of Kong (1933) King Kong (1976) King Kong Lives (1986) King Kong (2005) |
| Gamera films Gamera Gamera vs. Barugon Gamera vs. Gyaos Gamera vs. Viras Gamera vs. Guiron Gamera vs. Jiger Gamera vs. Zigra Gamera: Super Monster Gamera: Guardian of the Universe Gamera 2: Attack of Legion Gamera 3: Awakening of Irys Gamera the Brave |
| The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (USA, 1953) Behemoth, the Sea Monster (USA/UK, 1959) Gorgo (UK, 1961) Reptilcus (Denmark/USA, 1961) Yonggary (South Korea, 1966) Gappa the Triphibian Monster (Japan, 1967) Reptilian (South Korea, 1999) The Host (South Korea, 2006) D-War (South Korea, 2007) Cloverfield (USA, 2008) The Host 2 (South Korea, 2009) |