The American Godzilla franchise initially began in 1998 (although the first American Godzilla film was released in 1956) and includes few films (with some cancelled titles too), TV-shows, video games, soundtracks, books, comics, magazines, toys and other merchandise. Here are complete lists of where the American Godzilla is featured in media. The Japanese Godzilla franchise, however, began in 1954, and still runs today, whereas the American Godzilla franchise also still runs but hasn't been as active.
Films
| Title | Release | Director | Producer | Cast | Notes | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gojira (1954 film) | 1954 | Ishirō Honda |  | |||
| Godzilla Raids Again | 1955 | | ||||
| Godzilla, King of the Monsters! | 1956 | Terry O. Morse and Ishirō Honda | This was the Americanized version of the original 1954 film Gojira. | | ||
| King Kong vs. Godzilla | 1962 | | ||||
| Mothra vs. Godzilla | 1964 | | ||||
| Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster | 1964 | | ||||
| Invasion of Astro Monster | 1965 | | ||||
| Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster | 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 | | ||||
| Godzilla: King of the Monsters 3-D | Cancelled, 1983-1984 | Steve Miner | This was the predecessor to the 1994 film. |  | ||
| 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 (1994 film) | Cancelled, 1994-1996 | Jan de Bont | This was the predecessor to the 1998 film. | | ||
| Godzilla vs. Destoroyah | 1995 | | ||||
| Godzilla (1998 film) | 1998 | Roland Emmerich | Dean Devlin | Matthew Broderick, Maria Pitillo, and Jean Reno |  | |
| Godzilla 2 | 1999 (Cancelled 2003) | Roland Emmerich | Dean Devlin | Matthew Broderick, Maria Pitillo, and Jean Reno | This film was cancelled in 2003 when Tristar's rights to the Godzilla character expired. A script treatment for the film had already been written by Tab Murphy in 1999. | |
| Godzilla 3 | Cancelled 2003 | Roland Emmerich | Dean Devlin | This film was cancelled in 2003 when Tristar's rights to the Godzilla character expired. | | |
| Godzilla 2000: Millenium | 1999 | | ||||
| Godzilla vs. Megaguirus | 2000 | | ||||
| Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack | 2001 | Shūsuke Kaneko |
The 1998 film is presumably briefly referenced at the beginning of the film. This can be regarded a fan-service. |  | ||
| Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla | 2002 | | ||||
| Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. | 2003 | | ||||
| Godzilla: Final Wars | 2004 | Ryuhei Kitamura |
Zilla makes his first theatrical appearance in this film when attacking Sydney and "battling" the Japanese Godzilla in a 13 second-long battle. He makes very brief appearances and acts like a parody of the 1998 film. This can be regarded a fan-service. |  | ||
| Godzilla 3D | 2007-2012 | | ||||
| Godzilla (2014 film) | 2014 | Gareth Edwards | This is the upcoming reboot and second Godzilla-film to be fully produced by an American company (the first being the 1998 film of the same name). |  | ||
| Godzilla 2 | (unknown) | (unknown) | (unknown) | (unknown) | Gareth Edwards (director of the 2014 film) has expressed interest in doing a sequel to the film similar to the Japanese Godzilla film Destroy All Monsters. | |
| Godzilla 3 | (unknown) | (unknown) | (unknown) | (unknown) | (unknown) | |
Television
| Title | Release | Director | Producer | Cast | Notes | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zone Fighter | 1973 | |||||
| The Godzilla Power Hour | 1978 |  | ||||
| Godzilla Island | 1997 | |||||
| Godzilla: The Series | 1998-2000 | Audu Paden | Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich |
Instead of making a trilogy of films, this TV-series (which was in production at the same time as the main film) got to continue the GODZILLA franchise instead. The TV-series is not necessarily considered canon, but can be seen as an alternate spin-off sequel. |  | |
| Robot Chicken | 2005-present | Seth Green and Matthew Senreich | Seth Green and Matthew Senreich | In the Robot Chicken episode That Hurts Me, the segment Godzilla Remade Again featured Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich remaking Godzilla once more; the segment goes on to show a scene of Baby 'Zillas attacking, only to begin inexplicably roller skating and dancing in a rink. When the studio head bemoans the fact that he trusted Devlin and Emmerich to make a decent Godzilla film, for the second time, and that they instead have produced an unmarketable "pile of crap", for the second time, Devlin and Emmerich give each other a high-five. |  |
Video games
| Title | Release | Platforms | Notes | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godzilla (1983 video game) | 1983 | Commodore 64 | ||
| Godzilla vs. 3 Major Monsters | 1984 | MSX | ||
| Godzilla: Gojira-Kun | 1985 | MSX | ||
| The Movie Monster Game | 1986 | Apple II, Commodore 64 | ||
| Monster's Fair | 1986 | MSX | ||
| Godzilla: Monster of Monsters | 1988 | NES | ||
| Godzilla (Game Boy) | 1990 | Game Boy | ||
| Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters | 1991 | NES | ||
| Super Godzilla | 1993 | SNES | ||
| Godzilla (arcade) | 1993 | Arcade | ||
| Kaijū-ō Godzilla | 1993 | Game Boy | ||
| Godzilla: Battle Legends | 1993 | Turbo Duo | ||
| Godzilla: Monster War | 1994 | Super Famicon | ||
| Godzilla: Rettoushinkan | 1995 | Saturn | ||
| Godzilla: Giant Monster March | 1995 | Game Gear | ||
| Godzilla: Online | May 20, 1998 | PC (online) |  | |
| G-Patrol VR Combat Simulator | May 21, 1998 | PC (online) |  | |
| Godzilla (handheld LCD game) | 1998 | Handheld game |  | |
| Godzilla: Virtual Shakin' | 1998 | Handheld game |  | |
| Godzilla (pinball game) | January, 1998 | Pinball game |  | |
| Godzilla: The Series (video game) |
November 1, 1999 (US) January 1, 2000 (UK) | Gameboy Color |  | |
| Godzilla: The Series - Monster Wars | November 20, 2000 | Gameboy Color |  | |
| Godzilla: Trading Battle | December 3, 1998 | PlayStation |  | |
| Godzilla Generations | November 27, 1998 | SEGA Dreamcast |  | |
| Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee | 2002/2003 | Nintendo GameCube, Xbox | ||
| Godzilla: Domination | 2002 | Game Boy Advance | ||
| Godzilla: Save the Earth |
November 2, 2004 (XBOX) November 16, 2004 (PS2) | PlayStation 2, and XBOX | Zilla was planned to be in the game, but was scrapped due to an appearant lack of popularity. |  |
| Godzilla: Unleashed |
November 20, 2007 (PS2, US) December 5, 2007 (Wii, US) February 29, 2008 (Europe) | Wii, PlayStation 2 | Zilla was planned to be in the game, but was scrapped due to an appearant lack of popularity. Fans later complained about the monster not being in the game. |  |
| Godzilla Unleashed: Double Smash | 2007 | Nintendo DS | ||
| Godzilla: Monster Mayhem | (unknown) | Application |  | |
| Kaiju Combat | 2013 | PC | Simon Strange, one of the people behind the game, has expressed interest in having Godzilla monsters in the game. |  |
| Godzilla Smash 3 | 2014 | Mobile |
Fan video games
| Title | Release | Platforms | Notes | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godzilla (unknown fan game title) | 1998 - 2011 | PC (Online) | | |
| M.U.G.E.N | 1999 | PC (Online) |  | |
| Godzilla Daikaiju Battle Royale | 2012 | PC (Online) |  |
Virtual chat environments
| Title | Release | Platforms | Notes | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godzilla: The Aftermath | 1998 | PC (online) |  | |
| Godzilla: The Destruction | 1998 | PC (online) | |
Publicities
| Mark | Release | Notes | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taco Bell | 1998 | At the time of the release of the 1998 movie, he made several commercials for Taco Bell, crossing paths with the Taco Bell chihuahua. | |
| Kodak Max | 1998 | ||
| Matiz | 1998 | ||
| Doritos | 2006 |
Godzilla made an appearance in a 2006 Doritos commercial, in which he picks up a truck of Doritos and shakes chips into his mouth. In another Doritos commercial, he devours a spicy variant of Doritos, roars in pain, and dives into the Hudson River. Both seems meant to parody the bait scene in the 1998 movie. | |
| Snickers | 2014 |
Soundtracks
Comics
| Title | Release | Publisher/Author | Notes | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godzilla: The Series (webcomic) | 1998-2000 (?) | | ||
| Godzilla: Rulers of Earth (issue 1) | June 19, 2013 | IDW Publishing |  | |
| Godzilla: Rulers of Earth (issue 2) | (unknown) | IDW Publishing |  | |
| Godzilla: Rulers of Earth (issue 8) | (unknown) | IDW Publishing |  | |
| Godzilla: Awakening | 2014 |  |
Books
Magazines
Merchandise
Main article: American Godzilla merchandise
A lot of merchandise/collectibles of the American Godzilla have been released throughout the years, most were released by the Bandai and Trendmasters companies in correlation with the release of the film Godzilla in 1998.
External links
- Godzilla video games on Wikipedia
- The Godzilla 1998 Database
