Godzilla (ゴジラ, decides “will gojira”) is a Monstre invented with the Japan. Known thanks to a series of films produces starting from 1954 by the company Toho, it revolutionized the kind of the giant monsters standard King Kong by replacing the puppets by an actor with realistic the enough costume for the time, filmed with the idle to accentuate the impression of heaviness and gigantism of the monster. This added to ecological topics and the fear of the atomic bomb (very long-lived at the Japanese) ensured him and always success in the Japanese archipelago ensures him.

Godzilla is represented like a prehistoric Lézard giant, is hidden under ground and awaked by the atomic tests. Godzilla being held on its legs postpones, it is generally interpreted by a man in a costume of Latex.

In the various films which are devoted to him, he faces various monsters created for the occasion like MechaGodzilla or Ebirah or coming from other films of monsters, like Mothra, Rodan, King Kong, etc

The world of Godzilla

List monsters

  • Godzilla
  • King Kong
  • Mothra
  • Rodan
  • Anguirus
  • King Ghidorah
  • Manda
  • Baragon
  • Ebirah
  • Minilla
  • Kumonga
  • Kamakuras
  • Varan
  • Hedorah
  • Gigan
  • Megalon
  • Jet Jaguar
  • Mechagodzilla
  • King seesar
  • Titanosaurus
  • Biollante
  • Will beat
  • M.O.G.E.R.A.
  • Spacegodzilla
  • Destroyah
  • Orga
  • Monster X
  • Keizer Ghidorah
  • Megaguirus
  • Mecha King Ghidorah
  • Zilla

Works composing the universe of fiction

Films

List films relative to Godzilla, by chronological order:
  1. 1954 : Godzilla ( Gojira ), of Ishirô Honda
  2. 1955: the Return of Godzilla ( Gojira No gyakushû ), of Motoyoshi Oda
  3. 1962: King Kong vs Gozilla ( Kingu Kongu tai Gojira ), of Ishirô Honda
  4. 1964: Mothra against Godzilla ( Mosura tai Gojira ), of Ishirô Honda
  5. 1964: Ghidrah, the monster with three heads ( San daikaijû: Chikyu saidai No kessen ), of Ishirô Honda
  6. 1965: Invasion Planet X ( Kaijû daisenso ), of Ishirô Honda
  7. 1966: Godzilla, Ebirah and Mothra: Duel in the South Seas ( Gojira, Ebirâ, Mosura: Nankai No daiketto ), of Jun Fukuda
  8. 1967: the Son of Godzilla ( Kaijûtô No kessen: Gojira No musuko ), of Jun Fukuda
  9. 1968: the Invaders attack ( Kaijû sôshingeki ), of Ishirô Honda
  10. 1969: Godzilla' S Revenge ( Gojira-Minira-Gabara: Oru kaijû daishingeki ), of Ishirô Honda
  11. 1971: Godzilla vs Hedora ( Gojira tai Hedorâ ), of Yoshimitsu Banno
  12. 1972: Godzilla vs Gigan ( Chikyû kogeki meirei: Gojira tai Gaigan ), of Jun Fukuda
  13. 1973: Godzilla vs Megalon ( Gojira tai Megaro ), of Jun Fukuda
  14. 1974: Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla ( Gojira tai Mekagojira ), of Jun Fukuda
  15. 1975: Mechagodzilla counter-attacks ( Mekagojira No gyakushu ), of Ishirô Honda
  16. 1984: the Return of Godzilla ( Gojira ), of Koji Hashimoto
  17. 1989: Godzilla vs Biollante ( Gojira tai Biorante ), of Kazuki Omori
  18. 1991: Godzilla vs King Ghidorah ( Gojira tai Kingu Gidorâ ), of Kazuki Omori
  19. 1992: Godzilla vs Mothra ( Gojira tai Mosura ), of Takao Okawara
  20. 1993: Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II ( Gojira VS Mekagojira ), of Takao Okawara
  21. 1994: Godzilla vs Space Godzilla ( Gojira VS Supesugojira ), of Kensho Yamashita
  22. 1995: Godzilla vs Destroyah ( Gojira VS Desutoroia ), of Takao Okawara
  23. 1998: Godzilla , American Remake of Roland Emmerich with Matthew Broderick and Jean Reno
  24. 1999: Godzilla 2000 ( Gojira nor-SEN mireniamu ), of Takao Okawara
  25. 2000: Godzilla X Megaguirus ( Gojira tai Megagirasu: Jî shômetsu sakusen ), of Masaaki Tezuka
  26. 2001: Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters AlOut Attack ( Gojira, Mosura, Kingu Gidorâ: Daikaijû sôkôgeki ), of Shusuke Kaneko
  27. 2002: Godzilla X Mechagodzilla ( Gojira tai Mekagojira ), of Masaaki Tezuka
  28. 2003: Godzilla, Mothra, Mechagodzilla: Tokyo S.O.S ( Gojira tai Mosura tai Mekagojira: Tokyo S.O.S. ), of Masaaki Tezuka
  29. 2004: Godzilla: Final Wars ( Gojira: Fainaru uôzu ), of Ryuhei Kitamura

Video games

List plays relative to Godzilla, by chronological order:
  1. BORN: Godzilla Monster off Monsters - This play makes it possible to incarnate Godzilla or Mothra, which must traverse various planets to face the monsters of space.
  2. BORN: Godzilla 2: War off the Monsters - It is a strategy game to the turn by turn where the objective is to fight Godzilla using an army.
  3. Game Boy: Godzilla - black Play and white having of Godzilla only the screen-title…
  4. Game Boy Color: Godzilla The Series: Monster Wars - One incarnates American Godzilla here, difficult play where large Godzilla appears quite weak…
  5. Game Boy Advance: Godzilla Domination - Play of combat between giant monsters, resembles Godzilla Monster Wars much on SNES, of which it is perhaps a remake.
  6. Super Nintendo: Super Godzilla - One of the best plays on Godzilla, where the monster must cut through a path among the terrestrial forces to lead a final confrontation to each level.
  7. Super Nintendo: Godzilla Monster Wars - It is the first play of combat with Godzilla, several monsters are sélectionnables and clash in various cities.
  8. Dreamcast : Godzilla Generations - Left at the same time as the Dreamcast, this play makes it possible to move Godzilla in the cities of Japan; the objective is all to trample on its passage.
  9. Dreamcast : Godzilla Generations: Maximum Impact - This play of Godzilla is very rare, it takes again the scenario of various films in the form of various levels.
  10. Xbox/GameCube: Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee - Even principle that Monster Wars but in 3D, one can break the decoration and play four.
  11. Xbox/PlayStation 2: Godzilla Save the Earth - Similar to Destroy All Monsters, but with more monsters.
  12. Wii : Godzilla: Unleashed - Similar to Destroy All monsters and Godzilla Save The Earth, the large one nouveautée being the number of monsters, increased 23 have of which several completely new.

External bonds

  • Godzilla : Official site of the monster.
  • Toho Kingdom : Very complete site.
  • the world of the '' kaijus '': Site devoted to the kaiju with very complete bestiary.
  • KaijusRoyaume: French site devoted to the kaiju eiga .
  • Gozzila Youtube : Video showing Godzilla animated toy.

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