Godzilla's Gender: Voice your opinion (and don't be a jerk)

[BlankAccount]

Luckily reptiles keep their genitals on the inside

There goes my theory about him being pissed off all the time.

[edgaguirus]

I don't think a female Godzilla would make that much difference. All we'd see is a giant radioactive kaiju engaging in the usual behavoir of destruction and fighting other kaiju. I doubt people would even notice until some producer or film crew released the fact.

[Young Guy]

I see him as a male.In my headcanon his sons are adopted.

Your headcanon is real they are adopted.

Yay...

[g2vd]

The only time I think someone from Toho said any Godzilla was female was Haru Nakajima who after a few years of playing Godzilla, said the first one he liked to view as a female, and a possible way to explain Minya.

[kamilleblu]

The only time I think someone from Toho said any Godzilla was female was Haru Nakajima who after a few years of playing Godzilla, said the first one he liked to view as a female, and a possible way to explain Minya.

For probably what was a offhand remark and the only thing of its kind throughout the years, this is being hung onto pretty hard by some. Is there even an actual quotation of what the man said?

I don't think a female Godzilla would make that much difference. All we'd see is a giant radioactive kaiju engaging in the usual behavoir of destruction and fighting other kaiju. I doubt people would even notice until some producer or film crew released the fact.

If that's true, then there is absolutely no need to make any change. Things are consistent and explained, which includes the existence of offspring.

[American Godzilla]

I think Godzilla's gender depends on the film in question.

The 1998 monster is certainly female.

The 1954 Gojira (for example) is called "King of the Monsters" so that I say is a male.

The GMK Godzilla is born out of the dead spirits that were angry at Japan, so I don't think GMK Gojira actually has a gender.

To me there needs to be a female Gojira for the baby Gojira Minilla/Godzuuky/Gojira Jr to even be born and later found by Gojira.

[Gawdziller]

I voted female to incite fanrage.

[Noble Saber]

I believe Gojira is a girl.

[M.U.T.O.]

( I'm certain Godzilla was to have a female companion at one point, or a female counterpart rival like in the showa "A Space Godzilla" planned flick.)

Well, I guess Biollante fills the latter roles since she was part Godzilla and, well, they did not get along.

The "Godzillaland" cartoons, though I'm sure they're not exactly canon, do feature a female Godzilla named "Gojirin".
She's pink and has heart-shaped spines.

...this was a kid's cartoon.
...this is why I'm not regarding it as full-on canon.

[BlankAccount]

Is it weird now that I actually wanna see heart shaped spines?

[Gerdzerl]

Is it weird now that I actually wanna see heart shaped spines?

No, not all. I think it'd be pretty visually interesting.

[GigaBowserG]

Is it weird now that I actually wanna see heart shaped spines?

Well, Matt already kind of gave it a shot, and it looks pretty cool.

[BlankAccount]

Not too bad.

[Gerdzerl]

I'd love to see a suit with dorsal fins like that. Would be really cool, imo.

[M.o.g.u.e.r.a14]

( I'm certain Godzilla was to have a female companion at one point, or a female counterpart rival like in the showa "A Space Godzilla" planned flick.)

Well, I guess Biollante fills the latter roles since she was part Godzilla and, well, they did not get along.

The "Godzillaland" cartoons, though I'm sure they're not exactly canon, do feature a female Godzilla named "Gojirin".
She's pink and has heart-shaped spines.

...this was a kid's cartoon.
...this is why I'm not regarding it as full-on canon.

Gojirin for Godzilla's love Godzilla 2.


And, I think showa Godzilla is male.

[Noble Saber]

Just Showa Godzilla, though. Heisei and Millennium Godzilla are definitely female.

[Vatarian]

To be honest, I've never given too much thought to his gender. Toho calls Godzilla a he in most cases, so I go along with it.

[GodzillavsJason]

Just like Toho and just about every other source has said, Godzilla is definitely male and I certainly agree.

[PRIMEVAL]

Godzilla is a pansexual gender fluid non-binary mocha frappuccino dual acting hydraulic cylinder V8 progressive neo-classical post modernist-core asexual who identifies as a female-male with neutral tendencies.

[seamus]

I think Godzilla's gender is so far removed from any of "his" motivation or doings that it doesn't really matter. Somehow the 'species' has been able to reproduce/continue, depending on which canon you follow, but it's never been clear how or why so if that were really to come into play, it would seem Godzilla reproduces asexually. Seems like GINO wasn't too far off the beaten path with that one. "He" is just fine by me, but Godzilla seems more of an entity than a character defined by a gender or gender-related motive.