A list of all Toho films with some fictional connection to Godzilla...

[johnboy3434]

After some research, this appears to be the complete list of Toho films with fictional connections to the Godzilla franchise. These connections come only from the movies themselves.

These connections need not be strictly continuity based: for example, the Moguera from The Mysterians is a different incarnation of the character than the one that eventually showed up in Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla, but because it's the same fictional concept, the connection is made. Also, the list includes one non-Toho film, Kong: Skull Island, because it has a direct story connection to the Legendary Godzilla films.

• Rodan (1956)
  The Mysterians (1957)
  Varan (1958)
  Battle in Outer Space (1959)
  Mothra (1961)
  Gorath (1962)
  Atragon (1963)
  Dogora (1964)
  Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965)
  The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
  King Kong Escapes (1967)
  Space Amoeba (1970)
  The War in Space (1977)
  Rebirth of Mothra (1996)
  Rebirth of Mothra II (1997)
  Rebirth of Mothra III (1998)
  Kong: Skull Island (2017)

To my knowledge, that's all of them.

[Spuro]

I think there's a similar thread to this already (although it's Showa exclusive).

https://tohokingdom.com/forum/viewtopic ... e#p1559885

[johnboy3434]

I think there's a similar thread to this already (although it's Showa exclusive).

https://tohokingdom.com/forum/viewtopic ... e#p1559885

Yeah, although that thread is mostly concerned with actual continuity between films and which ones should be excluded. I'm not about to jump into that tangled nightmare, and instead am simply listing the movies in the Godzilla films' "extended family". This list is more for marathon purposes than anything more intellectually rigorous.

[Spuro]

I think there's a similar thread to this already (although it's Showa exclusive).

https://tohokingdom.com/forum/viewtopic ... e#p1559885

Yeah, although that thread is mostly considered with actual continuity between films and which ones should be excluded. I'm not about to jump into that tangled nightmare, and instead am simply listing the movies in the Godzilla films' "extended family". This list is more for marathon purposes than anything more intellectually rigorous.

Well, in that case, would Always Sunny on 3rd Street 2 (or whatever the title was) count?

[johnboy3434]

Well, in that case, would Always Sunny on 3rd Street 2 (or whatever the title was) count?

True, the Always Sunset on 3rd Street trilogy should technically be included, but I decided not to include them because the genre of the films is so disparate from the horror/sci-fi/fantasy offerings of the rest of the films, and also because Godzilla's minor role isn't even "real" in the context of the second film's story (same goes for Ready Player One, even though Toho licensed the Mechagodzilla character to the makers).

EDIT: Hell, I'll put all of those in the OP just to show that I'm not playing favorites.

[GojiDog]

What about Pee-Wee's Big Adventure and One Crazy Summer?

(j/k )

[johnboy3434]

What about Pee-Wee's Big Adventure and One Crazy Summer?

(j/k )

I actually looked it up to see if Warner Bros. got the license for Godzilla and Ghidorah for the Pee-Wee cameo. Not only did they not get the license, but Toho sued them because of it.

[mikelcho]

What about Pee-Wee's Big Adventure and One Crazy Summer?

(j/k )

I actually looked it up to see if Warner Bros. got the license for Godzilla and Ghidorah for the Pee-Wee cameo. Not only did they not get the license, but Toho sued them because of it.

I didn't know that. Very interesting, indeed.

[mikelcho]

I've made a thread titled "My version of the Kiryu series". Please, take a look at it if you get the chance and tell me what you think of it.

[Arbok]

I'm probably too late to this thread, but if the criteria is "it appeared during the Godzilla series", then Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie should also probably be added for the Gotengo featuring in it. Probably the Go! Godman movie too for featuring Gaira.

I'm not sure what the Gorath, Dogora and The War in Space connection is to the Godzilla series, though, unless it's counting the offscreen canon of the Kiryu saga (although still don't know for The War in Space unless we are counting video games).

Also I'm guessing movies that make media connections aren't counted, otherwise Bye-Bye Jupiter and 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope would count as they reference and show Godzilla via footage from the movies.