After the success of Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire (2024), another installment in the MonsterVerse series is now in the works at Legendary. This article is a roundup of news related to this Godzilla X Kong sequel, which will be the sixth in the MonsterVerse franchise. The current release date for the upcoming project is March 26th, 2027.

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Berlin was completely devastated. (more…)

In wake of the recent collaboration between Gamera Rebirth and Godzilla Battle Line, we decided to celebrate with some new announcements!

Although we had previously already announced Rebirth Gamera’s availability at the beginning of the year, it was decided amongst K.W.C. Staff to announce the rest of Gamera Rebirth’s monstrous cast as well.

• Guiron (Reiwa) – Will be added! Feel free to write with the character and send in those submissions.
• Gyaos – Is going to be updated as a new “Universal” character with the long-standing Heisei Gyaos. S-Gyaos will also be available.

For reference, always make sure to check out our Announced, but no Matches thread over on the forums!

Ten years. Ten years of emails, post interview questions, various studio personnel, dead ends, and hopeful leads that fizzled out has culminated into a day that seemed unreachable…

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Tribeca Music Lounge and Toho International teamed up to forge an awesome celebration of history’s greatest kaiju; I’m talking, of course, about the 70th anniversary of Godzilla. The party drew a diverse group of fans, punk rockers and Godzilla-curious filmmakers from the Tribeca Film Festival (including Anya Taylor Joy of The Queen’s Gambit fame) for a festive night of rock and fandom.

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Author: Tyler Trieschock | Banner: Thomas Johnson & Tyler Trieschock

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: The Warrior & The Heart
Chapter 2: The Guardian & The King
Chapter 3: Ozaki vs. Tsukuyomi
Chapter 4: To Be Without Purpose
Chapter 5: Ozaki vs. Tsukuyomi – Round 2
Chapter 6: To Debate a God
Chapter 7: He Has Returned
Chapter 8: Gamera vs. Orochi
Chapter 9: Heart Break
Chapter 10: What the Darkness Fears

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On May 22, the Japanese press announced that veteran actor Akira Nakao passed away on the 16th that same month, age 81. (The cause of death, per the newspaper Yomiuri Shinbun, was heart failure.)¹ Having grown up at a time when the Heisei Godzilla movies were steadily migrating to the American market and their Millennium counterparts underwent production in Japan, I spent many an hour watching movies featuring military officials or bureaucrats enacted by this distinctive-looking actor, who always stood out with his gravitas, intensity, and expressive eyes.

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“Gendo Ikari.” (more…)

As reported by Nikkei, Toho has announced their intention to acquire anime studio Science SARU (株式会社サイエンスSARU). This move will see Toho purchase all shares of Science SARU, making them a Toho subsidiary in the process. The stated goal of the buyout is to strengthen Toho’s animation business. For the purpose stated on record, this was cited as improving the quality of animation from Toho and also their growth in this sector.
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Godzilla is no stranger to collabs for video game titles. While GigaBash | Godzilla is probably the most remembered, Toho’s kaiju have also crossed paths via Evony: The King’s Return, Puzzles & Survival, The Ants: Underground Kingdom and more. Well another collab joins the list, as Godzilla is set to cross paths with Dave the Diver. (more…)