History of Godzilla

Hey guys. Last time, I went over the Ultra Series. It's main hero, Ultraman, is best known for battling many Daikaiju (translated to Mega Monster). Speaking of Daikaiju, let's go over the history of one of the most infamous monsters of all time, the grandaddy of all tokusatsu, the king of all monsters, Godzilla. Here we will be going over the movies in the franchise, both Japanese & American. So, let's dive into the history of Godzilla.

Godzilla (1954)

This was the first movie that started the franchise and was the first movie of the Showa Era. It was a big hit in Japan and even came into the States, titled as Godzilla, King of the Monsters. The design of Godzilla was created by  Eiji Tsuburaya, who is also best known for creating Ultraman.

Godzilla Raids Again (1955)

This was the second Godzilla movie in the Showa Era. It was a sequel to the original and was the first movie to feature monsters other than Godzilla. It came to the States, titled as Gigantis, the Fire Monster.

King Kong vs Godzilla (1962)

This was the third Godzilla movie of the Showa Era. It was a crossover between Godzilla and King Kong.

Mothra vs Godzilla (1964)

This was the fourth Godzilla movie of the Showa Era. It was a crossover between Mothra and Godzilla.

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)

This was the fifth Godzilla movie of the Showa Era. The movie featured a new monster, King Ghidorah.

Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)

This was the sixth Godzilla movie of the Showa Era.

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)

This was the seventh Godzilla movie of the Showa Era.

Son of Godzilla (1967)

This was the eighth Godzilla movie of the Showa Era. The movie introducted Godzilla's son.

Destroy All Monsters (1968)

This was the ninth Godzilla movie in the Showa Era.

All Monsters Attack (1969)

This was the tenth Godzilla movie in the Showa Era.

Godzilla vs Hedorah (1971)

This was the eleventh Godzilla movie in the Showa Era.

Godzilla vs Gigan (1972)

This was the twelfth Godzilla movie in the Showa Era.

Godzilla vs Megalon (1973)

This was the thirteenth Godzilla movie in the Showa Era.

Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (1974)

This was the fourteenth Godzilla movie of the Showa Era.

Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

This was the fifteenth and last Godzilla movie of the Showa Era.

Return of Godzilla (1984)

This was the sixteenth movie overall, but the first in the Heisei Era. This movie celebrated the 30th Anniversary of Godzilla.

Godzilla vs Biollante (1989)

This was the seventeenth movie overall and the second in the Heisei Era.

Godzilla vs King Ghidorah (1991)

This was the eighteenth movie overall and the third in the Heisei Era.

Godzilla vs Mothra (1992)

This was the nineteenth movie overall and the fourth in the Heisei Era.

Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II (1993)

This was the twentieth movie overall and the fifth in the Heisei Era.

Godzilla vs Spacegodzilla (1994)

This was the twenty-first film overall and the sixth film in the Heisei Era.

Godzilla vs Destoroyah (1995)

This was the twenty-second film overall and the seventh and last film in the Heisei Era.

Godzilla (1998)

This was the first American Godzilla reboot and the twenty-third film overall. Most people were not pleased with this film and Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 16%.

Godzilla 2000: Millenium (1999)

This was the twenty-fourth film overall and the first film of the Millennium Era.

Godzilla vs Megaguirus (2000)

This was the twenty-fifth film overall and the second film of the Millennium Era.

Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)

This was the twenty-sixth film overall and the third film of the Millennium Era.

Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)

This was the twenty-seventh film overall and the fourth film of the Millennium Era.

Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S (2003)

This was the twenty-eighth film oveall and the fifth film of the Millennium Era.

Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)

This was the twenty-ninth film overall and the sixth film of the Millennium Era.

Godzilla (2014)

This was the second American reboot of the Godzilla franchise and the thirtieth film overall.

Shin Godzilla (2016)

This was the thirty-first film overall. It was the third reboot of Godzilla after Godzilla (1998) and Godzilla (2014).

Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017)

This is the first film of the anime trilogy and the thirty-second film overall.



Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle (2018)
This is the second film of the anime trilogy and the thirty-third film overall.

Godzilla: Eater of Stars (2018)
This will be the third and final film of the anime trilogy and the thirty-fourth film overall.

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
This is the continuation of the 2014 reboot and is the thirty-fifth film overall.

So, I hoped you liked this post. Next time, we don are Makai Knight Armor as we travel through the many adventures of Garo. See you next time. Later.

History of Ultraman

R.I.P. Peggy Hayama (1934-2017)

Hey guys. Last time I went over the Super Sentai & Kamen Rider Series, but now this time I am going over something that has existed a lot longer, the Ultra Series. The Ultra Series was best known to be made my Tsuburaya Productions, which was found by Eiji Tsuburaya, who was one of the people who worked on the infamous Godzilla franchise. I'll get to that sometime later, but let's head on in into the History of the Ultra Series.

Ultra Q (1966)
This was the first installment of the Ultra Series. Unlike the other Ultra Series following it, this show does not have an Ultraman, but does include various monsters who show up in certain episodes, kind of like a ¨mystery of the week¨ sort of premise, like Twilight Zone or Outer Limits. The show ran for 28 episodes.



Ultraman (1966-1967)
This was the second installment of the franchise. As the show differs from it´s predecessor, Ultra Q, the show actually features the very first Ultraman. The show was a big success and ran for 39 episodes.



Ultraseven (1967-1968)
This was the third installment of the franchise. This show differs from Ultraman because of his name. That´s it, there is not much difference between Ultraman and Ultraseven, except that Ultraseven transforms with the Ultra Eye (a pair of glasses) while the original Ultraman transforms with the Beta Capsule and Ultraseven can fight in bot normal-size and giant-size while the original fights only in giant-size. The show ran for 49 episodes.



The Return of Ultraman (1971-1973)
This was the fourth installment of the franchise. The show is called The Return of Ultraman because of the three year hiatus. The show´s main hero was called Ultraman Jack and had a similar design to the original Ultraman. The show ran for 51 episodes.



Ultraman Ace (1972-1973)
This was the fifth installment of the franchise. The show´s main hero, Ultraman Ace, is actually a fusion of two people, much like Kamen Rider W, but actually it is both a male and female who fuse together to form Ace, as oppose of two males. The female, Yuko Minami, had to leave because she is actually one of the natives from the moon. She gave her Ultra Ring to Seiji Hokuto where he transforms into Ultraman Ace on his own. The show ran for 52 episodes.



Ultraman Taro (1973-1974)
This was the sixth installment of the franchise. The show ran for 53 episodes.



Ultraman Leo (1974-1975)
This was the seventh installment of the franchise. The show ran for 51 episodes.



The★Ultraman (1979-1980)
This was the eighth installment of the franchise. This is actually the first of the Ultra Series that was an anime, Ultraman USA being the last. The show ran for 50 episodes.



Ultraman 80 (1980-1981)
This was the ninth installment of the franchise and the last of the Showa Era. The show ran for 50 episodes.



Ultraman USA (or Ultraman: The Adventures Begins) (1987)
Much like, The★Ultraman, this was as well an anime, but only in movie form. This wasn´t actually the first time the Ultra Series was brought into the States. Certain Showa Era Ultra Series were dubbed in English and broadcasted on American televison.



Ultraman Great (or Ultraman: Towards the Future) (1992)
This was actually an Austrailian-Japanese Ultraman series that was brought into the states in 1992, and then in Japan in 1995. The show ran for 13 episodes.



Ultraman Powered (or Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero) (1993)
This an American-Japanese Ultraman series that was never shown in America. It was much like it´s predecessor, Ultraman Great, It was released on VHS in Japan 1993, until two years later, in 1995, the show aired on Japanese television. The reason why it was never shown in America, because Tsuburaya Productions thought that the show was too weak compared to previous installments of the Ultra Series. After the series, Tsuburaya thought that they should work on domestic Ultra Series. The show ran for 13 episodes, much like Ultraman Great. 

  

Ultraman Zearth (1996)
Ultraman Zearth was actually a parody of the Ultra Series. It was released to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Ultra Series. One year later in 1997, a sequel was released, Ultraman Zearth 2: Superman Big Battle - Light & Shadow. The movie featured an evil counterpart of Zearth, Ultraman Shadow.



Ultraman Tiga (1996-1997)
This was the tenth installment of the Ultra Series and the first of the Heisei Era. The show was brought into the States and was dubbed for an American audience on Fox Box. The show ran for 52 episodes.



Ultraman Dyna (1997-1998)
This was the eleventh installment of the Ultra Series and the second of the Heisei Era. The show ran for 51 episodes.



Ultraman Gaia (1998-1999)
This was the twelfth installment of the Ultra Series and the third of the Heisei Era. The show ran for 51 episodes.



Ultraman Nice (1999-2000)
Unlike previous Ultra Series, this was actually a series of 1-minute ¨infomercials¨ that aired in Japan. It had a total of 40 ¨episodes¨.



Ultraman Neos (2000-2001)
Unlike previous Ultra Series, this was a direct-to-video series that was released on DVD. The heroes´ designs, Ultraman Neos and Ultraseven 21 were a throwback to the original Ultraman and Ultraseven. The show had a total of 12 episodes.



Ultraman Cosmos (2001-2002)
This was the thirteenth installment of the franchise and the fourth of the Heisei Era. The show had a total of 65 episodes, making it the longest Ultraman series ever. The show also had three movie spin-offs, Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact, Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet, and Ultraman Cosmos vs Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle, which featured a new Ultraman, Ultraman Justice.

  



Ultraman: The Next (2004)
This was a movie that was a part of Tsuburaya´s Ultra N Project, the same with Ultraman Nexus. The Ultra N Project was a three-phase experiment to reinvent the franchise to an older audience.



Ultraman Nexus (2004-2005)
This was the fourteenth installment of the franchise and the fifth series of the Heisei Era. The show was said to be the darkest Ultraman series ever. The show had a total of 37 episodes, with 2 DVD-exclusive specials.



Ultraman Max (2005-2006)
This was the fifteenth installment of the franchise and the sixth series of the Heisei Era. The show had a total of 40 episodes.



Ultraman Mebius (2006-2007)
This was the sixteenth installment of the franchise and the seventh series of the Heisei Era. The show celebrated the 40th Anniversary of the Ultra Series. The show had a total of 50 episodes.



Ultraseven X (2007)
This was the seventeenth installment of the franchise. Much like Ultraman Nexus, Ultraseven X was a pretty dark series, maybe because it was aimed at adults. The show had a total of 12 episodes.



Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle (2007-2008)
This was the eighteenth installment of the franchise. Much like Ultra Q, this show does not feature an Ultraman in the show. The show had a total of 13 episodes.



Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey (2008-2009)
This was the nineteenth installment of the franchise and the second season to Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle. The show had a total of 13 episodes.



Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy The Movie (2009)
This was a movie released in Japan, introducing a new hero, Ultraman Zero, who is the son of Ultraseven. This movie also ties in with the Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle series.



Ultraman Zero The Movie: The Revenge of Belial (2010)
This was a sequel to Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy.



Ultraman Saga (2012)
This was a movie that was a sequel to the last two movies. The movie featured a fusion of Ultraman Dyna, Cosmos, & Zero into Ultraman Saga.



Ultraman Ginga (2013)
This was the twentieth installment of the franchise. The show had a total of 11 episodes, making it the shortest Ultra Series ever.



Ultraman Ginga S (2014)
This was the twenty-first installment of the franchise. The show was a sequel to Ultraman Ginga. The show had a total of 16 episodes.



Ultraman Ginga S: Showdown! Ultra 10 Warriors!! (2015)
This was a movie spin-off for Ultraman Ginga S.

Ultraman X (2015)
This was the twenty-second installment of the franchise. The show had a total of 22 episodes.



Ultraman X The Movie: Here Comes Our Ultraman! (2016)
This was a movie spin-off for Ultraman X which celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Ultra Series.



Ultraman Orb (2016)
This was the twenty-third installment of the series. It celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Ultra Series. The show had a total of 25 episodes.



Ultraman Orb: The Origin Saga (2017)
This was a prequel saga that takes place before Ultraman Orb. The show had a total of 12 episodes.



Ultraman Orb: I´m Borrowing the Power of Your Bonds (2017)
This was a movie spin-off of Ultraman Orb.

Ultraman Geed (2017-2018)

This is the twenty-fourth installment of the Ultra series. The series had a total of 25 episodes.



Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect The Wishes! (2018)
This was a movie spin-off of Ultraman Geed.



Ultraman R/B (2018-2019)
This was the twenty-fifth installment of the Ultra Series and for the first time, the series focused on two Ultramen as oppose to one. It had a total of 25 episodes

Ultraman R/B The Movie: Select! The Crystal of Bond (2019)
This was a movie spin-off of Ultraman R/B.

Ultraman Taiga (2019-)
This is the twenty-sixth installment of the Ultra Series and much like R/B, this series will focus on more than one Ultraman, this case being three of them.

Well, that is it for this day. Next time, I will be going over the Godzilla franchise, both American and Japanese movies. Later.