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I thought Monsterland and Monster Island were seperate entities, the former being a government project in late 90s and the latter just an island that monsters congregated on in the 70s. It also explains why King Ghidorah is alive in Godzilla vs. Gigan despite dying in Destroy All Monsters, as the latter is the chronological series finale. Also All Monsters Attack could still be canon if you consider the entire series to take place inside the kid’s dreams, ala Azathoth the Blind Idiot God in Lovecraft’s writings.
Showa Godzilla (head)Canon
I couldn’t sleep last night, so my mind ended up wandering toward the “canon” of the Showa series, which becomes increasingly muddled post-Destroy All Monsters. While canon in the Showa series is essentially meaningless, it’s fun to speculate about the timeline. Here’s what I came up with:
1954 - 1965
Godzilla
Godzilla Raids Again
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Invasion of Astro-Monster
All of the above films generally take place in the year they were produced. These films are about as close-knit as the Showa series gets.
1965 - 1997
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
These two films take place at unspecified points between the mid-sixties and mid-to-late nineties. It’s generally unimportant where exactly they fall.
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
1997 - 2004
Son of Godzilla
Destroy All Monsters
Godzilla vs. Gigan
Godzilla vs. Megalon
Zone Fighter (potentially)
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
Terror of Mechagodzilla
Son of Godzilla takes place a year or two prior to Destroy All Monsters. Gigan through Terror of Mechagodzilla take place in the post-Destroy All Monsters world of the early-noughties due to the presence of Monsterland/Island.
Off the top of my head, there’s nothing specific mentioned in the films themselves that could contradict them taking place in this time-frame, but I could easily be wrong.
Non-canon
All Monsters Attack
Takes place in the “real” world and has no bearing on Showa canon.
I’ve never really bought the idea that Hedorah through Terror of Mechagodzilla took place decades before Destroy All Monsters, and I guess this ordering is somewhat reflective of that. Plus, I like the idea of Terror being the canonical ending of the Showa series, because I love the image of Godzilla heading back out to sea for the last time, and find it a very fitting conclusion.
This is just one man’s headcanon, so don’t take it too literally.
Thoughts?
I’m pretty sure Monsterland from Destroy all Monsters is a different place than Monster Island from the later movies, so that solves most of the problems. Though it isn’t like Showa Kaiju have returned to life with little explanation before this.
if we’re for establishing “new” forms of categorization, this is one I’ve been trying to get enforced for a while
*Repeatedly Mashes L1 then Square OP is just made that they’ll never have a buzzsaw built into their belly.
Kaiju fans, can I be real with you for a second?
Shigan
The Japanese fiscal year does start on April 1, and that was also when Toho announced Shin Godzilla with Hideki Anno.
It's not too late for then to announce Shin Gigan
I did find it pretty funny that Showa Gigan's chubby hooks were able to slice cleanly through buildings like an anime sword. While I felt one of Gigan's roar effects was a bit overused, I really dug the overall style of the movie and especially the Rob Roy style ending.
Not to be an insufferable nerd, but the live action Godzilla vs Gigan short is just better than the Gigan Rex short. Thats not to say Gigan Rex is bad. Not at all, Its a terrific film and there's a lot to love about it, but it just does not hit as hard for me.
The sets, the performances and suits, the lighting, the city destruction, the long shot- the live short all feels so crafted, it fills that empty spot in my vfx loving soul that reliance on cgi has carved out. It had me trembling with excitement.
AroAce flag spotted!
ass-kicking outfit
Moguera | Mechagodzilla | Megalon | Gigan
Moguera and Megalon kinda freak me out, ngl.
oh come on guys, shes just the messenger :/
nothing is funnier to me than revealing things about my lil AU via shitposts. sorry gang. this is part 1/2 btw
poor baragon, they do this to her every time she gets sent down there. also they're not really gigan's hands, not originally at least. hes usually too lazy to spend the 7 hours needed to calibrate them, but for special occasions? of course.
As the proud owner of a Yaoi Hands Gigan, I'm pretty delighted to see people rediscovering one of the strangest of all bootleg Godzilla toys. Some lore:
First documented by @mr-x-the-psychotic-fanatic on July 7, 2014, as part of a figure set based on the Godzilla: Kaiju World Wars game pieces. Some were sold loose, others packaged. @misscouchpotatobew just unearthed a gold variant of Yaoi Hands Gigan as well.
I apparently coined the Yaoi Hands Gigan name, although I'd have to boot up my old desktop to find the original message (Skype didn't store chats on the cloud until 2017).
The bootleg Kaiju World Wars figures weren't on eBay for very long, but @kaijusaurus miraculously found a loose Yaoi Hands Gigan for £4.99 in a Glasgow store called Geek-aboo and presented it to me at G-Fest 2016.
The figure can rotate its head, arms, and tail 360 degrees.
Various sitting critters
Gigan introduces Seatopians to the concept of being a "Gamer." 2024, colorized.
The people of the surface had no idea what was about to happen to their beloved league games, minecraft servers, and fortnite lobbies...
Not related with the draw but since i read some fics, Gigan being the one who fall HARD in love is my favorite thing ever and i just want him being helpless romantic with this silly stupid bettle cause is the only one as silly as him
I've seen other people make asks so I thought I'd make one too
HEAR ME OUT:
OneBadNoodle's weaponized pants on Millennium Gigan. (You don't have to draw it if you don't want to. Just a thought.) I immediately thought of Gigan when I saw these :]
GAH im sorry this took me so long to answer. but, yea you are so right they truly designed the perfect pants[all credit to OneBadNoodle for these glorious things] I think the cyborg chicken would find a way to wear them. and i LOVE getting asks, plz never hesitate to throw questions/comments/requests/nonsensical ramblings at me
he:
sidenote: i am awful at drawing final wars gigan he confounds me to no end, but he gets away with it bc of his sheer charisma. monster X provided free of charge.
side-sidenote: happy belated b-day too!!
Every time I see Megalon in the Alien faction
Psst, I love you, though Megalon, you're doing amazing 🥰.
I spent way too much time on this for one joke, but here's the textless version, and the Kaiju individually 🫡
