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Nah, a gun can't kill Godzilla. Can't kill Ugly Baby Heisei Godzilla.

Minilla being put down

Been doing a godzilla marathon for the past few days. Currently on Son of Godzilla. It's good, other than the Godzilla suit itself. I love the visual and audio design of kamacuras, it's awesome

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

Minilla monday

Whiteboard drawings ^-^

Baby Godzilla & Minilla | Fairy Mothra

I have no idea how good or bad my Japanese is with this. I'm not Japanese nor do I live there, I'm heavily referencing Wikizilla with the text. I'm pretty sure I mainly messed up the Japanese Fairy Mothra's, so if I did, don't be afraid to let me know. I'd rather own up to my mistakes than just let it fester.

Minilla in my style :]

Halloween Kaiju Greeting

Wanted to test out how i felt about doing some digital painting. Admittedly, not my strong point but im willing to try & also improve if i do end up being interested in it. In a way i do still like and of course saw it as a good challenge for myself to at least try something new with it. ^^

That & also i wanted to come up with something special for the spooky season involving in some way any of the kaiju. So for test reasons (for the painting practice), i went with both the kaiju siblings (i made them as siblings in my timeline of events). Also making it something pretty simply yet wholesome. Hope you guys like it though & also I’d love to maybe hear some thoughts :)

[Happy Halloween Month!!!]