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In August 2016, Toho announced plans for a trilogy of anime Godzilla films with Polygon Pictures animating the films and Netflix distributing the trilogy worldwide, except in Japan where each film will be given a theatrical release by Toho. [52] [53] The first film, titled Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, was released on November 17, 2017. [54]
Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters is the first film in the anime trilogy. [15] The second film in the trilogy, titled Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle was released on May 18, 2018. [38] [39] The third and final film in the trilogy, titled Godzilla: The Planet Eater, was released on November 9, 2018. [40]
Writer Max Borenstein stated that the Monsterverse did not begin as a franchise but as an American reboot of Godzilla.Borenstein credits Legendary Entertainment's founder and then CEO Thomas Tull as the one responsible for the Monsterverse, having acquired the rights to Godzilla and negotiated the complicated rights to King Kong.
[13] Naoya Fujita from IGN gave the film a rating of 8.0. Fujita felt that getting through Part 1 and Part 2 was a "chore" but felt that Part 3 gave a "strong, more emotional payoff", stating, "While it took awhile to get there, the animated Godzilla trilogy ends with a fascinating chapter that – while unexpected – is worthy of the franchise."
This is a chronological list of games based on Toho's Godzilla franchise . Since the early 1980s, a variety of video games have been developed and released on various platforms. The majority of these games were exclusively released in Japan , while others were either later released in internationally, or developed in the United States .
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Nissen also noted how the anime films do not feel like anime or kaiju films but rather, legitimate sci-fi reinventions, stating, "they are pure science fiction. Fans of in-depth cerebral science fiction should find much to enjoy about the films. References to Godzilla lore abound, much visible only to the hyper analytical Godzilla fan."
Shin Godzilla and anime Godzilla trilogy were directed by filmmakers who have either previously or subsequently participated in Gamera productions. [95] Gamera Rebirth was released on Netflix in 2023 after Godzilla Singular Point in 2021. The Heisei trilogy was distributed by Toho as Daiei Film lost its theater chains after its bankruptcy.