Talk:Godzilla: The Game/@comment-24214574-20150514155036/@comment-25285745-20150515225630

Toho's original deal with Sony was that Sony could utilize the Godzilla license for their own Godzilla movie, and after their rights expired Toho would be able to use Sony's version of Godzilla for their own purposes. I don't know if that agreement extended to animated series, but it probably did since the series still used the Godzilla license. I think it's more like that Toho didn't bother covering the traits of Zilla Junior when they copyrighted "Zilla," hence why IDW was able to use the abilities of the 1998 Zilla but not Zilla Junior.