Talk:Godzilla Misconceptions/@comment-26155014-20150417180533/@comment-25285745-20150513005022

Honestly, Final Wars may not even exist in the same continuity as the 1954 film. In the movie itself, the prologue only says that Godzilla first appeared in 1954, and the Earth Defense Force was formed to fight him. Just because it references the year 1954 doesn't make it canon with the first film (Godzilla (2014) is proof of that).

Japanese Wikipedia seems to be pretty sure of this too, because on the page for the Godzilla franchise, in the description for Final Wars it says in bold It does not follow the original film. I know just because Japanese Wikipedia says it doesn't mean its true, but it makes sense and they did feel the need to put it in bold.