This is a list of known monsters from unproduced media projects and abandoned concepts from completed works in the Godzilla franchise. As many were created during pre-production and early drafts, these monster may have had a small role, a brief cameo, and/or existed only as a design or concept. This list is organized by the medium they appeared in and in alphabetical order. Films that were never made are denoted with an asterisk (*).
Note that this excludes those that were integrated into the franchise much later, such as Bagan. The list is meant to be comprehensive, however, given the obscure subject matter, it may be incomplete.
Films and television[]
Showa era[]
- Giant Archaeopteryx and Giant Chameleon: Monsters created for the 1956 film Bride of Godzilla. They, along with Godzilla and Anguirus, came from the center of the "Hollow Earth" and attacked Kyushu. They are all ultimately defeated by Robot Daughter. The Giant Archaeopteryx was possibly a predecessor to Rodan, as Bride of Godzilla was planned to be released the same year as Rodan, and some early concept art of Rodan depicts him as more like an Archaeopteryx than a Pteranodon.
- Giant blood-sucking flea
- Female Godzilla
- Robot Daughter
- Sea serpent
- Mermaids
- Giant Scorpion
- Giant Monsters Converge on Okinawa! Showdown At Zampamisaki / Mechanical Monster Garugan*
- Garugan: An unused mecha from the unmade 1974 Godzilla film, Mechanical Monster Garugan. No official concept or images of the monster is known to exist, yet it is known that he was controlled by a race called the "Garuga Aliens." He was going to fight Godzilla, Anguirus and Mothra in Okinawa, and would ultimately be defeated by them.
- Godzilla 2: Godzilla vs. The Robot Army*
- Robot Army
- Juvenile Godzilla
- Godzilla vs. Ankyron
- Ankyron
- Godzilla Legend: The Asuka Fortress / Godzilla vs. the Asuka Fortress*
- Asuka Fortress
- Light Boy
- Miracle Boy
- Salamander
- Titan
- Robot duplicate
- Godzilla vs. Gejira*
- Gejira[1]
- Scorpion Monster
- Hafun: The offspring to Redmoon and Erabus. Shortly after being born, he is kidnapped by an entrepreneur with the hopes of displaying the creature for profits. Hafun dies in the process of being moved, causing Redmoon and Erabus to go berserk and begin laying waste to the cities in Okinawa.
- Majin Tuol
- Miko: An unused creature in the original title for Godzilla vs. Gigan, Godzilla vs. the Space Monsters: Earth Defense Directive. In the draft, Miko was described as an alien brain that controlled Megalon. In a later draft, it controlled King Ghidorah, Gigan, and Mogu to destroy Tokyo. But Godzilla and Rodan would intercept them, and Miko was been killed in the Godzilla Tower by Godzilla.
- Godzilla vs. The Megalon Brothers: The Undersea Kingdom's Annihilation Strategy*
- Megalon Brothers
- Godzilla vs. The Mysterians*
- Hira-Jin
- Mutated animal hybrids
- Sea monster
- Mutated dog
- Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon*
- Robot Ousu
- Prophecies of Nostradamus II: The King of Terror
- UFO
- Fire-themed monster
- S.O.S. Japan! Godzilla's Suicide Strategy
- Chamelegon
- Titan Aliens of Galaxy 23
- The Resurrection of Godzilla (original draft)
- Meat-Eating Plant
- Mogu: An unused dragon kaiju planned for the unmade 1971 film. Not much is known about this monster based on Hurricane Ryu Hariken's illustration for the film, which shows the monster bears resemblance to a dragon. Additionally, Mogu has something spiky on its forehead, at least one claw, a pair of wings, and a sharp, forked tail.
- Giant Tyrannosaurus rex
- Giant Ankylosaurus
- Third volcano monster
Heisei era[]
- Kunin
- Lilin
- Rozan
- Gamoni
- Sphinxes
- Sunerians
- Godzilla: Great Naval Battle
- Three unnamed sea monsters
- Underwater Mechagodzilla
- Godzilla's Counterattack*
- Red Godzilla
- Godzilla 3*
- Nazca Aliens
- AstroGodzilla
- Giant Alien Dragonfly
- Barubaroi
- Deuterious
- Mutated humans
- Godzilla vs. Cyber City*
- Genocide Jaguar / Female Android
- Rossum
- G-END
- New Godzilla (abandoned/altered into Godzilla Junior)
- Godzilla vs. Divine Beast*
- Divine Beast
- Godzilla vs. Emperor Ghidorah*
- Emperor Ghidorah
- Gigamoth
- Mana
- Godzilla vs. Ghost Godzilla
- Aurora Godzilla
- Baraguirus: A kaiju resembling a hybrid of Baragon and Anguirus
- Crystal Godzilla
- Ghost Godzilla
- Godzirus: A hybrid of Ghost Godzilla and Anguirus
- Godzilla vs. King Goku
- King Goku
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (early draft)
- Garuda: Originally, Garuda was a full robot-bird version in this draft.
- Transforming Mechagodzilla
- White Rodan
- Pteranodons
- Maser-King Ghidorah
- Godzilla vs. MechaMothra*
- Godzilla vs. NeoGodzilla
- Crystal Godzilla / Neo SpaceGodzilla
- Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
- Godzilla vs. Super Atomic Godzilla
- Super Atomic Godzilla
- Godzilla vs. the Mutant Starfish*
- Mutant Starfish
- Terror of SpaceGodzilla*
- SpaceGodzilla satellite
- Space Moguera
- Kaiju Sentai Godzilla*
- Five Godzillas of different colors
Millennium series[]
- Liopleurodon
- Bubble-like monster
- Godzilla 3D, a.k.a. Godzilla vs. Deathla
- Deathla
- Godzilla vs. M*
- Alien virus
- Takegami / M
- Godzilla Reborn*
- Godzilla clone
- Miba
- Two Godzillas: Japan S.O.S.!*
- Giant clams
TriStar series[]
- Gryphon
- Marty
- Probe Bats
- Sidekick monster
- Queen Bitch
- Runt
- Teen Zillas
- Mutated blue whale
- Godzilla: The Series
Concept art of Anguirus, Biollante, Gabara, and the organic and robotic versions of Moguera
Concept art of Flying Gigan, Gus the Spider, Manda the Worm, and Megalon
Flying Gigan
- Anguirus: Named after the ankylosaur monster Anguirus from Godzilla Raids Again, this monster only appears in a single piece of concept art. It has three horns on its head, four on its neck and five on its chin.
- Biollante: Named after the plant monster Biollante from Godzilla vs. Biollante, this monster is shown to have tentacle/vine like appendages and a small head crest. It appeared on one page of concept art.
- Flying Gigan: An homage to the cyborg monster Gigan from Godzilla vs. Gigan, the Flying Gigan is a bat-like creature. It is featured in the opening sequence of the show where it is shown doing battle with Godzilla. It was also featured on a piece of promotional art for the series, battling Godzilla underwater.
- Gabara: Named after the monster Gabara from All Monsters Attack, this monster has very few discernible features aside from its double-mouth and eight eyes. It appeared on one page of concept art.
- Gus the Spider: Gus appears at the end of the opening sequence to Godzilla: The Series. Its most notable feature is its extremely large mandibles, it is reddish, has a stinger on the back of its body and its legs appear to be hollow. The Giant Black Widow in the show was based on Gus' design.
- Manda the Worm: Named after the serpent monster Manda from Atragon, this creature has an elongated body that appears to be multisegmented, is green in color, has a mouth with large teeth, lacks visible eyes, has small horns, and has small legs that run through its entire body. This monster appears at the end of the opening sequence.
- Megalon: An homage to the insectoid monster Megalon from Godzilla vs. Megalon, this monster appears at the end of the opening sequence. This creature has large horns, spider-like mandibles and an armored back. It also has very skinny arms compared to its bulky body and tentacle-like hands.
- Moguera: Named after the mole-like robot Moguera from The Mysterians, both organic and mechanical versions of this monster appear in concept art. This art suggests that Moguera was meant to fight Godzilla and be defeated, only to be resurrected using robotics.
Bird of Prey
- Bird of Prey: This creature was originally meant to be in the episode "Wedding Bells Blew". However, due to the amount of bird-like monsters already in the series, the Bird of Prey was replaced with the Sub-Zero Manta. In the Japanese version of the show, the Giant Manta Ray is still referred to as the Bird-Of-Prey.
- Female Godzilla: A female Godzilla was originally meant to be in the episode "End of the Line." However, the show's producers didn't feel the need for another Godzilla in the series, so they replaced the female Godzilla with the giant Komodo dragon monster, Komodithrax.
- Growing creature: An unused story pitch/concept by William Stout
MonsterVerse[]
- Shimidah
- Swamp Kitty
- Big fish
- Camouflaged birds
- Cat-like creature with multiple tails
- Cave Fishers
- Dunkleosteus
- Giant amphibious sea serpent
- Giant elephant
- Giant monkey
- Giant river cobra
- Giant Venus flytrap
- Phosphera: A winged monster that served as a placeholder for Mothra in case the character was unavailable for use. By the time Phosphera was added in the early test screening of the movie, the license to use Mothra was available, thus the filmmakers scrapped the creature and replaced it with Mothra. According to Adam Wingard, the crew had always planned to use Mothra. While Phosphera's character was written based around Mothra, Wingard stated it would have been disappointing to have a creature that did everything Mothra did but would have still been another creature and not Mothra herself, citing "If you look at the very first draft of the script, it always says Mothra."[2]
Reiwa era[]
- Hedorah 2 / Hedorah vs. Midora*
- Midora
- Urvogel Godzilla
- Second Godzilla / Godzilla split-off
- Godzilla dorsal plate creatures / blood creatures
Comics and literature[]
Dark Horse Comics[]
- Dragon/Hydra from Space: An unused monster based on King Ghidorah.
- Godzilla vs. Anti-Godzilla
- Anti-Godzilla: a Godzilla doppelganger for a planned 1996 storyline.
- Giant Terminator T-800: The planned antagonist for Dark Horse Comics' proposed crossover storyline that was ultimately rejected.
IDW Publishing[]
- Monstrous forest growth
- Raijin / Daitengu
- Godzilla: Lolitas and Leviathans*
- Crystal Pod Soldiers[3]
- Biollante-Monster Island mutation: a creature based on Biollante and Monster Island, it was planned to appear in a scrapped storyline.[4]
- Godzilla clone: A Godzilla clone that was planned to appear in a scrapped storyline.[4]
- Godzilla vs. Cthulhu*
- Cthulhu
- Godzilla VS Reborn*
- A-07: A character who was made for an unused comic pitch by Matt Frank, A-07 is a prototype android made by technology from Mechagodzilla.[5]
- Saiyori Kazuma: a human mutated by cells from Godzilla.[5]
Video games[]
Prototypes[]
- Mammoth Snake / Mammoth Serpent: an early precursor to Manda.
- Gebara: an early prototype version of Gabara and Megalon.
- King Balgan / King Vulcan: an early prototype version of King Caesar.
- Red Alone: an early prototype version of Jet Jaguar.
- Mountain Frankenstein: an early prototype version of Sanda from The Frankenstein Brothers, the original title for War of the Gargantuas.
- Sea Frankenstein: an early prototype version of Gaira from The Frankenstein Brothers.
Miscellaneous[]
- Western Godzilla: a Godzilla planned to appear in the scrapped 20th anniversary Godzilla film.
References[]
- ↑ MAKING GODZILLA FLY! An Interview with Godzilla Director Yoshimitsu Banno!. Vantage Point Interviews.
- ↑ ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’ Ending Explained: Director Adam Wingard on That Big Cameo. TheWrap (March 30, 2024).
- ↑ Frank, Matt (September 21, 2020). Something special for hitting 15K on Instagram! A few years back, when IDW was still producing new Godzilla comics, I began talking to comic book superstar John Layman about making a follow-up to his mini-series, Godzilla: Gangsters and Goliaths, tentatively titled "Lolitas and Leviathans"! It would be akin to the film KAMIKAZE GIRLS, with goth lolitas teaming up with "sukeban" or delinquent girls, who uncover an alien invasion plot that leads to a rematch between Godzilla and Space Godzilla. Unfortunately we never got it off the ground and IDW lost the license after a certain point. C'est la vie, at least it's a cool idea! Hopefully John and I will get to properly collaborate one day!. Instagram.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Interview: Matt Frank and Chris Mowry. Toho Kingdom (September 27, 2015).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Frank, Matt (March 12, 2023). So long as I'm showing off unused/rejected pitches, here's one for a manga-style series called VS REBORN which was intended to be about Godzilla Junior's adult years and carrying on threads from the Heisei series!. Twitter.