- For the location of similar name, see Monster Island.
Monsterland (怪獣ランド Kaijū rando?, lit. Monster Land) is an island in the Ogasawara Island chain that serves as home to most of the world's monsters. It made its only appearance in the 1968 Godzilla film, Destroy All Monsters.
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Destroy All Monsters[]
Before Monsterland, most of the planet's monsters lived on a South Pacific island dubbed Monster Island. There, the beasts were detained for the sake of humanity, and also studied by the world's scientists. However, in 1973, underground nuclear testing destroyed Monster Island, and the small landform was rendered uninhabitable. Within a few years, however, the monsters were rounded up again and detained on a new island in the Ogasawara chain. This new island, dubbed Monsterland, contained a high-tech underground base from which the monsters could be monitored and studied.
Near the end of the 20th century, an alien race known as the Kilaaks seized control of Monsterland and unleashed the monsters across the globe under their mind control. The crew of the Moonlight SY-3 arrived at the island and encountered the Kilaaks, but were attacked by the Monsterland staff, who were also under the invaders' mind control. The SY-3 crew was able to escape, but Monsterland was left badly damaged and deserted.
After the monsters' mind control was later broken, and King Ghidorah and the Kilaaks defeated, the monsters were returned to Monsterland to live in peace.
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- Monsterland was most likely the basis for Monster Island, which made its first appearance in the following year's All Monsters Attack, though it did not canonically appear in the Showa continuity until Godzilla vs. Gigan in 1972. However, it is possible that Monster Island is connected to Solgell Island, which was featured in Son of Godzilla in 1967.