Reiwa era

Reiwa era
Started	July 29, 2016
Ended	November 9, 2018
Production Information
First film	Shin Godzilla
Final film	Godzilla: The Planet Eater
Chronology
Previous	Millennium series Japanese series MonsterVerse North American series
Next	World of Godzilla

The Reiwa era (令和^?) is a term used to identify the series of Japanese films in the Godzilla franchise released from 2016 onwards, concurrently with Legendary Pictures' MonsterVerse series of films.

Like the Millennium series, it follows an anthology format, beginning with the standalone 2016 film, Shin Godzilla, and branching off into the canonically unrelated Godzilla anime trilogy, which began releasing in 2017, and ended in 2018.

Toho has plans for a tentatively dubbed "World of Godzilla", set to begin production following 2021, which will be a cinematic universe combining the Godzilla character with many other Toho properties. It's unknown if these films will fall under the Reiwa era moniker.

Films

• Shin Godzilla (July 29, 2016)
• Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (November 17, 2017)
• Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle (May 18, 2018)
• Godzilla: The Planet Eater (November 9, 2018)

Novels

• Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse
• Godzilla: Project Mechagodzilla
• Godzilla: Monster Planet

Monsters introduced

Shin Godzilla

• Godzilla

Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters

• Godzilla
  • Godzilla Filius
• Servum

Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle

• Mechagodzilla

Godzilla: The Planet Eater

• King Ghidorah

Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse

• Zilla
• Biollante
• Orga
• Anguirus
• Rodan
• Megaguirus
• Kamacuras
• Kumonga
• Dagahra
  • Barem
• Dogora
• Baragon
• Varan
• Manda
• Gabara
• Ebirah
• Hedorah
• Megalon
• Kamoebas
• Gezora
• Ganime
• Gorosaurus
• Griffon
• Giant Octopus
• Mothra

Trivia

• Shin Godzilla's release marks the first time since the the 1954 film that Godzilla's truly been the lone kaiju featured within the film's plot at the start of their respective series. 1984's The Return of Godzilla featured the Shockirus, 1999's Godzilla 2000: Millennium featured Orga, and the recent 2014 film had Godzilla fighting the MUTO.
• So far, this is the shortest of all four Japanese Godzilla series, with only four films to its name.
• This is the only series of Godzilla films where Godzilla never faced a completely original opponent not introduced in prior films.

Poll

Eras and series of the Godzilla franchise

Continuity

Japanese series Showa era • Heisei era • Millennium series • Reiwa era • World of Godzilla North American series TriStar series • MonsterVerse