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Toho Teases 'Godzilla World' Plan to Expand and Interconnect the Japanese Godzilla Universe Like Hollywood's MonsterVerse Franchise

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Toho Teases 'Godzilla World' Plan to Expand and Interconnect the Japanese Godzilla Universe Like Hollywood's MonsterVerse Franchise
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Toho Teases 'Godzilla World' Plan to Expand and Interconnect the Japanese Godzilla Universe Like Hollywood's MonsterVerse Franchise
Godzilla is set to burst back on to theater screens in Godzilla Minus Zero in November this year. However, Toho has recently hinted that new plans are afoot for its legendary King of the Monsters. The giant kaiju will be getting “Godzilla World,” a plan to expand and interconnect the Japanese Godzilla’s universe in a similar way to what Hollywood's MonsterVerse franchise has done with its modern reboots of the American Godzilla and King Kong IPs.
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darthmcchub Apr 23, 2026 +57
You have my attention Toho.
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The_Vampire_Barlow Apr 23, 2026 +52
So, the same thing they did in the Showa era? The monsterverse stuff has been getting sillier and sillier post Godzilla: King of the Monsters so I'd be down for a more serious monster universe. The -1 films should stay on their own though. Don't pollute that greatness
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DaKingaDaNorth Apr 23, 2026 +24
It's never going to stay serious. That's the problem with every version of Godzilla. You can tell one or two really serious films, but soon you just hit a point of escalation and just doing it to do it and it will inevitably be fanservice. The first Hesei film was "serious". Even vs Biollante was somewhat serious. Then we had vs King Ghidorah with time travel nonsense.
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Leepysworld Apr 24, 2026 +15
personally I think it immediately becomes less serious the second that Godzilla is no longer the main threat or source of danger, and the destruction and collateral damage becomes normalized. In GxK New Empire, they don’t even really stop to mention all the destruction or likely loss of life happening around them, it’s all just brushed aside because they care more about the monster set-piece. the reason people love Minus One so much is because even though Godzilla isn’t necessarily a malevolent force, the destruction and suffering he leaves behind and the human element in the story is the focus. The second it changes from that to Godzilla basically being the guardian of Earth that fights every big Kaiju threat, it becomes more “cartoonish”, for lack of a better word, it’s less about the emotional impact of the story, and more about mega Kaiju battles. Just to clarify, I don’t think the Kaiju-battle stuff or even the classic Godzilla stuff is bad, I just enjoy it for different reasons and definitely don’t have as much of an emotional connection to it.
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TopEmotional Apr 24, 2026 +1
Are you from the future or something Supernova doesn’t come out till 2027
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Leepysworld Apr 24, 2026 +1
sorry not supernova I meant the new empire lmao
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AKAkorm Apr 25, 2026 +1
I’m fairly sure your comment will apply to Supernova too.
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Upper-Management-AI Apr 24, 2026 +1
I also think they lost the sense of scale with new empire. Having buildings topple over and people running. They looked massive.
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Rfl0 Apr 24, 2026 +1
Vs Ghidorah was a direct response to Vs. Biollante underperforming at the Japanese box office. Bring back Godzilla’s most famous villain, dial up the camp to make it more family friendly and that just carried forward for most of the Heisei films. Would love to see a timeline where Vs. Biollante was a hit over there.
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The_Vampire_Barlow Apr 23, 2026 +1
I don't need it to be super serious, just not goofy AF.
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AKAkorm Apr 25, 2026 +1
Personally I’ve liked the Monarch TV show more than the Monsterverse’s latest movies (it had a rough start but I think it’s come together in the second season).
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Sleepy_Azathoth Apr 23, 2026 +33
Give us Shin Godzilla 2 you cowards.
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thegoldengoober Apr 23, 2026 +9
I want more of all the Shins. I love Shin Ultraman and Shin Kamen Rider so much. 
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Trucktub Apr 23, 2026 +3
Shin Kamen Rider was f****** awesome
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helava Apr 24, 2026 +2
YES! MORE BUREAUCRACY!!!
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tarzic Apr 23, 2026 +2
In my head, in my heart, there is a sequel to Shin Godzilla. It is called Godzilla vs. Biollante. Think about it
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crackrabbit012 Apr 23, 2026 +1
I thought that was being actively worked on?
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Terminated_Entropy Apr 23, 2026 +1
I thought so too? Like it was one of the things announced this year that Shin 2 was proceeding?
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Spectrix22 Apr 23, 2026 +6
No, it’s a sequel to Minus One not Shin. A sequel to Shin is still apparently on the table but as far as I can tell, it has not been announced.
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Gamerguy230 Apr 23, 2026
Wasn’t Wikipedia article updated on it last year with the announcement?
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dreamphoenix Apr 23, 2026 +3
I am as well confident you’re confusing Shin with Minus. There haven’t been any news regarding Shin besides typical media noise like some of the cast and production members expressing vague thoughts about the sequel.
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Godzilla2000Zero Apr 23, 2026 +1
It's being considered per Bloomberg
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LasDen Apr 23, 2026 +8
Oh, first I thought they want to connect with the MonsterVerse. Two Godzilla and Kong coming together to beath i dunno...something...
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Head_Bread_3431 Apr 23, 2026
I thought that’s what they already were doing 
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wubbbalubbadubdub Apr 23, 2026 +9
I think it's better if they are left similar but different...
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hockeyjmac Apr 24, 2026 +1
You don’t want “Shin Godzilla Minus Negative One?”
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SupperTime Apr 23, 2026 +6
Just make good content. Making it dumb like Hollywood’s Godzilla is the last thing they want.
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JazzmatazZ4 Apr 24, 2026 +2
That's how most of the Godzilla movies are. They're mostly dumb
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SupperTime Apr 24, 2026 +1
Minus one didn’t feel dumb. It had heart and excellent characters.
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JazzmatazZ4 Apr 24, 2026 +1
There are a few that are taken seriously, Minus One was great
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Trucktub Apr 23, 2026 +2
No. F******. Way.
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ThisKidIsAlright Apr 23, 2026 +2
Just give me a Godzilla / Gamera crossover in one of them.
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Phaeryx Apr 24, 2026 +1
I would rather see that Shin Godzilla, my favorite Godzilla movie, remain as a standalone, unconnected to Godzilla Minus One, which was also a pretty good Godzilla movie, but not matching in tone. I just prefer the weirdness of Shin Godzilla.
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AwesomeManatee Apr 24, 2026 +1
A couple years before Minus One came out Toho had said that their next film would be the start of a "World of Godzilla" series but they never really confirmed if Minus One was part of that until this.
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OreoSpeedwaggon Apr 25, 2026 +1
Godzilla vs. Predator Make it happen, Toho.
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RevolutionaryWeb5657 Apr 23, 2026 +1
Love it! One day, I hope we’ll get a proper cross-cultural collaboration between US and Japan in the Godzilla franchise.
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odelay321 Apr 23, 2026 -4
No thanks
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Takis12 Apr 24, 2026
Just send Godzilla to the strait of Hormuz. He can’t be any worse than whatever is going on there now.
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Alastor3 Apr 23, 2026 -12
why ? not everything have to be interconnected
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AllTheReservations Apr 23, 2026 +17
I mean, Godzilla's literally one of the first interconnected film franchises. The original film jad loads of connected spin-off stories. This really isn't new for Godzilla
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thegloriousporpoise Apr 23, 2026 +11
That’s what Godzilla has always been about. Wrecking cities and hanging out with Anguirus
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MillennialsAre40 Apr 23, 2026 +3
Being back King Shisa!
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helava Apr 24, 2026 -4
So, Godzilla Minus One was incredible. Showed that going their own way, doing their own thing, telling stories about people through the genre of kaiju movies could have deeply beautiful results. And so they want to strap it to a merch machine that generates lowest-common-denominator schlock garbage? I guess I'm just not a movie exec. :\\
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