TOHO’s newest Godzilla film, Shin Godzilla (known as Godzilla: Resurgence in Southeast Asia and other distribution territories), opened in Japan on July 29, and Funimation plans to release the film in theaters in late 2016.
TOHO released the first film in the franchise in 1954, and since the opening of Shin Godzilla, TOHO’s live-action Godzilla franchise of 29 films has collectively sold over 100 million tickets in Japan.
American films about Godzilla opened in 1998 and 2014, and Legendary plans to release a Godzilla sequel in 2019, followed by Godzilla vs. Kong in 2020.
The Godzilla character first appeared in a Japanese television anime on July 22 in a crossover with Crayon Shin-chan.