"Godzilla's footprint" monument in Yokosuka, near Tokyo

"Godzilla's footprint" monument in Yokosuka, near Tokyo

Photo taken on May 29, 2025, shows a monument in the shape of Godzilla's footprint at Kannonzaki Park in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo. The monument, which is covered with black-and-white tiles, was built in April in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the release of the first film featuring the fire-breathing, city-stomping monster, as the film depicted a scene in which Godzilla was first spotted in waters nearby.

"Godzilla's footprint" monument in Yokosuka, near Tokyo

"Godzilla's footprint" monument in Yokosuka, near Tokyo

Photo taken on May 29, 2025, shows a monument in the shape of Godzilla's footprint at Kannonzaki Park in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo. The monument, which is covered with black-and-white tiles, was built in April in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the release of the first film featuring the fire-breathing, city-stomping monster, as the film depicted a scene in which Godzilla was first spotted in waters nearby.

"Godzilla's footprint" monument in Yokosuka, near Tokyo

"Godzilla's footprint" monument in Yokosuka, near Tokyo

Visitors take a rest on a monument in the shape of Godzilla's footprint at Kannonzaki Park in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo on July 2, 2025. The monument, which is covered with black-and-white tiles, was built in April in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the release of the first film featuring the fire-breathing, city-stomping monster, as the film depicted a scene in which Godzilla was first spotted in waters nearby.

Japan's monster movies attract interest in France

Japan's monster movies attract interest in France

Photo taken on Oct. 5, 2024, in Paris shows a poster for an event on Japanese monster movies, including the Godzilla series, at an event at the Japanese Culture House of Paris.

Japan's monster movies attract interest in France

Japan's monster movies attract interest in France

A lecture on Japanese monster movies, including the Godzilla series, is held at the Japanese Culture House of Paris on Oct. 4, 2024, in Paris.

Japan's monster movies attract interest in France

Japan's monster movies attract interest in France

People take a look at posters of Japanese monster movies, including the Godzilla series, at an event at the Japanese Culture House of Paris on Oct. 4, 2024, in Paris.

"Godzilla Minus One" film director Yamazaki

"Godzilla Minus One" film director Yamazaki

Takashi Yamazaki, director of the Oscar-winning "Godzilla Minus One," speaks at a talk show in his hometown Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on April 9, 2024.

"Godzilla Minus One" film director Yamazaki

"Godzilla Minus One" film director Yamazaki

Takashi Yamazaki, director of the Oscar-winning "Godzilla Minus One," speaks at a talk show in his hometown Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on April 9, 2024.

Film Godzilla vs. Kong 2 Popular in China

Film Godzilla vs. Kong 2 Popular in China

SHANGHAI, CHINA - MARCH 23, 2024 - Fans pass the background board of a promotional poster for the Hollywood film "Godzilla vs. Kong 2" at a cinema in Shanghai, China, March 23, 2024.

Film Godzilla vs. Kong 2 Popular in China

Film Godzilla vs. Kong 2 Popular in China

SHANGHAI, CHINA - MARCH 23, 2024 - Fans pass the background board of a promotional poster for the Hollywood film "Godzilla vs. Kong 2" at a cinema in Shanghai, China, March 23, 2024.

Film Godzilla vs. Kong 2 Popular in China

Film Godzilla vs. Kong 2 Popular in China

SHANGHAI, CHINA - MARCH 23, 2024 - Fans pass the background board of a promotional poster for the Hollywood film "Godzilla vs. Kong 2" at a cinema in Shanghai, China, March 23, 2024.

Film Godzilla vs. Kong 2 Popular in China

Film Godzilla vs. Kong 2 Popular in China

SHANGHAI, CHINA - MARCH 23, 2024 - Fans pass the background board of a promotional poster for the Hollywood film "Godzilla vs. Kong 2" at a cinema in Shanghai, China, March 23, 2024.

Film Godzilla vs. Kong 2 Popular in China

Film Godzilla vs. Kong 2 Popular in China

SHANGHAI, CHINA - MARCH 23, 2024 - Fans pass the background board of a promotional poster for the Hollywood film "Godzilla vs. Kong 2" at a cinema in Shanghai, China, March 23, 2024.

Film Godzilla vs. Kong 2 Popular in China

Film Godzilla vs. Kong 2 Popular in China

SHANGHAI, CHINA - MARCH 23, 2024 - Fans pass the background board of a promotional poster for the Hollywood film "Godzilla vs. Kong 2" at a cinema in Shanghai, China, March 23, 2024.

Rebecca Hall At GMA - NYC

Rebecca Hall At GMA - NYC

Rebecca Hall on Good Morning America to talk about new movie Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire in New York City, Ny, USA on March 20, 2024. Photo by Roger Wong/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rebecca Hall At GMA - NYC

Rebecca Hall At GMA - NYC

Rebecca Hall on Good Morning America to talk about new movie Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire in New York City, Ny, USA on March 20, 2024. Photo by Roger Wong/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rebecca Hall At GMA - NYC

Rebecca Hall At GMA - NYC

Rebecca Hall on Good Morning America to talk about new movie Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire in New York City, Ny, USA on March 20, 2024. Photo by Roger Wong/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rebecca Hall At GMA - NYC

Rebecca Hall At GMA - NYC

Rebecca Hall on Good Morning America to talk about new movie Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire in New York City, Ny, USA on March 20, 2024. Photo by Roger Wong/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rebecca Hall At Good Morning America - NYC

Rebecca Hall At Good Morning America - NYC

ebecca Hall on 'Good Morning America' to talk about new movie 'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire', New York City, NY, USA on March 20, 2024. Photo by Roger Wong/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rebecca Hall At Good Morning America - NYC

Rebecca Hall At Good Morning America - NYC

ebecca Hall on 'Good Morning America' to talk about new movie 'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire', New York City, NY, USA on March 20, 2024. Photo by Roger Wong/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rebecca Hall At Good Morning America - NYC

Rebecca Hall At Good Morning America - NYC

ebecca Hall on 'Good Morning America' to talk about new movie 'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire', New York City, NY, USA on March 20, 2024. Photo by Roger Wong/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rebecca Hall At Good Morning America - NYC

Rebecca Hall At Good Morning America - NYC

ebecca Hall on 'Good Morning America' to talk about new movie 'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire', New York City, NY, USA on March 20, 2024. Photo by Roger Wong/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rebecca Hall At Good Morning America - NYC

Rebecca Hall At Good Morning America - NYC

ebecca Hall on 'Good Morning America' to talk about new movie 'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire', New York City, NY, USA on March 20, 2024. Photo by Roger Wong/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rebecca Hall At Good Morning America - NYC

Rebecca Hall At Good Morning America - NYC

ebecca Hall on 'Good Morning America' to talk about new movie 'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire', New York City, NY, USA on March 20, 2024. Photo by Roger Wong/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rebecca Hall At Good Morning America - NYC

Rebecca Hall At Good Morning America - NYC

ebecca Hall on 'Good Morning America' to talk about new movie 'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire', New York City, NY, USA on March 20, 2024. Photo by Roger Wong/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

Japanese composer Masaru Sato

Japanese composer Masaru Sato

Photo taken at an unknown place on March 17, 1994, shows the late Japanese composer Masaru Sato, known for his film score compositions, including for Godzilla movies and works by renowned Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. Sato died in December 1999 at 71.

Xinhua headlines: Japan's plan to dump nuke-contaminated water into sea stokes real-life Godzilla fears

Xinhua headlines: Japan's plan to dump nuke-contaminated water into sea stokes real-life Godzilla fears

(230623) -- TOKYO, June 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People protest against the Japanese government's plan to discharge nuclear-contaminated water into the sea in Fukushima, Japan, June 20, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

Xinhua headlines: Japan's plan to dump nuke-contaminated water into sea stokes real-life Godzilla fears

Xinhua headlines: Japan's plan to dump nuke-contaminated water into sea stokes real-life Godzilla fears

(230623) -- TOKYO, June 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People rally to protest against Japan's planned discharge of nuclear-contaminated water in Seoul, South Korea, June 12, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)

Xinhua headlines: Japan's plan to dump nuke-contaminated water into sea stokes real-life Godzilla fears

Xinhua headlines: Japan's plan to dump nuke-contaminated water into sea stokes real-life Godzilla fears

(230623) -- TOKYO, June 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 6, 2023 shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant seen from Futabacho, Futabagun, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

Xinhua headlines: Japan's plan to dump nuke-contaminated water into sea stokes real-life Godzilla fears

Xinhua headlines: Japan's plan to dump nuke-contaminated water into sea stokes real-life Godzilla fears

(230623) -- TOKYO, June 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Fishermen wait for fishing boats on a bank in Soma City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 8, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

Xinhua headlines: Japan's plan to dump nuke-contaminated water into sea stokes real-life Godzilla fears

Xinhua headlines: Japan's plan to dump nuke-contaminated water into sea stokes real-life Godzilla fears

(230623) -- TOKYO, June 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A sign that reads "Do not dump contaminated wastewater into the sea" is pictured during a protest near the headquarters of Tokyo Electric Power Company in Tokyo, Japan, March 11, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

Godzilla head statue in Tokyo

Godzilla head statue in Tokyo

Photo taken on May 24, 2023, shows a life-size Godzilla replica from the neck upwards peering down from a skyscraper in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.

Tokyo's Setagaya Ward honors 'local hero' Godzilla

Tokyo's Setagaya Ward honors 'local hero' Godzilla

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo's Setagaya Ward Mayor Nobuto Hosaka (R) presents an actor in a "Godzilla" suit with a certificate at Toho Studios in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2014, the 60th anniversary of Godzilla's screen debut. Twenty eight of the 30 Godzilla movies including the first were made at the studios in the ward.

Commemorative photo taken with 'Godzilla'

Commemorative photo taken with 'Godzilla'

TOKYO, Japan - A child poses with an actor in "Godzilla" suit for a commemorative photo at Toho Studios in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Nov. 3, 2014, the 60th anniversary of Godzilla's screen debut.

Godzilla appeals for traffic safety

Godzilla appeals for traffic safety

KOCHI, Japan - Godzilla appeals for traffic safety on Sept. 20, 2014, in the city of Kami, Kochi Prefecture, in southwestern Japan. The local police station assigned Godzilla, who turned 60 this year, as its chief-for-a-day.

Mementos left by Godzilla movie art director on display

Mementos left by Godzilla movie art director on display

FUKUOKA, Japan - A visitor watches pictures displayed in Koga, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 19, 2014, as part of mementos left by the late Yasuyuki Inoue, a Japanese art director of special effects involved in the production of Godzilla movies.

Work room of Godzilla movie art director exhibited

Work room of Godzilla movie art director exhibited

FUKUOKA, Japan - The work room of the late Yasuyuki Inoue, a Japanese art director of special effects involved in the production of Godzilla movies, is displayed on Aug. 19, 2014, at an exhibition of his mementos in Koga, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

Godzilla exhibition in Osaka

Godzilla exhibition in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Visitors look at a two-meter-high statue of Godzilla at Abeno Harukas, Japan's tallest skyscraper in Osaka, on Aug. 14, 2014. The statue is part of an exhibition of Godzilla-related items that began the same day and will run until Aug. 24 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the original Japanese film's release.

Godzilla exhibition in Osaka

Godzilla exhibition in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A pure gold statuette of Godzilla, measuring around 24 centimeters in height, is displayed at Abeno Harukas, Japan's tallest skyscraper in Osaka, on Aug. 14, 2014. The statuette is part of an exhibition of Godzilla-related items that began the same day and will run until Aug. 24 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the original Japanese film's release.

Godzilla exhibition in Osaka

Godzilla exhibition in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Visitors look at a two-meter-high statue of Godzilla at Abeno Harukas, Japan's tallest skyscraper in Osaka, on Aug. 14, 2014. The statue is part of an exhibition of Godzilla-related items that began the same day and will run until Aug. 24 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the original Japanese film's release.

Godzilla exhibition in Osaka

Godzilla exhibition in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A pure gold statuette of Godzilla, measuring around 24 centimeters in height, is displayed at Abeno Harukas, Japan's tallest skyscraper in Osaka, on Aug. 14, 2014. The statuette is part of an exhibition of Godzilla-related items that began the same day and will run until Aug. 24 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the original Japanese film's release.

'Godzilla' mockup displayed before release of movie

'Godzilla' mockup displayed before release of movie

TOKYO, Japan - A mockup "Godzilla" is illuminated in mist in the Tokyo Midtown area of the Japanese capital on July 23, 2014, ahead of the release of "Godzilla," a new U.S. science fiction monster movie.

Mockup Godzilla hand grabs giant popular character

Mockup Godzilla hand grabs giant popular character

NAGOYA, Japan - Movie giant Toho Co. unveils a mockup Godzilla hand grabbing "Nana-chan," a 6-meter-tall popular mannequin character, at Meitesu Department Store in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 23, 2014, as a promotional event for the Hollywood movie "Godzilla" hitting the screen from July 25. This year marks the 60th anniversary of both the release of the first Godzilla movie and the opening of the department store.

Godzilla statue in Tokyo

Godzilla statue in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken July 23, 2014, shows a statue of Godzilla, the popular Japanese monster character, that has been set up in the premises of the Tokyo Midtown commercial complex in Tokyo's Minato Ward ahead of the release in Japan of the U.S. film "Godzilla" two days later.

Hollywood-made Godzilla movie

Hollywood-made Godzilla movie

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows a signboard in New York on May 15, 2014, about the release of "Godzilla" -- the Hollywood version of the Japanese movie with the same title -- the following day.

Godzilla strikes in 10th for walk-off win

Godzilla strikes in 10th for walk-off win

OAKLAND, United States - Oakland Athletics designated hitter Hideki Matsui (C) responds to cheers from fans after hitting a homer to give his team a 5-4, 10th-inning walk-off victory over the Texas Rangers at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California, on May 2, 2011.

Godzilla strikes in 10th for walk-off win

Godzilla strikes in 10th for walk-off win

OAKLAND, United States - Oakland Athletics designated hitter Hideki Matsui (55) is received by his teammates after hitting a homer to give his team a 5-4, 10th-inning walk-off victory over the Texas Rangers at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California, on May 2, 2011.

Godzilla strikes in 10th for walk-off win

Godzilla strikes in 10th for walk-off win

OAKLAND, United States - Oakland Athletics designated hitter Hideki Matsui hits a homer to give his team a 5-4, 10th-inning walk-off victory over the Texas Rangers at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California, on May 2, 2011.

A's welcome Matsui with Godzilla figure

A's welcome Matsui with Godzilla figure

PHOENIX, United States - The Oakland Athletics' Hideki Matsui (2nd from L) smiles when he sees an inflatable Godzilla figure (R), a surprise gift by his teammates, sitting in front of his locker at a clubhouse in Phoenix, Arizona, on Feb. 20, 2011, ahead of joining the team's spring training the following day. Matsui, who moved from the Los Angeles Angels to the A's during the off-season, is nicknamed Godzilla. (Pool Photo)

A's welcome Matsui with Godzilla figure

A's welcome Matsui with Godzilla figure

PHOENIX, United States - The Oakland Athletics' Hideki Matsui poses with an inflatable Godzilla figure, a surprise gift by his teammates, at a clubhouse in Phoenix, Arizona, on Feb. 20, 2011, ahead of joining the team's spring training the following day. Matsui, who moved from the Los Angeles Angels to the A's during the off-season, is nicknamed Godzilla. (Pool Photo)