Over 60 years the Godzilla franchise has built up an impressive and creative roster of supporting monsters. Whether friend or foe, all have contributed to Godzilla's longevity in popular culture. But which kaiju have had the greatest impact and best represent the evolution of his character? Let's find out!
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Anguirus is such a good boy.
Who's A Good Boy Who's A Good Boy He's The Best Boy
Do Boi instead
He deserves treats
I love him ❤️
He’s Godzilla’s best friend and has a big heart... (Literally and figuratively)
King ghidorah in every Godzilla movie "How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man"
Spongebob reference
@@darkempire6050 yeah we know
"So you like Firing Atomic Rays do ya?! WELL WE'LL SHOW YOU OLD MAN"
"I love the young people"
6:47 "Gigan loves to cause pain and destruction" Literally tries to choke a METAL ROBOT that's has no lungs
Probably Gigan suit actor hates Jet Jaguar suit actor.
How can Gigan slit a robot's throat.
Gigan has hooks for hands. he get scythe for hand in final wars then he get double chainsaw near the end of the movie
He meant if he slit jet Jaguar's throat he would not die since he is a robot that has no lungs
Cool Person it would but won't kill him
Just saw Godzilla King of Monsters. You're still correct.
Preach,
Heteras trash no he’s not
The movie is so great! I give it a 10/10. Best movie of 2019!!!!
What’s your list then,huh?
@@STANCEBOIJM yes right
I think the fact that multiple kaijus tag team up against Ghidorah just goes to show how powerful he really is
Ghidorah can never win because if he wins the Earth is destroyed.
Well until he just starts getting his ass beat by just a few monsters Like, after a while, his reputation in the Showa series really goes downhill. Thankfully the Heisei Era somewhat restored his badass status, and the Millennium Era and current films are truly reestablishing his power.
@@Gojirawars03 Heisei Ghidorah is kind of lame. He's not an alien destroyer but a mutant created by humans and a time paradox. Loses to Godzilla in a one-on-one fight when Showa Godzilla always had help. Then is killed, turned into a mecha, and killed again. Heisei Ghidorah is defeated twice despite only being in one film.
OsirisLord Yeah, but he came a lot closer than his Showa counterpart did to killing Godzilla. He had him in a strangle hold up until the nuclear pulse, and likely would’ve won the fight had the Futrurians’ computer not been destroyed.
@@Gojirawars03 Speaking of ghidora Do you remember that anime adaptation? The horrible edition? Well someone did an amazing fan animation of godzilla earth vs void ghidorah I recommend you to watch it This same person even did one with mechagodzilla
King Ghidorah is the Joker to Godzilla's Batman Destroyah is definitely the Doomsday to Godzilla's superman.
Okay YES. Jet Jaguar is Robin to Godzilla's Batman...maybe 😆
@@germain83 you couldnt call showa godzilla batman have you seen his dropkick XD destoroyah is kinda like thanos tho
I wonder what he means when he says disappointing death
keizer ghidorah「yah」
@@user-uj4lo6cr7o then there is Gyaos from Gamera, he is Ghidorah to Gameras Godzilla
One detail you left out about Heisei Mothra is that in that version, her wing scales were made more powerful. They were no longer a weapon of last resort, and they could actually BLOCK Godzilla's Atomic Breath.
WAIT WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW HEISEI MOTHRA DOES THAT
Wait what now
Heisei mothra is the strongest without a doubt. Maybe the mothra Leo trilogy but I always considered that outside the Godzilla universe
15:13 [pushes up glasses] Well, akshually, Keizer Ghidorah is a separate character from King Ghidorah
Billy Granzow *Actually
micsquzzy106 the joke is that it’s pronounced in a very obnoxious and nasally way.
*shotgun rack*
A N I M E
Anguirus is all the way up there at Number Three? You're clearly an okay guy, Mr. Depths.
Who could hate Mothra? She's just wholesome and beautiful. Really cool video, loved it. :)
She is also Godzillas girl friend a lover
Hard to not give King Kong some respect here....he only fought Godzilla once(soon to be twice)...but the fact that King Kong is on a level that rivals Godzilla in prestige is important. King Kong vs Godzilla is what gave Toho total faith in the notion of matching Godzilla up against various other monsters. It birthed the "Versus" formula for giant monster movies.
Why haven't I connected that dot before...
Can you do a top 10 least favorite godzilla kaiju?
We all know #1 will be the Giant Condor.
@@UpFromTheDepths88 😄
@@UpFromTheDepths88 no it will be gabara
Up From The Depths What do you mean? Giant Condor is the one true God.
Up From The Depths you mean orca
Honestly, this is a great list. I appreciate the respect for classics like Rodan and Anguiras
I want to see him do Gamera monsters next
My list: 10) Titanosaurus 9) Mothra 8) Rodan 7) Space Godzilla 6) Desotroyah!! 5) Gigan 4) Anguirus 3) Mechagodzilla 2) Ghidora 1) Godzilla (obviously) God tier: Jet Jaguar Cheers, buddy, keep up the good content!
I really like Space Godzilla and Orga
Here is my Top 10 Favorite Godzilla Monsters: 10. Titanosaurus 9. Manda 8. Jet Jaguar 7. Gigan 6. Rodan 5. Biollante 4. Destoroyah 3. Anguirus 2. King Ghidorah 1. Mechagodzilla 0. Godzilla
Anguirus at nr 3? Why?
Titanosaurus doesn’t deserve to be 10 it deserves 1 Intended meme
andreiiik savvv do I really have to explain that? I’m not trying to be aggressive and start a war in the comic section it was just a joke btw
@@IForgotMyUsername5000 lol
-1:Skeleturtle
You keep saying you find Destoroyah’s death anti-climatic, but I actually find it very satisfying because it’s one of the the very few times the anti-Kaiju units of the JDF in the Heisei era films actually succeed in killing the monster.
Number one: OH COME ON SAY ITTTTTT king ghidorah. YESSSSSSSSS!
Mothra will always be a female, the movies explain it many time, shes is Mother Nature and is now Queen of the Monsters
Mothra Leo in the Mothra Trilogy was a male, but that was the only case as I recall.
One larva twin in Tokyo S.O.S was a Male. The staff nicknamed him Taro, while the female was named Hanako. I know this because of Wikizilla. An amazing website to learn about any kaiju. Godzilla, Gamera, Ultraman( I think, don't remember), and King Kong.
I thought that Mothra was Mother Nature's protector in case something bad happens.
Mothra is so badass in KOTM. I never expected her to be that amazing
10: Orga 9: Megalon 8: Biollante 7: Destroyah 6: Mothra 5: Gigan 4: Mechagodzilla (Showa) 3: SpaceGodzilla 2: King Ghidorah 1: Mechagodzilla (Heisei)
*destoroyah
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Orga Megalon Biollante Destroyah Mothra Gigan Mechagodzilla Spacegodzilla Ghidorah Mechagodzilla kiryu
Jolan Dave Sumbanon That’s literally the same as my list, except you switched out the best Mechagodzilla with the worst Mechagodzilla.
up from the deep: says Godzilla is a radioactive dinosaur Godzilla: you dare challenge me mortal?
I would.'t say Gigan is the most cowardly he just bravely ran away.
10: Space Godzilla 9: Anguirus 8: Rodan 7: Batra 6: Titanus Behemoth 5: Orga 4: Megalon 3:Titanus Methuselah 2: Gigan 1: Godzilla
For me personally its more of a: 1. Mothra 2. Ghidorah 3. Gigan 4. Anguirus But i really enjoyed your list good work :)
12:09 never won a fight tell that to comic destroyah
Technically the comics are non canon. I don’t think he included the comics
Imagine being one of Godzilla's most powerful opponents and then losing to Anguirus.
Ikr
@@darthsithlord3718 Technically the comics are their own canon, like how the showa era movies are not continued with the heisei era movies and the heisei movies are their own canon
@@NoKOzKamui *Just Because the humans intervined in the fight*
ONE OF THESE DAYS... maybe we'll get to see a *Gamera vs. Godzilla* directed by Ryuta Tasaki.
Just discovered you and have been binging your videos. You're awesome
You should do a list of favorite godzilla human characters...im sure youll add some needed depth to them alot of people forget how important they are to the plot
Great and unique idea. You got me thinking about some good humans in the Godzilla franchise.....That female pilot in 2002 Godzilla against Mechagodzilla was a good character, in my opinion.
Im Ready for another Kid friendly Godzilla serie again.
8. Hedorah 7. Mechagodzilla 6. Rodan 5. Mothra 4. Mutos 3. King Ghidorah 2. Biollante 1. Destoroyah
I became all the more sad when I slowly realized Jet didn't even make the list, but other than that, very wonderful list
Another double J fan? Awesome
Finally! Someone gives props to ma boi Anguirus!
1 Mechagodzilla 2 King Ghidorah 3 Gigan 4 Space Godzilla 5 King Caesar 6 Battra 7 Biollante 8 Mothra 9 Jet Jaguar 10 Rodan
Really glad Hedorah got some love on this list
Just found your channel today, watched your fantastic reviews for Godzilla (2014) and Shin Godzilla, subbed, and have been marathoning the rest of your vids. Got a nice surprise notification just now for this one, awesome! Love your channel man
Thanks, I really appreciate that and am glad you enjoy the videos!
Very well presented list! You have a great speaking voice and all your videos are well presented too!
Sweet top ten video!
Great video!
Great top ten list.
My favorite Godzilla kaiju is Gorosaurus. Even though he may seem to be just a big dinosaur, he is much more than that. I love his unique design - his angular head, his spiny armored back and tail, his bright red throat pouch, and his unique kangaroo feet. I'd argue he is even more simplistic and natural than Anguirus who received the ability to roll into a ball in 2004, and even more underutilized than Megalon. He has had only two appearances: first as a sized-up dinosaur for King Kong to fight in King Kong Escapes (1967) and as a main kaiju character in Destroy All Monsters! (1968). Having now mentioned the kangaroo feet and his most famous appearance, I must say that one of the aspects that makes Gorosaurus so underappreciated is that, along with Godzilla and Anguirus, he is one of the three monsters that did the most to kill Ghidorah in 1999 (1968). The kangaroo kick is a unique and unorthodox move, theoretically as iconic as the similarly unique and unorthodox boomerang weapon that is Ultraseven's Eye Slugger, but sadly not nearly as popular. As much as Anguirus is brave and determined, so is Gorosaurus, but unlike Anguirus who has never achieved victory, Gorosaurus' devastating kangaroo kick to Ghidorah's back in Destroy All Monsters! (1968) is arguably one of the most - if not /the/ most significant strike to defeating the three-headed interstellar tyrant. While Minilla, Godzilla, and Anguirus took out the three heads which ultimately killed Ghidorah, Gorosaurus was the one who brought Ghidorah to the ground for them - something that took the combined might of Godzilla and Rodan to accomplish in 1965. Gorosaurus is a badass despite everything - from lacking powers, to lacking screen time, to lacking popularity - going against him. He is my favorite Godzilla kaiju.
Great Video, Instant Sub. Anguirus has always been my favorite.
Spacegodzilla the most underrated in my opinion
very underrated, my favorite of the kaiju's though
In my opinion I feel like the most underrated Monster would be Megalon.
underrated monster is baragon
Ebirah meant to fight kong in an even back and forth battle but ended being punked by godzilla
No! No! You're all wrong. Varan is the most underrated.
I agree with you completely on this list, except for hedorah and megalon. I love all the other 8 Godzilla kaiju
1. Godzilla Destroy all Mosters Final wars 2014 and 2019 Desgins are My Favorites. 2. King Ghidorah Showa Desgin is my favorite and 2019 desgin was Great. 3. Rodan King of the mosters desgin and personality Was 10/10 it was so good. 4. Gigan Final wars desgin was Epic. 5. Mothra King of the Mosters design 10/10 its a shame the SHMA figure looks bad for some reason.....
I've got nearly all the Godzilla movies on dvd & i totally agree with your list great video
Great list
For me, it's Ｍ．Ｏ．Ｇ．Ｕ．Ｅ．Ｒ．Ａ．
The Godzilla KotM 2019 movie was EPIC AF! Costumed guys are cool and all, but nothing can beat the slick animation of King Ghidorah VS Godzilla
My favorite godzilla monsters: 10: King Kong 9: Jet Jaguar 8: Destroroyah 7: Minilla 6: Megalon 5: Zilla 4: Mothra 3: King Ghidorah 2: Rodan 1: Anguirusq
Okay, why the hell do you have Minilla on this list?
Wow its amazing seeing you get more and more subs
Here are my top 10 Godzilla movie monsters: 10. Minilla (I'm serious) 9. Mechagodzilla (all incarnations, except Kiryu) 8. Rodan 7. Angiurus 6. King Ghidorah 5. Gigan 4.5. King Kong 4. Mothra 3. Destoroyah 2. Kiryu Honorable mentions: Battra, Monster X, Biollante, Spacegodzilla, Megalon, Megagiurus 1. Godzilla Junior 0. Giant Kondor from Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (His awesomeness is unquestionable!).
Excellent list. Very accurate.
I agree with this list and also good job
I really couldn't stick to just 10 that's how memorable the Godzilla kaiju are to me honestly
Mothra never met Godzilla eye to eye? Well, say that to the S h I p p e r
I'm psyched to included my beloved Smog monster. 😀💯❤
Could destroya in a future movie because the oxygen bomb was used in GodZilla KOTM
R- FERGY most say either destroyah or mecha king ghidorah but I believe destroyah because he’s the next classic and strongest villain, it’ll take all of the monsters to fight him (maybe?)
@@letsgotothemax destroyah isn't the strongest.
@@lawpwe9676 Technically he is, because no other kaiju had to fight this strongest version of Godzilla except him. With strongest I mean that the Heisei Godzilla got his first power up by the nuclear submarine in Godzilla vs King Gidorah (which made him grow about 20 meters), then absorbed Rodans power (which made his atomic breath red/gold) and finally the nuclear explosion that sunk infant(?) island, that made him go into meltdown. No Godzilla yet had that many power ups and therefore was this strong (if you exclude non main movie iterations like comics or Godzilla earth), yet Destroyah still had a fighting chance against him.
Great list! I agree 100%
Good work on the "Kaiju Font type"
I would have placed space Godzilla somewhere on the list too, but I immensely enjoyed your vudeo
I thought the same thing!
What movie was it where Anguiras and Godzilla actually have a conversation? That was a bit too much, even for a Godzilla movie.
MrAlumni72 It was Godzilla vs Gigan. I remember seeing it thinking, What in the flying fuck?
#5 King Ghidorah #4 Mecha Godzilla 3 #3 Godzilla(Still the King of the Monsters)(His Final Wars design was perfection) #2 Mothra(Queen of the Monsters)(Also looked perfect in Final Wars) #1 Gigan. He's a skilled fighter, he'll make you suffer, and he's got two awesome designs(Finals Wars being the better of the two). His personality is great. Whoever he's with, he can make any interaction worth watching. He's a psychopath who's good at strategizing fights. I love how the aliens basically sent Gigan to babysit Megalon. Not only one of my favorite villains of all time, but my favorite Kaiju of all time.
fun fact: mothra's final war design is literally the exact same model from tokyo sos
And blown to smithereens by Zone Fighter.
As much as I love watching various kaiju do their stuff, one aspect of the films is frequently overlooked. These films present us with an awful lot of of rather beautiful Japanese actresses that westerners might never otherwise see on film. Many of these lovely ladies are quite good at their craft. I for one very much enjoy Japanese cinema, and one reason are its leading ladies. Who can forget Mia Hama or Akiko Wakabayashi.
I love the sence in King of the Monsters where they are at Antarctica were King Ghidorah and Godzilla about fight
The footage you used while you explain your list is so hilarious.
Absolutely fantastic love Godzilla!!,
Here Are My Top 20 Favorite Godzilla Monsters of All Time: 20, Kamacuras 19, Hedorah 18, Anguirus 17, Baragon 16, Gorosaurus 15, Ebirah 14, Megaguirus 13, Space Godzilla 12, King Ceasar 11, Mothra And Battra (TIE!) 10, Orga 9, Gigan 8, Biollante 7, Jet Jaguar 6, King Ghidorah 5, M.U.T.O. 4, Destoroyah 3, Mechagodzilla 2 (Heisei) 2, Rodan 1, Megalon! Honorable Mention: Behemoth!
King of the monsters 2019 is a beast of a movie no pun intended lol..........
With Destroyah... I feel I have to explain his defeat everywhere I go. Of course the human's finished him off. He was on death's door already thanks to Burning Godzilla's Infinite Spiral Heat Ray. He was literally trying to escape Godzilla when the human's blasted him with the freeze weapons... Which his battered body was unable to withstand at that point. It is basically like someone getting mugged for like 10 mins straight and laying on the ground afterwards, bleeding everywhere and barely hanging on too life as the mugger runs away with his money. Just to have a random person walk by a moment later hit him once in the head with a board or something to finish him off. One: Of course he'd die from that final attack. Two: It would still be mostly a victory for the mugger; and in Destroyah's case, Godzilla. To say Godzilla didn't basically kill Destroyah would be like saying Lebron James and a random dude off the street going 2 on 2 against 2 NBA bench warmers... Stay with me on this... Ummm let's say Lebron goes off on the bench warmers and scores all the points until the very end of the game, taking a huge 20 point lead. At the last moment the dude off the street makes his first and only shot just a few seconds before the game ends and him and Lebron win. But; astoundingly, everyone rushes to the dude off the street and praises him as if he had carried the game and won it all by himself. Meanwhile Lebron is shaking his head because he literally had to do all the work. That's what it's like to say Godzilla didn't beat Destroyah. lol.
You're missing the point, no ones saying Godzilla didn't do most of the work but when you go to a boxing match and it's towards the end and then some random person buts in and gets the final blow it's not as satisfying. I would also argue that none of the damage really comes across for Destroyah. Godzilla takes so much damage in that fight, it's visceral and you can see it. Destroyah doesn't look like he's at deaths door at the end. He looks like he did at the start of the fight and then the humans just take him out. You can reason all you want that Godzilla did most of the damage, because yeah he's Godzilla, but that we're not seeing that. Movies are visual you shouldn't have to reason outside of the film, you should feel it. Especially cause the movie does a great job at doing that with the damage for Godzilla and Godzilla Jr, but then not for Destroyah.
@@massmananable What? It is visualized. Destroyah spits out blood. Destroyah's chest armor bursts open. And Burning Godzilla punches at the broken pieces. Destroyah even explodes. He manages to regenerate to survive but the damage is done. Then at the end when Burning Godzilla is blasting him with his Infinite Heat Ray Destroyah's head crest shatters and it looks like Destroyah's power kinda breaks and sprays out as he screams in agony. Plenty of visualization too me. If that's not enough for you I'm sorry.
I feel like an underrated kaiju would be orga. He’s such an interesting monster that I think is pushed aside. The idea of aliens who copy the abilities of other creatures by taking their dna I think is great. Also his design is very cool looking. It looked like that he was inspired by the rancor from Star Wars. Godzilla 2000 was also the real first godzilla movie I ever watched
I wonder why he said that The Destroyah death was unsatisfying maybe because it was at the end
You got a lot of my favourite Monsters in the list even thou I would have liked to have seen Baragon, Manda, Varan and SpaceGodzilla in it but good choices nonetheless. :)
Such a relaxing voice
10: M.U.T.O’s 9: Biollante 8: Hedorah 7: Rodan 6: Anguirus 5: Gigan 4: Destroyah 3: Mothra 2: Mechagodzilla 1: King Ghidorah
I just realized one of my favorite toys from my early childhood was Rodan, it’s surreal because I had it years before I ever knew about Godzilla and now today I just found out about it
Gigan was in the novel preluding to Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters where he was an organic sea-creature that that they forced to fight Godzilla. After each loss they enhanced him cybernetically untill Godzilla destroyed him completely.
I agree with this list on so many levels
Godzilla will always be my fave but on a list of others I would pick 10: Kamoebeas 9:Battra 8:Bagorah 7:Gorosaurus 6:Manda 5:Anguirus 4:Zilla 3:King Caesar 2:Kiryu 1:Mothra
Actually Dagahra should get a spot but I don’t know who to switch out
You should have done an honourable mentions section. I'd like to see which ones you would put there.
I love how KotM brings Ghidorah back to his planet conquering roots
another great video
Final Wars Gigan might've been a bit over the top but god damn it looks so good
My top 10 is: 10. Battra 9. Varan 8. Monster X 7. Hedorah 6. Rodan 5. Anguirus 4. King Ghidorah 3. Mothra 2. King Caesar 1. Mechagodzilla
I have watched all of godzilla movies. One of the scary ones was the one with this bug that ate humans and then had thousands of babies on the side of this building that looked scary as hell. My favorite one was space godzilla which killed the present day godzilla's mom (which looked cool because she was already dying and had cracks in her that was glowing hot orange and red. My second favorite was Gamera because he could fly and was a challenge for godzilla.
My favorites are Mothra, King Ghidorah, Anguirus, Rodan, & Biollante. Manda is fun, too, in Final Wars. My least favorite is Destroyah because it's so terrifying and repulsive!!! (Which I guess why it's so effective!!)
My top 10: - Rodan (1956) - Titanosaurus - King Ghidorah (Rebirth of Mothra 3) - Mothra (Showa) - Destoroyah - Gigan (Showa) - Mechagodzilla (Showa) - Anguirus - Biollante - Varan
Three heads, flies around destroying things and pretty brainless, my dad called Ghidorah 'the Congressional Investigating Committee'.
I always saw Anguirus as the Rocky Balboa of the monsters!
I personally would've had Destoroyah and Gigan a bit higher up, but otherwise, I agree completely!
0:22 to 0:25 and some continue to hate him to this day. (Shows gigan) Me: Gigan! When I figure out he's only number7. Me: gigan?
SpaceGodzilla...? Oh boy, another person who might put him on a, “worst list?” 😰
Gigan is either a coward for flying away to save his skin, or a genius for knowing to get out at the right time so he doesn’t die
Baragon! Baragon! Baragon! Did I forget to mention Baragon?
I’m surprised that Giant Condor isn’t on this list, being one of the only monsters to fight both Godzilla and King Kong! So its obvious that he will be the secret antagonist of GVK.
Giant Condor is the True King of the Monsters
13:25. This tactic that Mothra uses, is to set up a form of "reflective cage", canceling out energy weapons used against her.
My boy Anguirus is on this list! He’s the true underdog but he never gives up and never abandons the ones he cares about! I’m glad he was up there on this list too!
the movie Godzilla vs Destoyah is free on KZhead go and watch it
Damin - Games you lied to me
@@chilltrooper6173 probably got taken down
I guess i am off to find a kid, a rose, and some of godzilla Of course King Ghidora is Number One. He is fantastic!
Me getting ready to binge 50 years worth of Godzilla and co. movies lol
Great video!!! But didn't Ghidorah won round 1 against Rainbow Mothra in "Rebirth of Mothra 3" ?