Just How Tall is Godzilla? The Evolution of the Gigantic Kaiju Explained

A giant is a giant, no matter the monster’s exact measurements, whatever towers past buildings is typically a looming threat waiting to happen. The Godzilla franchise has always depicted the titular Kaiju as such, but we never get to pinpoint his exact height measurements. So, just how tall is Godzilla?

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The Evolution of 'Gojira' Over the Franchise

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The Gojira has commonly been depicted to be 500 feet tall at most, but this wasn’t always the case for the ever-expanding franchise.

The main Kaiju has already faced a couple of similar monsters such as fighting on an equal stance with Kong on the playing field where the King of Monsters had to increase his height size to come face-to-face at a seemingly fair match between them.

For a more concrete comparison amongst all versions of the gigantic monster, a 2019 Newsweek article provided samples of the studied height per Gojira era.

Now, to start off with the very first Godzilla in the 1950s, his height stood at 50 meters, which remained constant within the Shōwa period.

Since they were aimed at children and eventually progressed in becoming a hero for the kids and fighting his longtime nemesis King Ghidorah, keeping the main Kaiju at this rate was essential across 8 movies.

As for the Heisei period, in which the majority of the films centered around the seriousness of tone and inflicting fear on humans, the Godzillas have sized up around 80-100 meters tall.

Then there’s the Millennium period wherein the heroic Kaijus have gone beyond terrifying to be recognized as the friendly monster he was known to be in the Shōwa period. They had grown to become more nightmarish.

It is then that the Gojiras have grown even past 100 meters up to reaching nearly 120 meters tall, meaning that the tallest version of Gojira was the one in 2016’s Shin Godzilla (389 ft).

Not to mention, in two more films: Godzilla: King of the Monsters and Godzilla vs. Kong where the former stomped at its peak of 120 meters.

With that out of the way, can we actually expect the same thing about the newest Kaiju in the upcoming Godzilla Minus One?

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How Tall is the New Kaiju in Godzilla Minus One?

The newest iteration of the titular Gojira is an incoming reboot for the franchise, so it makes sense to establish each and every detail that this Godzilla has if Toho plans on expanding the universe.

This time, the rebooting will once again begin when the titular Kaiju wreaks havoc over Japan after it rises from the depths of the sea.

There were similar elements teased right in the official trailer (as seen above), which could bring him back to being the ruthless and fearsome Gojira he was always meant to be!

While nothing has been confirmed about his height yet, there have been rumors and speculations that since the Minus One Godzilla is re-establishing the franchise, with the prominent Kaiju figure potentially standing 200 feet tall (60 meters).

But again, this is mere speculation for now. We would have to wait until after the creatives behind the upcoming Godzilla reboot will actually provide more details on what to expect about the incoming monster.