Complete Mothra: Giant Monster Movies

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A kaiju that first appeared in the novel The Luminous Fairies and Mothra by Takehiko Fukunaga, the giant lepidopteran Mothra made her film debut in 1961's Mothra. One of Toho’s most popular monsters, Mothra is second only to Godzilla in her total number of film appearances.

Unlike other Toho monsters, Mothra is a largely heroic character—often depicted hatching offspring (in some cases, twins) when approaching death, a reference to numerous Indian religions. IGN ranked Mothra #3 on their list of “Top 10 Japanese Movie Monsters,” and Complex listed the character at #7 on its list of “The 15 Most Badass Kaiju Monsters of All Time.”

Mothra Film Appearances

Mothra (1961)

Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep / Godzilla vs the Sea Monster (1966)

Destroy All Monsters (1968)

Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)

Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)

Rebirth of Mothra (1996)

Rebirth of Mothra II (1997)

Rebirth of Mothra III (1998)

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)

Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)

Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)

Godzilla: The Planet Eater (2018)

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

VIDEO: What Makes Mothra Queen o the Monsters

Chris Well

Chris Well been a writer pretty much his entire life. (Well, since his childhood.) Over the years, he has worked in newspapers, magazines, radio, and books. He now is the chief of the website Monster Complex, celebrating monster stories in lit and pop culture. He also writes horror comedy fiction that embraces Universal Monsters, 1960s sitcoms, 1980s action movies, and the X-Files.

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