Tokusatsu
Japanese film genre
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| April 2025 | Ranked 19th on Rotten Tomatoes' '300 Best Movies of All Time' list. |
| April 14 2025 | Bloomberg News reported that a sequel to Godzilla Minus One is in development. |
| 2025 | Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger vs. King-Ohger V-Cinema release |
| 2025 | Khara co-produced 'Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX' with Sunrise studio. |
| February 16 2025 | Announcement of the 49th Super Sentai series 'No.1 Sentai Gozyuger', indicating the franchise's ongoing evolution. |
| February 11 2025 | At the 23rd Visual Effects Society Awards, Yamazaki announced that storyboarding and scripting for the new Godzilla film are in progress, with an expected budget higher than Godzilla Minus One. |
| 2024 | Film maintains the highest certified critical rating for a Godzilla film as of the release of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. |
| 2024 | Yamazaki meets Steven Spielberg at the Oscar Nominees Luncheon, where Spielberg expresses his enthusiasm for the film, having watched it multiple times in different formats. |
| 2024 | Won Best International Film, Best Visual Effects, and Villain of the Year at the Seattle Film Critics Society Awards. |
| 2024 | Yamazaki and his visual effects team created a web short called Foodlosslla: What Should Humanity Do!? as a follow-up project. |
| 2024 | Won Best Visual Effects and Best Sound at the Asian Film Awards. |
| 2024 | Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger vs. Donbrothers V-Cinema release |
| 2024 | Latest Super Sentai theatrical film 'Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger GekijōBoon! Promise the Circuit' released, continuing the long-running franchise tradition. |
| 2024 | Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger 20th: Fireball Booster V-Cinema release |
| 2024 | Continues to be active in the tokusatsu industry, directing recent series like Kamen Rider Gotchard and Wing-Man. |
| 2024 |
Pulgasari
Vulture published a retrospective calling Pulgasari 'quite bad as a film' while highlighting its intriguing behind-the-scenes story.
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| 2024 | Khara contributed kaiju designs for the anime 'Kaiju No. 8'. |
| November 1 2024 | The film received a theatrical re-release in the United States, accompanied by 13 minutes of exclusive bonus content. |
| November 1 2024 | A new Godzilla movie was greenlit with Yamazaki confirmed to write, direct, and handle visual effects, though it was not specified whether this would be a direct sequel. |
| October 6 2024 | Khara announced plans to begin production on a new Space Battleship Yamato film in 2025, which will be unconnected to prior remakes. |
| September 2024 | Ultra HD Blu-ray distribution began in the United States. |
| August 21 2024 | Khara successfully acquired the intellectual property of all P Productions' tokusatsu works after the company ceased producing tokusatsu series. |
| August 1 2024 | The black-and-white version of the film began streaming on Netflix. |
| June 12 2024 | The Chosun Ilbo reported controversy in South Korea regarding the film's portrayal of kamikaze pilots and Godzilla's defeat, with some viewers criticizing the film's narrative. |
| June 7 2024 | Gainax publicly announced its bankruptcy and ceased operations. |
| June 1 2024 | Godzilla Minus One premiered on Netflix, marking its global streaming release. |
| June 1 2024 | The film became available internationally on Netflix and several other streaming services, offered in its original language and multiple language dubs. |
| May 2024 | Director Rynosuke Yamazaki was included in Gold House's annual list of 100 Most Impactful Asians due to the film's achievements. |
| May 29 2024 | Gainax filed for bankruptcy with the Tokyo District Court. |
| May 29 2024 | Gainax filed for bankruptcy, resulting in the transfer of the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise rights to Khara. |
| May 3 2024 | Amazon Prime Video began streaming Godzilla Minus One in Japan. |
| May 1 2024 | Godzilla Minus One was released in Japan on Ultra HD Blu-ray, regular Blu-ray, and DVD formats. The Ultra HD Blu-ray is a deluxe edition featuring both color and black-and-white versions with multiple bonus features. |
| April 2024 | Variety implied that Godzilla Minus One had gained legendary status. |
| March 2024 | Oxford English Dictionary included the word 'Tokusatsu' as a loanword along with other Japanese cultural terms. |
| March 3 2024 | 'Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger' (48th series) debuts, continuing the long-running Super Sentai tradition. |
| February 2024 | The Hollywood Reporter suggested Godzilla Minus One is a significant contributor to the revival of Japanese popular culture in the West. |
| February 2024 | During a Q&A with Collider, Yamazaki began developing a new movie but denied it would be a direct sequel to Godzilla Minus One. |
| February 1 2024 | The black-and-white 'Minus Color' version of Godzilla Minus One completed its theatrical run in the United States. |
| February 1 2024 | Toho pulled the film from US theaters, reportedly to prepare for the release of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. |
| January 26 2024 | Toho released the black-and-white 'Minus Color' version of Godzilla Minus One in United States theaters. |
| January 19 2024 | Toho announced that Waxwork Records would release the film's score on vinyl overseas, with pre-ordering beginning on the same day. |
| January 13 2024 | Yamazaki and three other visual effects crew members meet with John Landis and other filmmakers at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, where they discuss the film being potentially the best of 2023. |
| January 12 2024 | Toho released the black-and-white 'Minus Color' version of Godzilla Minus One in Japanese theaters. |
| January 12 2024 | A stage greeting was held in Tokyo after a screening of Godzilla Minus One's black-and-white version, where cast members discussed potential sequel ideas. Director Yamazaki attended remotely from the United States and expressed interest in having characters return to the sea. |
| 2023 | The film ranked third worst on a Japanese film magazine's list of 'The Ten Best and Ten Worst Japanese Films of 2023', demonstrating the divided critical reception in Japan. |
| 2023 | Selected as the sixth best film of 2023 and won Best International Film at the 19th Austin Film Critics Association Awards. |
| 2023 | Avataro Sentai Donbrothers VS Zenkaiger V-Cinema release |
| 2023 | Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger 20th: The Unforgivable Abare V-Cinema release |
| 2023 | Ninpu Sentai Hurricanger Degozaru! Shushuuto 20th Anniversary V-Cinema release |
| 2023 | Khara co-produced 'Shin Kamen Rider' with Toei Company (uncredited). |
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