>While the copyright protection period for films is currently 70 years after release, Japan's former copyright law, replaced in 1971, set the period at 38 years after the creator's death.

>As the Godzilla film's creator, director Ishiro Honda died in 1993, police determined that the film's copyright will last until the end of 2031.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/19/japan/crime-legal/osaka-man-arrest-godzilla/

Are you going to make your own Godzilla film /tv/?

>>211682502 (OP)
Interesting

Funnily enough, this creative freedom is completely worthless since indie filmmakers would never have the budget to make a Godzilla movie anyways

>>211682502 (OP)
>Are you going to make your own Godzilla film /tv/?
sure thing!

>>211682502 (OP)
So I guess we are going to get a lot of studios doing their own Godzilla films but have him fighting OC monsters (which what Monsterverse largely is anyways).

>>211682502 (OP)
I assume Toho will fight to try to prevent this from happening right?

>>211682502 (OP)
Horror godzilla movie?

>>211682502 (OP)
Pretty sure Batman enters public domain within the next 10 years, too.

>>211683130
There are some decent godzilla horror videos on youtube.
But yeah, it's done in 3d.
>>211684026
It's the same with batman's copyright.
You can make movie about batman, but the extended lore about him still belong to dc.

>>211682502 (OP)

They will find loopholes in this for another 50 years on.
> you cannot depict Godzilla’s radioactive breath being blue as that wasn’t seen until KK vs Godzilla 7 years later
>you can’t depict a heroic Godzilla until Ghidorah the three headed monster lapses
> you cannot depict Godzilla with a son until son of Godzilla lapses
And so on

>>211682502 (OP)
This is one of the rare instances where the company should retain full rights, public domain Godzilla would be absolute fucking dogshit.

>>211684274
So you're telling me I can make Godzilla a jew?

>>211682502 (OP)
It would only be the 1954 version of Godzilla, which has design peculiarities (fangs, ears, four toes on each foot, white heat ray, etc.) But later Godzilla designs also incorporated these elements, so you couldn't just make a donut steel Godzilla design and put it in your own movie. You'd have to use the 1954 design. Toho is known for being litigious on top of that (they once sued Subway for lampooning Godzilla in one of their commercials).

>>211684928
He cute.

>>211684410
This. The current owners of Godzilla still care about Godzilla whereas the current owners of Superman for example want to tie him up in bondage and rape him like the joker on screen if they could.

>>211684210
What about Joker? Could you use him?

>>211682502 (OP)
>he thinks we will live to see 2031
Anon..

>>211685926
Noooo

>>211684127
There are several

>>211682502 (OP)
>Godzilla' Will Enter The Public Domain In 2032
Cool, there are already very good fan proyects.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_88YN7laNR4&list=LL&index=3