Philippines

The Republic of the Philippines is an island nation in southeast Asia, whose capital city is Manila. It is referenced and featured in multiple kaiju films.

History

Rodan (1956)
Submersion of Japan (1973) [mentioned]
Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
Gamera the Guardian of the Universe (1995)
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)
Godzilla (2014)
Gamera -Rebirth- (TV 2023) [episode 1]
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (TV 2023-2026) [episodes 1–2, 12; photo in 1, mentioned in 12]

Showa era

Rodan

Rodan was sighted flying over Manila after sinking a government patrol boat off the coast of Mindanao.

After witnessing the battle between Mothra, Battra, and Godzilla in the Pacific Ocean, Takuya Fujito and his ex-wife Masako Tezuka stayed in a hotel in Manila. While they were staying there, the Cosmos disappeared from their hotel room, as they had been stolen by Kenji Ando and given to the Marutomo Company.

Gamera the Guardian of the Universe

As the ship Kairyu-Maru sailed near the coast of the Philippines carrying its payload of plutonium, it suddenly ran aground on a moving atoll. The ship was not badly damaged, and none of the cargo was leaked, but the crew was bewildered at the sight of the floating atoll. When the ship returned to Japan, an investigative party was immediately formed to study the strange phenomenon.

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

Mayumi Nagamine was called to a village in the Philippines to investigate reports that a Gyaos had appeared there. When Nagamine arrived, she found the Gyaos' rotting corpse in the village, where it had eaten a man and a young boy. While Nagamine observed the carcass, an old woman ran out of a hut and began screaming hysterically and hitting the carcass with a shovel. Nagamine asked about the woman, to which her interpreter replied that the creature's victims had been the woman's son and grandson.

Monsterverse

Godzilla

In 1999, Monarch scientists Ishiro Serizawa and Vivienne Graham were summoned to the Philippines to investigate the discovery of a colossal skeleton under a strip mine. There, Serizawa identified the skeleton as belonging to a member of the same species as the creature known as Godzilla, the monster Monarch had been formed to study. Serizawa and Graham also discovered two parasitic spores attached to the skeleton, both of which appeared to be perfectly preserved rather than fossilized. However, one of the spores had burst open, and a large trail was left behind by whatever hatched from it, leading out to the ocean.

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

"Departure"

To be added.

Reiwa era

GAMERA -Rebirth-

"Above Tokyo"

To be added.

Books

Godzilla vs. the Space Monster (1998) [mentioned]
GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse (2017)
GODZILLA: Project Mechagodzilla (2018)

Godzilla vs. the Space Monster

The Philippines are mentioned to be one of King Ghidorah's destinations for destruction.

GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse

In 2002, just two days after Dogora's defeat, Kamoebas I appeared in the Philippines.

GODZILLA: Project Mechagodzilla

After devastating both India and Pakistan, Megalon made his way towards the Philippines and wreaked havoc, before moving north towards Okinawa.

Comics

Godzilla: The Half-Century War #3 (2012) [mentioned]
Godzilla: Awakening (2014)
Godzilla: Aftershock (2019)
Godzilla: War for Humanity #3 (2023)
Godzilla: Heist #1 (2025)

Godzilla: The Half-Century War

While monologuing about how the world had changed after more kaiju appeared due to Godzilla's emergence, Ota Murakami remarked how Rodan had menaced the Philippines.

Godzilla: War for Humanity

During his time near the Taal Volcano, Rodan was abruptly ensnared by Zoospora's vines and infected by the fungus kaiju's ooze. The pterosaur flew off to Tokyo to aide the other infected kaiju in battling Godzilla and Super MOGUERA.

Gallery

Videos

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) - Philippines opening scene

References

This is a list of references for Philippines. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: ^[1]

Locations
Showa
Countries	Japan (Hiroshima • Nagasaki • Tokyo (Shinagawa • Ginza) • Kobe • Osaka • Nagoya • Okinawa (Naha • Cape Manzamo) • Hokkaido (Nemuro) • Kyoto • Fukuoka) • China (Beijing) • Philippines (Manila) • Egypt (Cairo) • New Guinea • Marshall Islands • United States (New York City • Alaska • Texas) • United Kingdom (London) • France (Paris) • Italy (Venice) • Germany • Russia (Moscow) • Rolisica (New Kirk City) • Mu • Selgina • Seatopia • Kingdom of Khitan • North Korea • South Korea
Geographic points	Mount Aso • Mount Fuji • Izu Oshima • Aokigahara • Pacific Ocean (Bikini Atoll • Odo Island • Iwato Island • Kamiko Island • Faro Island • Infant Island • Sergio Island • Letchi Island • Sollgel Island • Monster Island • Mondo Island • Ogasawara Islands (Unnamed island • Monsterland) • Wester Island • Japan Trench • Tokyo Bay • Osaka Bay • Sagami Bay • Suruga Bay) • Arctic Ocean
Planets and continents	Earth (Asia • Europe • America • Antarctica) • Mysteroid • Planet R • Planet Paira • Venus • Mars • Jupiter • Planet X • Moon • Gorath • Terra • Planet Fire God • Dark Gaseous Nebula of the Orion • M Space Hunter Nebula • Planet Peaceland • Planet Garoga • Planet Bulgar • Planet Green • Black Hole Planet 3 • Rosetta
Miscellaneous	National Diet Building • SEIKO HOUSE GINZA • Tokyo Tower • Osaka Castle • Saikai Bridge • Haneda Airport • Golden Gate Bridge • Statue of Liberty • Atami Castle • Nagoya TV Tower • Nagoya Castle • Wakato Bridge • Kurobe Dam • UNSC Moon Base • Arc de Triomphe • Godzilla Tower • Underground Cave • Atlantis
Heisei
Countries	Japan (Tokyo • Osaka • Hokkaido (Sapporo) • Fukuoka • Nagoya • Yokohama (Minato Mirai 21) • Kyoto • Kobe • Kagoshima • Beppu • Kumamoto • Okinawa • Omaezaki • Sendai • Ashikaga • Shima) • China (Hong Kong) • Philippines • Marshall Islands • Russia • Saradia • North Korea • South Korea • Egypt
Geographic points	Izu Oshima • Mount Mihara • Mount Fuji • Mount Aso • Aokigahara • Lake Ashi • Pacific Ocean (Tokyo Bay • Bikini Atoll • Lagos Island • Bering Sea • Sea of Okhotsk • Infant Island • Adonoa Island • Baas Island • Himegami Island • Kowloon Bay • Suruga Bay • Godzilland • Godzilla Island • Matango Island • Bungo Channel • Yakushima • Nilai-Kanai pyramid) • Arctic Ocean
Planets and continents	Earth (Asia) • Mars • Jupiter • Monster Planet • Planet Torendeiru
Miscellaneous	Ihama Nuclear Power Plant • National Diet Building • SEIKO HOUSE GINZA • Fukuoka Tower • Sapporo TV Tower • Nagoya Castle • Nagoya TV Tower • Yokohama Landmark Tower • Yokohama Bay Bridge • Cosmo Clock 21 • Tokyo Tower • Kai Tak Airport • Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line • Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building • Tokyo Telecom Center • Ikata Nuclear Power Plant • Haneda Airport • Ariake Coliseum • Underworld • Atlantis
Millennium
Countries	Japan (Tokyo • Okinawa • Tokai • Manazuru • Hokkaido (Nemuro) • Osaka • Yaizu • Yokohama • Tateyama) • United States (New York City • Arizona) • France (Paris) • Australia (Sydney) • New Guinea (Papua New Guinea) • China (Shanghai) • Canada
Geographic points	Pacific Ocean (Tokyo Bay • Kiganjima • Infant Island • Ogasawara Islands (Magonoté • Himago Island) • Japan Trench) • Atlantic Ocean (English Channel) • Mount Myoko • Lake Ikeda • Mount Fuji • Aokigahara • Area G
Planets and continents	Earth (Asia • Europe • America • Oceania • Australia • Antarctica) • Gorath • Planet Fire God
Miscellaneous	National Diet Building • Tokyo Tower • Tokai Nuclear Power Plant • Yokohama Landmark Tower • Yokohama Bay Bridge • Empire State Building • Statue of Liberty • Sydney Opera House • Eiffel Tower
Reiwa
Countries	Japan (Tokyo (Kamata • Shinagawa • Ginza • Shinjuku) • Kamakura • Mechagodzilla City • Nigashio) • United Kingdom (London) • France (Paris) • Germany • United States • India • Marshall Islands
Geographic points	Tama River • Mount Fuji • Tanzawa Pass • Pacific Ocean (Odo Island • Tokyo Bay • Sagami Bay • Bikini Atoll • Ogasawara Islands • Bōsō Peninsula) • Atlantic Ocean (English Channel)
Planets and continents	Earth (Asia • Europe • America) • Kepler-452b • Tau Ceti e • Moon
Miscellaneous	National Diet Building • Tokyo Tower • Tokyo Station • SEIKO HOUSE GINZA • Aratrum • Oratio • Union Compound India • Shinjuku Toho Building (Godzilla Head)
American films
Countries	United States (New York City • Hawaii • Nevada • San Francisco • Boston • Hoboken • Washington, D.C. • Pensacola • Alaska) • France (French Polynesia • Montagnac) • Marshall Islands • Jamaica • Philippines • Japan (Janjira • Tokyo) • Vietnam • Mexico (Isla de Mara) • Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) • Germany (Munich) • Russia (Moscow) • United Kingdom (London • Gibraltar) • Spain (Cadiz) • Italy (Rome) • Barbados • Norway (Kvitøya) • Sudan (Jebel Barkal) • Peru (Machu Pichu) • Egypt (Cairo) • China (Hong Kong) • Panama • South Korea • Chile (Santa Soledad)
Geographic points	Pacific Ocean (Bikini Atoll • Skull Island • Tasman Sea) • Arctic Ocean • Yunnan Rainforest • Mount Fuji • Infant Island • Victoria Peak
Planets and continents	Earth (America • Europe • Asia • Oceania • Antarctica)
Miscellaneous	Empire State Building • Statue of Liberty • World Trade Center • Chernobyl exclusion zone • Madison Square Garden • Brooklyn Bridge • Honolulu International Airport • Golden Gate Bridge • Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository • Alcatraz Island • Fenway Park • Apex Cybernetics • Hollow Earth (Axis Mundi) • Colosseum • Great Pyramid • Christ the Redeemer
Printed media
Countries	United States (San Francisco • San Diego • Los Angeles • New York City • Texas • Washington, D.C. • Seattle • Las Vegas • Alaska • Chicago) • Japan (Tokyo) • Germany • Brazil (São Paulo) • Egypt (Cairo) • France (Paris) • Greece • Italy (Pompeii • Rome) • Ghana (Accra) • India (Mumbai) • Turkey (Istanbul) • North Korea • South Korea (Seoul) • Russia (Moscow) • Mexico • Vietnam • Jamaica • Peru • Canada (Vancouver)
Geographic points	Mount Vesuvius • Pacific Ocean (Monster Island • Monster Islands • Infant Island • Moansta Island • Satan Atoll • Ogasawara Islands • Bering Sea)
Planets and continents	Earth (America • Asia • Europe • Antarctica)
Miscellaneous	Alaskan Pipeline • Golden Gate Bridge • Grand Canyon • Eiffel Tower • Christ the Redeemer • Hell • Multiverse • Deadzone

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