Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) is the movie for this Sunday’s “monsterdon” watch party over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling!

• Just start watching that movie this Sunday, August 10, 2025 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT which is 1am Monday UTC
• and follow #monsterdon over on mastodon for live commentary. For example, you can follow that hashtag here: https://mastodon.social/tags/monsterdon
• I usually open two web browser windows side-by-side on a computer. But you could follow the mastodon commentary on a phone app while watching the movie on TV or something.

How to watch the movie:

• tubi (availability varies by country): https://tubitv.com/movies/100039782/godzilla-mothra-and-king-ghidorah-giant-monsters-all-out-attack - WARNING: uBlock Origin adblocker on Firefox might not work for that tubi link
• archive (japanese, engish subtitles): https://archive.org/details/eng-sub-godzilla-mothra-and-king-ghidorah-giant-monsters-all-out-attack_2001
• archive (english dub): https://archive.org/details/42.-godzilla-mothra-and-king-ghidorah-2001
• dailymotion (japanese, no subtitles): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9b11l2
• dailymotion (german dub?): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9igh0i
• someone usually streams it on https://miru.miyaku.media/ at that time
• if you want to pay and/or watch ads, look here: https://nobraincellsleft.github.io/JustWatch-Search/title/tm39796

…serves as a direct sequel to Godzilla (1954), ignoring the events of every other installment in the series (albeit briefly referencing the 1998 American film). Chiharu Niiyama stars as a reporter covering the story of Mothra, King Ghidorah, and Baragon defending Japan from Godzilla, an undead creature possessed by the souls of those killed during the Pacific War.
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Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack received mostly positive critical reviews.[27] It was awarded the Excellence/Silver Award at the 40th Golden Gross Awards [ja].[28] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 65% of 17 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.80/10.[29]

Katsuhito Itō of Hobby Japan felt the film is the best kaiju movie since the original 1954 Godzilla film.[30] Troy Guinn of Eccentric Cinema gave the film a score of 8 out of 10, calling it “one of only three Godzilla films I would recommend to anyone besides giant monster-movie fans or sci-fi buffs, the other two being the original Gojira [sic] and Mothra vs. Godzilla.”[31] Bryan Byun of DVD Verdict gave it a positive review, calling it “one of the most exciting entries in Godzilla’s long cinematic history.”[32] Stomp Tokyo gave the film a score of 3 out of 5, calling it “one of the better-looking entries in the series, albeit one of unfulfilled potential.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla,_Mothra_and_King_Ghidorah:_Giant_Monsters_All-Out_Attack