[Guyver Spawn]

Coming soon in March 2025 on Blu-ray and 4K UHD

https://screenanarchy.com/2024/12/cr...-and-more.html

I know this news is from a few days ago, but no one else posted it yet.

[EpsilonX]

Oh man, I NEVER would have expected this. I have the old blu-ray but I would welcome a Criterion upgrade easily!

edit: oh but I love the current cover art of just the movie poster. Let's hope Criterion comes up with something to match it.

[GoldenXtreme]

Oh interesting! I was expecting a Heisei era set at some point, but maybe some of the titles are still stuck in licensing hell, so they are going ahead with what they have.

[Guyver Spawn]

I think Sony still has some of the later Godzilla films from the 90s and 00s. They also have Return of Godzilla, Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, and Godzilla vs. Mothra. The Rebirth of Mothra films are out of print, so hopefully someone can pick up those movies too.

[DaikaijuSokogeki01]

Sony has every Japanese Godzilla and Mothra movie made between 1993-2016 (Shin is currently licensed under Crunchyroll). I believe the license for many of them expire at the end of this year or sometime next year, including the remaining Heisei films and a handful of the Millennium films.

The Rebirth of Mothra trilogy Blu-ray is out of print, but they are still available to watch online digitally and on Pluto TV's Godzilla channel. At least for now; RoM 1 and 2 will likely be expiring at the end of this year.

As for why Criterion picked this one: it's the only Heisei Godzilla film with a 4K disc release available in Japan. It's pretty much guaranteed that The Return of Godzilla will follow suit, likely in 2026, since it's getting a Japanese physical release next year.