1984

Timeline

Godzilla feeds off the reactor at the Mihama Nuclear Power Plant (The Return of Godzilla)

1983 ← 1984 → 1985

Before 1900

Prehistoric eras: Precambrian • Carboniferous • Permian • Jurassic • Cretaceous • Last Ice Age

BCE: 30,000 • 8000 • 4th millennium • 1100 • 218

Before 1800: 79 • 1274 • 1348 • 1357 • 1502 • 1556 • 1588 • 1605 • 1749

1800s: 1804 • 1805 • 1850 • 1851 • 1853 • 1862 • 1875 • 1881 • 1886 • 1888 • 1890 • 1893 • 1894 • 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899

1900–1999

'00s: 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909

'10s: 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919

'20s: 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929

'30s: 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939

'40s: 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949

'50s: 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959

'60s: 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969

'70s: 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979

'80s: 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989

'90s: 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

2000–present

'00s: 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

'10s: 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019

'20s: 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025 • 2026

Future

2027 • 2028 • 2029 • 2030 • 2031 • 2034 • 2035 • 2036 • 2039 • 2041 • 2042 • 2043 • 2045 • 2046 • 2047 • 2048 • 2097 • 2204 • 22,000

In the real world

• The Criterion Collection is founded. Its LaserDisc release of King Kong (1933) later that year contains the first audio commentary.
• GoodTimes Entertainment is founded.

March

• 10 March: Shogakukan publishes the first edition of Shogakukan Introduction Encyclopedia: Godzilla.
• 11 March: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is released in Japan.

June

• Godzilla vs. 3 Giant Monsters, the first licensed Godzilla video game, is released.
• 22 June: Alan Maxson is born in Bay City, Michigan, United States.

July

• 14 July: The Tsuburaya Productions film Ultraman Story is released in Japan. It is the first film in the Ultra Series to consist primarily of new footage.
• 15 July: The first edition of Definitive Edition Godzilla Introduction is published by Shogakukan.
• 19 July: Takeo Murata passes away.
• 25 July: Akihiko Hirata passes away at the age of 56.
• 31 July: Ryotaro Kogushi is born in Fukuoka, Japan.

September

• 22 September: Jordan Vogt-Roberts is born in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

October

• 11 October: Kodansha publishes a novelization of the original Godzilla film.

November

• CinemaScope War Game: Atragon is released.
• CinemaScope Adventure: Godzilla, the first Godzilla video game based on a specific film, is released.

December

• 14 December: Kodansha publishes their novelization of The Return of Godzilla.
• 15 December: The Return of Godzilla is released to Japanese theaters.

In fiction

• Amidst inflamed Cold War tensions between the Soviet Union and United States, a second Godzilla emerges. The creature first attacks a Japanese fishing boat, then a Soviet nuclear submarine before finally arriving in Japan and raiding a nuclear power plant. The 80 meter monster then travels to Tokyo and begins to rampage through the city. The JSDF launches the Super X, a highly-advanced weaponised aircraft, to fight the monster, but it is destroyed in battle. Godzilla is then lured to the rim of the volcanic Mount Mihara on Izu Oshima, where an eruption is triggered that seals the creature within the volcano. (The Return of Godzilla)
• The events of the untitled young Lee Shaw series will take place in the Monsterverse.

References

This is a list of references for 1984. 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]

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