1997

Timeline

Dagahra on the Nilai Kanai pyramid (Rebirth of Mothra 2)

1996 ← 1997 → 1998

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

• Kazunari Yamanaka joins Toho Pictures.
• Bandai releases Mothra Tamagotchi as a tie-in with Rebirth of Mothra 2.
• The George Eastman Museum releases a nearly complete version of The Lost World, which contains more than 8,000 of the original 9,200 feet.
• Panlos Brick is founded.

January

• 1 January: McFarland & Company publish the first edition of A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series.
• 22 January: Voice actress Yume Miyamoto is born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

February

• 3 February: Shogakukan publishes chapter 3, "Welcome to the Amusement Park", of the first volume of Outrageous Flying Mothra!.

March

• 18 March: Takeshobo publishes the third edition of The Super Heroes Chronicles.

April

• 2 April: Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka passes away at the age of 86.

May

• 13 May: Galgameth premieres on video in Australia.

August

• Gojirasaurus, a giant theropod dinosaur from the Triassic Cooper Canyon Formation, USA, is named after Godzilla.
• 5 August: Galgameth is released in the United States.
• 15 August: Godzilla Kingdom airs its final episode.
• 29 August: Netflix is founded by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph.

September

• 21 September: Maurice Kaufmann passes away at the age of 70.

October

• 6 October: Godzilla Island premieres on TV Tokyo.
• 24 October: Don Messick, known for voicing Godzooky in the Hanna-Barbera series Godzilla, passes away from a stroke.

November

• 1 November: Shogakukan publishes chapter 1, "Let's Go Treasure Hunting!", of the second volume of Outrageous Flying Mothra!.
• 11 November: Random House publishes the novels Godzilla Invades America and Godzilla 2000.
• 17 November: XAI is born in Tokyo, Japan.

December

• 1 December: Shogakukan publishes chapter 2, "Transform into Underwater Mode!!" , of the second volume of Outrageous Flying Mothra!.
• 13 December: Toho releases Rebirth of Mothra 2 to Japanese theaters.
• 17 December: Godzilla Island's soundtrack, Welcome to GODZILLA Island, is released.
• 29 December: Shogakukan publishes chapter 3, "Enter the Pyramid!", of the second volume of Outrageous Flying Mothra!.
• 31 December: Galgameth is released in Thailand.

In fiction

• 27 January: The Legion Plant in Sendai is close to launching its pod into space. An evacuation of the city is conducted by the JSDF using helicopters, but Mother Legion arrives and menaces the final helicopter to leave the city, carrying Asagi Kusanagi. Fortunately, Gamera arrives and distracts Legion for long enough for the helicopter to escape, but is critically injured in the battle. With no time to lose, Gamera manages to throw himself in front of the Legion Plant, preventing it from launching the pod, but it instead levels Sendai in a massive explosion, leaving Gamera seemingly dead. (Gamera 2: Attack of Legion)
• An ancient pollution eating monster named Dagahra emerges. Mothra Leo arives to do battle with the sea monster, but is defeated in the first conflict. Thankfully, Leo is empowered by an ancient treasure and transforms into Rainbow Mothra. In his new form, Leo transforms into Aqua Mothra and defeats Dagahra once and for all. (Rebirth of Mothra 2)
• Rodan attacks New York City. (Kai-Sei Era)

References

This is a list of references for 1997. 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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