2002

Timeline

Godzilla and Kiryu fight in Shinagawa (Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla)

2001 ← 2002 → 2003

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

• Kadokawa approaches Toho about producing a Godzilla vs. Gamera film, but it declines.
• Mill Creek Entertainment is founded.

January

• 10 January: Shogakukan publishes the Super Complete Works for 2001's GMK. Asahi Sonorama publishes a mook based on GMK.

February

• 26 February: Tohl Narita passes away at age 72 due to cerebral infarcts.

March

• 12 March: The preparatory draft for Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla is submitted by Wataru Fukuda.

April

• Bob Emmer, Garson Foos, and Richard Foos found the music company Retropolis Entertainment. It would later come to be known as home video distributor Shout! Factory.

• 1 April: IMAGICA GROUP is founded.
• 19 April: The second preparatory draft for Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla is submitted by Wataru Fukuda.
• 20 April: Since Godzilla is published by Rikuyosha.

May

• 13 May: The final draft of Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla is submitted by Wataru Fukuda.

June

• 6 June: Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla's special effects unit begins filming.
• 13 June: Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla's drama unit begins filming.

August

• 7 August: Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla's drama unit concludes filming.
• 15 August: Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla's special effects unit concludes filming.
• 20 August: Bam Entertainment publish Kong: The Animated Series for the Game Boy Advance in the United States.

September

• 8 September: Kongfrontation closes at Universal Studios Florida, to be replaced by the Revenge of the Mummy roller coaster.

October

• 8 October: Infogrames publishes Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee for the Nintendo GameCube in North America.
• 22 October: Alpha Home Entertainment releases The Lost World on DVD.

November

• 11 November: Infogrames publishes Godzilla: Domination! for the Game Boy Advance in the United States.

December

• 10 December: Masashi Yamada submits an outline for a sequel to Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla entitled Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla: Second Mission.
• 14 December: Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla is released to Japanese theaters by Toho.

In fiction

• 48 years after the first Godzilla attacked Japan, a second Godzilla emerges to do the same. However, the demonic monster is forced to contend with the three Guardian Monsters of Yamato: Baragon, Mothra, and King Ghidorah. After dispatching all three of the Guardian Monsters, Godzilla is eventually destroyed when his atomic breath fails to discharge and blows up the monster's body. Unfortunately, the creature's heart survives and continues to beat, foreshadowing its possible return. (Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack)
• After ravaging half of the world, King Ghidorah and Gigan appear in Antarctica to fight a final battle against Godzilla and Mechagodzilla. The battle concludes when the Dimension Tide is activated, the resulting black hole killing King Ghidorah, Gigan and destroying Mechagodzilla along with its pilot Ota Murakami. Godzilla, however, survives and escapes the black hole. (Godzilla: The Half-Century War)
• Dogora attacks London in September, causing 3.9 million deaths. (GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters)

References

This is a list of references for 2002. 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]

Bibliography

• Kimura, Gaku; Nakamura, Tetsu; Tomoi, Taketo; Shimizu, Toshifumi; Aita, Hideo; Maruyama, Takeshi; Toyota, Tomohisa; Matsunomoto, Kazuhiro; Hazawa, Masato (21 December 2016). Godzilla Against Type-3 Kiryu (Mechagodzilla) Completion. Hobby Japan. ISBN 978-4-7986-1353-6.

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