2003

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Mothra fighting Godzilla (Godzilla: Tokyo SOS)

2002 ← 2003 → 2004

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

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'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

• A world-record power outage forces 17 nuclear power plants to shut down across America's northwestern seaboard.
• Gamera 4: Truth premieres in Japan.
• The soundtrack for Godzilla 2000: Millennium receives a European release.

January

• 6 January: Dream Planet Japan is founded by Koichi Kawakita.
• 10 January: Shogakukan publishes Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla Super Complete Works.

March

• 1 March: Chronicle Books publishes So Crazy Japanese Toys!.
• 23 March: Hideyo Amamoto passes away at the age of 77.

April

• 16 April: An Xbox version of Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee is released.

May

• 31 May: Rebirth of Mothra 3 makes its television premiere in the United States on the Sci-Fi Channel.

June

• 20 June: The Lost World is released on DVD in Japan.

July

• 21 July: NECO broadcasts the long-unseen 1940s Toho fantasy film Ramayana.

August

• 31 August: Godzilla vs. Megaguirus and Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack make their television premieres in the United States on the Sci-Fi Channel.

October

• 4 October: The first episode of The Gransazers, "Awaken! Star Warrior", premieres on TV Tokyo.

December

• 14 December: Godzilla: Tokyo SOS is released in Japan.
• 19 December: Les Tremayne passes away at the age of 90 in Santa Monica, California.
• 25 December: Kadokawa publishes Gamera vs. Barugon: Comic Version, a manga based on the 1966 film set within the Heisei Trilogy continuity.
• 30 December: Asahi Sonorama publishes Fantastic Collection - Godzilla: Tokyo SOS.

In fiction

• After four years of hard work "Mechagodzilla", created with the skeleton and DNA of the first Godzilla, is finally completed. The 60-meter tall bio-robot, which is nicknamed Kiryu, is armed with a powerful Absolute Zero Cannon capable of firing a ray that freezes any target to 0 degrees Kelvin. Just about the time the bio-robot is completed, the second Godzilla returns and lands in Japan. Kiryu is deployed to fight the creature off, but before it can fire its Absolute Zero Cannon Godzilla roars, after which the spirit of the first Godzilla within the bio-robot awakens and control of Kiryu is completely lost. As Godzilla escapes, Kiryu goes berserk and attacks the city itself, just as the soul inside it had done 49 years earlier. Thankfully, the bio-robot's power supply runs out after two hours, but the city is in ruins. When Godzilla attacks again several weeks later, it is only with extreme reluctance that Japan's Prime Minister deploys Kiryu again. The two monsters duke it out in Tokyo, and Kiryu finally succeeds in grabbing Godzilla and flying him out to sea. Just as the two hit the water, Kiryu fires its Absolute Zero Cannon. While the water around them is frozen solid, Godzilla surfaces still alive, but not without a large wound in its chest. As Godzilla swims out to sea, Kiryu also surfaces, but is in bad shape, having lost its Absolute Zero Cannon and one of its arms. Kiryu is salvaged and brought back to base for repairs. (Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla)

References

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