2006

Prehistoric eras: Precambrian • Carboniferous • Permian • Jurassic • Cretaceous • Last Ice Age
Before 1800: 79 • 1274 • 1348 • 1357 • 1502 • 1556 • 1588 • 1605 • 1749
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'20s: 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929
'40s: 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949
'60s: 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969
'80s: 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989
In the real world
- Revoltech is founded.
January
February
- 8 February: Akira Ifukube, composer of the scores of numerous Godzilla and other kaiju films since 1954, passes away at the age of 91.
March
- 29 March: Marvel Comics republishes all 24 issues of Godzilla in black and white in a paperback titled Essential Godzilla.
April
- 5 April: Konami releases a mobile version of Konami Wai Wai World.
- 28 April: Kadokawa Shoten publishes Gamera 2006: Hard Link, a manga set during the events of Gamera the Brave.
- 29 April: Shochiku releases Gamera the Brave to Japanese theaters.
May
- 17 May: khara is founded.
- 20 May: Shogakukan publishes Gamera the Brave Super Complete Works.
June
- 24 June: Super Fleet Sazer-X concludes.
July
- 15 July: Toho releases Sinking of Japan to Japanese theaters.
August
- 7 August: GKIDS is founded.
September
- 1 September: Roblox is released.
- 2 September: The World Sinks Except Japan is released to Japanese theaters.
- 7 September: Amazon founds Amazon Unbox, later renamed Amazon Prime Video.
October
- The compilation album, King of the Monsters Godzilla, is released.
November
- 14 November: Kong: Return to the Jungle is released to DVD.
- 27 November: Kunio Miyauchi passes away at the age of 74.
In fiction
- Toto, a young Gamera, battles and defeats the giant man-eating lizard monster Zedus. (Gamera the Brave)
- Anguirus II appears in South Africa. (GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse)
References
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