2014

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In the real world
January
- 29 January: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #8.
February
- 7 February: DVD Toho re-releases The Three Treasures and Battle in Outer Space on DVD.
- 8 February: ASCII MEDIA WORKS, a subsidiary of Kadokawa, publishes Heisei Gamera Perfection.
- 19 February: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #9.
March
- 26 March: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #10.
- 27 March: Yosensha publishes the first edition of All Toho Monsters Pictorial Book. BearManor Media reprints the novelization of Gorgo.
- 28 March: Shogakukan publishes ebook versions of Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah Super Complete Works and Godzilla vs. Mothra Super Complete Works.
April
- 1 April: Tubi is founded.
- 8 April: Teruo Aragaki passes away at age 77.
- 18 April: The first Godzilla film is re-released in the United States.
- 19 April: William Ross passes away at age 90.
- 23 April: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #11.
- 25 April: Shogakukan publishes an ebook version of Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II Super Complete Works.
- 29 April: IDW Publishing releases the omnibus Godzilla: History's Greatest Monster, containing all 13 issues of the 2012 comic.
May
- 5 May: Legendary publishes Godzilla: Strike Zone for iOS and Android.
- 6 May: Chronicle Books LLC publish an ebook version of Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters, a nonfiction documentation of Eiji Tsuburaya's life and film career.
- 7 May: Legendary Comics publishes Godzilla: Awakening.
- 8 May: Legendary Pictures' Godzilla premieres at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
- 13 May: Insight Editions publishes Godzilla: The Art of Destruction.
- 16 May: Warner Bros. release Legendary Pictures' Godzilla to wider American theaters. RougePlay releases Godzilla: Smash3.
- 16 May: RoguePlay publishes Godzilla: Smash3 for iOS and Android.
- 20 May: Titan Books publishes Godzilla: The Official Movie Novelization.
- 23 May: Shogakukan publishes ebook versions of Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla Super Complete Works and Godzilla vs. Destoroyah Super Complete Works.
- 28 May: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #12.
June
- 11 June: IDW Publishing publishes Godzilla: The IDW Era.
- 14 June: Clash of Kings is released.
- 25 June: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #13.
- 26 June: Takarajimasha publishes Godzilla Completely Deciphered.
- 27 June: Shogakukan publishes an ebook version of Godzilla 1954-1999 Super Complete Works.
July
- 2 July: Futabasha publishes Common Knowledge of Godzilla.
- 10 July: Shogakukan publishes Big Comic Original: Godzilla Special Issue, an anthology of Godzilla manga from throughout the years.
- 14 July: Kinema Junpo republishes Heisei Godzilla Chronicle.
- 15 July: Kodansha publishes Godzilla Character Encyclopedia: Toho Special Effects Movie Complete History.
- 23 July: Shogakukan publishes Toho Special Effects All Monster Encyclopedia. IDW Publishing releases Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #14.
- 25 July: Toho releases Legendary Pictures' Godzilla to Japanese theaters. Kadokawa publishes Godzilla: The Official Movie Novelization in Japan. villagebooks publishes Godzilla: Awakening in Japan.
- 26 July: The official Legendary Pictures Twitter announces that Rodan, Mothra and King Ghidorah will appear in the sequel to Godzilla,[1] in tandem with a teaser released at San Diego Comic Con.
- 29 July: Aspect publishes the art book The Godzilla Art of KAIDA Yuji.
August
- 2 August: Shogakukan republishes Big Comic Original: Godzilla Special Issue.
- 7 August: Kasakura Publishing publishes Godzilla Dictionary [New Edition].
- 13 August: IDW Publishing publishes the first issue of Godzilla: Cataclysm.
- 27 August: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #15.
September
- 17 September: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla: Cataclysm #2.
- 24 September: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #16.
- 26 September: Monsters: Dark Continent is released in Vietnam.
October
- 1 October: Kadokawa and Dwango merge to form the Kadokawa Dwango Corporation.
- 17 October: Anna Nakagawa, who played Emmy Kano, passes away at age 49.
- 22 October: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #17. They also publish Godzilla: Cataclysm #3.
- 24 October: Shogakukan publishes an ebook version of Godzilla 2000: Millennium Super Complete Works.
- 30 October: Parasyte: Part 1 premieres in Japan at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
- 31 October: Kadokawa re-releases The Invisible Man Appears on DVD.
November
- 19 November: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla: Cataclysm #4.
- 26 November: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #18.
- 28 November: Shogakukan publishes an ebook version of Godzilla vs. Megaguirus Super Complete Works.
- 29 November: ASCII MEDIA WORKS, a subsidiary of Kadokawa, publishes Godzilla Toho Champion Festival Perfection.
December
- 5 December: Koichi Kawakita passes away on his 72nd birthday.
- 17 December: IDW Publishing's Godzilla: Cataclysm concludes after its fifth issue. IDW Publishing also releases Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #19.
- 18 December: Bandai Namco Games releases Godzilla for the PlayStation 3 in Japan.
- 19 December: Web series SciFi Japan TV concludes after its 37th episode. Parasyte: Part 1 is released in Taiwan.
- 26 December: Shogakukan publishes an ebook version of Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack Super Complete Works.
In fiction
- Joe Brody, a man who used to be a nuclear physicist until his wife Sandra Brody was killed in 1999, is arrested in Japan for trespassing the quarantined Janjira zone, making his son, Ford, go get him out of jail. Joe convinces his son to go back into Janjira, where they get arrested and where a winged MUTO escapes and causes much damage to the top-secret containment site built by Monarch, killing Joe. Ford goes back to Hawaii as the MUTO and the reawakened Godzilla are revealed to the world when they start causing destruction in Hawaii, Nevada, and California. After a short battle, the winged MUTO escapes from Godzilla and goes and steals a warhead that was armed shortly before he arrived. While in pursuit of the MUTOs, Godzilla enters the city, and attacks from the U.S. military result in him crashing through the Golden Gate Bridge; Cate Randa barely survived this encounter with Godzilla. The female, eight-legged MUTO hatches and attacks Las Vegas, and arrives in San Francisco soon. The MUTOs start a mating ritual and lay hundreds of eggs in San Francisco, but the military comes in and tries taking the warhead away where it can explode safely. In the midst of the chaos, Mark Russell, his wife Emma, and their daughter Madison fruitlessly search through the ruins of San Francisco for their missing son Andrew when they witness Godzilla walk past them. Ford destroys the eggs as Godzilla arrives and fights both MUTOs, who became overpowered by the two, but the destruction of their nest caused the MUTOs to cease double-teaming Godzilla and went back to check on the nest. When the female discovered Brody was responsible, she prepared to kill him, only for Godzilla to emerge and blast her with his atomic breath, buying time for Brody and the other soldiers to carry the warhead to the docks. Godzilla manages to kill the male by slamming his tail into it and impaling the MUTO on the 44 Montgomery skyscraper, which soon collapsed onto Godzilla. After the female MUTO kills the soldiers Ford came with, Godzilla grabbed the MUTO from behind before she could kill him and fired his atomic breath down her throat, decapitating her. After roaring victorious, he falls unconscious from exhaustion, the warhead explodes away from the city, and Godzilla wakes up the next morning, returning to the sea while Ford returns to his family. Following the battle, Mark grows to resent Godzilla for the loss of his son and resigns from Monarch, maintaining a desire to have the monster and all other Titans like him killed. The day of the San Francisco attack would come to be known as "G-Day." (Godzilla / Godzilla: King of the Monsters / Monarch: Legacy of Monsters)
- Several months later, Godzilla reemerges to battle the parent superspecies of the two MUTOs, MUTO Prime, when it emerges at an American military base in Guam. Gradually weakening him over the course of several brief encounters, MUTO Prime aims to infect Godzilla with its parasitic larvae, potentially giving rise to an entire ecosystem of MUTOs which could wipe out the human race. Fortunately, through the intervention of Emma Russell, Godzilla is able to triumph over MUTO Prime in their last encounter and slay it once and for all. Godzilla then disappears into the depths of the ocean for five years, though Monarch keeps tabs on him. (Godzilla: Aftershock)
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