Heisei Series

From Lagos Island to the Bering Sea: A mutated Godzillasaurus battles monsters and humanity before meeting his end as Burning Godzilla.

The Heisei era centers on Godzilla, a giant monster and main protagonist who shifted from a purely antagonistic force to an anti-hero saving humanity from other threats. Originally a Godzillasaurus from Lagos Island, this individual was teleported by Futurians from the year 23rd century to the Bering Sea in 1944. It remained comatose until a Soviet nuclear submarine crashed nearby in the 1970s, mutating it into an atomic beast. The series spans from his emergence in 1984 near Daikoku Island to his death in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah after absorbing uranium deposits from Baas Island, resulting in a meltdown over several days before being succeeded by Godzilla Junior.

Quick Facts

Primary human organization

G-Force, UNGCC (United Nations Godzilla Countermeasures Center)

Key rival monster

Biollante
King Ghidorah
Mothra
Battra
Rodan
Mechagodzilla II
Destoroyah

Lore & Background

In this continuity, Godzilla is the second of his kind, succeeding the original killed by the Oxygen Destroyer in 1954. Both were theropod dinosaurs called Godzillasaurus that survived the K-T Extinction in the Marshall Islands. While one became the 1954 attacker via the Castle Bravo test, the other lived on Lagos Island during World War II. After driving American forces away from Japanese soldiers in 1944, it was injured by naval gunfire. Futurians teleported this survivor to the Bering Sea to erase him from history, but a Soviet submarine crash in the 1970s mutated him anyway. He roused in 1984 via volcanic eruption on Daikoku Island. Over the series, he battled Biollante, King Ghidorah, Mothra, Battra, and Rodan. His final form, Burning Godzilla (sometimes called Red Godzilla), resulted from absorbing massive radiation, causing his body to melt down as he died.

Reader's Guide

Following his 1984 return, Godzilla battled Biollante in 1989 after being released from Mt. Mihara. In 1992, he fought Mothra and Battra; while Mothra escaped, Battra pulled him into an underwater brawl that cracked the Philippine Sea Plate. Both emerged through Earth's mantle, with Godzilla decimating a JSDF force near Mount Fuji before confronting the moths in Yokohama Cosmo World. He overpowered them, forcing an alliance.

After killing Battra mid-flight, Mothra dropped both into the ocean. In 1994, he intercepted a bio-acoustic signal from Adonoa Island, finding a living Godzillasaurus egg smuggled by UNGCC scientists. After incapacitating Rodan (irradiated on the island), he pursued the egg to Kyoto but left when it hatched into Baby Godzilla. G-Force later used Baby as bait against Mechagodzilla II in Makuhari.

The saga ended in 1995 when he absorbed uranium from Baas Island, becoming Burning Godzilla and melting down over days until succeeded by Godzilla Junior.

Did You Know?

Godzilla's final form is known as Burning Godzilla, though some concept art refers to it as Red Godzilla (Akaki Gojira).
The species name 'Godzillasaurus' combines 'Godzilla' with the Greek suffix '-saurus', meaning 'lizard'.
In 1984, sea lice mutated and enlarged by feeding on Godzilla's irradiated blood slaughtered the crew of the Yahata Maru.