Godzilla, king of the monsters...
... again wreaked havoc on the streets of Tokyo.
The entire city was transformed into a sea of fire.
And in the middle of the postwar economic miracle...
... Tokyo was once again the scene of death and destruction.
The advent of nuclear power had brought the monster back to life.
Mankind was powerless and could only stand and watch...
... as Godzilla vented its rage.
A few months after the attack...
... Tokyo undertook a massive program of reconstruction.
Japan moved its capital to Osaka...
... and the country slowly started to return to normality.
Just 12 years after Godzilla's attack...
... the monster returned.
This time, it attacked Japan's first nuclear power plant.
Here's the prime minister!
It's confirmed. The decision has come through!
Japan is giving up nuclear power plants?
That's correct.
Godzilla had been attacking the country...
... to feed off the radioactivity created by the nuclear power plants.
The government, therefore...
... decided to close the plants as a safety measure.
However, steadily growing demand for electricity...
... meant the government had to act quickly.
Water, wind and solar energies...
... were used to fill the void left by the decommissioned power plants.
But all these alternatives combined could not replace nuclear energy.
And so...
The decision was taken at government level...
... to establish the Bureau of Science and Technology.
The aim of this institute was to develop sources of clean energy.
It was based in the new capital, Osaka.
As you all know, the aim of this institute...
...is to conduct research into new sources of clean energy.
Today, this research has finally given its first results.
Consequently, we're proud to announce a new era.
A new era of totally clean energy.
The plasma-powered energy system!
In the following months...
... plasma-derived power became the standard energy source.
However...
There's one thing you must remember, men.
We're here to do a difficult job and do it right, okay?
The whole country is counting on your success.
All right, then! Let's do it!
- Okay? - Sir!
- Tsujimori? - Sir!
All details present and correct, sir!
Let's do it!
Thirty years after attacking the power plant at Tokai Village...
... Godzilla had reappeared in Osaka.
Don't forget. It may be big, but it's still a lizard!
Aim at its legs to bring it down! Come on!
Tsujimori, take the side of the warehouse!
You, this way!
The rest of you follow me, come on!
Take positions, hurry!
On command!
Hold it.
Ready, fire!
Pull back!
All units, attack from the rear!
Fire!
Godzilla approaching point 4-2 east, pull back!
- Come on. - Let's go!
Come on! Hurry!
- Cover, Takei! - Yes, sir. Fire at will, men!
- Ready to fire? - Ready!
Fire!
- Tsujimori, move in now! - Right, sir!
- Takei, pull out! - Roger!
Takei! You read me?
Come on! We gotta outflank it! Hurry!
- Ready to fire? - Ready!
Fire!
- Pull back! - Come on!
Oishi!
It's heading for the industrial areas!
Get out of here!
Tsujimori! Let's go!
Not yet, sir! Let me fire one last round!
- No way! Come on! - I'm staying!
It's an order! Now move!
All right, now, I'll do it again. Are you all paying attention?
- Come on, dear. - Yes, Mom.
You take the rice and curry powder...
...then add some pickles...
...and wait five seconds.
- Wow! - Curry on rice!
That's weird!
The bowl is really a microwave oven.
Hey, wait.
The microbots mix the ingredients, and the microwave cooks the mixture.
Right?
It's a trick, told you.
Hey, hey, wait a minute.
Let's go to the park.
What did you have to go and do that for?
I've lost my credibility with those kids.
Don't you think it's about time they learned the truth anyway?
Still, I have to admire you.
These are remarkable achievements for a self-taught engineer.
You have a lot to be proud of.
You had no right to give the game away.
What are you guys doing here anyway?
You might say we're headhunting.
Hey, this place is the pits. What is it anyway?
It used to be a warehouse. Now it's our HQ.
- Oh, right. - Afternoon, miss!
Ever since '96, when Godzilla reduced Osaka to a heap of rubble...
...the government has collected data on the monster's characteristics.
Four years ago, it created an Anti-Godzilla Command Unit...
...within the self-defense forces.
I don't quite understand.
I thought Godzilla was attracted to a radioactive leak.
And if there are no more leaks, then there's no more Godzilla.
You're right in theory. We have nothing to fear.
However, that's only in theory.
The one way to be certain would be to eliminate Godzilla once and for all.
Four, three, two, one...
... activate Satellite Support Unit.
Section 1 's job is to search for Godzilla.
Section 2 studies the monster's organism and its behavior.
Section 3 handles statistics and logistics in case of evacuation.
Search, study, statistics.
You're really taking the threat seriously.
Move positioning monitor from D 1 to M3.
Number 7 satellite monitoring system, check.
And this is the command center for our combat troops, the G-Graspers.
This is Hosono, our pilot.
This is Niikura, our information officer.
Hello there.
Our radio operator, Mr. Mima.
He used to serve in the submarine corps.
Here's Okamura. He was a captain in the rangers, like me.
My name is Kiriko Tsujimori, major. I'm in charge.
- Kudo! - Miss Yoshizawa!
This really is quite a surprise.
I haven't seen you since physics class in high school.
Unit B 12, please proceed to Conference Room 3.
So you've been working in Akihabara?
Yeah, I guess you could say I'm sort of self-employed.
And if I asked you to join us, what would you answer?
I'd answer that I have no wish to die young, thank you.
I'm sorry. I shouldn't have. It must have been hard.
I can't change what happened to my friends.
However I can make sure that such things will never, ever happen again.
And how will you do that?
With a new plasma weapon we're developing.
- A miniaturized black hole. - Black hole?
Black hole, right.
It will swallow Godzilla and keep it prisoner for eternity.
As you know, a black hole swallows everything, including lightwaves.
Whatever is sucked inside will remain there for all eternity.
Godzilla is no exception to that rule.
We'll need your help with this.
This is really far-out.
The world's first man-made black hole. Incredible!
And miniaturized! I'd never have believed it!
Right now we're still at the research stage.
According to preliminary figures, we must reduce it to 2 meters.
Enough to launch it from a satellite.
Attack Godzilla from space? What a great idea!
But we must be careful not to damage the planet.
If everything goes as planned...
...we'll fire the black hole into Godzilla from orbit.
Right now the black hole's too big, so we're counting on you.
You won't be disappointed. I promise!
Yes?
Red Alert. Repeat, red alert!
Godzilla?
A rise in temperature in the Japan trench.
What's the depth? Twenty meters.
If it's Godzilla, it's the first time in years it's been so close to the surface.
What do you think? Is this it?
- Too early to say. - The temperature's decreasing.
I'll send out a reconnaissance.
You'd better hurry with the new weapon.
Yes, sir.
Hi there!
Good morning and welcome, kids, to the show made for you.
That's right, it's Kids' Kingdom! And what's today?
- The first day of summer vacation! - That's right!
- No more school for two months! - Terrific!
Where are you going like that, Jun?
It's nearly lunchtime. We're gonna eat.
I collected some insects. I'm going to show them to Wataru!
- Switch off the engine, please! - What's going on?
This is a restricted area. It's off-limits, sir.
I've got something to deliver to the village.
I can't let you go any farther.
- Open the barrier! - Sir!
Go ahead!
Data transmission circuit installation complete. Activate.
Team position, check.
I think that's fixed it. Try the backup circuits.
When you first told me about your plan, I found it hard to believe.
But now, at last, it's become a reality.
Just remember. It's plasma energy that made this possible.
Let's hope it works.
Also, once we have destroyed Godzilla...
...we have to make sure no trace of it remains.
We mustn't make the same mistake.
Sure.
That's it. All the circuits are armed! We're ready!
When you're ready, major.
Stand by! Test firing, test firing!
Mima here. Stand by.
Protection, everyone!
Monitors one to 20, all check.
All right, everybody to firing positions!
Hurry up! Clear the area!
Code accepted. Locking on.
Confirm pulse sensor.
Go ahead. You'll go down in history.
Code alpha. Test firing complete!
My God! What is that?
A wormhole. A space-time distortion.
Amazing. So they really exist?
All units, stand down.
- Damage-assessment report. - I think it's gonna work.
Let's hope it does.
How did you get in here, kid? This whole area is off-limits.
Recovery Unit, report to Section 3.
What's going on?
This kid was in the forest. He must have seen the firing.
Right, thanks.
Tell me something. Can you keep a secret?
Like what?
Like not telling anyone about what you saw just now.
Not to anyone? Not Mom or Dad?
Say, are you a G-Grasper?
Yes, I am.
But you're a woman, so how come you're fighting Godzilla?
Aren't you scared?
What about our secret? Can you keep it?
Good. So long, Mr. Insect.
I think I'm going to like Tokyo.
The next time your father gets a transfer...
...I think he's going to have to go alone, right?
There's no garbage collection today!
You can bring your garbage down tomorrow, okay?
Special Tracking Force, proceed to conference room at 1000.
Bodybuilding, huh? What a waste of time.
- What's that? - Why do you need to be fit...
...when we're gong to make Godzilla disappear up his own butthole?
Here, I brought you this.
It's a standard ammo round, but it contains a special micro-transmitter.
If you happen to be in danger, then you just fire it.
As soon as the bullet's been fired, the transmitter activates.
I can then lock on to the signal and come quickly to your rescue.
You better build up your body first.
"Miyagawa"?
Boyfriend?
He was our platoon commander.
Godzilla killed him.
That was back in 1996, in Osaka.
She recovered his dog tag and promised herself...
...that she'd continue the fight he'd led against Godzilla.
Can I test it?
Sure.
Installation complete. Confirm safety zone.
Activate number three circuit.
Are you sure that's going to fit on a satellite?
The problems of payload and ballistics have been solved.
Godzilla has nowhere to hide.
We'll be able to attack Godzilla from space at any point on the planet.
It needed a genius to think of it. Congratulations.
The JSA has a reserved launcher.
Man, I'm dead-beat!
Don't flake out on me now. Come on, I'll pay your overtime.
Why is it always me, huh?
There's another leak right under here.
This is really weird.
Maybe we ought to call in an excavator.
Dig the whole street up.
- You think so? - Don't you think so?
If we leave it, it'll get worse. Then what will happen?
We get it in the neck again.
We'll get complaints from residents.
- We can't dig at night. - Get authorization.
- Cut it out, will you? - Okay, calm down.
- Koji, do you want a drink? - Sure.
- A beer? - That'll be fine.
- I'll go to the store. - Okay.
- Wait for me here. - Don't be long.
Koji! I got your beer here. Where are you?
Koji?
Look, it really isn't your fault. Now, don't worry.
Yeah, but if I hadn't taken the egg with me...
No, we're the ones to blame.
It was because of the plasma experiment.
An insect must have been in the way, I guess, and it mutated.
Remember you asked me back in the forest...
...why a woman would want to fight Godzilla?
A friend once said, "When you're afraid of something...
...then you don't run, you fight it."
The person who said that was my commanding officer.
He was fighting Godzilla too.
I'm just carrying on where he left off.
Am I making any sense?
Look, this is a Meganulon.
It grows into a Meganula.
And last night, I saw one flying over the city.
- Analyze FT 240. Analyze FT 800. - Look at this.
Getting another reading from the G satellite.
- The Pacific? - Satellite upload initiated. Code Z38.
We've analyzed the light rays.
The spectrum's unusual. Like nothing we've seen.
Could it be Godzilla?
Have you checked radioactivity?
I'm calculating.
- Try to get a zoom on it. - I'll put it on the screen.
Satellite upload completed successfully.
Shutting down link.
Data transfer completed. Code 3.
Zoom in.
- Analyzing target area. - And again.
Target analysis completed.
It's Godzilla!
Just look at the heat it's generating.
Yeah, but what is that?
It's Meganula.
Radioactivity confirmed! It's Godzilla!
Code orange!
This is Griffon. Ready for takeoff.
Roger. Stand by, Griffon.
Griffon ready for takeoff. All engineers will now clear the area.
Griffon. Takeoff!
Look!
- Return to vertical flight. - Roger.
Jeez! What a stench!
Underwater mike is down. Activate.
- Yes, Tsujimori. - We have a signal!
Godzilla?
It's very close!
Right underneath.
Take him up!
Major!
You mustn't fire! The major's down there!
What the hell is she doing? She's too close!
Get down lower! Divert its attention!
Okay, I'll try.
Are you all right, major?
I managed to plant a transmitter on Godzilla.
- Drop an S GS receiver. - Yes, ma'am!
Goddamn lizard! You won't get away this time!
- I'll have the other figures tomorrow. - Thanks.
Dimension Tide's ready at last. That right?
Next stop, Tanegashima Island.
That giant dragonfly you discovered.
I can now confirm is a Meganula.
The Meganula dragonfly...
...existed here on earth about 350 million years ago...
...in the early Carboniferous Period.
I thought it was extinct.
The larval stage is called a Meganulon.
It develops in the water...
...then sprouts wings to become a Meganula.
What's the matter?
The Meganula usually lives in big swarms.
What's more, it's aggressive. Extremely.
Haven't you been watching the news bulletin?
We're right above the Shibuya District of Tokyo at the moment.
The whole area is underwater.
The flooding seems to be the result of a violent rise of the water table...
... but experts still have no idea of the exact cause.
Rescue units are being rushed from all over Japan...
... but the area is in chaos with people trying to flee the city...
... causing traffic snarl-ups everywhere.
Major, we must check this out.
Could this be any help?
It's a miniature SGS.
Not just a mini SGS, but it also has an infrared camera too.
It's all right. Come on, dear!
- All right, now go deeper. - Roger.
What is that?
They look like eggs!
Connect to G3. Start transmission.
432 to B 16. Checking commenced.
There's a message from your little helper. It seems it found something.
Twenty-seven degrees, 30 minutes north, 143 degrees east.
That should put it somewhere off Chichi Island.
All right, let's see.
- Spectro sensor on. - Scanning power to maximum.
SGS monitor downloading.
- There it is. - Don't let it out of your sight.
Okay!
Our reports show that Godzilla is heading due north...
...and is now in this area.
In order to launch our latest weapon...
...code-named Dimension Tide...
...we have to wait until Godzilla is on dry land.
We can't guarantee that the weapon will work through water.
Therefore, we will have to wait until Godzilla makes landfall somewhere.
This is likely to be Kiganjima Island.
Kiganjima is a small, uninhabited island. It's about two miles across.
Once Godzilla lands there, Dimension Tide will wipe it out.
Well, it all sounds very wonderful.
However, this gun, are you sure it'll be 1000/0 effective against Godzilla?
That's right. What guarantees are you giving us?
What happens if your toy causes a disaster?
It won't happen. I promise.
If we don't use the weapon, our children will forever live in fear!
Please, gentlemen, our future rests on your decision.
All units, open connecting circuits.
All right, what have you got there? Another invention?
Just a new program I put together in my spare time.
I'll show you.
Another Kudo Technologies creation!
It checks operating systems 15 times faster than other programs.
All right, nurse, off you go and see what you can come up with, okay?
Mr. Sugiura.
You told the government we were ready.
But we haven't done any full-scale tests yet.
The weapon just isn't ready. We need time.
Machines need fine-tuning before they're operational.
You ought to have known that! I can't believe this.
Look, I'm sorry.
But I have complete faith in your team's capabilities.
Thank you, major.
I only hope that your faith isn't misplaced.
- Let's go, Kudo! - Hey, slow down!
Alpha Base to Alpha 1.
Begin operation as soon as you see the target.
Alpha 1, locking on to target. Charges away!
Photon gun, firing!
Godzilla is approaching the island.
I'll try to drive it towards point B.
Alpha Wing withdrawing.
Request permission to use D.T.
This is Unit 3. We're on the north side of the square.
- We're gonna try to destroy the eggs. - Roger!
Sergeant!
Fire!