Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
What sets the Millennium Era of Godzilla films apart from the preceding ones is that there was no set story. Godzilla 2000: Millennium had one major goal and that was for Toho to redeem their property after the disastrous Godzilla that American audiences were given courtesy of Roland Emmerich. It served its purpose, although it ended with Godzilla, having defeated the alien Orga, proceeding to lay waste to Japan as the credits rolled. Despite having a fair bit of humor throughout it was a downer of an ending. Instead of following on from that Godzilla vs. Megaguiras takes us to an alternate universe. In this one Godzilla attacked and destroyed Tokyo in 1954. Despite a massive rebuilding effort the decision was made to relocate the capital to Osaka. However, the big guy attacked again in 1966, destroying the country's first nuclear plant. Looking for some other source of clean energy, by 1996 the country developed plasma energy, but that again ...