Status: Deceased
1954 wouldn't be the last time we see Godzilla, rather it would simply be his debut. Despite meeting its demise to the Oxygen Destroyer, there were more specimens out there. It's rather unclear how many are truly on this planet, but one of them would reemergence almost a year later. It was of the same species, if slightly larger, and it was fighting another monster known as Anguirus, an armored ankylosaur-like kaiju that was also thought to have been mutated due to nuclear activity. Their battle raged for what seemed to be forever, the climax being at the Japanese city of Osaka, where Godzilla killed the rival kaiju and ultimately went back into the ocean. He was then spotted off an icy island, where the Japanese Self Defense Force (JSDF) then attempted to submerge the creature in ice. Once again, it succeeded, in which it laid dormant for several long years...
In 1963, eight years later, he would break out of his icy prison and continues to ravage Japan, as if he was vengeful to his entrapment. As an attempt to defeat Godzilla once and for all, the JSDF had recently defeated, but not killed, a monster known as the legendary King Kong, who also happened to be a giant sub-species of the original Kong. He was deployed near Mt Fuiji where the nuclear reptilian was spotted last and the two fought, in which they both splashed into the water from on top a cliff. No decisive winner was officially declared, though some speculated that Kong was the winner, for he was seen surfacing first with no sign of Godzilla. But the nuclear kaiju was far from dead...
Throughout the 1960s - mid-1970s, Godzilla appeared randomly around Japan and occasionally in other locations across the globe. He has both fought against other malevolent kaiju, as well as teaming up with some multiple times. His home was among several islands in the Pacific, specifically amongst the Ogasawara Islands, with one eventually being labeled as Monster Island, the official home of Godzilla, as well as home to various other kaiju as well. He would fight monsters such as King Ghidorah (his arch-nemesis), Gigan, Hedorah, Megalon, as well as MechaGodzilla, an evil doppelganger of himself that would inspire the Global Defense Force (GDF) in creating their own versions to combat Godzilla, while also allying with Mothra, Angurius II, Rodan, and several others in some certain situations.
By the 1970s, Godzilla was phrased more as a hero or anti-hero, rather than a villain, since he often fought other kaiju threats. 1975 would be his the last appearance until a decade later. 1954 - 1985 is known in the GKP as the Showa Era. However, when the nuclear titan re-arose in 1985 another ten years later, Godzilla would never be the same from that point. This time, Godzilla returned with a vengeance upon Japan, even destroying a Soviet submarine in the process. What triggered Godzilla to behave back in the early Showa era remains a mystery. Regardless, he was successfully lured into Mt. Mihara and was eventually imprisoned in the volcano.
The event marked the next phase of the GKP, the Heisei era, lasting from 1985 - 1999. Godzilla eventually got himself free from the volcano and lasted till 1995, for only a simple ten years. Despite his antagonistic beginning, he eventually became known as more of an anti-hero, having no problem in taking care of any hostile kaiju threats but not caring much for human life. He combated kaiju including Biollante, King Ghidorah (again), Mothra (again), Battra, GDF's MechaGodzilla (Or MGII), Space Godzilla, and Destroyah. He even adopted a Godzilla son as his own, who will go on to be Godzilla III (the current/official Godzilla).
However, in 1995, the radioactive kaiju suddenly became melting down, threatening to vaporize the entire planet as we knew it! After defeating his last opponent, the hellish Destroyah, Godzilla finally dies due to nuclear meltdown, but it was only thanks to the help of the GDF via freeze weapons were they able to minimize the effects. While successful in preventing Earth's destruction, the JSDF was unable to prevent the massive nuclear fallout from rendering Tokyo uninhabitable. Remarkably, the radiation levels plummet as Godzilla Junior, who was presumed dead at the hands of Destroyah, is now fully grown thanks to absorbing his father's "ashes".