1954

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1953 ← 1954 → 1955

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In the real world

• Tomoyuki Tanaka, a producer at Toho Studios, developed an idea for a movie about a giant monster created by an H-bomb test that attacks Japan.

March

• 1 March: The United States tests its first dry fuel H-bomb, Castle Bravo, at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Having not been given adequate warning by the Americans regarding the fallout radius, a Japanese fishing boat called the Daigo Fukuryū Maru (Lucky Dragon No. 5) sailed nearby and was hit by the fallout, eventually resulting in the death of the ship's radioman. Most fish caught around Japan for the next few months were contaminated by drifting fallout and could not be eaten, causing a severe downfall in the fishing industry.

April

• 2 April: James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff found American International Pictures.

May

• 7 May: Wataru Mimura is born.
• 8 May: Okihiro Yoneda is born.

July

• 1 July: The Japanese Self-Defense Forces are established.
• 23 July: Burger King is founded.

August

• 24 August: Joe Ochman is born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.

September

• 23 September: Aikichi Kuboyama, the radioman of the Daigo Fukuryū Maru, succumbs to pneumonia, a complication of the radiation exposure and radiation sickness he sustained after being exposed to the fallout of the Castle Bravo nuclear test.
• Science Adventure Picture Story: Godzilla, a manga adaptation of the upcoming film Godzilla, is published in the October issue of Omoshiro Book.

October

• 25 October: Monster Godzilla, a novelization of Godzilla authored by the film's storywriter Shigeru Kayama, is published by Iwatani Shoten.

November

• 3 November: The first Godzilla film is released in Japan.
• 25 November: Monster Godzilla, a manga adaptation of Godzilla, is published by Reimeisha.

December

• 22 December: Daiei release The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms theatrically in Japan, under the title The Atomic Monster Appears.
• 29 December: The film Invisible Man is released in Japan.

In fiction

• Godzilla, a 50-meter kaiju created by the radioactivity from an H-bomb test, attacks Japan and completely destroys the country's capital city of Tokyo. The beast is finally killed by the Oxygen Destroyer, a device invented by Dr. Daisuke Serizawa. The doctor, however, destroys his notes on the device and sacrifices his life to detonate it, ensuring that it can never be used again. (Godzilla)
• An H-bomb test at Bikini Atoll irradiates a Godzillasaurus living on nearby Lagos Island, mutating it into Godzilla. (Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah)
  • In an alternate timeline where three man-made animals called Dorats are on Lagos instead of the Godzillasaurus, the radioactivity merges them into the monster King Ghidorah. (Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah)
• Monarch, overseen by General Douglas MacArthur, is authorized unofficially in order to expand understanding of so-called Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organisms. (Godzilla: King of the Monsters)
  • In March, the two Shinomura fuse into one and attack Moansta Island. The Moansta Islanders contact Ishiro Serizawa's father Eiji, who contacts Monarch. Godzilla battles it and uses his atomic breath on it, splitting Shinomura back into two. Godzilla kills one of the halves, but the other escapes and Godzilla goes after it. The U.S. Army decides to intercept and try to kill them at Bikini Atoll. The Castle Bravo nuclear "test" is conducted, killing the Shinomura; Godzilla, however, survived. (Godzilla: Awakening / Godzilla)

Gallery

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  3 Nov. - Godzilla (1954) theatrical release poster

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  22 Dec. - Japanese The Atomic Monster Appears poster

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  29 Dec. - Invisible Man theatrical poster

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