2012

Timeline

Godzilla (2012 comic) #1 cover (full art)

2011 ← 2012 → 2013

Before 1900

Prehistoric eras: Precambrian • Carboniferous • Permian • Jurassic • Cretaceous • Last Ice Age

BCE: 30,000 • 8000 • 4th millennium • 1100 • 218

Before 1800: 79 • 1274 • 1348 • 1357 • 1502 • 1556 • 1588 • 1605 • 1749

1800s: 1804 • 1805 • 1850 • 1851 • 1853 • 1862 • 1875 • 1881 • 1886 • 1888 • 1890 • 1893 • 1894 • 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899

1900–1999

'00s: 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909

'10s: 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919

'20s: 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929

'30s: 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939

'40s: 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949

'50s: 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959

'60s: 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969

'70s: 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979

'80s: 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989

'90s: 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

2000–present

'00s: 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

'10s: 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019

'20s: 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025 • 2026

Future

2027 • 2028 • 2029 • 2030 • 2031 • 2034 • 2035 • 2036 • 2039 • 2041 • 2042 • 2043 • 2045 • 2046 • 2047 • 2048 • 2097 • 2204 • 22,000

In the real world

• Nippon Television Network Corporation changes its name to Nippon Television Holdings, Inc.

January

• 4 January: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla Legends #3.
• 25 January: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #11.
• 31 January: Gamera Battle is released for GREE in Japan.

February

• 10 February: ASCII Media Works publishes Heisei Godzilla Perfection.
• 15 February: IDW Publishing's comic series, Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters, ends with its 12th issue.
• 19 February: Yasuyuki Inoue passes away at the age of 89.
• 22 February: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla Legends #4.

March

• 14 March: IDW Publishing's comic miniseries Godzilla Legends concludes with its fifth issue.
• 30 March: Yonesaburo Tsukiji passes away.

May

• Cavitycolors is founded.
• 15 May: The Lost World Restored Edition is released on DVD.
• 23 May: IDW Publishing releases the first issue of Godzilla.

June

• 15 June: Emi Ito dies of cancer at the age of 71.
• 20 June: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla #2.

July

• 10 July: The "TOKUSATSU - Special Effects Museum" exhibit opens at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, at which the short film A Giant Warrior Descends on Tokyo is played.
• 25 July: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla #3.

August

• 8 August: IDW Publishing releases the first issue of Godzilla: The Half-Century War.
• 10 August: Carlo Rambaldi passes away at the age of 86.
• 29 August: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla #4.

September

• 19 September: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla #5 and Godzilla: The Half-Century War #2.
• 28 September: villagebooks publishes Toho Special Effects Movie Complete Works.

October

• 1 October: Intrada releases the soundtrack of King Kong Lives.
• 2 October: Film Score Monthly releases a two-disc set of the soundtrack of the 1976 King Kong film.
• 17 October: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla: The Half-Century War #3.
• 18 October: Gamera Battle is released for Mobage in Japan.
• 26 October: Kadokawa releases Warning from Space on DVD.
• 31 October: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla #6.

November

• 17 November: An extended version of A Giant Warrior Descends on Tokyo is released in Japanese theaters, playing before showings of Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo.
• 28 November: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla #7.

December

• 19 December: Tau Ceti e, a rocky super-Earth planet in orbit around the star Tau Ceti, is discovered.

In fiction

• Days before retirement, Houston Brooks receives a coded message from his son, revealing new information about Kong's origins and his role in Skull Island. (Skull Island: The Birth of Kong)
• Corah Mateo is recruited by Brenda Holland to work for Applied Experimental Technologies. (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters)
• Rawa attacks Tokyo, shrugging off all military resistance and approaching the OtomaTEC corporation's headquarters. Before Rawa can destroy the skyscraper, Gigaman arrives, much to the delight of some news reporters. After besting Rawa in combat, Gigaman turns towards the reporters and entertains the press. Unbeknownst to the hero, Rawa emerges from the smoke and uses his Decimate: Supernova ability before Gigaman can stop him, annihilating the surrounding area and killing everyone in the vicinity. Among the dead is Megumi Otoma, wife of OtomaTEC CEO Kazuo Otoma and mother of future Thundatross pilot Yuuki Otoma. Distraught by his defeat and grieving Megumi's death, Gigaman abruptly retires, forcing Japan to turn to the GTDI for Titan defense. (GigaBash)

References

This is a list of references for 2012. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: ^[1]

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