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Godzilla vs. Megaguirus

Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (ゴジラ × メガギラス G消滅作戦, Gojira tai Megagirasu: Jī Shōmetsu Sakusen; lit. Godzilla vs. Megaguirus: The G Extermination Strategy and Godzilla vs. Megaguirus: The G Annihilation Strategy) is a 2000 Japanese kaiju film directed by Masaaki Tezuka, with special effects by Kenji Suzuki. Distributed by Toho and produced under their subsidiary Toho Pictures, it is the 24th film in the Godzilla franchise and the second film in the franchise's Millennium series, as well as the 24th Godzilla film produced by Toho. The film stars Misato Tanaka, Shōsuke Tanihara, Yuriko Hoshi, Masatō Ibu, and Toshiyuki Nagashima; it also features the fictional monster characters Godzilla and Megaguirus, portrayed by Tsutomu Kitagawa and Minoru Watanabe, respectively.

Despite how the film features the same Godzilla suit that was used in its predecessor, Godzilla 2000, Godzilla vs. Megaguirus ignores the events of the previous installment, as well as every other entry in the franchise aside from the original 1954 film. Godzilla vs. Megaguirus premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival on November 3, 2000, and was released theatrically in Japan on December 16, 2000.

The film was followed by Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, set in a different continuity, which was released on December 15, 2001.

In 1954, repeated nuclear testing revived the creature called Godzilla, who proceeded to decimate Tokyo in retaliation. Afterwards, the capital of Japan was moved from Tokyo to Osaka during Tokyo's reconstruction. 12 years later, the "G-Graspers", a section of Japan Self-Defense Forces, is dedicated to combating Godzilla, who attacks Tōkai Nuclear Power Plant.

30 years later, clean plasma energy replaces nuclear energy, but this does not deter Godzilla from attacking the original plasma energy reactor, causing Godzilla kills other G-Graspers soldiers except their captain Kiriko Tsujimori. As a result, plasma energy is banned in Japan. 5 years later, an experimental satellite-based weapon that fires miniature black holes, called the Dimension Tide, opens a wormhole through which a prehistoric dragonfly Meganula enters the present time and deposits an egg sac before exiting through the wormhole.

A boy named Jun Hayasaka finds Meganula's egg sac and takes it with him when he moves to Tokyo. As the egg sac starts oozing a strange liquid, Jun throws the egg sac in the sewer where the egg sac splits into a mass of eggs and hatches into large dragonfly nymphs called Meganulon. At night, a Meganulon kills a couple during they out on a date walk and molts into a Meganula in the process. Meanwhile, Godzilla appears in search of a source of nuclear energy, despite the edict shutting down all such attractants after five years. While Godzilla battles the G-Graspers, who are assisted by rebellious scientist Hajime Kudo, the swarm of Meganula are attracted in turn to Godzilla's energy from Kiganjima and attack Godzilla.

During the course of the battle, the Dimension Tide is launched, but Godzilla survives the attack. Most of the Meganula are killed by both Godzilla and the Dimension Tide, but a few manage to drain off some of Godzilla's energy and return to the flooded Shibuya, with Godzilla seemingly following them. With the last of their strength, the Meganula inject Godzilla's energy into a nymph of their queen, resulting her molts into Megaguirus. After destroying part of Shibuya with shock waves generated by her wings, Megaguirus heads to Odaiba and faces Godzilla. After a long battle, Godzilla finally kills Megaguirus by crushing her stinger and then blasting her with atomic breath.

It is revealed that Godzilla was attracted to a secret plasma energy project housed at the Science Institute, in violation of the ban. The G-Graspers continue their mission to destroy Godzilla, but with the Dimension Tide falling out of orbit they are unable to get a lock on it. Tsujimori pilots a ship towards Godzilla, ejecting only at the last second. The Dimension Tide is able to lock on to the craft and fires just before burning up on reentry; before Godzilla blasts at the approaching black hole with his atomic breath, he seemingly vanishes. However, Tsujimori again enlists Kudo to investigate suspicious seismic activity.

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