Talk:Godzilla Misconceptions/@comment-26155014-20150417180533/@comment-25285745-20150514142143

The Showa Series is so long that there is no point in referencing the 1954 film. All of the movies in the Showa Series usually just reference only the movie before them (Godzilla Raids Again references Godzilla (1954), King Kong vs. Godzilla references Raids Again, Terror of MechaGodzilla references Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla etc.).

All of the Millennium movies reference the 1954 original to establish their continuity (except Godzilla 2000, which references nothing). Godzilla vs. Megaguirus shows a flashback to 1954 in the beginning, GMK frequently talks about how Godzilla attacked Tokyo in 1954 and was seemingly killed, and both movies in the Kiryu Saga frequently reference the 1954 film.

All that Final Wars says is that "Godzilla first appeared in 1954, and the Earth Defense Force was formed to fight him." Just because it mentions the year 1954 does not make it connected. Godzilla (2014) mentions the year 1954 also, and it's obvious that it isn't connected. It seems like in Final Wars, Godzilla first met humanity in 1954, and the EDF was formed to fight him, then other monsters showed up. The EDF was never mentioned at all in the 1954 film, so it's most likely that although in the Final Wars continuity Godzilla did appear in 1954, the specific events of that film did not occur.