From the introduction: In 1954, a great and terrible disaster struck the city of Tokyo. A monster known as Godzilla trampled through the city causing untold destruction and misery among the populace. This menace was eventually destroyed in the waters of Tokyo Bay through the use of the terrifying Oxygen Destroyer. However, this was not the last the world would see of the menace known as Godzilla. Thirty years later, in the year 1984, in the heat of the Cold War, a familiar pattern would begin again with a mysterious attack on the Japanese fishing ship known as the Yahata Maru No. 5. This is the moment in which you enter into this world. It is a world once again on the brink of terror with an all new Godzilla about to make his appearance.