The Godzilla from Godzilla: Final Wars is the last Godzilla film as of 2004; Toho has decided to retire the franchise for a period of 5-10 years to renew interest in the future, possibly returning with a new film in 2014 or 2013 as Godzilla's 60th Anniversary.

Decades before the main story starts, an older past Godzilla was buried in ice at the South Pole by the Earth Defense Force’s aerial battle ship Gotengo. When the Xilians, an alien race, used many of Earth's own monsters in attempts to conquer it, the EDF would have to be forced to free Godzilla from the ice to fight for mankind.

This Godzilla was lured towards the Xilians' mothership in Tokyo while he fought the Xilians' monsters along the way, defeating/destroying each one in his path including Gigan, Zilla, Kumonga, Kamacuras, Rodan, King Caesar, Anguirus (which along with Rodan and King Caesar is ironically spared because of them being fan favorites and being Godzilla's closest allies (except King Caesar) that Toho didn't have it in the budget to destroy the costumes as originally planned), Ebirah and Hedorah.

He at last arrived in Tokyo just in time for an asteroid to enter Earth's atmosphere. Godzilla attempted to stop it by exhaling his atomic breath on it, causing it to explode and releasing the real threat, Monster X. Mothra came to aid Godzilla while the Xilians summoned the revived and rebuilt Gigan. Mothra was quickly dispatched by Gigan, who then joined Monster X to double team Godzilla.

Mothra recovers and attacks both Monster X and Gigan, turning the tide of battle. Gigan resumes his battle with Mothra, when Gigan used it's laser vision beam, turning Mothra to Fire Mothra, and both Kaiju are destroyed in a Kamikaze attack by the lepidopteran deity, while Monster X transformed into a new form, Kaiser Ghidorah. He nearly would have killed Godzilla if it weren't for the superhuman Ozaki transferring his mutant powers (when you watch you see an infenity sign on the Gotengo's screen) into Godzilla, restoring his strength and empowering him enough to use his greatest weapon-his spiral ray and destroy Keizer Ghidorah.

Turning his attention back on his old enemies, Godzilla shot down the Gotengo and was prepared to finish its crew off if Godzilla's infant son, Minilla, had not intervened, pleading Godzilla to stop. Both tired from his past battles and moved by Minilla's courage to stand up to him, Godzilla returns to the ocean with his son. But not with out Minilla finally using his atomic ray on his own.