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Anguirus (アンギラス, Angirasu) is a giant Ankylosaurus kaiju who beginning appeared in the 1955 Toho Godzilla film Godzilla Raids Again.
Anguirus was Godzilla's offset-e'er opponent, and battled him to the death in Osaka in Godzilla Raids Over again. Anguirus was ultimately killed by Godzilla, but a second private debuted in the film Destroy All Monsters in 1968. This Anguirus became a friend and ally to Godzilla, loyally fighting alongside him to fend off alien monsters such as Rex Ghidorah and Gigan. Anguirus' final advent in the Showa series of films came in 1974's Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, where he had his jaw broken past the conflicting automobile Mechagodzilla, who was masquerading as Godzilla. Anguirus' side by side film appearance came 30 years later in Godzilla Last Wars, where he was a heed-controlled pawn of the Xiliens in their invasion of World. While not as pop every bit the likes of Rodan, Mothra or Rex Ghidorah, Anguirus has become a pop monster in his own right, and has earned a reputation equally existence both Godzilla'southward closest friend and as a tenacious fighter fifty-fifty when severely outmatched.
This is an overview page. To view data on specific incarnations of Anguirus, please visit the Anguirus incarnations subpages.
Proper noun [edit | edit source]
- Chief articles: Anguirus/First Generation#Proper noun, Anguirus/2nd Generation#Name, Anguirus/Millennium#Name.
Anguirus's Japanese proper name, Angirasu (アンギラス), comes from the Japanese spelling of the name of the dinosaur genus Ankylosaurus (アンキロサウルス, Ankirosaurusu), upon which the monster's design is based. The name was chosen from several names proposed by employees of Toho during production of Godzilla Raids Over again. Thespian Yoshio Tsuchiya, who played the grapheme Tajima in the film, proposed the name "Gyottos" for the monster. Many of the rejected names were later used for the original monsters featured in the tie-in manga Rampage Godzilla.[12]
The original English proper noun given to Anguirus by Toho was Angilas, as seen in the company's 1955 international sales booklet.[thirteen] When Godzilla Raids Once again was released in the Usa by Warner Bros. in 1959 as Gigantis, the Fire Monster, advertizing materials spelled the monster's name as Angurus, which was likewise how it was pronounced in the English language dub. In the mid-1970's, Toho copyrighted the new revised English name Anguirus, making it the official Anglicization of the monster's name for all subsequent media. Nevertheless, simply the English dub of Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla uses annihilation resembling this spelling. The English dubs for Destroy All Monsters, All Monsters Attack, and Godzilla vs. Gigan all telephone call him "Angilas," while in Godzilla Final Wars, the pronunciation sounds like "Angweenus." Some other culling name, Anguillas, appears in the German theatrical trailer for Destroy All Monsters [xiv] and the American version of the Godzilla Game Boy game.[15] The tag for the Anguirus figure in Bandai'due south Godzilla Isle Monster Series toy line combines the romaji for Anguirus' subtitle, Fierce Dragon (暴竜, Bōryū), with his English name, giving the figure the proper noun Bōryu Anguirus (ボウリュウアンギラス, Bōryū Angirasu).[i]
Several American publications from the 1970s, including effect #34 of The Monster Times and the children's book Godzilla by Ian Thorne, offering Anzilla as an alternate spelling. The origin of this proper noun is unknown.
Co-ordinate to a booklet included with Toho's 2002 three-disc DVD release of Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Behemothic Monsters All-Out Assail, Anguirus' name as a Guardian Monster was originally Angira (晏麒羅) in the original unrealized version of the film, Godzilla Ten Varan, Baragon and Anguirus: Giant Monsters All-Out Assault.
Development [edit | edit source]
- Main articles: Anguirus/First Generation#Development, Anguirus/Second Generation#Development, Anguirus/Millennium#Development.
Design [edit | edit source]
Anguirus is a stout, armored, quadrupedal reptilian creature that looks fairly similar to an Ankylosaurus, with aspects of his design likewise resembling armadillos, hedgehogs, and crocodiles. He has several inwardly curved horns at the top of his caput and a unmarried, brusque horn on the stop of his snout. His face is long, puffy and fatigued out, similar a crocodile, with two large tusks at the get-go and rows of smaller, jagged, serrated teeth following suit. His carapace is studded with a plethora of long, abrupt, prickly spikes. Anguirus's tail is spiky and longer than his body, accounting for the majority of his total body length. His hind limbs are longer than his forelimbs, enabling him to stand upright to his full height, merely he primarily walks upon all fours. In Godzilla Final Wars, Anguirus is jokingly referred to as an "armadillo," most likely due to his ability to curl himself into a ball.
The Final Wars Anguirus has some differences in his blueprint. His skin is a a much lighter shade of gray, with yellow-colored spikes. This Anguirus has a shorter, more mammal-like snout, and his underbelly has an armored, brick-similar texture. He now has spikes on his artillery and legs, and his tail ends with a spiked club, a trait shared by the existent-life Ankylosaurus.
Personality [edit | edit source]
Anguirus is depicted as a very tenacious and fierce fighter. Despite constantly going up against enemies tougher than himself, Anguirus rarely backs downward and always puts upwardly a vicious fight. Despite his trigger-happy nature, Anguirus has traditionally been shown in various media every bit being a close friend of Godzilla. While many of Godzilla's allies have had to work with him out of necessity, such equally Rodan and Mothra, Anguirus and Godzilla announced to accept a genuine friendship. This is most pronounced in Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, where Anguirus senses that the Fake Godzilla roaming Japan is not the monster he knows and attacks it, with a grapheme even mentioning that it's strange to meet Anguirus set on "his friend" Godzilla.
Origins [edit | edit source]
In Godzilla Raids Again, information technology is suggested that Anguirus is an Ankylosaurus that lived during the Cretaceous, 150 to 70 million years agone, around the same time as Godzilla. Like Godzilla, Anguirus managed to survive into the modern day by lying fallow before existence awakened and irradiated by nuclear bomb tests in the 1950s.[sixteen] This origin is never discussed farther nor contradicted in subsequent films. The Get-go Generation Anguirus specifically is said to originate from Siberia, co-ordinate to official sources.[4]
Incarnations [edit | edit source]
- Start Generation Anguirus (Godzilla Raids Again)
- Second Generation Anguirus (Destroy All Monsters-Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla)
- Millennium Anguirus (Godzilla Final Wars)
- Atypical Signal Anguirus (Godzilla Singular Point)
- Chibi Anguirus (Chibi Godzilla books)
History [edit | edit source]
- Godzilla Raids Once again (1955)
- Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) [maquette]
- Destroy All Monsters (1968)
- All Monsters Attack (1969) [stock footage]
- Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)
- Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
- Adventure! Godzilland ii (Tv set 1993) [blithe segments]
- Get Going! Godzilland (OVA 1994, 1996) [four OVAs]
- Godzilla Isle (Television set 1997-1998) [79 episodes][note 2]
- Godzilla Final Wars (2004)
- GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters (2017) [skeletal remains]
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) [skeleton]
- Godziban (web 2019-) [episodes 5-7, eighteen-21, 23, 27, 33-35, and 47; special episodes 1-2, 4, and 9]
- Godzilla Atypical Point (Idiot box 2021) [episode 4-6]
Showa era [edit | edit source]
Godzilla Raids Over again [edit | edit source]
- Main article: Anguirus/First Generation#History.
Anguirus was first spotted on Iwato Island, where he was locked in combat with Godzilla and eventually tumbled into the ocean with the Male monarch of the Monsters. Later, a blackout was enforced in Osaka and then that the attacking Godzilla could be lured away with flares, just a gasoline burn drew Anguirus to the metropolis. There, the 2 monsters again engaged in a vicious struggle, destroying Osaka Castle in the procedure. In the end, Godzilla killed Anguirus with a savage bite to the neck, then prepare his carcass aflame with his atomic breath.
Destroy All Monsters to Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla [edit | edit source]
- Main commodity: Anguirus/2nd Generation#History.
By the terminate of the 20th century, a second Anguirus was 1 of several kaiju contained on Monsterland in the Ogasawara Islands. When the Kilaaks assaulted the island, they took control of Anguirus and the other monsters and unleashed them across the world to practise their evil bidding. Teamed with Godzilla, he drove back Un forces before they could achieve the Kilaak base at Izu. Afterward beingness freed from his mind control, Anguirus and the rest of the Globe monsters gathered at the pes of Mount Fuji, where they were intercepted by the aliens' trump carte du jour, Rex Ghidorah. At one signal, Anguirus was lifted into the air past King Ghidorah before being dropped back to the basis and stomped upon. Ultimately, even so, the monsters succeeded in beating King Ghidorah to death and returned to Monsterland to live out their days in peace.
Decades before in the 1970s, Anguirus had taken up residence on Monster Island, where he go a friend of Godzilla. After overhearing one of the M Space Hunter Nebula Aliens' "action tapes" containing their plans for the conquest of Earth, Anguirus swam to Nihon, simply to be repelled by the JSDF. He and Godzilla returned to Tokyo after the aliens sent Gigan and King Ghidorah to destroy the city. The Earth monsters initially faltered in boxing, overwhelmed by the combined forces of the alien monsters and the Godzilla Tower; withal, after the latter'due south destruction, which severed the aliens' command over Gigan and Ghidorah, Godzilla and Anguirus somewhen succeeded in driving the invaders abroad.
In the year 197X, nuclear testing in the Aleutian Islands triggered a massive convulsion on Monster Island, which created a cleft that swallowed Anguirus.
One-time after his disappearance into the ground, Anguirus made his manner to the Japanese mainland, sensing an imminent threat. When he located what appeared to exist his ally Godzilla causing wanton destruction, Anguirus sensed that it was an impostor. Anguirus engaged the sinister doppelgänger, simply was unable to hold his ain. The machine easily bested him, tearing at his jaw. Defeated, Anguirus retreated dorsum underground.
Heisei era [edit | edit source]
Get Going! Godzilland [edit | edit source]
Anguirus appeared in animated form in the educational Get Going! Godzilland OVAs. In these OVAS, Anguirus was Godzilla'southward closest friend, but frequently got into fights and arguments with him. In the hiragana OVA, Anguirus was running through the forests of Godzilland when Mothra dropped an invitation for a picnic onto his caput, blinding him and causing him to run into a rock and autumn over. Anguirus and so raced with Godzilla to go to the picnic, and the two of them argued over who got in that location first. When Mothra asked why Godzilla and Anguirus arrived and so late, they revealed that they couldn't read the invitation very well. Mothra and so taught all of the kaiju about the hiragana alphabet.
In the improver OVA, Anguirus was seen fighting with Godzilla. After a brief fight, the two kaiju became bitter and refused to speak to each other. Mechagodzilla witnessed the fight and, assuming Godzilla no longer wanted to be Anguirus' friend, decided to brand Anguirus his new friend. When Mechagodzilla talked to Anguirus, the latter accused Mechagodzilla of being vehement. Mechagodzilla became aroused and used his laser vision to destroy the hammock Anguirus was sleeping on, then grabbed him and flew to a volcano on the isle. Baragon witnessed the kidnapping and told Godzilla, Gojirin, and Mothra nearly it, and the four kaiju traveled to the volcano to rescue their friend. Once the kaiju arrived, they were forced by Mechagodzilla to take part in a game bear witness where they solved improver issues. Afterwards the kaiju got the problems correct, Anguirus was freed. Mothra then convinced Anguirus and the other kaiju to forgive Mechagodzilla and befriend him.
Millennium era [edit | edit source]
Godzilla Concluding Wars [edit | edit source]
- Master commodity: Anguirus/Millennium#History.
In the yr 20XX, the Xiliens used the Yard-base in Anguirus's Deoxyribonucleic acid to command him, siccing him on Shanghai, People's republic of china. He was engaged by the World Defence Forcefulness battleship Karyu, just proved as well fast for its main weapon to hit. Anguirus was soon recalled by the Xiliens, posing every bit friends to humanity who saved the planet from the monsters by capturing them. After their scheme was exposed, they redeployed Anguirus to Shanghai with a swarm of Xilien Fighters, where he finished off the Karyu. Next they sent him, Rodan, and Male monarch Caesar against a reawakened Godzilla at the foot of Mount Fuji. The monsters coordinated their attacks confronting him, but ended up defeated in a pile.
Reiwa era [edit | edit source]
GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters [edit | edit source]
Anguirus first appeared in November 2005 and attacked Beijing, causing viii.two million deaths in tandem with Rodan. Both monsters were eventually killed by the Chinese bioweapon Hedorah, which left behind their skeletal remains and proceeded to lay waste to the surrounding area.[17]
Godzilla Singular Betoken [edit | edit source]
- Main article: Anguirus/Singular Bespeak#History.
In the twelvemonth 2030, flocks of Rodans began appearing in Nippon and dying shortly after their rampages. When the JSDF hauled their corpses abroad to a facility near Nigashio City in Chiba Prefecture, they were scavenged past Anguirus, who had appeared in the nearby woods. Later on menacing civilians and JSDF responders along a wooded highway, where it revealed the ability to reverberate projectile weapons dorsum at its opponents, the local mayor responded by organizing an extermination plan. Luring Anguirus out into the open onto a golf course, a joint effort between local hunters, the JSDF, and Otaki Manufacturing plant's Jet Jaguar succeeding in stunning the monster with a harpoon gun. After Anguirus woke upward in time to ruin the mayor'southward triumphant printing photo opportunity, Jet Jaguar killed information technology with a 2nd point-blank shot of the harpoon gun. Goro Otaki, the pilot/inventor of Jet Jaguar, would have i of Anguirus's horns as a bays and fashioned it into a spear for the mecha to use against other kaiju.
MonsterVerse [edit | edit source]
Godzilla: King of the Monsters [edit | edit source]
A skeleton closely resembling that of Anguirus was nowadays outside of Godzilla'south lair in the Hollow Globe. It was destroyed, along with the surrounding ancient sunken city, when Ishiro Serizawa detonated a nuclear warhead to revitalize Godzilla.
Reiwa era [edit | edit source]
Godziban [edit | edit source]
Anguirus followed the three Godzilla brothers and went on adventures with them. He get-go appeared in the 12th episode, titled "Fly to the Cliff!"
Abilities [edit | edit source]
Durability [edit | edit source]
- Main articles: Anguirus/First Generation#Durability, Anguirus/2nd Generation#Durability.
Anguirus's spiky carapace and armored hibernate grant him impressive resistance to attacks from enemy monsters. He was able to withstand the attacks of Godzilla, King Ghidorah, Gigan and False Godzilla, likewise as existence swallowed by a fissure.
Anguirus'south durability is also highlighted in the comic Godzilla: Rulers of World, where later on being beaten virtually to death by a Cryog Mechagodzilla, he apace recovers and immediately assists Godzilla in battle against Mecha-Male monarch Ghidorah and an army of Mechagodzillas.
Physical abilities [edit | edit source]
- Main manufactures: Anguirus/First Generation#Physical abilities, Anguirus/Second Generation#Physical abilities.
Anguirus possesses rows of extremely abrupt teeth that he will use in battle. These, with the added bite strength Anguirus can generate, cause pain to any kaiju that finds itself in Anguirus's jaws. He likewise tends to attack with his claws and by charging opponents.
Moreover, he may utilise his spiked tail to swing around at opponents. In Kodansha's Godzilla, King of the Monsters manga, his tail is prehensile, and he uses it to grapple with and restrain opponents
Spiked carapace [edit | edit source]
- Main articles: Anguirus/Get-go Generation#Spiked carapace, Anguirus/Second Generation#Spiked carapace.
Anguirus'south greatest nugget in gainsay is his spiked carapace. He often jumps backward and slams his back into opponents in lodge to hurt them with his spikes.
In Godzilla: Rulers of Globe, Godzilla lifted Anguirus by his tail and used him like a flail, swinging his spikes into Mecha-Rex Ghidorah'south chest and dissentious the cyborg.
Anguirus Ball [edit | edit source]
- Main article: Anguirus/Millennium#Anguirus Ball.
In many Godzilla video games and in the film Godzilla Final Wars, Anguirus was shown to exist able to retreat inside of his carapace and curl into a brawl, allowing him faster travel. In the latter, this is most commonly called the Anguirus Ball (アンギラスボール, Angirasu Bōru).[xviii]
Energy Spikes and Thunderball [edit | edit source]
In the Atari/Pipeworks trilogy of Godzilla video games, Anguirus displays ii different Rage Attacks. The commencement, every bit seen in Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee, shows Anguirus jumping into the air, curling up into a ball, and firing off red Energy Spikes, while spinning in midair. The second Rage Assault, from Godzilla: Save the Globe, is chosen Thunderball and appears to be a red free energy-charged version of his Anguirus Ball assail.
Anguirus performs his rotating disc attack confronting Godzilla
Rotating disc [edit | edit source]
In the Kodansha manga series Godzilla, Male monarch of the Monsters, Anguirus can retract into his shell and chop-chop zero around in the air while rotating at extremely high speed, condensing his body into the shape of an ultra-sharp disc that can cut Godzilla.
Tail [edit | edit source]
Anguirus'due south tail is tipped with either a sharp curved spike or a fan-shaped spike club. While he never seems to utilize it in boxing onscreen, Anguirus does attack with his tail spike in about video games featuring him.
In the Kodansha Godzilla, Male monarch of the Monsters manga, Anguirus'southward tail is prehensile, and he is able to constrict it around Godzilla's throat.
Burrowing [edit | edit source]
- Main article: Anguirus/Second Generation#Burrowing.
After falling into a seismic crack, the second Anguirus managed to burrow to the Japanese mainland, where he emerged and attacked Faux Godzilla.
Agility [edit | edit source]
- Principal articles: Anguirus/Showtime Generation#Agility, Anguirus/2d Generation#Agility.
Anguirus is quite agile, charging at enemies with surprising speed and having the ability to make surprise attacks on unsuspecting foes.
Intelligence [edit | edit source]
- Chief articles: Anguirus/2nd Generation#Intelligence, Anguirus/Millennium#Intelligence.
The second and tertiary Anguirus were shown to possess heightened intelligence, able to coordinate attacks with his allies, communicate with Godzilla and suspect that Faux Godzilla was an impostor.
Swimming [edit | edit source]
- Main article: Anguirus/2d Generation#Swimming.
Anguirus is an extremely adept swimmer and is shown beingness able to swim at speeds comparable to Godzilla. He was able to swim great distances in a short period of time without any signs of fatigue.
Ultrasonic/sonic roar [edit | edit source]
- Primary article: Anguirus/Starting time Generation#Ultrasonic roar.
In Godzilla Raids Over again, Anguirus briefly lets out powerful ultrasonic roars which caused Osaka Castle to crumble during his fight with Godzilla.[19]
This ranged attack returned in the Atari/Pipeworks Godzilla video games equally a sonic roar, capable of dissentious monsters, buildings, rocks, and military weaponry. The sonic roar is unable to engage in beam locks with other monsters' free energy weapons, but can knock an opponent down if used at shut range.
Incandescent Calorie-free [edit | edit source]
- Main article: Anguirus/First Generation#Incandescent Light.
During the planning stages of Godzilla Raids Once again, Anguirus was to be able to burn an Incandescent Calorie-free (白熱光, Hakunekkō) from his rima oris, merely like Godzilla. In the necktie-in manga Rampage Godzilla and the official novelization for the picture show, Anguirus briefly uses this set on.[20]
Poisonous substance [edit | edit source]
In several publications, Anguirus was described to exist able to create a poisonous liquid within its body and emit it from its back spikes and claws to stun targets.[21]
Video games [edit | edit source]
- Godzilla: Monster of Monsters! (1988) - Nintendo Amusement System / Famicom [scrapped]
- Gojira-kun (1985) - Microsoft MSX
- Godzilla (1990) - Nintendo Game Boy
- Godzilla (1993) - Arcade
- Battle Baseball game (1993) - Nintendo Famicom
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1993) - Nintendo Game Boy
- Godzilla: Battle Legends (1993) - NEC/Hudson Soft TurboDuo / PC Engine Duo
- Godzilla: Archipelago Shock (1995) - Sega Saturn
- Godzilla: Peachy Monster Battle (1994) - Nintendo Super Famicom
- Godzilla: Giant Monster March (1995) - Sega Game Gear
- Godzilla: Heart-Pounding Monster Isle!! (1995) - Sega Pico
- Godzilla Picture Studio Tour (1998) - PC and Mac
- Godzilla: Trading Battle (1998) - Sony PlayStation
- Godzilla Generations (1998) - Sega Dreamcast
- Collect Godzilla: Giant Monster Assembly (1998) - Sega Dreamcast VMU
- Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee (2002) - Nintendo GameCube and Microsoft Xbox
- Godzilla: Salve the Earth (2004) - Sony PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Xbox
- Godzilla: Unleashed (2007) - Nintendo Wii and Sony PlayStation two
- Godzilla Unleashed: Double Smash (2007) - Nintendo DS
- CR Godzilla: Descent of the Destruction God (2010) - Pachinko
- Godzilla (2014) - Sony PlayStation 3 and 4
- Godzilla Kaiju Collection (2015) - Android and iOS
- CR True King of the Monsters Godzilla (2018) - Pachinko
- Godzilla Defence force Force (2019) - Android and iOS
- PVV! Godzilla Great Monster Assembly!! (2019) - Pachinko
- Godzilla Battle Line (2021) - Android and iOS
- Godzilla (2021) - Pinball
Godzilla: Unleashed [edit | edit source]
Pinnacle: 80 meters
Weight: 54,000 tons
"Anguirus is a loyal Earth Defender. Although he is neither the largest, strongest, or fastest of World'due south vanguard, he possesses a tenacity of spirit that makes him a fearsome opponent for any monster. Anguirus can stun nearby opponents with his fearsome Sonic Roar, or employ his powerful jaws to get out an impression. Anguirus' near unique attribute is his ultra-hard spiked carapace, which can parry whatsoever physical set on and inflict heavy edged damage in response. Anguirus tin can constrict his caput and limbs beneath his vanquish and gyre forward-this offers him excellent resistance to attack and allows him to turn through terrain and opponents alike. When the globe is threatened, Godzilla will come to its defense-and Anguirus volition be right beside him, until the end."
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Anguirus' bio from page 23 of the Godzilla: Unleashed didactics manual booklet
Godzilla (PlayStation 4) [edit | edit source]
Anguirus appears exclusively in the PlayStation 4 version of Godzilla as a playable monster. He is modeled afterwards his 1968 appearance from Destroy All Monsters. Anguirus' primary attack involves slamming his spiky carapace confronting his opponent, though he likewise possesses the Anguirus Brawl set on from the Atari games and Godzilla Last Wars. Anguirus also has the power to couch undercover like he did in Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla.
Moveset [edit | edit source]
- Foursquare
- I tap: Right Punch
- Two taps: Left Punch
- Iii taps: Back Leg Kick
- Triangle
- Tap: Tail Attack
- Roar + Tap: Bite
- X
- Tap: Back Tackle
- Circumvolve
- Tap: Dorsum Leg Sand Toss
- Roar + Tap: Anguirus Brawl
- R2
- Tap: Cloak-and-dagger Shelter
Kaiju Guide [edit | edit source]
- Primary article: Godzilla (2014 video game)/Kaiju Guide#Anguirus.
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Anguiru'due south sprite in Collect Godzilla: Giant Monster Assembly
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Books [edit | edit source]
- Godzilla on Monster Island (1996)
- Godzilla at World's Finish (1998)
- Godzilla Likes to Roar! (1998)
- Godzilla: Journey to Monster Isle (1998)
- Godzilla vs. the Robot Monsters (1998)
- Godzilla vs. the Space Monster (1998)
- Who'due south Afraid of Godzilla? (1998)
- GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse (2017)
- Shut Friends, Chibi Godzilla (2019)
- Sticker Moving-picture show Book: Chibi Godzilla and Friends (2020)
Who's Afraid of Godzilla? [edit | edit source]
Anguirus was one of the many monsters in the book to be agape of Godzilla. When Megalon and Gigan started to bully the other residents of Monster Island, Anguirus stood up to them, but to be shoved into a volcano. When Godzilla saved him, Anguirus was quick to announce he was glad to accept a large tough friend like Godzilla.
GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse [edit | edit source]
The kickoff Anguirus emerged from the frozen soil of Siberia in Nov of 2005 and traveled southeast to Beijing, where information technology joined Rodan. Both monsters were exterminated past the Chinese bioweapon Hedorah,[22] only a second Anguirus, denoted "Anguirus Two," emerged in South Africa the following year. A quaternary Anguirus appeared from the Pacific Ocean in Los Angeles alongside Baragon II and Varan II in 2030, and all three monsters were killed past Godzilla.[23]
Shut Friends, Chibi Godzilla [edit | edit source]
When feeling lonely, Chibi Godzilla set up out to look for friends, encountering Chibi Anguirus forth with Chibi Rodan, Chibi Mothra, and Chibi Ghidorah. Chibi Godzilla remarked that Chibi Anguirus had "super absurd" prickly spikes on his dorsum. When the other monsters asked what Chibi Godzilla could do, he responded saying he could breathe fire and exhaled a blast of fire at them, prompting them to flee. While running afterward them, Chibi Godzilla's burn down breath acquired fruit to fall out of a nearby tree. He asked the other monsters to share the fruit with him, and they all ate until they were full. Chibi Godzilla was no longer lonely as he befriended the other monsters.
Comics [edit | edit source]
- Rampage Godzilla (1955)
- Continuation Godzilla: Anguirus Raids Over again (1958)
- Godzilla, Male monarch of the Monsters (1992-1993)
- The Godzilla Comic (1990)
- Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #2-5, seven, 9 (2011)
- Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths #4-5 (2011)
- Godzilla: Legends #ane (2011)
- Godzilla: Ongoing #2-7, ix-12 (2012-2013)
- Godzilla: The One-half-Century War #2 (2012-2013)
- Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #1, five, 9, xiii-17, 25 (2013-2015)
- Godzilla: Cataclysm #1, 3-4 (2014)
- Godzilla in Hell #2 (2015)
- Godzilla: Oblivion #4-5 (2016)
- Godzilla: Rage Across Time #5 (2016)
- Godzilla: Monsters & Protectors #four (2021)
Rampage Godzilla [edit | edit source]
Anguirus has become friends with Zottos, Gyottos, Osoros and Sugon. Godzilla wants to become a pro-wrestler, and spars with Anguirus and his friends to get stronger.
The Godzilla Comic [edit | edit source]
Anguirus appeared in the Monster Warrior Godzilla segment every bit one of the kaiju living on their own planet.
Godzilla, Male monarch of the Monsters [edit | edit source]
Anguirus was originally a fossil at a dinosaur expo festival. Dr. Mad Oniyama, with the assistance of his 25th century analogue, revived the fossil past treating it with radiation. At first, Anguirus appeared as a large Ankylosaurus, who fought Godzilla after he had been forcibly devolved past Oniyama into a Godzillasaurus. Aware that the ankylosaur was losing the fight, the two Oniyamas shot a huge dart from KIDS that made the ankylosaur evolve into Anguirus. Anguirus and so held the upper hand, attempting to crush Godzilla with his sheer weight, but the devolution wore off, and Godzilla returned to normal. Anguirus and Godzilla fought again. Anguirus, using his new abilities such as being able to wing by rotating his crush and being able to slice Godzilla while spinning, fought as all-time every bit he could, just was defeated later Godzilla was given some shells from Yosuke's ASTOL-MB93 and rammed them downwardly his pharynx. Anguirus tried to flee alongside the two Oniyamas in KIDS, only for the ASTOL-MB93 shells to explode violently, killing Anguirus instantly. KIDS was too destroyed in the massive explosion, leaving the two Oniyamas' fates unknown.
Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters [edit | edit source]
Anguirus appears in Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters. He appears in Mexico and travels to the United States, where he engages Godzilla in boxing in California. After being defeated by Godzilla, Anguirus heads eastward, eventually encountering Mechagodzilla, who defeats him as well.
Godzilla: Ongoing [edit | edit source]
Anguirus appears in Godzilla: Ongoing, where he is initially seen attacking Edinburgh, Scotland. Boxer and his "Kaiju Impale Crew" intercept Anguirus and try to have him down using their "headache beams." Anguirus puts upwardly a vicious fight against Boxer's team but is eventually neutralized and transported to Monster Island, where the U.Due south. armed forces is collecting behemothic monsters for unknown purposes. When the infinite monsters Hedorah, Gigan, SpaceGodzilla, and Monster X assault Earth, Boxer's estranged son steals Kiryu and flies him to Monster Island to intermission out Anguirus and the other Earth monsters. Anguirus heads to Hong Kong, where he joins up with Rodan to battle Gigan. Anguirus sustains gruesome wounds in the battle, but with Rodan's help he is able to defeat Gigan, leaving the cyborg blinded with a shattered visor.
Godzilla: The Half-Century State of war [edit | edit source]
Anguirus appears in Godzilla: The One-half-Century War #2, where he appears in Vietnam and does battle with Godzilla. Anguirus fights fiercely, but retreats from the battle after Godzilla begins to shell him.
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Anguirus appears in the first effect of Godzilla: Legends. As Sydney is attacked by Destoroyah, a scientist named Dr. Anders uses an experimental device to try and call Godzilla to the city to fight. While the device works, it calls Anguirus instead. Anguirus attacks Destoroyah, even though Destoroyah is much larger and stronger. Even with Anguirus' perseverance, and Dr. Anders' second try at using the G-signaler, Destoroyah is also powerful for them to exercise any lasting impairment. He nearly kills Anguirus until Col. Matsumiya uses a helicopter to ship a huge tank of freon to smash into Destoroyah. Anguirus and so rolls into a ball and slams into the partially frozen Destoroyah, defeating it and scoring his offset victory over some other kaiju. Afterward, Godzilla arrives and it seems that Anguirus and he will face off, but Godzilla displays respect towards Anguirus, at least knowing there'southward a bigger threat to go later on.
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Anguirus in the cover of Godzilla: Legends #1
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Anguirus defeats Destoroyah in Godzilla: Legends #1
Godzilla: Rulers of Earth [edit | edit source]
In Godzilla: Rulers of Globe, Anguirus is considered a land monster that was frozen in an ice cap until he was reawakened along with all the other World monsters.
In Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #fourteen, Anguirus is ambushed past a Mechagodzilla that was built by the Cryog leader disguised as a Russian warmonger. The mecha badly wounds Anguirus and virtually snaps his jaw. Somewhen, Mechagodzilla blasts Anguirus with several weapons and leaves him for expressionless. When Lucy Casprell and her team arrive, they find that Anguirus is however alive and send Kiryu to retrieve him and bring to the Monster Islands. Kiryu is suddenly given new orders to bring Anguirus to a Russian facility, and flies off with the downed saurian. Along the way, Kiryu is shot downwardly by a grouping of more Mechagodzillas well-nigh a robotics facility in Russia. Anguirus manages to escape Kiryu'south grip and enters the facility, which the Cryog leader has converted into an arena where Godzilla is doing battle with Mecha-King Ghidorah and more Mechagodzillas. Anguirus joins the battle alongside Godzilla. Godzilla uses Anguirus equally a flail and slams him into Mecha-Rex Ghidorah's chest, critically damaging him. Somewhen, Godzilla destroys the remaining Mechagodzillas while Mecha-Rex Ghidorah retreats. Godzilla and Anguirus and then leave the arena together, simply not before Godzilla completely destroys it with his atomic breath. Somewhen, Anguirus was captured by the Trilopods, who absorbed his Deoxyribonucleic acid, and was imprisoned in their hive in Los Angeles. When King Caesar immune himself to be captured by the Trilopods, he freed the other kaiju inside the hive, and they all joined together to help Godzilla, Zilla, and Jet Jaguar battle against the Trilopod hybrids. Afterward the Trilopods were defeated, the behemothic Trilopod Magita was unleashed and attacked the monsters. Anguirus attempted to battle Magita by slamming into the behemothic Trilopod several times, simply was knocked bated by the massive animate being. After Godzilla destroyed Magita using his hyper screw ray and nuclear pulse, Anguirus and the other monsters followed him out to sea, and so dispersed effectually the globe to live in peace.
Godzilla: Cataclysm [edit | edit source]
Anguirus appears in a flashback in Godzilla: Calamity #1, where he is seen contesting Manda in Tokyo, while several other monsters battle each other also.
Godzilla in Hell [edit | edit source]
A demonic version of Anguirus appeared in the 2d event of the IDW mini-series Godzilla in Hell. He was seen in a frozen wasteland in Hell later Godzilla defeated the demon Rodan and thawed out after sensing Godzilla's presence. He confronted Godzilla and bit him on the arm, merely Godzilla flung him off and onto the ice, causing information technology to shatter and sending Godzilla careening through the ice.
Godzilla: Oblivion [edit | edit source]
Anguirus appeared alongside Rodan, Biollante, Zilla, King Caesar and Mothra in event #4 of Godzilla: Oblivion, every bit they crossed through an interdimensional portal while Mecha-Rex Ghidorah was fighting Godzilla. In the next consequence, where the monsters were joined by Hedorah, Anguirus made his first move against Mecha-King Ghidorah equally he rammed him after he was falling from Mothra'south assault. When Mecha-King Ghidorah was down, Anguirus kept slashing at him, leaving the latter vulnerable. Later after Mecha-Rex Ghidorah was defeated by Godzilla, all of the monsters were left backside equally the humans left the Earth equally it became covered by tiny robotic cells that served as interdimensional doorways.
Godzilla: Monsters & Protectors [edit | edit source]
Mothra is shown fighting Anguirus every bit the Shobijin explain how she has protected humanity.
Gallery [edit | edit source]
- Principal article: Anguirus/Gallery.
Sightings [edit | edit source]
- Anguirus's roar was used in many video game series such as Street Fighter and Metroid.
- Anguirus's roars were reused for the Draygon boss of the Metroid serial.
- In Dairanger, Daimugen reuses Anguirus' roar.
- The kaiju Archelus from the 2022 video game Earth Defense force 5 bears some resemblance to Anguirus, and even demonstrates a rolling attack reminiscent of the one used past Anguirus in Godzilla Final Wars and the Atari video games.
Roar [edit | edit source]
Like Godzilla, Anguirus'south roars were created by a musical instrument: the saxophone.[24]
Anguirus's roars were later sped up and used for Mothra. This is most evident in the motion picture Godzilla vs. Mothra, where later being injured, Mothra lets out a roar that sounds almost identical to Anguirus'southward. In Godzilla Final Wars, his roars were mixed with brute growls.
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In other languages [edit | edit source]
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 Mandarin Chinese | 安吉拉斯 Ānjílāsī | Transcription of Japanese name | |
 High german | Angirus (Godzilla Raids Over again, 1958 dub) | ||
 Russian | Ангирус Angirus | Transliteration of English language name | |
 Serbian | Ангирус Angirus | Transliteration of English proper noun | |
Trivia [edit | edit source]
- Anguirus was the second kaiju in the Godzilla series, and Godzilla'south starting time-always enemy.
- In the 1957 Toho film Tokyo is a Fine Place, a baseball histrion named William Radon joins a team called the Tokyo Anguirus. The team's uniform includes a shoulder patch with the monster'due south caput in silhouette.[25]
- Anguirus, Rodan, and Rex Caesar are the only enemy monsters Godzilla spares in Godzilla Last Wars.
- Anguirus was considered to appear in both Godzilla Confronting Mechagodzilla and Godzilla: Tokyo SOS, while his name appears on one of the DNA canisters in the post-credits scene for the latter pic.
Untextured view of the skeleton of "a brute that might or might non exist Anguirus" from the "The Undersea Lair" bonus characteristic for Godzilla: Male monarch of the Monsters
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters director Michael Dougherty stated that, "the skeleton of a creature that might or might not be Anguirus is briefly visible in one shot, just outside Godzilla's underwater lair."[26] Anguirus is also featured in concept art of the film'due south final scene, published in The Art of Godzilla: Rex of the Monsters, as are other established kaiju such every bit Gigan and Gamera.[27] In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Dougherty said, "We had thought nigh using some additional Toho creatures to give them some cameos merely every Toho creature comes with a price tag. It was a selection to either shell out more money simply for the rights for these creatures to evidence up on screen for a few seconds, or embrace the opportunity and the challenge to create new creatures."[28]
- A sprite model for the 1955 design of Anguirus is nowadays in the game files for Godzilla Defence, although he cannot be encountered in the game itself.[29]
- Steve Bissette conceptualized a surrogate monster for Anguirus during development of Dark Horse'south Godzilla, Male monarch of the Monsters Special comic in 1987, forth with similar analogues for Mothra and Rex Ghidorah. While the Mothra and Ghidorah surrogates were discarded, Bissette'due south Anguirus stand up-in, tentatively given the name "Neat Turtle," was slightly retooled into the monster Kamerus, which appears through multiple flashbacks in the comic.
Video [edit | edit source]
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Notes [edit | edit source]
- ↑ Underground Gotemba / 御殿場の地底
- ↑ Episodes 1, half dozen, ix, eleven, 21, 25, 39-40, 43-44, 58-63, 66, 75, 83-85, 87, 93, 97-98, 101-102, 110-113, 119-120, 125, 127, 130, 132, 134-135, 137-138, 140-142, 144-145, 148-150, 160, 179-182, 185-188, 190-194, 202, 207-208, 212, 214, 216-217, 233, 237, 244-246, 251-252, and 255-256.
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| | Godzilla (1954 • Showa) • Anguirus (First Generation • Second Generation) • Giant Cadger • Giant Octopus • King Kong (1962) • Mothra (First Generation • Second Generation • Third Generation) • Skeleturtle • Rodan (Showa) • Rex Ghidorah (Showa) • Ebirah • Giant Condor • Kamacuras • Minilla • Kumonga • Manda • Gorosaurus • Baragon • Varan • Gabara • Maneater • Hedorah • Gigan • Jet Jaguar • Megalon • Imitation Godzilla/Mechagodzilla (Showa) • King Caesar • Titanosaurus | ||||||||||||||
| | Godzillasaurus/Godzilla (Heisei) • Shockirus • Biollante • Dorat/King Ghidorah (Heisei)/Mecha-Rex Ghidorah • Battra • Mothra (Heisei) • Mechagodzilla (Heisei)/Super Mechagodzilla • Rodan (Heisei)/Fire Rodan • BabyGodzilla/LittleGodzilla/Godzilla Junior • Fairy Mothra • SpaceGodzilla • MOGUERA • Destoroyah | ||||||||||||||
| | Godzilla (Godzilla 2000 • vs. Megaguirus • GMK • Kiryu Saga • Final Wars) • Millennian/Orga • Meganulon/Meganula • Megaguirus • Baragon • Mothra (GMK • Tokyo S.O.Southward. Imago • Tokyo S.O.S. Larvae • Final Wars) • King Ghidorah (GMK) • Kiryu • Kamoebas • Manda • Rodan (Millennium) • Zilla • Anguirus (Millennium) • Rex Caesar • Kamacuras • Kumonga • Minilla • Ebirah • Gigan • Hedorah • Monster X/Keizer Ghidorah | ||||||||||||||
| | Godzilla (TriStar) • Baby Godzilla • Godzilla (MonsterVerse) • MUTO • Rodan (MonsterVerse) • Mothra (MonsterVerse) • King Ghidorah (MonsterVerse) • Methuselah • Scylla • Behemoth • King Kong (MonsterVerse) • Mechagodzilla (MonsterVerse) • Skullcrawler • Warbat • Hellhawk • Foetodon • Arachno-claw • Leafwing | ||||||||||||||
| | Godzilla (Shin • Filius • Earth) • Kamacuras • Dogora • Dagahra • Orga • Anguirus • Rodan • Mechagodzilla (Anime)/Mechagodzilla City • Servum • King Ghidorah (Anime) • Mothra (Anime) | ||||||||||||||
| | Invisible Man Akita • Invisible Man Nanjo • Snowman • Snowman's child • Meganulon • Rodan (1956) • Moguera • H-Homo • Varan • Yamata no Orochi • Telegian • Human Vapor • Mothra (1961 • 1996) • Vampire Found • Maguma • Manda • Matango • Dogora • Frankenstein • Baragon • Giant Octopus • Gaira • Sanda • Male monarch Kong (1967) • Mechani-Kong • Gorosaurus • Giant Ocean Snake • Griffon • Giant Rats • Bat Men • Vampire Doll • Daigoro'due south mother • Daigoro • Goliath • Gezora • Ganimes • Kamoebas • Wolf Guy • Dragon • Amano Shiratori • Kumasogami • Kaishin Muba • Utsuno Ikusagami • Desghidorah • Mothra Leo/Rainbow Mothra/Aqua Mothra/Light Speed Mothra/Armor Mothra/Eternal Mothra • Fairy Mothra • Garugaru • Ghogo • Barem • Dagahra • King Ghidorah (1998)/Cretaceous King Ghidorah • Primitive Mothra • Titan • Jumbo Titan • Nerscylla • Apceros | ||||||||||||||
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