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Zanon
Zanon in Gamera Super Monster
Subtitle(s) Space Pirate Ship
(宇宙海賊船,   Uchū Kaizokusen)
Length ≤200 meters[1][note 1]
Targets Gamera, Spacewomen, Giruge
Piloted by Unnamed captain
First appearance Gamera Super Monster

The Zanon (ザノン号,   Zanon-gō) is a massive pirate spacecraft which appears in the 1980 Daiei film Gamera Super Monster.

History

Showa era

Gamera Super Monster

After revealing his plans to invade the Earth, the captain of the Zanon released the kaiju Gyaos, Zigra, Viras, Jiger, Guiron and Barugon, and also briefly utilized a mind-control device released from the ship to control Gamera. After Gamera defeated all of the monsters, Giruge arrived to fight the Spacewomen personally, but was defeated by them and chose to defect after she was spared by the heroes. Unfortunately, this didn't last long, as the Zanon killed Giruge using a laser beam. The Zanon flew into battle to kill Gamera, but was destroyed after Gamera sacrificed himself by slamming into the ship and detonating it.

Video games

Gallery

  • Gamera flies toward the Zanon

    Gamera flies toward the Zanon

  • Gamera sacrifices himself, resulting in the destruction of the Zanon

    Gamera sacrifices himself, resulting in the destruction of the Zanon

  • Zanon figure

    Zanon figure

Trivia

  • The Zanon's appearance is nearly identical to that of an Imperial Star Destroyer from the Star Wars franchise. The film it appeared in was released the same year as the film The Empire Strikes Back.
  • A possible reference to Zanon was planned for the scrapped Gamera anime in 2006 by Yoshitomo Yonetani while the spacecraft by Yonetani is labelled with the letters "Black Tortoise" (玄武,   Genbu) on it, presumably referring to Gamera.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ "The Zanon's total length is as much as 200 meters." / ザノン号の全長は200メートルもある。

References

This is a list of references for Zanon. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. ↑ TVLand Color Club Special Issue #3 - Gamera Super Monster. Tokuma Shoten. 20 April 1980.
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  2. ↑ Yoshitomo Yonetani, 2023, 2006年の没企画「牙滅羅(ガメラ)」昭和怪獣だけでなく、マルコブカラッパやガラシャープ等のお蔵入り怪獣、メカニックガメラ軍団等も登場する26話構成。主題歌は「シャンバラヤ牙滅羅！」。絵はあくまでイメージです。, Twitter (X)

 
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