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===[[Showa era|Showa Series]]===
===[[Showa era|Showa Series]]===
====''[[Space Amoeba]]''====
====''[[Space Amoeba]]''====
Ganimes, originally a giant lobster, was controlled and mutated by Yog after [[Gezora]] died. Ganimes attacked Sergio Island, but he was destroyed by explosives. Yog however decided to utilize Ganimes again, and remade Ganimes from another giant lobster. He also created [[Kamoebas]], and they attacked the island together. The two were temporarily freed from Yog's control, and they fought soon after. They fought on a volcano and Ganimes threw Kamoebas in, but he pulled Ganimes in with him.
Ganimes, originally an ordinary [[wikipedia:Xanthidae|rubble crab]], was controlled and mutated by Yog after [[Gezora]] died. Ganimes attacked Sergio Island, but he was destroyed by explosives. Yog utilized another rubble crab to create a second Ganimes to work in tandem with the giant mata mata turtle [[Kamoebas]]. The two were freed from Yog's control by a swarm of bats, and they fought soon after. They fought on a volcano and Ganimes threw Kamoebas in, but he pulled Ganimes in with him.
==Video Games==
==Video Games==
*''[[Godzilla, King of the Monsters (Gameboy)]]''
*''[[Godzilla, King of the Monsters (Gameboy)]]''
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==Comics==
==Comics==
===''[[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth]]''===
===''[[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth]]''===
When Lucy Casprell visited Infant Island, she saw a massive cave painting and the Shobijin told her the story of [[Earth]]'s monsters. Located in the natural balance of the water element was Ganimes. Ganimes did not make an appearance in the series though.
====[[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth Issue 9|Issue #9]]====
When Lucy Casprell visited Infant Island, one of the cave painting she saw categorized all of the Earth's monsters (besides [[Godzilla]]) as associated with water, earth, fire, or air. Ganimes was one of the water monsters, along with [[Zilla]], [[Varan]], [[Titanosaurus]], [[Gezora]], [[Manda]], [[Ebirah]], and [[Kamoebas]].
<gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small">
<gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small">
RoE_Ganimes.jpg|Ganimes hieroglyph in ''[[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth]]''
RoE_Ganimes.jpg|Ganimes painting in ''[[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth]]'' #9
RoE_Ganimes_true.png
RoE_Ganimes_true.png|A crab resembling Ganimes in ''Godzilla: Rulers of Earth'' #19
</gallery>
</gallery>
==In Other Languages==
==In Other Languages==
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{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">https://youtu.be/TaA_USzHHhg</youtube>|Ganimes' roars}}
{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">https://youtu.be/TaA_USzHHhg</youtube>|Ganimes' roars}}
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==Behind the Scenes==
Ganimes' presence in ''[[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth]]'' was limited to a cave painting because [[IDW]] accidentally forgot to acquire the rights to the character.<ref name="Mattzilla">[http://spankzilla85.tumblr.com/post/141922610985/where-was-gezora-and-manda-troughout-the-war Matt Frank on Tumblr - 29 March 2016]</ref>
==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
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Revision as of 13:26, 27 August 2017

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Ganimes
Ganimes in Space Amoeba
Alternate names Ganime
Subtitle(s) Giant Crab Monster
(大蟹怪獣,   Dai Kani Kaijū)
Species Mutated Stonecrab
Height 20 meters[1][2]
Weight 12,000 metric tons[1][2]
Controlled by YogSA
Relations Yog (Creator)
Gezora and Kamoebas ('Brothers')
Allies None
Enemies Kamoebas
Created by Ishiro Honda, Ei Ogawa,
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Played by Haruo Nakajima
First appearance Latest appearance
Space Amoeba Space Amoeba
Roar(s)
More roars

Ganimes (ガニメ,   Ganime) is a giant stone crab kaiju created by Toho that first appeared in the 1970 Toho film, Space Amoeba.

Name

Ganimes' name comes from the Japanese word kani (蟹), meaning crab, and me, a kaiju name suffix.

History

Showa Series

Space Amoeba

Ganimes, originally an ordinary rubble crab, was controlled and mutated by Yog after Gezora died. Ganimes attacked Sergio Island, but he was destroyed by explosives. Yog utilized another rubble crab to create a second Ganimes to work in tandem with the giant mata mata turtle Kamoebas. The two were freed from Yog's control by a swarm of bats, and they fought soon after. They fought on a volcano and Ganimes threw Kamoebas in, but he pulled Ganimes in with him.

Video Games

Comics

Godzilla: Rulers of Earth

Issue #9

When Lucy Casprell visited Infant Island, one of the cave painting she saw categorized all of the Earth's monsters (besides Godzilla) as associated with water, earth, fire, or air. Ganimes was one of the water monsters, along with Zilla, Varan, Titanosaurus, Gezora, Manda, Ebirah, and Kamoebas.

In Other Languages

  • Serbian: Ганимеc
  • Russian: Ганимез
  • Yiddish: גאַנימעס

Gallery

Main article: Ganimes/Gallery.

Roar

Ganimes' roars

Behind the Scenes

Ganimes' presence in Godzilla: Rulers of Earth was limited to a cave painting because IDW accidentally forgot to acquire the rights to the character.[3]

References

This is a list of references for Ganimes. 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Common Knowledge of Godzilla. Futabasha. 6 July 2014. p. 175. ISBN 978-4-575-30696-5. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 All Toho Monsters Pictorial Book (4th Edition). Yosensha. 4 September 2016. p. 159. ISBN 978-4-8003-0362-2. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ↑ Matt Frank on Tumblr - 29 March 2016

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