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|image =Gandagirasu1.jpg | |image =Gandagirasu1.jpg | ||
|name =Gundarguirus | |name =Gundarguirus | ||
|caption =Gundarguirus in Zone Fighter | |caption =Gundarguirus in Zone Fighter | ||
|subtitle =Bomb [[ | |subtitle =Bomb Terror-Beast<br>{{Nihongo|爆弾恐獣|Bakudan Kyōjū}}<ref name="TSEAME">{{Cite book|title=[[Toho Special Effects All Monster Encyclopedia]]|editor-first=Satoshi|editor-last=Matsui|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=28 July 2014|page=136|isbn=978-4-09-682090-2}}</ref> | ||
| | |height =71 meters<ref name="SFJ">{{Cite web|url=http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2009/11/14/zone-fighter-series-guide/#beasts|title=ZONE FIGHTER Series Guide|first=Jim M.|last=Ballard|date=14 November 2009|work=[[SciFi Japan]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301010004/http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2009/11/14/zone-fighter-series-guide/#beasts|archive-date=1 March 2021}}</ref> | ||
|height =71 meters<ref name="SFJ"> | |weight =80,000 metric tons{{R|SFJ}} | ||
|weight =80,000 metric tons | |originplace =[[Planet Garoga]]{{R|TSEAME}} | ||
|allies =[[ | |allies =[[Garoga]]s | ||
|enemies =[[Zone Fighter]] | |enemies =[[Zone Fighter]] | ||
|relationships =[[ | |relationships =[[Garoga]]s (creators) | ||
|controlled =[[ | |controlled =[[Garoga]]s | ||
|firstappearance =''[[Zone Fighter ( | |firstappearance =''[[Zone Fighter (series)|Zone Fighter]]'' episode 18, "[[Command: 'Destroy the Japanese Islands']]" | ||
}} | |roar=[[File:Gundarguirus_roar.mp3|180px|center]]}} | ||
'''Gundarguirus''' {{Nihongo|ガンダーギラス|Gandāgirasu}} is a [[:Category:Zone Fighter Monsters|Terror-Beast | {{Expand}} | ||
'''Gundarguirus''' {{Nihongo|ガンダーギラス|Gandāgirasu}} is a [[:Category:Zone Fighter Monsters|Terror-Beast]] created by [[Toho]] that first appeared in episode 18 of the [[1973]] [[tokusatsu]] [[kaiju]] [[:Category:Television Series|series]] ''[[Zone Fighter (series)|Zone Fighter]]'', titled "[[Command: 'Destroy the Japanese Islands']]". | |||
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==Design== | ==Design== | ||
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Gundarguirus is a bizarre creature which appears to be a chimera of various species. His head resembles that of a walrus with red tusks. | Gundarguirus is a bizarre creature which appears to be a chimera of various species. His head resembles that of a walrus with red tusks. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===''[[Zone Fighter ( | ===''[[Zone Fighter (series)|Zone Fighter]]''=== | ||
==== | ===="[[Command: 'Destroy the Japanese Islands']]"==== | ||
Gundarguirus was used by the Garogas as a makeshift bomb. After [[Professor Tanzawa]] discovered a powerful energy source that he named PS73, the Garogas managed to infiltrate his laboratory and steal the sample, which they then fed to Gundarguirus. It was then discovered that a comet was approaching the Earth, and that if the comet came too close, the PS73 within Gundarguirus would explode, destroying [[Japan]] entirely. | {{Stub|section}} | ||
Gundarguirus was used by the Garogas as a makeshift bomb. After [[Professor Tanzawa]] discovered a powerful energy source that he named PS73, the Garogas managed to infiltrate his laboratory and steal the sample, which they then fed to Gundarguirus. It was then discovered that a comet was approaching the Earth, and that if the comet came too close, the PS73 within Gundarguirus would explode, destroying [[Japan]] entirely. However, [[Zone Fighter]] engaged the monster in combat and managed to defeat it. | |||
==Abilities== | ==Abilities== | ||
===Fire breath=== | |||
Gundarguirus can fire a stream of fire from its mouth setting anything it touches ablaze. | |||
===Gamma Rays=== | |||
Gundarguirus can fire two thin, red '''Gamma Rays'''{{Nihongo|ガンマー光線|Ganmā Kōsen}} from each of its two tusks.<ref name="AKK">{{cite book|title=[[All Kaiju Kaijin (First Volume)]]|editor-first=Yukio|editor-last=Sakai|date=24 March 1990|publisher=Keibunsha|page=211|isbn=4-7669-0962-3}}</ref> After colliding with an opponent, the beam will wrap around them, raise them into the air, and spin the opponent at high speed, disorienting them. Alternatively the beams will simply cause a large explosion against the opponent, as demonstrating against Zone Fighter. | |||
===Suction=== | |||
Gundarguirus can suck objects into his mouth from long distances. Anything consumed is placed in a translucent storage pod in the monster's chest. | |||
===Strong winds=== | |||
According to ''[[All Kaiju Kaijin (First Volume)]]'', Gundarguirus is capable of whipping up 100 meter-per-second winds, though this is not demonstrated in the show.{{R|AKK}} | |||
==Roar== | ==Roar== | ||
Gundarguirus uses edited [[wikia:w:c:ultra:Bemstar|Bemstar]] cries. | Gundarguirus uses edited [[wikia:w:c:ultra:Bemstar|Bemstar]] cries. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Gundarguirus (ガンダーギラス is a Gandāgirasu)Terror-Beast created by Toho that first appeared in episode 18 of the 1973 tokusatsu kaiju series Zone Fighter, titled "Command: 'Destroy the Japanese Islands'".
Design
Gundarguirus is a bizarre creature which appears to be a chimera of various species. His head resembles that of a walrus with red tusks.
History
Zone Fighter
"Command: 'Destroy the Japanese Islands'"
Gundarguirus was used by the Garogas as a makeshift bomb. After Professor Tanzawa discovered a powerful energy source that he named PS73, the Garogas managed to infiltrate his laboratory and steal the sample, which they then fed to Gundarguirus. It was then discovered that a comet was approaching the Earth, and that if the comet came too close, the PS73 within Gundarguirus would explode, destroying Japan entirely. However, Zone Fighter engaged the monster in combat and managed to defeat it.
Abilities
Fire breath
Gundarguirus can fire a stream of fire from its mouth setting anything it touches ablaze.
Gamma Rays
Gundarguirus can fire two thin, red Gamma Rays (ガンマー光線 from each of its two tusks. Ganmā Kōsen)[3] After colliding with an opponent, the beam will wrap around them, raise them into the air, and spin the opponent at high speed, disorienting them. Alternatively the beams will simply cause a large explosion against the opponent, as demonstrating against Zone Fighter.
Suction
Gundarguirus can suck objects into his mouth from long distances. Anything consumed is placed in a translucent storage pod in the monster's chest.
Strong winds
According to All Kaiju Kaijin (First Volume), Gundarguirus is capable of whipping up 100 meter-per-second winds, though this is not demonstrated in the show.[3]
Roar
Gundarguirus uses edited Bemstar cries.
References
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