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Gyaos (Showa)
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Gyaos (ギャオス Gyaosu) is a winged kaiju who first appeared in the 1967 Daiei Gamera film Gamera vs. Gyaos.
A colossal man-eating flying monster resembling a vampire bat, Gyaos was awakened from its underground slumber in Japan's Chubu Major Fault Zone near Mount Futago by sudden volcanic activity. Gamera almost immediately appeared to confront the creature when it threatened a young boy who wandered into its lair. Possessing an aversion to sunlight and heat, Gyaos preyed upon humans and livestock at night in the countryside of Shizuoka Prefecture before moving on to the city of Nagoya. Gamera fought Gyaos yet again in a battle where both kaiju sustained major injury, but Gyaos escaped just as the sun began to rise and regenerated its wounds. After a failed operation to exploit Gyaos' weakness to sunlight, the JSDF eventually set a forest fire near Gyaos in order to draw Gamera to its location. Gamera dueled Gyaos in a final deathmatch that ended when he dragged the bloodthirsty beast into the crater of Mount Fuji, incinerating it in the molten magma.
In the film Gamera Super Monster, the crew of the pirate spaceship Zanon utilized Gyaos as one of its monster pawns in a bid to eliminate Gamera and conquer the Earth. However, the flying menace and all of the Zanon's other monsters fell to Gamera.
Name
In Gamera vs. Gyaos, Gyaos' name comes from the onomatopoeia for its roar according to the film's protagonist, Eiichi. It was commonly romanized Gaos, without the "y," prior to the release of Gamera the Guardian of the Universe.
Development
Two Gyaos suits were created for Gamera vs. Gyaos: one with its wings spread, and another with its wings folded. In addition to the suits, a flying prop and a life-sized model of Gyaos' foot were also constructed. The Gyaos costume with the extended wings was later used to portray Space Gyaos in Gamera vs. Guiron, along with a hand-operated puppet or Guignol and a prop. The Space Gyaos suit was later used in the "Godzilla vs. Gamera" stage show at the 1970 World's Fair. Stock footage of Gyaos from its debut film was used for the monster's role in the 1980 film Gamera Super Monster.
A Space Gyaos prop on set with the Guiron suit
The Space Gyaos suit in use to battle Guiron
The Space Gyaos suit with Godzilla and Gorosaurus at the 1970 World's Fair
Design
Gyaos is a bipedal winged creature somewhat resembling a bat or pterosaur which stands upright and possesses large leathery wings with three claws on each and three sharp talons on its feet. It has a flattened arrow-shaped head and a mouth filled with sharp teeth and large bright yellow eyes. It has a long tail with a sail on top of it which acts like a natural flight stabilizer. Gyaos' body is dark brown, appearing black at night, with two large orange stripes stretching across its chest and partially onto its wings.
Personality
Gyaos is a feral bloodthirsty creature which feeds upon the blood of smaller animals, most notably humans and livestock. Due to its harsh weakness to sunlight, Gyaos is nocturnal and opts to fly over villages and cities at night in order to find and catch prey. Though it is very aggressive in battle, Gyaos will retreat if it is in danger of being exposed to sunlight or fire. It typically uses the biological fog emitted from vents on its chest to protect itself and extinguish flames.
Origins
Gyaos' origins are unclear, with zoologist Dr. Aoki uncertain as to whether it is a bird or reptile, though he labels a drawing of it "Rhamphorhynchoidea Monster." Gyaos was sleeping in a deep underground cave in Japan's Chubu Major Fault Zone, though recent unusual volcanic activity across the nation roused it.
History
- Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967)
- Gamera vs. Guiron (1969) [mentioned]
- Gamera Super Monster (1980) [stock footage]
Gamera vs. Gyaos
An ancient creature awoken by a pattern of unusual volcanic activity across Japan, Gyaos emerged from a large cavern in the mountains of Shizuoka Prefecture, first making his presence known after he attacked and killed a team of geologists by slicing their helicopter in half with his Supersonic Scalpel. Gyaos then continued to menace a nearby village and feasted on blood, principally that of livestock and humans.
Soon, Gamera confronted Gyaos at Nagoya, and after a battle in which Gamera’s arm was seriously damaged by Gyaos’s Supersonic Scalpel, Gyaos fled while Gamera slept in the ocean to recover from his injuries. It was soon learned that light caused Gyaos' skin to shrink, and this applied to artificial light as well, so the citizens were able to get to safety by sheltering in the light of a stadium's spotlights, which kept Gyaos at bay. Gamera soon returned to finish Gyaos off and, after a battle in the air, Gyaos cut off two of his toes to free himself from Gamera's grasp and escape. Later that morning, two local fishermen discovered Gyaos's toes, which had started to shrink under the effects of ultraviolet light from the sun
Returning to Shizuoka, a complex plan was put in place by the JSDF and the scientists, involving artificial blood and a rotating platform atop a hotel. It was hoped that by luring Gyaos to the blood, then rotating the platform, Gyaos would be dazed and unable to escape, eventually dying in the morning sun. However, this plan failed when the substation powering the platform overheated. In pain, Gyaos smashed the hotel to pieces, then fired his fog to shroud himself from the sun's light, escaping back to his cave.
Eichi, a local boy from the village, came up with a plan to set the surrounding forest on fire, in the hope that Gamera might be attracted to the flames to fight Gyaos. After Eichi's grandfather conveyed this to the team overseeing the operation against Gyaos, this plan was put into action. That night, the forest was set ablaze, and missiles were shot into the mountain to force Gyaos out. The giant monster put out the fires using his fog, but Gamera arrived just in time to begin the fight.
Though Gyaos's Supersonic Scalpel was unable to cut into Gamera's shell, it made light work of exposed areas of his body, and it seemed at one point as if Gamera was going to die after Gyaos lacerated his limbs and tail with the beam, causing the giant turtle to weaken. After Gyaos repeatedly picked up and hurled Gamera at the ground, Gamera recovered his strength and valiantly fought back, knocking Gyaos down by flying into him, then biting into his neck and shoulder to restrain him. With Gyaos unable to escape, Gamera took to the air, and carried Gyaos to the crater of Mount Fuji, still smoking from its recent eruption. As Gamera pulled Gyaos into the crater, the monster tried one last futile attempt to escape, firing his Supersonic Scalpel as the sun rose, but this attempt was in vain, and Gyaos finally died.
Gamera Super Monster
The pirate spaceship Zanon unleashed Gyaos to destroy humanity, then sent it to prevent Gamera from interfering with its plans to conquer Earth. However, Gamera destroyed Gyaos by dragging it into the crater of a volcano.
Abilities
Video games
- Monster Gear (2015) - Android, iOS
- Gamera: The Time Adventure (1995) - Bandai Playdia [cover]
- Gamera: Battle (2012) - GREE, Mobage
Gyaos in Monster Gear
Comics
Gallery
- Main article: Gyaos/Gallery.
Roar
Gyaos' roar was later altered for the Return of Ultraman kaiju Arstron, and also reused for a giant snake in the 1968 Daiei film The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch.
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Space Gyaos
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Space Gyaos (宇宙ギャオス Uchū Gyaosu) is a winged alien kaiju which appeared in the 1969 Daiei Gamera film Gamera vs. Guiron.
Name
Space Gyaos' name simply comes from placing "space" in front of Gyaos' name.
Design
Space Gyaos looks virtually identical to the terrestrial Gyaos featured in Gamera vs. Gyaos, only its skin is silver and the orange stripes on its chest are reddish-brown.
History
Gamera vs. Guiron
A swarm of silver Soace Gyaos had attacked the planet Terra, an undiscovered planet in Earth's solar system, being kept at bay only by the Terrans' guardian monster, Guiron. A Space Gyaos arrived near Guiron and tried to attack with its supersonic scalpel, but the beam was reflected by Guiron's blade-like head and instead sliced off Space Gyaos' right leg. Space Gyaos flew into the air in order to continue the fight, but in a swooping maneuver Guiron sliced off its wing. With its prey grounded and immobile, Guiron cut off Space Gyaos' other wing, then decapitated it and sliced it into pieces. Guiron picked up one of the segments and inspected it, deciding that Space Gyaos was not fit to eat, then simply threw the piece aside. After Gamera had killed Guiron, the planet was seemingly abandoned to the remaining Space Gyaos.
Gyaos (Heisei Trilogy)
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We commit to the cradle of time the Last Hope, Gamera. May he awaken with the Shadow of Evil, Gyaos.
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— Inscription from the obelisk found on Gamera's atoll (Gamera the Guardian of the Universe) |
Gyaos (ギャオス Gyaosu) is a species of winged kaiju which appears in Daiei's Heisei Gamera trilogy, serving as the primary antagonist of the 1995 film Gamera the Guardian of the Universe and a supporting antagonist in 1999's Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris.
A genetically perfect organism engineered by the super-ancient civilization which inspired the myth of Atlantis, Gyaos developed a taste for human flesh and turned on its creators, who engineered a guardian called Gamera as a last resort to stop it. While Gamera managed to destroy the majority of Gyaos, he could not save the civilization which created him, though the few survivors sealed him away in the hope of defending future generations if Gyaos ever rose again. In 1995, changing environmental conditions brought on by human activity caused several Gyaos eggs on Himegami Island to hatch, with three individuals making their way to Japan. Gamera returned and managed to kill two Gyaos, but one escaped and continuously grew in size and power until it became Super Gyaos (スーパーギャオス Sūpā Gyaosu) and built a nest in Tokyo. Gamera fought and killed Super Gyaos in a deadly struggle, but the threat of more Gyaos eggs surviving remained.
When Gamera depleted the Earth's mana energy in order to destroy the extraterrestrial Legion, clutches of Gyaos eggs around the world were able to hatch, with the creatures evolving into the even larger and deadlier Hyper Gyaos (ギャオス・ハイパー Gyaosu Haipā, lit. "Gyaos Hyper"). Overwhelmed by his ancient foe's numbers, Gamera became increasingly desperate to stop Gyaos to the point of causing major destruction in his battles with it. To make matters worse, a young woman named Ayana Hirasaka discovered the egg of an ancient Gyaos mutation which she named Iris, bonding with the creature over their shared hatred of Gamera. Iris matured into a colossal monster which attempted to kill Gamera in Kyoto, though the guardian destroyed the evil god and rescued Ayana from being forcibly absorbed by it. Though seriously maimed in the struggle, Gamera fearlessly prepared to face a massive swarm of Hyper Gyaos descending upon the city with the goal of destroying him once and for all.
Name
In Gamera the Guardian of the Universe, Gyaos are sometimes referred to as "Gyaos Birds," although the character Mayumi Nagamine insists they are not birds at all. The singular Gyaos in the film which evolves and grows to 85 meters in height is known as Super Gyaos (スーパーギャオス Sūpā Gyaosu), while the even larger evolved Gyaos from Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris are called Hyper Gyaos (ギャオス・ハイパー Gyaosu Haipā, lit. "Gyaos Hyper"), though neither name is ever spoken onscreen.
Development
Gyaos was brought back as the antagonist for Gamera's 30th-anniversary film, Gamera the Guardian of the Universe. A series of props and puppets were created to portray the three juvenile Gyaos, while two suits were made for the mature Super Gyaos.[3] One suit was designed for action, while the other was for close-ups. Super Gyaos had the distinction of being the first-ever known kaiju to be portrayed in a film by a woman, Yumi Kameyama, with director of special effects Shinji Higuchi noting "the shape of a woman's body is different from that of a man's" and "since virtually all of the people who work in the special effects field are men, I thought that I could make it a little easier for women to enter the field by having one play Gyaos."[4] Kameyama was specifically cast due to her small size. In addition to the two suits, a prop was utilized for scenes of Super Gyaos flying.
Similar to Gamera's design, aspects from ancient Chinese mythology were also used for Gyaos' design; designs of Chinese Dragons from the Spring and Autumn period and western Dragons influenced Gyaos' concept designs.[5]:16
Yumi Kameyama dons the Super Gyaos suit
Various Gyaos and Gamera suits and props used in Gamera the Guardian of the Universe
For Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris, the evolved Hyper Gyaos were depicted entirely through props, puppets, and computer-generated imagery. The Super Gyaos action suit from G1 was reutilized for the Hyper Gyaos that is knocked out of the sky and incinerated by Gamera's Plasma Fireball, with only its head being present. In addition, a full-size juvenile Gyaos carcass model was created for the film's opening sequence.
Design
The Gyaos in Gamera the Guardian of the Universe had a streamlined appearance, with larger wings and a longer neck, along with brownish-red skin. The singular Gyaos which evolves into Super Gyaos develops a slightly more muscular body along with red eyes. In Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris, a new type of Gyaos, Hyper Gyaos, was introduced. While sharing similarities to its earlier forms, Hyper Gyaos has a much more draconic appearance, with larger wings and rough, reddish-brown skin. Hyper Gyaos is also considerably thinner than previous incarnations, with elements of its skeleton such as its ribcage protruding from underneath its skin.
Personality
Gyaos feed on any meat they can find, be it living or dead, though their preferred prey seems to be humanity. In the trilogy, Gyaos consumes food in massive amounts, which allows it to grow in size very quickly. Gyaos can quickly wipe out an entire village population due to its ravenous appetite. While Gyaos typically move together in flocks and will cooperate in combat, juvenile Gyaos will resort to cannibalism if left unattended in their nest, eating each other until only the strongest and most vicious individuals are left.
Origins
Gyaos are the result of genetic engineering by the ancient Atlanteans in order to create a genetically perfect organism, possibly as a weapon. However, the asexually-reproducing Gyaos began breeding out of control and turned on their creators. The Atlanteans created Gamera as a last-ditch effort to stop the Gyaos, but their civilization was ultimately destroyed by the Gyaos. While Gamera successfully destroyed most of the Gyaos, several clutches of their eggs survived into the present day and were able to hatch due to human activities causing a decrease in the Earth's levels of Mana. The characters Mito Asakura and Shinya Kurata propose in Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris that Gyaos was created to keep the human population from growing too large. The official prequel graphic novel for the trilogy, Matt Frank's The Last Hope, explains that the Atlanteans created Gyaos to defend their capital city from gigantic serpents called Garasharp. However, once the Gyaos defeated and fed on Garasharp, they developed a taste for human flesh instead, and turned against the Atlanteans.
History
- Gamera the Guardian of the Universe (1995)
- Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996) [mentioned; photograph]
- Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)
Gamera the Guardian of the Universe
Three Gyaos appeared on an island archipelago off the coast of Japan, where they wiped out an entire village on Himegami Island, eating every human being they could find. Ornithologist Mayumi Nagamine and police inspector Tsutomu Osako were sent to the island to investigate, where they saw the three creatures up close. Together with the JSDF, Nagamine and Osako formulated a plan to lure the Gyaos to the Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka, using hunks of raw meat. By nightfall, the three Gyaos arrived at the stadium and descended. Soldiers then opened fire on the Gyaos with tranquilizer darts. Two of the Gyaos were sedated and captured, but one escaped. The Gyaos tried to fly over the ocean, but was suddenly swatted into a nearby refinery and destroyed by Gamera, who proceeded toward the Fukuoka Dome. The two Gyaos awakened and used their sonic beams to cut free of the cages restraining them. The Gyaos flew out of the stadium, avoiding Gamera, and retreated.
The two Gyaos later attacked a village in the Japanese countryside, but were intercepted by Gamera. Gamera destroyed one of the Gyaos with a fireball, but the other escaped. When Gamera was attacked by the JSDF near Mount Fuji, the surviving Gyaos attacked him with its supersonic scalpel. Gamera was seriously wounded by the JSDF and Gyaos' attacks and was forced to rest underneath the ocean. Gyaos began feeding on wildlife, livestock, and humans and eventually grew into the 85 meter-tall Super Gyaos (スーパーギャオス Sūpā Gyaosu). Super Gyaos flew to Tokyo, where it fed on the helpless populace. Super Gyaos later built a nest on the Tokyo Tower and laid eggs. Gamera traveled underground and surfaced in the center of Tokyo to challenge Super Gyaos. Gamera blasted the nest with a fireball, destroying all of the eggs. Super Gyaos and Gamera fought throughout Tokyo, causing major damage to the city. Eventually, the two kaiju took their battle to the sky, engaging in a supersonic dogfight that reached the top of the atmosphere. Gamera and Super Gyaos plummeted down to Earth, and Gamera crashed into a factory which exploded. Super Gyaos stared at the fireball, believing itself victorious, when suddenly the fire was absorbed by Gamera, who stood unharmed. Gamera fired a massive fireball at Super Gyaos, which blasted its head clean off. Super Gyaos' headless corpse then fell backwards and exploded.
Stock footage of Super Gyaos and its battle with Gamera was later shown in Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris, where it is revealed to be the cause of the death of Ayana Hirasaka's parents.
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
The Gyaos do not appear in Gamera 2 physically, but they are mentioned and are the subject of a book in the film.
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
After Gamera's Ultimate Mana Blast attack used to destroy Legion depleted Earth's mana, thousands of Gyaos began appearing all over the world in new evolved forms known as Hyper Gyaos (ギャオス・ハイパー Gyaosu ・ Haipā, lit. Gyaos Hyper). The corpse of one Gyaos was found in a village in the Philippines, where it had eaten an old woman's son and grandson. Gamera was reportedly seen in several locations across the planet battling the Hyper Gyaos, causing terrible destruction in the process. One night, two Hyper Gyaos appeared in the Shibuya district of Tokyo, where they battled Gamera. Gamera killed both Gyaos, but at the cost of thousands of human lives, ending humanity's trust in Gamera and causing them to designate him as an enemy. Meanwhile, a powerful creature related to the Gyaos, Iris, was awakened from a shrine in Nara Prefecture and raised by the vengeful orphan Ayana Hirasaka to kill Gamera, who she blamed for the deaths of her parents in 1995. Iris and Gamera battled in Kyoto, with Iris being killed and Gamera brutally maimed. After the battle, a swarm of thousands of Hyper Gyaos approached Kyoto, intent on finishing Gamera once and for all. However, humanity's faith in Gamera had been restored and they were ready to fight side-by-side with him against the Gyaos.
Abilities
Video games
Comics
Gallery
Roar
Trivia
Gyaos (Gamera the Brave)
Gyaos (GAMERA -Rebirth-)
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 "Heisei Enemy Monsters (平成敵怪獣)". gamera.jp. Archived from the original on 5 July 2005. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris Super Complete Works. Shogakukan. 20 April 1999. p. 15. ISBN 4-09-101468-2.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gamera the Guardian of the Universe Encyclopedia. Rippu Shobo. 1995. pp. 15–16, 19–20, 58–59. ISBN 978-4651016160.
- ↑ Milner, David; Tucker, Guy. "Shinji Higuchi Interview". Kaiju Conversations. Retrieved 8 January 2020.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ↑ Heisei Gamera Perfection. ASCII MEDIA WORKS. 8 February 2014. ISBN 9784048918817.
