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==Trivia==
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*The Wyvern resembles [[King Ghidorah]], as both are dragons with multiple heads that have giant wings and breathe elemental beams.
*The Wyvern resembles [[King Ghidorah]], as both are dragons with multiple heads that have giant wings and breathe elemental beams. Production details mentioned in the ''Remember the Gamera Series'' featurette indicate this was intentional, as King Ghidorah was on the mind of Noriaki Yuasa while he was working on [[Gamera vs. Zigra]].<ref name="Noriaki interview">{{cite book|title= [[The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films]]|author= LeMay, John|date=15 June 2017 |publisher=Bicep Books|page=31|isbn=978-1548145255}}</ref>
*It's a common misconception by fans that the Wyvern's film appearance was replaced by [[Gamera vs. Garasharp]] as the finale to the Showa Gamera series, thanks to limited information regarding both projects floating across the internet in the early 2000s. However the Garasharp film was actually part of the "Gamera Permanent Preservation Plan" laser-disc, which came out in 1991, whereas ''Gamera vs. Wyvern'' was a film in early production in 1972 before Daiei went bankrupt.<ref name="TheLostFilms">{{cite book|title= [[The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films]]|author= LeMay, John|date=15 June 2017 |publisher=Bicep Books|pages=31-32|isbn=978-1548145255}}</ref>
*A practical Wyvern prop, either a puppet or a suit, was created at Daiei studios but it was destroyed in a riot caused by the studio going bankrupt and not paying its workers. Sadly, no photographs of the props are known to exist.<ref name="DaieiRiot">{{cite book|title= [[The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films]]|author= LeMay, John|date=15 June 2017 |publisher=Bicep Books|page=32|isbn=978-1548145255}}</ref>
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Wyvern
Wyvern concept art
Alternate names W
Species Wyvern
Planned for Gamera vs. Wyvern

Wyvern (飛竜,   Hiryō) is an unmade dragon kaiju from the unmade 1972 Gamera film, Gamera vs. Wyvern (ガメラ対双頭怪獣W,   Gamera tai Sōtō Kaijū Daburyū, lit. Gamera vs. Two-Headed Monster W).

Design

The Wyvern's body is very long and snake-like. It has two heads with long necks, large wings, and arms. Its heads have sharp beaks with spikes in their cheeks and running down their backs. The Wyvern's body seems to be covered in scales, and its underside resembles an annelid's segmented body. Its wings were tattered and its arms were very short. Concept art shows that the Wyvern would be at the very least two times Gamera's size, and it could triple Gamera's height in length.

History

Gamera vs. Wyvern

Nothing is known about Gamera vs. Wyvern, but concept art shows that Gamera would have fought the Wyvern in an area completely surrounded by flames.

Abilities

  • The Wyvern's heads would have been able to breathe fire or something similar.
  • The Wyvern could have used its wings to protect its heads by hiding them behind the wings when they were concealing its upper body. It's unknown if the Wyvern could have used its wings to fly.

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Trivia

  • The Wyvern resembles King Ghidorah, as both are dragons with multiple heads that have giant wings and breathe elemental beams. Production details mentioned in the Remember the Gamera Series featurette indicate this was intentional, as King Ghidorah was on the mind of Noriaki Yuasa while he was working on Gamera vs. Zigra.[1]
  • It's a common misconception by fans that the Wyvern's film appearance was replaced by Gamera vs. Garasharp as the finale to the Showa Gamera series, thanks to limited information regarding both projects floating across the internet in the early 2000s. However the Garasharp film was actually part of the "Gamera Permanent Preservation Plan" laser-disc, which came out in 1991, whereas Gamera vs. Wyvern was a film in early production in 1972 before Daiei went bankrupt.[2]
  • A practical Wyvern prop, either a puppet or a suit, was created at Daiei studios but it was destroyed in a riot caused by the studio going bankrupt and not paying its workers. Sadly, no photographs of the props are known to exist.[3]

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  1. LeMay, John (15 June 2017). The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films. Bicep Books. p. 31. ISBN 978-1548145255.
  2. LeMay, John (15 June 2017). The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films. Bicep Books. pp. 31–32. ISBN 978-1548145255.
  3. LeMay, John (15 June 2017). The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films. Bicep Books. p. 32. ISBN 978-1548145255.