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|name =Orochi | |name =Orochi | ||
|subtitle ={{Ishowa}}Mythical Monster<br>{{Nihongo|神話怪獣|Shinwa Kaijū}}<ref name="GTGMPBook">{{cite book|title=[[Godzilla Toho Giant Monster Pictorial Book]]|date=1 April [[2005]]|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|page=116|isbn=4-09-280052-5}}</ref><br>{{Iheisei}}Incarnation of Evil<br>{{Nihongo|邪悪の化身|Jāku no Kenshi}}<ref name="DEoTMM!!GSECWorks">{{cite book|title=Definitive Edition of Toho Monster Movies!! Godzilla Special Effects Complete Works|date=21 December [[1994]]|publisher=Natsumesha|page=|isbn=978-4816317750}}</ref><br>Evil Spirit {{Nihongo|邪神|Jashin}} {{Small|(Tsukuyomi)}}<ref name="TSEAMEncyclopedia">{{cite book|title=[[Toho Special Effects All Monster Encyclopedia]]|date=23 July [[2014]]|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|pages=21, 89|isbn=4-096-82090-3}}</ref> | |subtitle ={{Ishowa}}Mythical Monster<br>{{Nihongo|神話怪獣|Shinwa Kaijū}}<ref name="GTGMPBook">{{cite book|title=[[Godzilla Toho Giant Monster Pictorial Book]]|date=1 April [[2005]]|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|page=116|isbn=4-09-280052-5}}</ref><br>{{Iheisei}}Incarnation of Evil<br>{{Nihongo|邪悪の化身|Jāku no Kenshi}}<ref name="DEoTMM!!GSECWorks">{{cite book|title=Definitive Edition of Toho Monster Movies!! Godzilla Special Effects Complete Works|date=21 December [[1994]]|publisher=Natsumesha|page=|isbn=978-4816317750}}</ref><br>Evil Spirit {{Nihongo|邪神|Jashin}} {{Small|(Tsukuyomi)}}<ref name="TSEAMEncyclopedia">{{cite book|title=[[Toho Special Effects All Monster Encyclopedia]]|date=23 July [[2014]]|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|pages=21, 89|isbn=4-096-82090-3}}</ref> | ||
|species =Eight- | |species =Eight-headed serpent | ||
|nicknames =Yamata no Orochi | |nicknames =Yamata no Orochi | ||
|length ={{Ishowa}}300 meters<ref name="GGMSE">{{cite book|title=[[Godzilla Giant Monsters Super Encyclopedia]]|ed=4th edition|date=15 March 1994|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|page=52|isbn=978-4063042702}}</ref><br>{{Iheisei}}66 meters<ref name="TSEAMEncyclopedia"/> | |length ={{Ishowa}}300 meters<ref name="GGMSE">{{cite book|title=[[Godzilla Giant Monsters Super Encyclopedia]]|ed=4th edition|date=15 March 1994|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|page=52|isbn=978-4063042702}}</ref><br>{{Iheisei}}66 meters<ref name="TSEAMEncyclopedia"/> | ||
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|originplace =Izumo,{{sup|[[The Three Treasures|BoJ]]}}<ref name="TSEAMEncyclopedia"/> [[Moon]]{{sup|[[Yamato Takeru (film)|YT]]}}<ref name="TSEAMEncyclopedia"/> | |originplace =Izumo,{{sup|[[The Three Treasures|BoJ]]}}<ref name="TSEAMEncyclopedia"/> [[Moon]]{{sup|[[Yamato Takeru (film)|YT]]}}<ref name="TSEAMEncyclopedia"/> | ||
|enemies =Susano, [[Utsuno Ikusagami]], [[Amano Shiratori]], [[Godzilla]]{{sup|[[The Godzilla Comic Raids Again|TGCRA]], [[Godzilla: Rage Across Time|G:RAT]]}} | |enemies =Susano, [[Utsuno Ikusagami]], [[Amano Shiratori]], [[Godzilla]]{{sup|[[The Godzilla Comic Raids Again|TGCRA]], [[Godzilla: Rage Across Time|G:RAT]]}} | ||
|portrayed =Puppets, [[Kenpachiro Satsuma]]{{sup|[[Yamato Takeru (film)|YT]]}},<br>[[Hiroshi Abe]] {{Small|(Tsukuyomi)}} | |portrayed =Puppets, [[Kenpachiro Satsuma]]{{sup|[[Yamato Takeru (film)|YT]]}},<br>[[Hiroshi Abe]] {{Small|(Tsukuyomi)}} | ||
|debut =''[[The Three Treasures]]'' | |debut =''[[The Three Treasures]]'' | ||
|last =''[[ | |last =''[[Yamato Takeru (film)|Yamato Takeru]]'' | ||
|roar ={{Iheisei}}[[File:Orochi_Heisei_Roar.ogg|180px|center|noicon]] | |roar ={{Iheisei}}[[File:Orochi_Heisei_Roar.ogg|180px|center|noicon]] | ||
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'''Yamata no Orochi''' {{Nihongo| | '''Yamata no Orochi''' {{Nihongo|{{ruby|八岐大蛇|ヤマタノオロチ}}|Yamata no Orochi|lit. ''Giant Eight Branched Snake''}} is an eight-headed serpent from [[Japan]]ese mythology. It made appearances in the [[Toho]] films ''[[The Three Treasures]]'' and ''[[Yamato Takeru (film)|Yamato Takeru]]''. | ||
{{TOC}} | {{TOC}} | ||
==Design== | ==Design== | ||
In ''[[The Three Treasures]]'', Orochi looks like a giant snake with eight heads, with eight small tails extending from the main one. Its scales are gray in color. In ''[[Yamato Takeru (film)|Yamato Takeru]]'', Orochi is now red with horns on its heads, legs, and a single large tail, with small spikes sticking out from the sides | In ''[[The Three Treasures]]'', Orochi looks like a giant snake with eight heads, with eight small tails extending from the main one. Its scales are gray in color. In ''[[Yamato Takeru (film)|Yamato Takeru]]'', Orochi is now red with horns on its heads, legs, and a single large tail, with small spikes sticking out from the sides. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===[[Showa era|Showa Series]]=== | ===[[Showa era|Showa Series]]=== | ||
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====''[[Yamato Takeru (film)|Yamato Takeru]]''==== | ====''[[Yamato Takeru (film)|Yamato Takeru]]''==== | ||
Orochi was the god Tsukuyomi, lord of the underworld and God of the Moon, who transformed into this monstrous form ten thousand years ago and used it to attack the Earth. All of this was done in jealousy of his sister Amaterasu, goddess of heaven and the sun. He destroyed cities and mountains until he was stopped by his brother Susano, god of storms and the sea, his father then banished from Earth in a prison of ice. Thousands of years later, Tsukuyomi returned to Earth and was revived thanks to his servant, a trasnformed sentient broken fang who died soon after. After breaking free on the moon, he raised his castle but was bested by Yamato Takeru and Oto, who held the 'spirits' of his two siblings. Angered, Tsukuyomi transformed into Orochi to kill the Yamato Takeru and Oto, but they were saved by [[Amano Shiratori]], the servant of the Sun goddess. However Orochi threw the two into space via a blast, but Takery fused with Oto and two sacred treasure to become [[Utsuno Ikusagami]]. Utsuno Ikusagami fought Orochi, and won. Tsukuyomi was trapped on the moon and sealed into Takeru's pendant and cast into space on the orders of Susano who said that upon his return Tsukuyomi would be reformed. | Orochi was the god Tsukuyomi, lord of the underworld and God of the Moon, who transformed into this monstrous form ten thousand years ago and used it to attack the Earth. All of this was done in jealousy of his sister Amaterasu, goddess of heaven and the sun. He destroyed cities and mountains until he was stopped by his brother Susano, god of storms and the sea, his father then banished from Earth in a prison of ice. Thousands of years later, Tsukuyomi returned to Earth and was revived thanks to his servant, a trasnformed sentient broken fang who died soon after. After breaking free on the moon, he raised his castle but was bested by Yamato Takeru and Oto, who held the 'spirits' of his two siblings. Angered, Tsukuyomi transformed into Orochi to kill the Yamato Takeru and Oto, but they were saved by [[Amano Shiratori]], the servant of the Sun goddess. However Orochi threw the two into space via a blast, but Takery fused with Oto and two sacred treasure to become [[Utsuno Ikusagami]]. Utsuno Ikusagami fought Orochi, and won. Tsukuyomi was trapped on the moon and sealed into Takeru's pendant and cast into space on the orders of Susano who said that upon his return Tsukuyomi would be reformed. | ||
==Abilities== | ==Abilities== | ||
===Orochi=== | ===Orochi=== | ||
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*Orochi can fire lasers from his eyes in the Heisei series. | *Orochi can fire lasers from his eyes in the Heisei series. | ||
*Orochi can withstand a great deal of punishment and the severing of most of his heads. Despite being overpowered, Orochi lasted a fairly long time. | *Orochi can withstand a great deal of punishment and the severing of most of his heads. Despite being overpowered, Orochi lasted a fairly long time. | ||
===Tsukuyomi=== | ===Tsukuyomi=== | ||
====Godhood==== | ====Godhood==== | ||
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*''[[Yamato Takeru (film)|Yamato Takeru]]'' (1994) | *''[[Yamato Takeru (film)|Yamato Takeru]]'' (1994) | ||
*''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'' (2001) [mentioned] | *''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'' (2001) [mentioned] | ||
==Comics== | ==Comics== | ||
*''[[Godzilla: Rage Across Time]]'' #1 (2016) | *''[[Godzilla: Rage Across Time]]'' #1 (2016) | ||
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[[File:Godzilla vs Orochi.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Orochi battling [[Godzilla]] in ''[[Godzilla Rage Across Time]]'' [[Godzilla: Rage Across Time Issue 1|#1]]]] | [[File:Godzilla vs Orochi.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Orochi battling [[Godzilla]] in ''[[Godzilla Rage Across Time]]'' [[Godzilla: Rage Across Time Issue 1|#1]]]] | ||
{{Clear}} | {{Clear}} | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
{{Main|Orochi/Gallery}} | {{Main|Orochi/Gallery}} | ||
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*Standing at 300 meters tall when upright, the Orochi who appeared in ''[[The Three Treasures]]'' is one of the tallest monsters ever to appear in a film produced by [[Toho]]. | *Standing at 300 meters tall when upright, the Orochi who appeared in ''[[The Three Treasures]]'' is one of the tallest monsters ever to appear in a film produced by [[Toho]]. | ||
*In ''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'', [[King Ghidorah/GMK|King Ghidorah]] is stated to be an underdeveloped Orochi, awakened from hibernation before it could grow all eight of its heads. | *In ''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'', [[King Ghidorah/GMK|King Ghidorah]] is stated to be an underdeveloped Orochi, awakened from hibernation before it could grow all eight of its heads. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Yamata no Orochi (
Design
In The Three Treasures, Orochi looks like a giant snake with eight heads, with eight small tails extending from the main one. Its scales are gray in color. In Yamato Takeru, Orochi is now red with horns on its heads, legs, and a single large tail, with small spikes sticking out from the sides.
History
Showa Series
The Three Treasures
Orochi in the Showa era shares the same story as the Orochi from mythology, with his role in the movie being a description of that event. Every year he would arise from a lake to consume a child of the earthian deities. After consuming eight vats of sake set out for him, Susano was able to trap Orochi's heads in a tree, forcing the serpent to attack with his tails. After Susanoo stabbed his sword into Orochi's tail twice the monster died, allowing the storm god to retrieve the sword Murakumo.
Heisei Series
Yamato Takeru
Orochi was the god Tsukuyomi, lord of the underworld and God of the Moon, who transformed into this monstrous form ten thousand years ago and used it to attack the Earth. All of this was done in jealousy of his sister Amaterasu, goddess of heaven and the sun. He destroyed cities and mountains until he was stopped by his brother Susano, god of storms and the sea, his father then banished from Earth in a prison of ice. Thousands of years later, Tsukuyomi returned to Earth and was revived thanks to his servant, a trasnformed sentient broken fang who died soon after. After breaking free on the moon, he raised his castle but was bested by Yamato Takeru and Oto, who held the 'spirits' of his two siblings. Angered, Tsukuyomi transformed into Orochi to kill the Yamato Takeru and Oto, but they were saved by Amano Shiratori, the servant of the Sun goddess. However Orochi threw the two into space via a blast, but Takery fused with Oto and two sacred treasure to become Utsuno Ikusagami. Utsuno Ikusagami fought Orochi, and won. Tsukuyomi was trapped on the moon and sealed into Takeru's pendant and cast into space on the orders of Susano who said that upon his return Tsukuyomi would be reformed.
Abilities
Orochi
- Orochi can spray fire from his mouths.
- Orochi can fire lasers from his eyes in the Heisei series.
- Orochi can withstand a great deal of punishment and the severing of most of his heads. Despite being overpowered, Orochi lasted a fairly long time.
Tsukuyomi
Godhood
Tsukuyomi is a god and presumably has various supernatural abilities stemmed to that fact. Before he was only defeated by his brother, a fellow god and by Takeru, who was given a power to counter his.
Immortality
As a god, Tsukuyomi is immune to the withering effects of time. He also survived trapped in ice for millenia and both of his defeats.
Calm Spirit
The counterforce to Takeru's 'Wild Spirit', it manifests as beams from his eyes. It's power is unknown but Susanno said it was impossible to defeat him without the Wild Spirit to defeat his calm Spirit. Presumably only his siblings could match his power and only his father and older gods surpassed his.
Materialization
Tsukuyomi manifested his armor and raised a castle of complex architecture from the Earth through nothing but his will. These creations were not illusion and real to the point they could survive his absence.
Teleportation
Tsukuyomi teleported from the Moon to Earth, he also teleported out of his armor when he transformed into Orochi.
Transformation
Tsukuyomi can shapeshift, he used this power to become Orochi and given that his servants powers stemmed from him, he can presumably take on the appearance of others.
Filmography
- The Three Treasures (1959)
- Cheers, Mr. Awamori! (1961) [prop]
- Yamato Takeru (1994)
- Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) [mentioned]
Comics
- Godzilla: Rage Across Time #1 (2016)
The Godzilla Comic Raids Again
In this comic by a series of illustrators including Hurricane Ryu Hariken, Orochi appears as an opponent of Godzilla.
Godzilla: Rage Across Time
To be added.
Gallery
- Main article: Orochi/Gallery.
Trivia
- Although they have never met onscreen, Godzilla once battled Orochi in The Godzilla Comic Raids Again, and later in the first issue of Godzilla: Rage Across Time.
- Standing at 300 meters tall when upright, the Orochi who appeared in The Three Treasures is one of the tallest monsters ever to appear in a film produced by Toho.
- In Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, King Ghidorah is stated to be an underdeveloped Orochi, awakened from hibernation before it could grow all eight of its heads.
References
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