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=== Physical capabilities === | === Physical capabilities === | ||
For melee combat, Zandora sticks to basic hard-hitting punches with his red shovel hands. Zandora | For melee combat, Zandora sticks to basic hard-hitting punches with his red shovel hands. Zandora was also able to breaking down mountains of dirt with just a single swipe. Zandora was shown charging at high speeds towards Godzilla when they first engaged in combat, and later charged again when fighting against Zone Fighter above ground. Zandora used his Shovel Cutters to throw around and batter the Monster King during the fight, and surprisingly, gaining the upper hand for a bit until Zone Fighter intervened. According to ''[[All Kaiju Kaijin (First Volume)]]'', Zandora's hands can slice through 5 million tons and are called '''Shovel Cutters''' (ショベルカッター ''Shoberukatta'').<ref name="TK" /> | ||
=== Burrowing === | |||
Zandora is capable of burrowing, with his shovel hands being able to carve out caverns in a matter of minutes. Zone Junior had accidentally fallen into one of the caverns that Zandora had carved out with his Shovel Cutters and remained trapped in it for a majority of the episode. Zandora was able to bring Zone Fighter into the same cavern that had trapped Zone Junior in it by clawing underneath the ground the hero was standing on. | |||
===Drill Head=== | ===Drill Head=== | ||
Zandora possesses a giant drill for a head, with the red tip of it at the top spinning continuously. Zandora can use his drill head as a battering ram | Zandora possesses a giant drill for a head, with the red tip of it at the top spinning continuously. Zandora can use his drill head as a battering ram, as he demonstrated with Zone Fighter, repeatedly slamming into the hero and knocking him into the cavern wall. Zandora also used his drill head as a battering ram against Godzilla, knocking the reptilian to the ground. Zandora is also able to tunnel underground using it, and if hitting the earth while underground, can create powerful earthquakes able to bury anything within the tunnels, as shown when large amounts of rubble had begun to fall from inside the cavern, burying Zone as well as leaving him trapped. Zandora was shown drilling through the Earth with his head causing numerous earthquakes throughout Tokyo. He was also shown being able to relocate a lot for selling items taken from miles away for a running competition along with the mountains that surrounded it. Ultimately the plan with Zandora was to create a massive sinkhole under Tokyo, which came very close to completion, although Zandora's advances in doing so were halted by [[Zone Fighter]] and [[Godzilla (Second Generation)|Godzilla]]. | ||
===Steam=== | ===Steam=== | ||
Zandora is capable of emitting scalding steam from his hands that is strong enough to ward off opponents. The steam was strong enough to cause physical harm to Godzilla while also creating small explosions on Godzilla's body. According to ''All Kaiju Kaijin (First Volume)'', the temperature reaches 9,000 degrees and is laced with '''Murderous Microid Drugs''' (ミクロイド殺人薬入り ''Mikuroido Satsujin-Yaku-Iri'').<ref name="TK"/> Zandora is also capable of emitting steam from the tubes on his neck, although | Zandora is capable of emitting scalding steam from his hands that is strong enough to ward off opponents. The steam was strong enough to cause physical harm to Godzilla while also creating small explosions on Godzilla's body and even caused him to fall over during a second assault of the steam, being physically unable to get up as more and more steam was used on him with explosions going off on his body and the ground. Zandora also used his steam on Smokey, after it had begun firing on him again, causing the aircraft to lose control of its flying resulting in Zone Fighter having to rescue it. According to ''All Kaiju Kaijin (First Volume)'', the temperature reaches 9,000 degrees and is laced with '''Murderous Microid Drugs''' (ミクロイド殺人薬入り ''Mikuroido Satsujin-Yaku-Iri'').<ref name="TK"/> Zandora is also capable of emitting steam from the tubes on his neck, although he never utilized them in combat. | ||
=== Durability === | |||
When Zone Fighter arrived in [[Mighty Liner]], Zandora took many blasts from the aircraft along with beams from [[Smokey]], which were shown to kill 2 [[Garoga]] agents instantly, only falling over from the attacks although he was able to get back up quickly. When Zone Fighter had thrown a large boulder at the drill-headed kaiju, Zandora had only fallen backwards. Most impressively, Zandora survived a Meteor Proton Beam and was only temporarily stunned by it, kept fighting even after having his tail ripped off by Godzilla and being beaten with it, even gaining the upper hand on the Monster King, taking a Meteor Kick to the head, only stopping in his tracks when having a volley of the Meteor Missile Might shot at him which visibly shocked the hero, being blasted with Godzilla's atomic breath, being thrown into the cavern he dug out, before finally being killed by a second Meteor Proton Beam. | |||
==Roar== | ==Roar== | ||
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Zandora (ザンドラ Zandora) is a kaiju created by Toho that first appeared in episode 15 of Zone Fighter,""Submersion! Godzilla, Save Tokyo!"
Name
Zandora's name may be derived from zando (残土), a Japanese word referring to earth dug out from a construction site.
Design
Zandora's skin is a light blue color. His head is a pattern of light beige and silver and is shaped like a drill. The area under his head appears to be green as are the wrists around the shovel hands. He has no eyes, mouth, or any others features of a face. Zandora has strips of yellow lining his chest region underneath the green neckpiece. The tip of his drill head is the same color as his shovel hands which are red. He has a long tail which is also his skin color. His knee caps and parts of his arms are a darker blue color.
Origins
According to Toho Special Effects: All Kaiju Illustrated Encyclopedia, Zandora was born on Planet Garoga, the same homeworld as the Garogas.[2]
History
Showa era
Zone Fighter
Zandora is being used by the Garogas to dig tunnels, with the intention of creating a huge sinkhole that will cause Tokyo to fall underground. When Zone Fighter finally confronts Zandora, the monster easily defeats Zone Fighter and buries him underground. It looked like all hope was lost for Zone Fighter until Godzilla comes to help him out. Godzilla and Zone Fighter begin to fight Zandora together, who is finished off by Zone Fighter's Meteor Proton Beam.
Abilities
Physical capabilities
For melee combat, Zandora sticks to basic hard-hitting punches with his red shovel hands. Zandora was also able to breaking down mountains of dirt with just a single swipe. Zandora was shown charging at high speeds towards Godzilla when they first engaged in combat, and later charged again when fighting against Zone Fighter above ground. Zandora used his Shovel Cutters to throw around and batter the Monster King during the fight, and surprisingly, gaining the upper hand for a bit until Zone Fighter intervened. According to All Kaiju Kaijin (First Volume), Zandora's hands can slice through 5 million tons and are called Shovel Cutters (ショベルカッター Shoberukatta).[2]
Burrowing
Zandora is capable of burrowing, with his shovel hands being able to carve out caverns in a matter of minutes. Zone Junior had accidentally fallen into one of the caverns that Zandora had carved out with his Shovel Cutters and remained trapped in it for a majority of the episode. Zandora was able to bring Zone Fighter into the same cavern that had trapped Zone Junior in it by clawing underneath the ground the hero was standing on.
Drill Head
Zandora possesses a giant drill for a head, with the red tip of it at the top spinning continuously. Zandora can use his drill head as a battering ram, as he demonstrated with Zone Fighter, repeatedly slamming into the hero and knocking him into the cavern wall. Zandora also used his drill head as a battering ram against Godzilla, knocking the reptilian to the ground. Zandora is also able to tunnel underground using it, and if hitting the earth while underground, can create powerful earthquakes able to bury anything within the tunnels, as shown when large amounts of rubble had begun to fall from inside the cavern, burying Zone as well as leaving him trapped. Zandora was shown drilling through the Earth with his head causing numerous earthquakes throughout Tokyo. He was also shown being able to relocate a lot for selling items taken from miles away for a running competition along with the mountains that surrounded it. Ultimately the plan with Zandora was to create a massive sinkhole under Tokyo, which came very close to completion, although Zandora's advances in doing so were halted by Zone Fighter and Godzilla.
Steam
Zandora is capable of emitting scalding steam from his hands that is strong enough to ward off opponents. The steam was strong enough to cause physical harm to Godzilla while also creating small explosions on Godzilla's body and even caused him to fall over during a second assault of the steam, being physically unable to get up as more and more steam was used on him with explosions going off on his body and the ground. Zandora also used his steam on Smokey, after it had begun firing on him again, causing the aircraft to lose control of its flying resulting in Zone Fighter having to rescue it. According to All Kaiju Kaijin (First Volume), the temperature reaches 9,000 degrees and is laced with Murderous Microid Drugs (ミクロイド殺人薬入り Mikuroido Satsujin-Yaku-Iri).[2] Zandora is also capable of emitting steam from the tubes on his neck, although he never utilized them in combat.
Durability
When Zone Fighter arrived in Mighty Liner, Zandora took many blasts from the aircraft along with beams from Smokey, which were shown to kill 2 Garoga agents instantly, only falling over from the attacks although he was able to get back up quickly. When Zone Fighter had thrown a large boulder at the drill-headed kaiju, Zandora had only fallen backwards. Most impressively, Zandora survived a Meteor Proton Beam and was only temporarily stunned by it, kept fighting even after having his tail ripped off by Godzilla and being beaten with it, even gaining the upper hand on the Monster King, taking a Meteor Kick to the head, only stopping in his tracks when having a volley of the Meteor Missile Might shot at him which visibly shocked the hero, being blasted with Godzilla's atomic breath, being thrown into the cavern he dug out, before finally being killed by a second Meteor Proton Beam.
Roar
Zandora uses broken Tyrant roars.
Gallery
Screenshots
Toys
Charactics Zandora figure
Yutari Zandora figure
A Zandora eraser
Trivia
- Zandora is the second-heaviest Terror-Beast at 91,000 metric tons, only trailing Jikiro, who weighs 95,000 metric tons.
References
This is a list of references for Zandora. 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]
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