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Jikiro Subtitle(s) Magnetic Terror-Beast (マグネ恐獣,   Magune Kyōjū) (磁力恐獣,   Jiryoku Kyōjū) Species Garogan mecha Height 78 meters Weight 95,000 metric tons Forms Super Jikiro (upgraded variant) Place(s) of emergence Planet Garoga Controlled by Garogas Allies Garogas, Mogranda, Spideros, Garoborg, Kabutogirah Enemies Zone Fighter First appearance Zone Fighter episode 1, "Destroy the Terror-Beast Missile!" Latest appearance Zone Fighter episode 25, "Carnage! Zone & Godzilla vs. the Allied Terror-Beast Forces" Roar(s)

Jikiro (ジキロ,   Jikiro) is a magnetic mecha created by Toho that appeared in episode 1 of the 1973 tokusatsu kaiju series Zone Fighter, titled "Destroy the Terror-Beast Missile!"

Design

Jikiro resembles a robotic reptile, and has a hunched back, resulting in his head being over his chest. His head is reptilian in appearance and has two red metal horns on its sides, with an additional third horn underneath his jaw. The top of his body has two pylons rising out of it. His left hand can open as a pair of claws but also functions as a magnet, and his right hand has a four barreled gatling gun instead of fingers. Jikiro also has what looks like a giant red screw protruding from the top of his body. Just underneath this 'screw' is a large yellow lamp, which is between the two pylons. Jikiro's body is mostly a metallic silver, but his kneecaps and elbow-plating are red. Jikiro also possesses a moderate sized tail that flashes yellow when using his Magnetic Ray, with the middle section of it having supports that start with springs that end with a black rectangular piece.

History

• Zone Fighter (TV 1973) [episodes 1, 22, and 25]

Showa era

Zone Fighter

"Destroy the Terror-Beast Missile!"

The Baron Garoga sent Jikiro to Earth in a Terror-Beast Missile to ensure the quick destruction of the Zone Family. Immediately after Zone Fighter had destroyed Red Spark, Jikiro emerged from his Terror-Beast Missile, parachuting down before confronting the hero with his magnetic abilities and electrical blast. The Zone Family came to his aid, however, as Zone Great took off one of the machine's arms with Bolt Thunder and the hidden aircraft Smokey recharged his energy. Following a thorough pummeling, Jikiro was destroyed by Zone Fighter's Meteor Missile Might attack.

"Counterattack! Defeat Super Jikiro"

Main article: Super Jikiro.

Later, the Garogas reused Jikiro's wreckage to create a more powerful variant called Super Jikiro.

"Carnage! Zone & Godzilla vs. the Allied Terror-Beast Forces"

After the failure of Super Jikiro, the mecha was returned back to his normal form and sent out out of a Terror-Beast Missile, alongside Mogranda, Spideros, Garoborg, and Kabutogirah, in an attempt to overwhelm the Zone Family so that the Garogas could destroy the Earth. Jikiro would end up falling to Smokey this time around, ending the mecha's reign of terror for a third time, though unusually, instead of exploding like most other kaiju do during their deaths, Jikiro simply disappeared after various lights flashed across his body.

Abilities

Physical abilities

During his first fight in "Destroy the Terror-Beast Missile!", Jikiro was able to knock Zone Fighter to the ground with just a backhanded strike. After attracting Zone Fighter with his magnet hand, he was able to restrain the hero before throwing him to the ground, doing this numerous times during the fight. While pulling down an airliner with his left hand, he repeatedly opened and shut it like a claw.

For his reappearance in "Carnage! Zone & Godzilla vs. the Allied Terror-Beast Forces", Jikiro kicked a hill and caused it to shatter, sending tons of boulders at a human sized Zone Fighter, with one of them crushing him and leaving him pinned.

Magnetic properties

Jikiro's left hand is a giant blocky magnet, allowing him to attract metallic objects. Using this power, Jikiro was able to pull oil tanks and a radio tower out of the ground, rapidly draw in a passing airliner, and was even able to attract Zone Fighter himself. Jikiro's right hand can also pull things in magnetically, often accompanied by circular motions, although the left hand appears to be stronger, capable of pulling the 55,000 metric ton Zone Fighter with ease on multiple occasions. "Destroy the Terror-Beast Missile!" and Toho Special Effects All Monster Encyclopedia mention that both of Jikiro's wrists contain a strong magnetic force, being able to draw up to 5,000 metric tons of metal.

Magnetic Ray

Jikiro is also able to shoot a jolt of yellow high-voltage lightning called the Magnetic Ray (磁気光線 Jiki Kosen) from the Gatling gun barrels on his right hand. The Magnetic Ray enveloped Zone Fighter in a yellow light and floored him, also blowing up a fuel container Jikiro attracted with his magnet hand. Jikiro's tail flashes yellow before firing the lightning. According to All Kaiju Kaijin (First Volume), the hand is referred to as Magnetic Ray Gun (磁気光線銃 Jiki Kosen Ju).

Parachute

Both times he was deployed, Jikiro fell from the skies with a parachute to help his descent to the Earth after being launched from the Terror-Beast Missile. The parachute detached from Jikiro's body after landing.

Light Bullets

Jikiro's right hand is a four-barreled Gatling gun. In "Carnage! Zone & Godzilla vs. the Allied Terror-Beast Forces", he fired light bullets at Zone Fighter while he was in his human-sized form, blowing up part of the ground and launching Zone forwards.

Capsule

In "Carnage! Zone & Godzilla vs. the Allied Terror-Beast Forces", Jikiro could be shrunken down and placed inside of a capsule in order to avoid detection from the Zone Family. After three hours, the capsule exploded, releasing him.

Durability

All Kaiju Kaijin (First Volume) states that Jikiro's armor is very powerful. During his first fight with Zone Fighter in "Destroy the Terror-Beast Missile!", the hero's physical attacks only seemed to annoy him. Jikiro first sustained damage after Zone Great fired the Bolt Thunder at his magnet hand, severing it. Unlike Red Spark, Jikiro was able to survive one volley of Zone Fighter's Meteor Missile Might, although it severed the giant screw-like attachment on his back. The second volley blasted him to pieces.

In "Carnage! Zone & Godzilla vs. the Allied Terror-Beast Forces", a beam from Smokey severed the screw-like attachment on his back. A second beam from Smokey caused several spots of light to litter Jikiro's body, before the mecha disappeared.

Gallery

Main article: Jikiro/Gallery.

Roar

Jikiro uses altered metallic-sounding Kamacuras screeches mixed with King Kong's roars.

Trivia

• Jikiro is the heaviest Terror-Beast, weighing 95,000 metric tons. The second-heaviest, Zandora, weighs in at 91,000 metric tons.

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