List of minor Toho weapons and vehicles
This page is a list of minor weapons, vehicles and other devices from Toho-licensed media, sorted by the medium in which they appear. This is defined as any weapon, tool, technological device or supernatural implement whose roles have little overall relevance in the media they are featured in, have limited screentime, or do not have enough information to warrant a dedicated page.
Lists
Films
Godzilla series
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Bingo Maru(備後丸Bingō Maru) |
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Godzilla (1954) |
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Tachibana Maru(橘丸Tachibana Maru) |
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After Godzilla's existence and origins were officially revealed to the public, a JMSDF fleet was immediately deployed in Tokyo Bay and dropped depth charges in an attempt to kill the monster. That night, Godzilla suddenly rose in Tokyo Bay in front of the Tachibana Maru pleasure boat, unharmed by the depth charge assault. Within a minute, the monster submerged back into the ocean, but his brief appearance caused nationwide panic. | ||
Landing Craft(上陸用舟艇Jōriku-yō Shuntei) |
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• Godzilla Raids Again (1955) • Varan (1958) |
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Lady Guard(レディ・ガードRedi Gādo)[1] |
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Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) | Inventor Tetsuo Torii created a self-defense device called the Lady Guard that would repel intruders by emitting a loud, dissonant alarm. Namikawa, a representative of the Japanese toy company Sekai Kyoiku Co., approached Torii and purchased his patent for 50 million yen. Namikawa and Sekai Kyoiku Co. were a part of the Xiliens and their plan to conquer Earth; however, Namikawa rebelled as she fell in love with the astronaut Glenn. She slipped a note into Glenn's pocket before he was taken prisoner by the aliens along with Torii. In the note, Namikawa revealed that the Xiliens were vulnerable to a certain sound. Torii immediately realized this must be the sound produced by his Lady Guard alarm, reasoning this was why Namikawa's company bought it. He activated the device, which caused the Xilien guards to writhe in agony and allowed the two to escape. The Lady Guard's alarm was then broadcast throughout Japan's airwaves, weakening and defeating the Xilien invasion force. | |
Electromagnetic Wave Neutralizing Ray Cannon(電磁波中和光線砲Denjiha Chūwa Kōsenhō)[2] |
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Once Godzilla and Rodan were transported to Planet X, the Xiliens used their Electromagnetic Wave Neutralizing Ray Cannons to unfreeze the two Earth monsters. | ||
Weather Control Capsule(気象コントロールカプセルKishō Kontorōru Kapuseru) |
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Son of Godzilla (1967) |
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Monster Island computer(怪獣島コンピューターKaijūtō konpyūtā)[3]:55 Ichiro's computer |
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All Monsters Attack (1969) | Ichiro Miki built this computer out of various pieces of metal, instruments, and wires. He asked it to tell him the location of Monster Island before dreaming about visiting by boarding an airplane. | |
Kaiju 1(怪獣1号 Kaijū Ichigō) |
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While playing with his "computer", Ichiro Miki fell asleep and dreamed about himself aboard a Pan American Boeing 707 traveling from Haneda Airport to Monster Island. After imagining every other passenger disappearing, Ichiro entered the empty cockpit and saw the unmanned control wheels still turning. The disembodied voice of one of the pilots radioed Monster Island, identifying the airliner's call sign as Kaiju 1, and told them they were approaching for landing. | ||
Rokuro's watercraft(六ちゃんの水上車Rokuchan no minakamisha)[5]:81 Dolphin boat |
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Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) | Rokuro Ibuki rode his watercraft in Lake Kitayama, Japan while his older brother Goro Ibuki enjoyed a picnic with his friend Hiroshi Jinkawa near the shoreline. A whirlpool formed in the middle of the lake and nearly pulled Rokuro in before Goro and Hiroshi pulled him back to shore with a life rope. The three watched as the whirlpool swallowed the watercraft and completely drained the lake in a matter of moments. | |
Black Hole Planet 3 Alien UFO(大宇宙ブラックホール第三惑星人円盤Daiuchū Burakku Hōru Daisan Wakuseijin Enban)[6] Planet 3 UFO (第3惑星人円盤 |
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Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) |
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Super Geiger counter(スーパーガイガー探知機Sūpā Gaigā tanchiki)[3]:71 |
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Inside their hidden base, the Black Hole Planet 3 Aliens detected Godzilla heading for Tokyo using the Super Geiger counter. Mugal, the leader of the invasion force, accurately predicted that Godzilla would fight Titanosaurus in the city by observing the map of Tokyo displayed on the device. | ||
Ultrasonic Wave Generator(超音波発生装置Chōonpa Hassei Sōchi)[6] Supersonic Wave Generator |
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During Titanosaurus's pursuit of the INTERPOL submarine Akatsuki II, one of the crew members activated the sub's supersonic wave oscillator in desperation, which surprisingly caused Titanosaurus to writhe in pain and retreat. After surviving the encounter, INTERPOL determined that sonic waves were Titanosaurus's weakness. When Titanosaurus appeared in Tokyo, the sub's crew attempted to activate the oscillator again but found the device had been sabotaged by Katsura Mafune and Shinzo Mafune's butler. After being repaired, the supersonic wave oscillator was mounted on the underside of a Bell 204 helicopter as the JSDF's best hope of defeating Titanosaurus when the monster returned with Mechagodzilla. Using a rocket launcher, JSDF Commander Segawa fired a warhead containing an antenna into Titanosaurus's neck before the oscillator was activated, allowing the waves to directly injure the monster. Godzilla proceeded to defeat the incapacitated kaiju with a blast of atomic breath. | ||
NSTL Ripley(NSTL リプリーNSTL Ripuri) |
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Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) |
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Sonic Dorat whistle(ドラット用音波笛Dorattoyō onpa fue)[7]:23 Dorat whistle |
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Before the time travel trip to 1944, the Futurian Emmy Kano brought three Dorats aboard the ship KIDS, startling Miki Saegusa. Kano apologized before using her Dorat whistle to calm the creatures. | ||
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Futurian laser guns(レーザー銃 Rēzājū)[7]:23(レーザーガン Rēzā gan)[4]:311 |
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When the Futurians Wilson and Glenchico unleashed King Ghidorah upon Japan to destroy the country, the Futurian Emmy Kano reprogrammed the android M11 to help sabotage their plan. While Ghidorah fought Godzilla in Hokkaido, Kano, M11, and Kano's distant descendant Kenichiro Terasawa went aboard the Futurian time machine MOTHER and destroyed Ghidorah's control device using remote explosives. After knocking out a guard, M11 gave Kano and Terasawa Futurian guns to defend themselves before fighting off the other guards inside the ship. Kano and Terasawa confronted Wilson, whose plan has been foiled; however, Wilson and Glenchico revealed that MOTHER would automatically return them to the 23rd century in a matter of minutes. Even with King Ghidorah defeated, Wilson reasoned that the new, more powerful Godzilla would finish off the ailing nation. Kano, Terasawa, and M11 temporarily subdued Wilson and Glenchico before they escaped MOTHER in the subship KIDS. From there, M11 teleported MOTHER—with Wilson and Glenchico aboard—to Hokkaido, where it was destroyed by Godzilla. | ||
Pteranodon Robot(翼竜ロボットYokuryū Robotto, lit. Pterosaur Robot)[8]:22 |
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Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) |
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G-Sensor( |
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Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) |
The CCI dropped a G-Sensor, which could detect Godzilla's body temperature, radiation, and movement, into the Japan Trench using the Shinkai 6500 deep sea research submersible. It's believed that multiple G-Sensors were deployed.[10] |
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Blast Bomb(ブラスト・ボムBurasuto Bomu) |
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The morning after CCI's alert system notified Mitsuo Katagiri that Godzilla was heading toward Tokai, likely to feed on the reactors of the Tokai Nuclear Power Plant. Accordingly, the JSDF's forces were deployed on the beaches of the city. Blast Bombs, designed to combat Godzilla by directing the impact of the explosion in one direction[12], were planted underwater in Godzilla's path like landmines. The bombs exploded once the monster landed, causing him to emerge from the depths. Later, after the Millennian UFO landed on top of the Tokyo Opera City Tower, Katagiri ordered five Blast Bombs to be planted on the 51st floor of the building to destroy the alien craft. The charges were set by JSDF soldiers and scheduled to detonate at 9:10 PM. With the help of his colleague Yuki Ichinose, Yuji Shinoda uncovered the aliens' activity through the computers inside the tower. Ignoring pleas from Ichinose, Shinoda's daughter Io, and his subordinate Shiro Miyasaka, Katagiri detonated the Blast Bombs while Shinoda was still inside. The explosion failed to damage the UFO, and Shinoda escaped the tower by sliding down an elevator shaft before reuniting with Io and Ichinose. |
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Type 0 Recoilless Rifle Rocket Heat MT124B(零式無反動砲 ロケットヒートMT124BRei Shiki Mu Handō Hō Rokettohīto MT124B)[13] |
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Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) | When Godzilla attacked Osaka in 1996, the JSDF deployed soldiers who used Type 0 Recoilless Rifles to combat the monster. However, the rocket launchers had no effect; Godzilla killed most of the soldiers, including Kiriko Tsujimori's commander, who was crushed underneath falling rubble. Witnessing her commander's death, Tsujimori swore vengeance against Godzilla. |
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B-10 Round(B-10弾B-10 Dan)[13] |
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During Godzilla's rampage in Osaka in 1996, JSDF soldiers attacked the monster with B-10 rounds fired from Type 0 Recoilless Rifles. The 84 mm rocket-propelled grenades contained boron to suppress nuclear fission.[13] Unfortunately, the rounds were useless against the kaiju. |
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Micromachines(マイクロマシンMaikuromashin)[14] |
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Hajime Kudo invented micromachines to help him cook curry. This caught the attention of G-Grasper, who recruited him to help work on the Dimension Tide. | ||
G-Grasper Private Car(Gグラスパー 専用車G-Gurasupā Sen'yō Sha)[14] |
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G-Grasper used a modified 1998 Honda HR-V for transportation and gathering information during missions.[14] | ||
Signal gun(信号銃Shingō jū)[13] |
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Major Kiriko Tsujimori kept a gun in her holster for self-defense.[13] After joining G-Grasper, Hajime Kudo developed a bullet with a built-in transmitter that could penetrate metal. Using her gun, she managed to fire one of Kudo's bullets into Godzilla's hide; this allowed G-Grasper's SGS to track the monster's movements.
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Inflatable boat(ゴムボートGomubōto)[14] |
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When satellite photographs appeared to show Godzilla's atomic breath shooting out of the ocean toward an unidentified flying object, G-Grasper sent a GX-813 Griffon to the location in the photos. After reaching the area in the Pacific Ocean, an inflatable boat was deployed to investigate.[14] | ||
Dragon Arrow(ドラゴンアローDoragon Arō)[15] |
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Dragon Arrow aerial torpedoes were launched by Mitsubishi F-15Js to guide Godzilla to Kiganjima.[13] |
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United States nuclear submarine |
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Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003) |
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Aizu(アイズAizu) |
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Maser Turret |
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) |
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Kaishinmaru(海進丸Kaishinmaru, lit. "Sea Traveler") |
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Godzilla Minus One (2023) | After World War II, the Kaishinmaru was deployed alongside its sister ship, the Shinseimaru, to search for and destroy sea mines in Japanese waters. In May 1947, the two minesweepers were deployed to the Ogasawara Islands and tasked with delaying Godzilla's advance toward Tokyo until the heavy cruiser Takao could return from Singapore. During the mission, the Kaishinmaru's crew were killed when the monster suddenly surged from the sea and grabbed the minesweeper in its jaws, dragging it underwater. | |
USS Lancaster(ランカスターRankasutā) |
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Following Godzilla's mutation during Operation Crossroads in July 1946, the monster began attacking US ships in the Pacific, beginning with the Pacific Fleet destroyer USS Lancaster. In early 1947, Godzilla attacked and disabled the vessel, prompting the submarine USS Redfish to track the creature. |
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Freon gas experiment apparatus(フロンガス実験装置Furongasu jikken sōchi) |
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A civilian-led plan was developed soon after Godzilla destroyed the Ginza district of Tokyo. At the private citizens meeting, former IJN weapons officer Kenji Noda explained his observations during his encounter with the monster before revealing a Freon gas experiment apparatus; a wooden model of Godzilla weighted just enough to float in a tank of seawater. He asked the citizens what would happen if the model was enveloped in Freon gas bubbles. After one citizen answered it would stay afloat, Noda released the gas valve into the tank. The model was surrounded in bubbles and sank to the bottom, surprising the attendees. Noda explained that the bubbles prevented the model from contacting the seawater, with the idea of sinking Godzilla using that method. Noda went on to further explain the plan known as Operation Wada Tsumi. | ||
Geiger Buoy(ガイガーブイ Gaigaa Bui) |
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Following Godzilla's rampage in Ginza, a civilian-led plan named Operation Wada Tsumi was formulated by former technical officer Kenji Noda to defeat the monster. To prepare for Godzilla's eventual return, radiation-detecting buoys were deployed throughout the coasts of Japan to detect the creature's presence. One night, Geiger readings from multiple buoys came through from east of Hachijo Island at the coordinates 33.10 N, 140.01 E. Using the coordinates of the buoys that went off, Noda drew a line on a map showing Godzilla's path heading directly toward Tokyo. The next morning, one buoy surrounded by dead deep-sea fish began blinking in Sagami Bay, with the patrol boat Kuroshio 12 reporting the sighting.
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Kuroshio 12(くろしお 12Kuroshio 12) |
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Before Operation Wada Tsumi, the crew of the patrol boat Kuroshio 12 spotted dead deep-sea fish floating around one of the radiation-detecting buoys deployed in Sagami Bay, with the buoy's blinking light signaling Godzilla's presence. They reported their coordinates (35.03 N, 139.41 E) so that underwater decoy ships playing a recording of Godzilla's roar could lure the monster further out to sea, but the decoys were destroyed.
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Television and web series
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Otaki Factory Industrial robotsWork Robot (作業用口ボット Sagyōyōguchi Robotto)[17] |
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Godzilla Singular Point episode 2, Gamesome, and episode 3, Tigerish | In episode 2 of Godzilla Singular Point, Gamesome, after Yun Arikawa and Haberu Kato inspect and take note of the damage that Jet Jaguar had sustained during its fight with Rodan, Haberu expressed that repairing Jet Jaguar, along with working on three industrial robots that needed to be completed by the weekend, would be impossible.
However, Satomi Kanahara, who had been listening to their conversation, informed them that Otaki said to focus on repairing Jet Jaguar for the next fight. In episode 3, Tigerish, Pelops II took control of one of the Otaki Factory's robots after Mei Kamino wanted to know if her apartment was safe. After taking control of the robot, Pelops II briefly looked around the Otaki Factory's garage before meeting Satomi, who though that Haberu or Yun was controlling the machine. After opening the garage, Mei sheepishly thanked Satomi for letting them "borrow" the robot through a speaker and left. Whilst on its way to Mei's apartment, Pelops II encountered Yun and Haberu being chased by a Rodan. Pelops II quickly used the robot's mechanical arm to attack the kaiju which allowed the two to escape however, the robot was quickly swarmed by multiple Rodans and was eventually destroyed. In episode 5, Theorist, it is shown that the Otaki Factory had repurposed one of their work robots to upgrade Jet Jaguar, by removing the camera and mechanical arm, to fight the kaiju Anguirus. |
References
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Bibliography
- Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965). Kodansha. 8 August 2024. ISBN 978-4065315453.
- Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) / Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000). Kodansha. 26 August 2024. ISBN 978-4065315460.
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