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Orga Phase I in Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Orga Phase II in Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Alternate names Millennian, Orgah[1]
Subtitle(s) Space Monster (宇宙怪獣,   Uchū Kaijū)[2]
Species Composite Millennian/Godzilla hybrid
Height 60 meters[3]
Length 75 meters[4]
Weight 40,000 metric tons (Phase I),[3]
45,000 metric tons (Phase II)[3]
Other stats Walking speed: 30 km/h[4]
Forms Millennian (Original Form),
Phase I, Phase II
Controlled by CryogsGRoE
Relations Godzilla (Cell source)
Allies GiganGRoE
Enemies Godzilla, Jet JaguarGRoE, MOGUERAGRoE
Designed by Yasushi Torisawa,[5]
Hideo Okamoto,[5] Shinichi Wakasa,[6] Kenji Suzuki[6]
Modeled by Shinichi Wakasa
Played by Makoto Ito, Natalia D. Adams (voice)US
First appearance Latest appearance
Godzilla 2000: Millennium GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters
Roar(s)
Japanese:U.S.:Pipeworks:More roars
Not to be confused with Ogra.

Orga (オルガ,   Oruga) is an alien kaiju who first appeared in the 1999 Toho Godzilla film Godzilla 2000: Millennium.

The result of the Millennian aliens absorbing Godzilla's Organizer G1 into their collective form, Orga is a hulking monstrosity possessing Godzilla's strength and enhanced regenerative abilities. After being transformed into a deformed creature rather than a perfect clone of Godzilla, Orga fought and attempted to subdue Godzilla so he could fully engulf him and completely absorb his characteristics. Orga proved to be a challenging opponent for Godzilla due to his potent healing factor, immense strength, and telepathic control of his UFO. Godzilla was able to defeat Orga by allowing the beast to begin swallowing him headfirst, only to unleash a devastating shockwave of atomic energy that obliterated Orga's entire upper body.

Name

Orga's name is derived from "Organizer G1" (オルガナイザーG1 (ジーワン),   Oruganaizā Jīwan), the name of the substance in Godzilla's cells that is the source of his extreme durability and regeneration. Orga's name is never spoken onscreen in Godzilla 2000: Millennium.

Orga's initial state shortly after mutating is denoted Orga Phase I (オルガフェイズ (ワン),   Oruga Feizu Wan) or alternatively Power-type (パワータイプ,   Pawātaipu). Once he begins absorbing more of Godzilla's DNA and developing Godzilla-like characteristics, he transforms into Orga Phase II (オルガフェイズII (ツー),   Oruga Feizu Tsū) or Godzilla-type (ゴジラタイプ,   Gojirataipu).[7]

Development

Digital concept of Orga based on the rough, clay maquette of the monster, colored a brown color at the request of Kenji Suzuki.[8]

A number of radically different preliminary concept designs for Orga were submitted by various illustrators, including Shinji Nishikawa,[7][8] Yasushi Torisawa, and Hideo Okamoto.[5] According to Okamoto, one early idea for Orga was a humanoid monster similar to Gaira, but with grotesque, abnormally large hands and arms.[5] These were carried over into Orga's final design in the form of his giant, three-fingered claws. Ultimately, special effects director Kenji Suzuki approved an approximately 30 centimeter-tall clay maquette as the basis for the character's Phase I form, rather than any of the submitted concept art.[7] Orga's mouth and Phase II form were, however, both based on concept art by Shinji Nishikawa.[7]

Main article: Orga/Gallery#Concept art.

Orga was portrayed by two suits and a prop, all of which were created by, or under the supervision of, seasoned monster modeler Shinichi Wakasa.[7] According to multiple books, Wakasa and Suzuki made the conscious decision to model Orga's head after the TriStar Godzilla, so that audiences could see the "Japanese Godzilla [...] defeat the American Godzilla."[6][5] Makoto Ito, a stuntman at the beginning of his long association with the Kamen Rider franchise, wore both suits. The Phase I suit featured a radio-controlled mouth mechanism designed by Nobuhiro Ekubo.[7] It could be equipped with three possible pairs of arms, one with movable claws and the others stationary.[7] The Phase II suit, depicting Orga after he absorbs more of Godzilla's DNA, combined pieces reused from the first suit with some newly-modeled segments.[7] This one featured a gaping maw huge enough to fit the upper half of the Godzilla suit, along with a number of tracking markers to aid the VFX team in creating the monster's tentacle-like inner mouth, which was done purely in CGI.[7] The Orga blown to pieces by Godzilla's final attack was a prop made out of spare pieces from both suits. Only half of the prop was fully completed, since it would only be filmed from one angle. Unlike the actual suit, the prop also featured a fully-molded piece for Orga's mouth.[7]

Design

Orga somewhat resembles a warped and deformed version of Godzilla, due to his absorption and subsequent mutation from Godzilla's DNA. Orga has a massive hunched back, a small rectangular head, two gigantic hands with three long fingers, small legs, and a stubby tail. Owing to the monster being a freak mutant, his body is bilaterally asymmetrical and irregular, with its skin taking on a bumpy uneven texture.

When Orga begins to absorb more of Godzilla's DNA, he mutates even further and begins to develop green scaly skin and huge purple dorsal fins. The characters in the film theorize that if Orga absorbed enough DNA, he would eventually become a perfect clone of Godzilla.

Personality

Orga is not a particularly skilled fighter, as he was only able to land a single punch on Godzilla, and spent most of the battle trying to avoid Godzilla's attacks to gain the range required to use his shoulder cannon. Orga seems to have lost some of the Millennian's intelligence and is only focused on the simple goal of fully assimilating Godzilla's DNA. This proved to be Orga's downfall when he attempted to swallow Godzilla whole and was destroyed from the inside. Orga displays some degree of intelligence retained from the Millennian, as seen when he attempted to communicate with Godzilla at the start of the battle, and is also able to telepathically summon his ship to fight alongside him, including using it to absorb a blast of Godzilla's atomic breath before it hits him. Despite his lacking hand-to-hand capabilities, Orga makes full use of the devastating plasma cannon on his shoulder.

In the comic series Godzilla: Rulers of Earth, Orga is portrayed as an out-of-control brute that attempts to eat anything it comes into contact with. Orga even attempts to eat Gigan at one point, even though the two kaiju were allies.

Origins

Orga was originally a group of Millennians, aliens who had crash-landed on Earth's oceans in their advanced spaceship, where they were trapped due to not being able to receive sunlight. Inside the ship, the aliens converted their bodies into biomass and went dormant for 60 million years. After being reawakened when a submarine shined its lights on the ship, the Millennian UFO went off looking for genetic material to make its form stable and allow it to adapt to Earth's atmosphere. Once the UFO discovered Godzilla, it determined that he was the ideal vessel for their conquest of Earth due to the Organizer G1 in his cells, which granted him almost limitless durability. The Millennian UFO subdued Godzilla and absorbed his DNA, then the Millennians combined their biomass into a single physical form and emerged from the UFO. However, the Millennian was unable to withstand the volatile properties of Godzilla's DNA, and mutated out of control until it became Orga.

In the continuity of the GODZILLA anime trilogy, there are two prominent theories as to Orga's origins. Due to the detection of extraterrestrial components in his DNA, it is hypothesized that he may have been an alien lifeform that arrived on Earth in ancient times and became dormant. The other theory suggests that Orga was either an approximate species of Godzilla or a monster directly derived from Godzilla himself.[9]

History

Millennium era

Godzilla 2000: Millennium

Orga was created when the Millennian UFO absorbed some of Godzilla's cells. The Millennians within took on a giant collective form and stepped out. However, the Organizer G1 present in Godzilla's cells had an unanticipated side effect and caused the Millennian to spontaneously mutate into Orga. At first, Orga attempted to use the information the Millennians had taken from computers to communicate with Godzilla, but became bewildered when Godzilla began to attack. After that, Orga chose to attack with brute force. Godzilla's atomic beam was no use against Orga due to its regeneration powers, which allowed it to heal brutal injuries in a matter of seconds, far faster than Godzilla. Orga then directed the Millennian UFO to help him fight Godzilla, but it was heavily damaged, and was taken down by Godzilla quickly when he fired his atomic breath at Orga only for the UFO to block it. It was soon discovered that Orga was attempting to become a clone of Godzilla when he bit his arm and absorbed more genetic material. Orga then attempted to swallow Godzilla whole, unhinging his jaw and opening his gaping maw. Godzilla ran headfirst into Orga's mouth and allowed himself to be swallowed. Orga began to grow dorsal fins and increase in height, but started to notice something was wrong when Godzilla began to glow and give off intense heat. Before Orga could react, Godzilla unleashed his nuclear pulse from within Orga's body, destroying Orga's entire upper body in a fiery explosion. After the smoke cleared, Godzilla roared at Orga's headless corpse, which fell over and crumbled into dust.

Reiwa era

GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters

Orga attacked Turkey in May 2022, causing 11.5 million deaths.[10]

Abilities

Physical abilities

Orga prepares to strike Godzilla with his gigantic hands.

Orga possesses two gigantic clawed hands that he uses to batter opponents, and can also use to knuckle-walk. In the Godzilla video games by Atari and Pipeworks, Orga possesses immense strength and uses his massive hands to easily pick up and throw enemies in addition to striking them. Orga possesses an impressive degree of agility for a creature of his size and build, such as the ability to jump high into the air and quickly cover a large distance. Orga can reach a jump height of 100 meters and jump across a distance of up to 300 meters.[4]

Destructive Motion Attack / Shoulder Cannon

Orga can perform an attack known as the Destructive Motion Attack (破動攻撃,   Hadō Kōgeki),[7] or alternatively Wave Motion Beam (波動光線,   Hadō Kōsen),[11] where he fires a powerful yellowish blast of energy from the opening on his shoulder. This ability corresponds to the plasma cannon located on the side of the Millennian UFO. In the Atari/Pipeworks games, this attack is instead referred to as the Shoulder Cannon and takes the form of a continuous beam, which can enter a lock with other monsters' beam attacks. In these games, Orga's rage attack is a damaging shockwave he produces after overloading his cannon.

Regeneration

Due to possessing Godzilla's Organizer G-1, Orga possesses enhanced regeneration abilities exceeding even Godzilla's own. Orga was able to instantaneously heal damage inflicted upon him by Godzilla, making it difficult for Godzilla to successfully injure him. Orga's regeneration is not perfect, as his shoulder cannon did not regenerate after Godzilla destroyed it with his atomic breath, but his regeneration nonetheless allowed Orga to withstand repeated concentrated blasts from Godzilla's atomic breath and continue fighting. In Godzilla: Rulers of Earth, Orga's healing factor allowed him to survive injuries like having his head impaled by Gigan's claw and even exploding after Jet Jaguar expanded to full size while inside of Orga's stomach.

Adaptation

Orga develops Godzilla's characteristics as he attempts to swallow him whole.

Orga was formed after the Millennian absorbed Godzilla's DNA and subsequently mutated. As Orga, the creature seeks to complete its transformation into a Godzilla clone by subduing Godzilla and absorbing more of his DNA. Orga shows the ability to absorb Godzilla's DNA through his bite, which causes him to begin developing green scaly skin. After this proves inefficient, Orga attempts to assimilate Godzilla completely by swallowing him whole. Orga unhinges his jaw and opens his maw and attempts to completely engulf Godzilla. As Orga consumes Godzilla, he rapidly absorbs his DNA and begins sprouting huge purple dorsal plates, transforming into Orga Phase II.

Telepathy

Orga can telepathically control the Millennian UFO, and uses it to absorb a blast of Godzilla's atomic breath aimed at him. This ability can also be used offensively to perform a Super Telekinetic Attack (超念動攻撃,   Chō Nendō Kōgeki), in which Orga rams the UFO into objects to damage or destroy them, and was even used against Godzilla to knock him off of his feet periodically.[7] When doing so, Orga's shoulder cannon is illuminated yellow.

Plasma Spit

In the Atari/Pipeworks Godzilla games, Orga can expectorate a green ball of Plasma Spit from his mouth that temporarily immobilizes opponents.

Weaknesses

Orga is destroyed by Godzilla's nuclear pulse.

Though Orga's healing factor works much faster than Godzilla's, it is not perfect. After regenerating part of his shoulder that was destroyed by Godzilla's atomic breath, Orga's shoulder cannon was no longer present. While Godzilla was unable to fatally injure Orga in direct combat due to the latter's enhanced healing factor, he was able to exploit the opportunity to attack Orga from within once Orga attempted to swallow Godzilla whole. Godzilla ran headfirst into Orga's maw and allowed himself to be partially absorbed before unleashing a powerful atomic shockwave from his body, which completely obliterated Orga's upper body. Orga could not heal from this devastating injury, and his headless corpse simply fell to the ground and disintegrated.

Video games

Godzilla: Unleashed

Height: 100 meters[12]
Weight: 65,000 tons[12]

"Orga was originally an advanced bio-spaceship sent to Earth by an unknown alien force. Upon meeting Godzilla, the bio-spaceship came to the conclusion that it required hand-to-hand combat capabilities to subdue Earth's monsters. Mutating rapidly, the alien ship configured itself into a paragon of monstrous strength-with incredibly large hands and a flexible, venomous maw. Although initially defeated by Godzilla, Orga has subsequently joined forces with the Vortaak in order to continually test himself against Godzilla and the rest of Earth's Defenders."

Godzilla (PlayStation 3 / PlayStation 4)

Main article: Godzilla (2014 video game)/Kaiju Guide#Orga.

Books

GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse

Orga landed in Turkey on May 11, 2022. At that time Turkey had accepted a great number of refugees that had fled Africa, with Orga's landing point of İzmir possessing the largest refugee camp. The military's response was delayed, and the monster reached the Turkish capital of Ankara before it was finally defeated. Officially only 1.15 million casualties were reported from the attack, making it a relatively minor kaiju disaster, however the death toll likely exceeded 10 million if refugee deaths were taken into account.[13]

Comics

Godzilla: Rulers of Earth

The upgraded Gigan was sent by the Cryog aliens to retrieve the Millennian UFO from Area 51. Gigan and the UFO then proceeded to assault Las Vegas, where they were soon attacked by Godzilla and MOGUERA. Gigan managed to subdue the monster king while the UFO absorbed his DNA. Before it can finish, however, the ship is destroyed, with Orga emerging from the wreckage. Orga and Gigan gain the upper hand over Godzilla and MOGUERA, with the former utilizing his rapid regenerative abilities to recover from any attacks and his sheer strength to rip MOGUERA in half. Just as the Cryog saw a path to victory, Orga unexpectedly went berserk and attempted to eat his cybernetic ally, much to the Cryog's horror. After Gigan managed to free himself, the Star Falcon and Land MOGUERA engaged Orga, but were unable to take down the rampaging brute. Soon, Jet Jaguar arrived on the scene and caught Orga's attention - at which point the robot flew directly into Orga's mouth. Orga remained helpless as Jet Jaguar grew to gigantic size from within his body, ultimately causing Orga to explode.

In the aftermath, the Cryog observed Orga's remains beginning to regenerate and hoped to retrieve him. After a Cryog ship subdued Jet Jaguar, who had been trying to stop Orga's regeneration by stomping on the remains, Orga's biomass was collected into a smaller ship. Later, after the main Cryog ship had been caught by Biollante, the Cryog managed to eject the ship containing Orga's remains into space just before the main ship was destroyed. Despite his survival, Orga was never seen again, suggesting the Cryog were unable to recover his spacecraft.

Godzilla Rivals: Vs. Mechagodzilla

By the year 2074, giant monster attacks were occurring around the world on a daily basis, with kaiju such as Orga being responsible for untold destruction.

Gallery

Main article: Orga/Gallery.

Roar

Orga possesses different roars in the Japanese and American versions of Godzilla 2000: Millennium. In the Japanese version, Orga's roar is a stock elephant roar originally used for Cretaceous King Ghidorah in Rebirth of Mothra 3 from the previous year. In the American version of the film, Orga was given completely new roars created using the voice of Natalia D. Adams, the young daughter of sound designer John Adams. In the Godzilla video games developed by Pipeworks and Atari, Orga is given an all new arrangement of roars in addition to his original Japanese roar, including one used by Megatron in the Beast Wars: Transformers cartoon.[14]

Orga's roars in the Japanese version of Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Orga's roars in the American version of Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Orga's roars & SFX in Godzilla: Unleashed

In other languages

Language Name Meaning
Chinese Flagicon Hong Kong.png Cantonese 奥加 Transcription of Japanese name
China and Taiwan Flags.png Mandarin 奥加 Ào jiā Transcription of Japanese name
Flagicon Israel.png Hebrew אורגה Transliteration of English name
Flagicon Russia.png Russian Орга Transliteration of English name

Trivia

Video

Wikizilla: YouTube Kaiju Profile: Orga

References

This is a list of references for Orga. 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]

  1. G-FAN #45. Daikaiju Enterprises. May/June 2000. p. 33. Check date values in: |date= (help)
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  2. Godzilla Toho Giant Monster Pictorial Book. Shogakukan. 1 April 2005. p. 141. ISBN 4-09-280052-5.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Godzilla Completely Deciphered. Takarajimasha. 26 June 2014. p. 135. ISBN 4800228964.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Orga Body Full shot.JPGOrga Back.JPG
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 All Toho Monsters Pictorial Book (4th Edition). Yosensha. 4 September 2016. p. 275. ISBN 978-4-8003-0362-2.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Nishikawa, Shinji (1999). Japan Tokusatsu Film Master Biographies: the Age of the Godzilla Craze. Kodansha. p. 185. ISBN 4-06-334265-4.
  7. 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 Godzilla 2000: Millennium Super Complete Works. Shogakukan. 10 January 2000. pp. 10–12, 44, 56–57, 62. ISBN 4-09-101471-2.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Shinji Nishikawa (9 June 2016). Shinji Nishikawa: Drawing Book of Godzilla. Yosensha. pp. 81–86. ISBN 978-4800309594.
  9. Oki, Renji (25 April 2018). GODZILLA: Project Mechagodzilla. Kadokawa. ISBN 9784041063453.
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  11. Toho Special Effects Movie Complete Works. villagebooks. 28 September 2012. p. 266. ISBN 4-864-91013-8.
  12. 12.0 12.1 Blackheart_Goji (26 May 2023). "Godzilla unleashed card animations w/sfx final". YouTube.
  13. Oki, Renji (25 October 2017). GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse. Kadokawa. pp. 19–111. ISBN 9784041061817.
  14. TRANSFORMERS OFFICIAL (29 January 2014). "Beast Wars: Transformers - A War Begins". YouTube. Text "Transformers Official" ignored (help)
  15. John LeMay (June 15, 2017). The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films. CreateSpace. ISBN 9781548145255.

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