![]() In addition, some scales seem to be falling off the suit, particularly on its arms and chest. In water scenes, the head of the Anguirus suit is black, with what appears to be red and yellow moss or algae growing on the rest of its body. Teruyoshi Nakano, who served as the special effects director for the series following Tsuburaya's death, said he had noticed children asking why Godzilla and the other monsters never bled, and so was influenced to depict monster bloodshed in the film. For this film, Anguirus would be depicted bleeding graphically and sustaining gruesome injuries, while in most previous films special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya had shied away from showing the monsters bleed. This time, the character was portrayed by Koetsu Omiya. The Anguirus suit from Destroy All Monsters was brought back and left mostly unchanged for Godzilla vs. The Anguirus miniature model (between Godzilla and Gorosaurus). In addition to the suit, a miniature model of Anguirus was constructed for distant shots of the monster prior to the final battle at Aokigahara. The suit was worn in the film by both Hiroshi Sekita and Tadaaki Watanabe. The back of the new suit was composed of leather, while the thorns were made of polished balsa wood painted with polyester resin. The new Anguirus suit was modeled by Nobuyuki Yasumaru. The origin of this name is yet unknown.įor Anguirus' return in Destroy All Monsters 13 years after Godzilla Raids Again, a new suit was constructed. Several American publications from the 1970's, including issue #34 of The Monster Times and the children's book Godzilla by Ian Thorne, offer Anzilla as an alternate spelling. This is translated as " His famous partner" on the Kraken Blu-ray release of the film, and as " His famous sidekick" on The Criterion Collection's Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954-1975 set. ![]() Gigan, Anguirus is given the subtitle Meiconbi (名コンビ), a Japanese word referring to a well-oiled team or one's loyal companion. This incarnation is typically known as the Second Generation Anguirus (二代目アンギラス, Nidaime Angirasu). Gigan all call him "Angilas." Another alternative name, Anguillas, appears in the German theatrical trailer for Destroy All Monsters and the American version of the Godzilla Game Boy game. The English dubs for Destroy All Monsters, All Monsters Attack, and Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla uses anything resembling this spelling. However, only the English dub of Godzilla vs. In the mid-1970's, Toho copyrighted the new revised English name Anguirus, making it the official Anglicization of the monster's name for all subsequent media. The original English name given to Anguirus by Toho was Angilas, as seen in the company's 1955 international sales booklet. The name was chosen from several names proposed by employees of Toho during production of Godzilla Raids Again. Anguirus and the others were then returned to Monsterland to live out their days in peace.Īnguirus's Japanese name, Angirasu (アンギラス), comes from the Japanese spelling of the name of the dinosaur genus Ankylosaurus (アンキロサウルス, Ankirosaurusu), upon which the monster's design is based. Anguirus played a key role in the ensuing battle which ended in Ghidorah's final defeat. When humanity severed the Kilaaks' hold on the kaiju, Anguirus assembled with his fellow monsters in the Aokigahara and battled the aliens' trump card, King Ghidorah. When the Kilaaks invaded the island, they took control of Anguirus and the other monsters and sent them to aid in their invasion of Earth. By the end of the 20th century, Anguirus was now contained with the other monsters of Earth on Monsterland. Anguirus was beaten into submission and had his jaw broken by the impostor, but managed to call Godzilla to face it. ![]() He resurfaced the next year to investigate when a fake Godzilla began terrorizing the Japanese countryside. ![]() The following year, Anguirus fell into a tectonic fissure when Monster Island was affected by nuclear testing. When the evil M Space Hunter Nebula Aliens unleashed Gigan and King Ghidorah to invade the Earth, Anguirus escaped the island with Godzilla and the two forced the space monsters back into outer space. Anguirus (アンギラス, Angirasu) is a giant Ankylosaurus kaiju who first appeared in the 1968 Godzilla film Destroy All Monsters.Īnother member of the same species as the Anguirus which fought Godzilla in 1955, this Anguirus was a resident of Monster Island, where he befriended Godzilla. ![]()
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