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| + | [[File:Godz_vs_Angirus.jpg|thumb|left|Anguirus fighting Godzilla in Godzilla Raids Again]]Anguirus is Godzilla's first enemy and yet his best friend. In 1955, after the appearence of[[File:Anguirus_Neo.jpg|thumb|Anguirus Neo by Matt Frank]]Godzilla 1954, (a.k.a. Gojira) GAnguirus (アンギラス, 'Angirasu') is the second daikaiju who appeared only a year after Godzilla in the 1955 Toho film Godzilla Raids Again. He is a mutated ankylosaurus.The original English name given to the monster by Toho was Angilas, which was changed to Angurus in Gigantis, the Fire Monster, the 1959 American version of the film. In the mid-1990s, Toho copyrighted the revised name Anguirus, thus making it official. |
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| − | [[File:Godz_vs_Angirus.jpg|thumb|left|Anguirus fighting Godzilla in Godzilla Raids Again]]Anguirus is Godzilla's first enemy and yet his best friend. In 1955, after the appearence of[[File:Anguirus_Neo.jpg|thumb|Anguirus Neo by Matt Frank]]Godzilla 1954, (a.k.a. Gojira) Godzilla met his first foe, Anguirus (a.k.a. Angilas or Angzilla) in the movie Godzilla Raids Again (a.k.a. Gigantis the Fire Monster or Godzilla's Counterattack). Godzilla and Anguirus fought very animalisticaly. Godzilla triumphed over Anguirus, burning him after he died. Later, on Monster Island, a second Anguirus appeared and seemed to be Godzilla's freind. He then helped in the fight agaist Gigan. In Godzilla vs. Megalon, an earthquake consumed Anguirus and he was thought to be dead. Amazingly, in Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, Anguirus had a burrowing ability, he the dug to the fake Godzilla, but lost. Anguirus appeared also in Destroy all Monsters, fighting with Godzilla against the Kilaaks. Anguirus then appeared in Godzilla: Final Wars against Godzilla for the first time in 49 years under the mind control of the Xiliens. Anguirus doesn't have any special weapons. (if you don't include the Japanese Manga adatation of Godzilla Raids Again made around the same time as the movie which shows Anguirus breathing some sort of Atomic fire like Godzilla.) He can curl into a ball and roll/bounce across the landscape for movement. In Godzilla Raids Again, Anguirus is red (but you can't tell because it's in Black and White, which also means the picture on the left of page is wrong about Anguirus's color) but in all appearences after, he's brown (not including Godzilla: Final Wars where he is green). In Godzilla: Final Wars, Anguirus had a spiky club on his tail but he never used it in combat. A movie that never came out that had Anguirus in it was Godzilla X Baragon, Varan, Anguirus, Giant Monsters all out Attack. The Anguirus in that movie looked identical to the one in Godzilla: Final Wars. |
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| + | In the Showa series, Anguirus had a head like that of a crocodile, a slender neck, and apparently has a weak jaw bone, seeing as how it was broken in Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla. |
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| + | In Godzilla: Final Wars, Anguirus is a little bigger, his neck is fatter, his head spikes are arranged like a crown, and he has more spikes on the carapace. |
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| + | Appearance-wise, Anguirus is a four-legged dinosaur that looks similar to an ankylosaurus. He has several horns at the top of his head and a a single horn above his nose like a rhinoceros. His face is long and drawn out, like a crocodile, and has rows of jagged, serrated teeth. His carapace is studded with long, sharp spikes. Anguirus' tail is longer than his body and makes up most of his body length. His hind limbs are longer than his forelimbs and he can stand up on them to his full height, though he generally stands and walks upon all fours. |
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| + | In the video game Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee, Anguirus looks identical, excusing the fact that his head is very vaguely like that of a tyrannosaurs'. |
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| + | Anguirus does not have any "special" weapons in particular, so he uses his teeth, claws, horns, and spiked carapace as his weapons. This has contributed to his appeal among fans of "no-frills" Japanese monsters. He has been known to hurl himself backwards at a foe, ramming them with his spiny carapace (Godzilla vs. Gigan). He is also capable of burrowing substantial distances (Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla). Recently, the Anguirus that appeared in Godzilla: Final Wars has shown the ability to curl himself into a ball and propel himself at tremendous speed, an ability most likely inspired by the video game Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee (see below). |
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| + | Anguirus also has remarkable stamina and determination, able to take a vicious beating before going down. Despite repeatedly facing more powerful opponents than himself, most notably Godzilla, King Ghidorah, and Mechagodzilla, he has never retreated from a fight without first taking substantial punishment. Perhaps the finest example of Anguirus' persistence was his performance against King Ghidorah in Destroy All Monsters, in which he attached himself to one of King Ghidorah's necks with his jaws, staying on as King Ghidorah was flying away, until King Ghidorah bit Anguirus' own neck, causing him to fall. The same scene occured as stock footage in Godzilla vs Gigan. |
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| + | Despite his tenacity, Anguirus is traditionally on the low end of the totem pole as Japanese monsters are concerned. He has never won a fight without the assistance of Godzilla, and by the 1970s he essentially played the role of a punching bag for the latest Godzilla foe to beat up on, highlighting the threat. This tendency is especially pronounced in Godzilla vs. Gigan, in which Anguirus bravely but uselessly attacks both Gigan and King Ghidorah during the "tag-team" final battle, requiring that Godzilla finish off both foes with little help. In Godzilla Final Wars, Anguirus was being used like a soccerball when he teamed up with King Caesar and Rodan against Godzilla. |
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| + | In the video games Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee and Godzilla: Save the Earth, Anguirus is finally given a ranged attack: a "sonic roar" loud enough to hurt monsters and destroy military weapons in a large cone. It can also destroy (and even pass right through) buildings and rocks. In the former game, Anguirus' "rage" attack involves him charging his spines with some undefined energy and then shooting them off. (In the latter, it is simply a variant of his "rolling" attack used in the first game as well as Godzilla Final Wars.) Anguirus is also playable in Godzilla: Unleashed for the PS2, wii and DS. |
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| + | It appears that, according to a 1955 Japanese manga adaptation of Godzilla Raids Again (contemporary with the film), Anguirus may have been originally conceived as a fire-breather as he his depicted several times breathing some sort of flame. Also, the way Anguirus' dorsal spike covering flops around in Godzilla Raids Again (partially split in two and loose from his back) is depicted in the artwork as well, leading one to believe that this may have been intentional, rather than a costume design flaw (as it appears to be). |
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Revision as of 03:38, 31 October 2009
Anguirus fighting Godzilla in Godzilla Raids Again
Anguirus is Godzilla's first enemy and yet his best friend. In 1955, after the appearence of
Anguirus Neo by Matt Frank
Godzilla 1954, (a.k.a. Gojira) GAnguirus (アンギラス, 'Angirasu') is the second daikaiju who appeared only a year after Godzilla in the 1955 Toho film Godzilla Raids Again. He is a mutated ankylosaurus.The original English name given to the monster by Toho was Angilas, which was changed to Angurus in Gigantis, the Fire Monster, the 1959 American version of the film. In the mid-1990s, Toho copyrighted the revised name Anguirus, thus making it official.
Showa Series
In the Showa series, Anguirus had a head like that of a crocodile, a slender neck, and apparently has a weak jaw bone, seeing as how it was broken in Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla.
Millenium Series
In Godzilla: Final Wars, Anguirus is a little bigger, his neck is fatter, his head spikes are arranged like a crown, and he has more spikes on the carapace.
Appearance
Appearance-wise, Anguirus is a four-legged dinosaur that looks similar to an ankylosaurus. He has several horns at the top of his head and a a single horn above his nose like a rhinoceros. His face is long and drawn out, like a crocodile, and has rows of jagged, serrated teeth. His carapace is studded with long, sharp spikes. Anguirus' tail is longer than his body and makes up most of his body length. His hind limbs are longer than his forelimbs and he can stand up on them to his full height, though he generally stands and walks upon all fours.
In the video game Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee, Anguirus looks identical, excusing the fact that his head is very vaguely like that of a tyrannosaurs'.
Anguirus standing on his hind legs
Special Abilities
Anguirus does not have any "special" weapons in particular, so he uses his teeth, claws, horns, and spiked carapace as his weapons. This has contributed to his appeal among fans of "no-frills" Japanese monsters. He has been known to hurl himself backwards at a foe, ramming them with his spiny carapace (Godzilla vs. Gigan). He is also capable of burrowing substantial distances (Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla). Recently, the Anguirus that appeared in Godzilla: Final Wars has shown the ability to curl himself into a ball and propel himself at tremendous speed, an ability most likely inspired by the video game Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee (see below).
Anguirus also has remarkable stamina and determination, able to take a vicious beating before going down. Despite repeatedly facing more powerful opponents than himself, most notably Godzilla, King Ghidorah, and Mechagodzilla, he has never retreated from a fight without first taking substantial punishment. Perhaps the finest example of Anguirus' persistence was his performance against King Ghidorah in Destroy All Monsters, in which he attached himself to one of King Ghidorah's necks with his jaws, staying on as King Ghidorah was flying away, until King Ghidorah bit Anguirus' own neck, causing him to fall. The same scene occured as stock footage in Godzilla vs Gigan.
Despite his tenacity, Anguirus is traditionally on the low end of the totem pole as Japanese monsters are concerned. He has never won a fight without the assistance of Godzilla, and by the 1970s he essentially played the role of a punching bag for the latest Godzilla foe to beat up on, highlighting the threat. This tendency is especially pronounced in Godzilla vs. Gigan, in which Anguirus bravely but uselessly attacks both Gigan and King Ghidorah during the "tag-team" final battle, requiring that Godzilla finish off both foes with little help. In Godzilla Final Wars, Anguirus was being used like a soccerball when he teamed up with King Caesar and Rodan against Godzilla.
In the video games Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee and Godzilla: Save the Earth, Anguirus is finally given a ranged attack: a "sonic roar" loud enough to hurt monsters and destroy military weapons in a large cone. It can also destroy (and even pass right through) buildings and rocks. In the former game, Anguirus' "rage" attack involves him charging his spines with some undefined energy and then shooting them off. (In the latter, it is simply a variant of his "rolling" attack used in the first game as well as Godzilla Final Wars.) Anguirus is also playable in Godzilla: Unleashed for the PS2, wii and DS.
It appears that, according to a 1955 Japanese manga adaptation of Godzilla Raids Again (contemporary with the film), Anguirus may have been originally conceived as a fire-breather as he his depicted several times breathing some sort of flame. Also, the way Anguirus' dorsal spike covering flops around in Godzilla Raids Again (partially split in two and loose from his back) is depicted in the artwork as well, leading one to believe that this may have been intentional, rather than a costume design flaw (as it appears to be).
1955 manga depiction