Monster Discussion #2: Anguirus (Showa)

edgaguirus · Post by **edgaguirus** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 9:45 pm

It may have been meant to make Anguirus look tougher, like a puffer fish puffing out to intimidate predators.

Fortunately, later incarnations had the spiked carapace firmly attached.

HayesAJones · Post by **HayesAJones** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 3:57 am

I kinda like the flapped look. Makes 'I'm seem flexible and agile. Like an armored speedster. The rigid carapace has to be at least a little hard to move in.

Godzilla1703 · Post by **Godzilla1703** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 9:32 am

Actually in Raids Again his carapace is split in two. My guess is it could come apart, never did. Because I just watch a clip where you can see a firm line going down his carapace, separation the two half's.

ScootaVaran · Post by **ScootaVaran** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 9:18 pm

Ok, so was his shell splitting in two just a part of the final disign? I mean did they intended it to do that?

I always just though it was just bad flaw in the suit like being able to see the zipper or something.

Godzilla1703 · Post by **Godzilla1703** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 1:36 pm

Tyler wrote:If they ever use that in a movie it could be like a frilled lizard trying to scare a predator.

It would have been awesome if he did against Godzilla before they fought!

Mincecraft · Post by **Mincecraft** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 1:45 pm

I have a book with a photo with this, it was a composite shot with the 1954 G suit in the backround but the A suit had the split carapace. The book also called Angy "The fire breathing Armadillo".

Dead serious.

pta917 · Post by **pta917** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 1:58 pm

Yeah, on of the original ideas was for Anguirus to blow fire and the carapace was supose to open while he did it

Giga Kaiju · Post by **Giga Kaiju** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 3:40 pm

I dont like the idea for Anguirus but if they gave this ability to another monster i wont mind.

ebirahsmeg1 · Post by **ebirahsmeg1** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 5:37 pm

pta917 wrote:Yeah, on of the original ideas was for Anguirus to blow fire and the carapace was supose to open while he did it

And your source for this info is...?

pta917 · Post by **pta917** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:36 pm

ebirahsmeg1 wrote:
pta917 wrote:Yeah, on of the original ideas was for Anguirus to blow fire and the carapace was supose to open while he did it
And your source for this info is...?

I realy don't remenber, it was a long time ago.

pta917 · Post by **pta917** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 8:33 am

I have seen it but Idon't remember where.

Crimson_Raptor · Post by **Crimson_Raptor** » Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:34 pm

miguelnuva wrote:They got stuck in King Ghidorah's neck in 72 and then grew back by 99 to get stuck in his neck again.

That's freakin' hilarious! I never thought it that way. Stock footage for the past, and real footage in the future. Anguirus's fangs do grow at an odd angle, so that's a perfect "in universe" explanation.

Crimson_Raptor · Post by **Crimson_Raptor** » Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:56 am

Bently wrote:I wish they made a suit for Heisei

It would have been neat to have had him in Godzilla versus Mechagodzilla II, and fight Mechagodzilla! G-Force already had plans to ship Godzilla to the Bonin Islands so it would have been nice to have another Monster Island.

I'd like to know what the official explanation on Anguirus's origin is? Did Godzilla just happen to stumble onto another island with another prehistoric beast?

And if the Destroy All Monsters is a second Anguirus, and all the other monsters were already established, was he the original monster on Monster Island?

Post by **Arbok** » Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:02 am

Giga Kaiju wrote:Maybe for using the suit a lot...i dont know maybe they forgot about that detail and didnt think of a timeline at
that moment.

What's odd is that, by the time The Return of Godzilla was released, they had an Anguirus suit in storage that still had the fangs on it.

So either they:

1. Put the fangs back on after filming
2. Had several suits (most likely, since we saw a very deteriorated suit used for the swimming scenes in Godzilla vs. Gigan) and only modified one
3. Created a new suit for Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

gojira96 · Post by **gojira96** » Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:38 am

Anguirus is by far one of my favourite kaiju.

Beef Bigshot · Post by **Beef Bigshot** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 4:37 pm

i love the showa anguirus but personally my favorite is the raids again anguirus because he is vicious and actually a good fighter.

Post by **GigaBowserG** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 5:31 pm

Bentley wrote:I wish they made a suit for Heisei

Same here, Anguirus is beast. The closest we'll probably get to that is that one shape-shifting monster:

Rody · Post by **Rody** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 5:33 pm

I do like the original suit's more formidable, crocodile-like face. However, considering how Anguirus became more or less a protagonist in the later films, it probably just as well his design was modified.

demoylition · Post by **demoylition** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 7:51 pm

It looks too different to simply have lost its fangs. I think it is an alternate suit.

Handsome Jack · Post by **Handsome Jack** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:49 am

It has one of those we may never know.

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