Zigra
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Zigra is a fictional Kaiju (giant monster) from the 1971 film Gamera Vs. Zigra, produced by Daiei Motion Picture Company. He is an intelligent goblin shark-like alien invader from a planet and species also dubbed Zigra.
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Character Statistics
- First Appearance: Gamera vs. Zigra (1971)
- Other Appearances: Gamera: Super Monster (1980) and Gamera, Guardian of the Universe comic book miniseries (Dark Horse, 1996).
- Height: 80 Meters (262 Feet).
- Weight: 75 Tons.
- Gender: Male, based on his voice.
- Home Planet: Zigra (shares the same name, as does Zigra's race)
Powers And Abilities
In appearance, Zigra is a bizarre, bluish creature, possibly inspired by the real life Goblin Shark for his design, with a beak-like protrusion on it's head, and wings that mainly help it swim. Zigra is a naturally aquatic creature, and as such, is a fine swimmer. The fins he uses to swim are also razor sharp, able to penetrate even Gamera's thick hide.
Zigra's most notable ability is an oral "paralysis beam", which seems to effectively immobilize anything it hits. With this same beam, Zigra can take certain individuals under his control, even if it appears that they are willing servants (see his first appearance below). Zigra is also highly intelligent, as he can communicate quite clearly in telepathy to multiple beings at once, as he does so making his intentions for world domination very clear even after the loss of his spaceship.
Zigra in Gamera vs. Zigra (1971)
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Zigra in Gamera: Super Monster (1980)
Stock footage from the original film was used in this seemingly unconnected storyline where Zigra is reduced to a non-intelligent lackey monster of the evil (and largely unseen save for the spaceship) alien Zanon, and is sent to dispatch Gamera on a Japanese beach. After Gamera defeats Zigra, the squid-like Viras is immediately summoned to take his place. According to a later plot point, it appears that this film's Zigra, along with all the other enemy monsters Gamera faces, are artificial constructs, originally created on an alien world guarded by the knife-headed Guillon (AKA Guiron, and thus stock footage from his original movie Gamera vs. Guillon ).
Other Appearances
Like many of his fellow Showa monsters, Zigra has not made a film appearance outside his initial debut, (except for the obvious stock footage scenes). However, he made an appearance in the Gamera comic series by Dark Horse Comics, that was based on the Heisei Gamera series. In the story, Zigra was an escaped alien creature from outer space, who managed to find his way onto Earth. He'd eventually meet up and face Gamera, who made relatively short work of him. In this series, he was pretty much unchanged, except for the fact he was more of a wild animal, and was more aquatic-based.
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