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Created in the early stages of Yamato Takeru (1994), Tsuchigumo was intended to battle the heroes Yamato Takeru, Oto Tachibana, Seiryu, and Genbu. In an early script, the headstrong Kumaso Takeru would have had a younger brother, who would end up transforming into the hideous Tsuchigumo through the powerful magic of Tsukinowa. Its defining traits would have been its half-human and half-spider appearance, with the face or torso being comprised of its original body and the rest being that of a large spider.
In the end, it would be director Takao Okawara's idea to scrap both Kumaso Takeru's younger brother and Tsuchigumo in favor of the lava-born deity, Kumasogami. |
