Kabutogira カブトギラー

Kabutogira
Kabutogira

Height : 73 meters
Mass : 75,000 tons

Powers / Weapons

Obrain Liquid; swords

Appearances

Zone Fighter Episode 25 - Carnage! Zone and Godzilla vs. the Terror-Beast Grand Alliance (1973)

Series // SHOWA

Sound Effect

Description

After failure after failure, the Garogas were getting desperate. If one or two Terror-Beasts at a time couldn’t topple Earth’s protectors, surely an army would. Numerous monsters were reborn, alongside one brand new one to lead the charge. Monster capsules were placed all around Tokyo, waiting for the signal to be unleashed. By the time the Zone Family discovered this insidious plot, it was too late. Hikaru located Kabutogira mere seconds before the Terror-Beast was freed. The monster emerged from a crimson cloud and began to spew mist in an attempt to prevent its adversary from taking his battle form known as Zone Fighter. Its attempts failed and Hikaru was able to summon the super hero into existence.

Kabutogira continued to spray its mist, melting buildings and generating colossal explosions across the ground. However, try as it might, the monster could not best the silver giant. Zone Fighter flew in close, firing his Meteor Missile Might in the air. The warheads tore through the kaiju’s body, sending it crashing down into the ground before self-destructing. This Terror-Beast was dead, but the true battle against the Terror-Beast Army was only just beginning...


Powers / Weapons
Obrain Liquid

Obrain Liquid

From its mouth, the sword-armed Terror-Beast can release a thick stream of smoke. This cloud-like solution has a variety of purposes. It was originally able to generate small explosions in an attempt to prevent Hikaru from turning into his giant Zone Fighter form. After Hikaru transformed, the explosions generated by the white smoke were far stronger and larger, rivaling the sizes of the two giants.

The Obrain Liquid is a liquefying solution - when the solution covered buildings, it began to make them literally melt.

   
Swords

Swords

In place of regular hands, Kabutogira is armed with massive swords that it swings around in attempts to cut up its opponents. The blades are strong enough to cut even skyscrapers clean in two.


Background and Trivia
  • According to Toho Special Effects: All Kaiju Illustrated Encyclopedia, its place of birth was on the planet Garoga Baron (ガロガバラン星 - Garogabaran Hoshi), the homeworld of the Garoga aliens. While its subtitle is listed as being "Armor Terror-Beast" (甲冑恐獣 - Katchu Kyoju), it is merely referred to as "Terror-Beast" (恐獣 - Kyoju) during its entrance in the show.
  • It makes its first appearance encased in a capsule.
  • Supplementary details, such as the strength of its swords and information surrounding its "Obrain Liquid" (オブラインえき - Oburain Eki), can be found in All Kaiju Kaijin (First Volume) (ISBN: 4766909623). It is also said that when enraged, its hair becomes like steel.