ANGILAS' MOVIES
MY FAVORITE MONSTER EVER TO SET CLAW ON MONSTER ISLAND IS ANGILAS. (AKA ANGUIRUS)THIS SECTION OF NUCLEAR GODZILLA IS DEVOTED TO HIM.
ANGUIRUS IS A MONSTER THAT BEGAN AS A FOE TO GODZILLA AND WOUND UP AN ALLY. LIKE RODZN, ANGUIRUS HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A REVIVED PREHISTORIC BEAST, A COUSIN OF THE ANKYLOSAURUS BUT, AT A HEIGHT OF SIXTY METERS, MUCH LARGER THAN ITS EXTINCT RELATIVE.
A THORNY CARAPACE PROTECTS THE MONSTER'S BACK AND A SPRAY OF HORNS SHEILDS ITS NECK, BUT OTHER THAN A FERCE FIGHTING SPIRIT, ANGUIRUS LACKS OFFENSIVE WEAPONS, AT LEAST IN PART BECAUSE IT HAILS FROM THE EARLY ERA OF THE GODZILLA SERIES, WHEN BEASTS WERE CONCEIVED MORE AS REAL ANIMALS AND LESS FANTASY CREATIONS.
IN GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN, WHICH STAGES THE FIRST MONSTER BATTLE IN A GODZILLA FILM, ANGUIRUS IS DEFEATED AND APPARENTLY KILLED BY GODZILLA, BUT EITHER IT IS REVIVED OR ANOTHER OF ITS KIND RETURNED IN LATER EPICS, FIGHTING ALONGSIDE GODZILLA AGAINST THE LIKES OF KING GHIDORAH, MECHAGODZILLA, AND THE CYBORG MONSTER GIGAN.
BECAUSE OF ITS REALISTIC DEPICTION AND NEVER-SAY-DIE ATTITUDE, ANGUIRUS RETAINS A STRONG FOLLOWING AMONG FANS OF THE GENRE. POSSESSING NO ENERGY RAYS OR EXPLOSIVE MISSILES, ANGUIRUS RELIES IN PART ON ITS TEETH AND CLAWS IN BATTLE, BUT MOSTLY ON ITS FIERCE FIGHTING SPIRIT. ONE OF ITS MOST DEVESTATING BATTLE TACTICS IS TO HURL ITSELF BACKWARDS, IMPALING ITS OPPONENT ON THE SPIKES OF ITS CARAPACE.
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WHY ANGILAS IS IMPORTANT TO THE GODZILLA SAGA.
THERE IS ONE HUGE REASON WHY ANGILAS IS SO IMPORTANT... HE BAGAN THE WHOLE TRADITION OF HAVEING GODZILLA FIGHT OTHER MONSTERS. AS FAR AS THE MOVIES ARE CONCERNED, ANGILAS HELPS BEAT UP GHIDRAH AND GIGAN. HE DOES SOMETHING IN ALL MONSTERS ATTACK AND HE DESCOVERS MECHGODZILLA IN GODZILLA VS MECHGODZILLA.
"DON'T MESS WITH ME!"
THE FIRST DEATH OF ANGILAS"
I MADE THIS ONE!
THE "OFFICIAL" STATS ON ANGUIRUS ARE FROM THE OFFICIAL GODZILLA COMPENDIUM BY J.D. LEES AND MARC CERASINI AND IS NOT THE WORK OF THIS PAGE'S WRITER.
