Daimajin
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The Daimajin (大魔神) (or Majin) is a daikaiju (giant monster) from the Daimajin trilogy created by Daiei.
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[edit] Appearance
Daimajin is a huge stone statue that comes to life. He has an frightening angry expression on his face, green skin and and wears Samurai armor.
[edit] Height & Weight
Daimajin is estimated to be 25 meters (75 feet) tall and 30,000 tons.
[edit] Powers
Daimajin's stone body cannot be hurt by any kind of human weapon. He can put fear into his enemy by filling their head with visions of ghosts and demons. Daimajin can turn into a fireball and cover a huge amount of ground very quickly. He can walk across the bottom of a lake and create earthquakes.
[edit] Origin
A kind warrior named Shino fought Daimajin some years ago and won. He trapped the spirit of Daimajin inside a stone statue. When evil servants of the king tried to crack the statue by hammering an iron bolt into its' forehead, it started to bleed!! They stirred the wrath of Daimajin and the mountainside crumbled. The ground shook and cracked and the evil men fell into hell. Daimajin then attacks the city. He kills the king and crushes the fortress. Then the demon attacks the farmers and the princess saves them from him because her teardrops fell on his foot. Daimajin left her and went back to his stone altar. The next time, he was a statue on an island. This time, the evil men, actually explode the statue, but Daimajin returns and destroys them. The last time, he lives in a mountain. When the evil warlord starts to capture people from all over the country, Daimajin returns and punishes him.
[edit] Way of Fighting
Although he never engaged in combat with any other kaiju, Daimajin is almost invincible. He attacks mercilessly and punishes the evildoer with a violent and horrible death. He cannot be stopped unless there is a kind act. Then he will leave.
[edit] Other uses
- Daimajin is also partially a basis for the famous super robot Mazinger Z.
- Daimajin is the nickname of Kazuhiro Sasaki, a former pitcher for the Seattle Mariners.
- The activation of Daimajin--namely, driving an object into its forehead--may be a reference[citation needed] to the golem, a creature in Jewish mysticism. The golem is a clay creature that requires the word "life" to be written on its forehead to be activated.
