Zigra
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Zigra is an alien monster featured in Gamera vs. Zigra, the sixth Gamera film.
Zigra is a deadly opponent whose appearance is similar to that of a Goblin Shark, possessing a silvery grey, armour plated hyde, a pointed nose, a row of sharp fins on his back, as well as sharp pectoral fins.
Zigra's combat style, like many Gamera Kaiju, is geared towards melee combat. A brutal opponent, he is capable of firing a beam that can paralyse an opponent, and then follow through with vicious slashes with his sharp fins. Zigra can also walk somewhat awkwardly on his tail fins.
Zigra invaded earth with the intention of enslaving the human race and raising them like cattle- he came from a planet where instead of people eating fish, fish eat people. Like Viras attempted two films earlier, Zigra held a pair of human children hostage in order to force the human race to conform to his plan, but Gamera engaged him in battle. Gamera eventually threw him on land, using a rock to play his theme song on Zigra's dorsal fins like a xylophone before setting the alien shark ablaze with his fire breath.In the film Gamera: Super Monster, Zigra fought with Gamera again in one of the many stock footage scenes. When Gamera hits his back with the rock, his theme song is not played, and is instead replaced by a new, simple tune.
[edit] 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.
