page_title: Anguirus
section_title: Behind the scenes
hierarchical_section_title: Anguirus / Overview / Behind the scenes
caption_attribution_description: English: Construction of Anguirus head during production of Godzilla Raids Again.
context_page_description: Anguirus is a fictional monster, or kaiju, which first appeared in Godzilla Raids Again, the second film in the Godzilla franchise. Anguirus is the first monster to be shown engaging in combat with Godzilla in a film. Since then, the character has appeared conversely as an enemy and an ally of Godzilla in numerous films produced by Toho, including Destroy All Monsters, Godzilla vs. Gigan, Godzilla vs. Megalon, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, and Godzilla: Final Wars. It has also appeared in other media, including comic books and video games.
context_section_description: During the existence of the character, there have been three official Anguirus suits. The first and second were constructed under the supervision of Eiji Tsuburaya. After the release of Godzilla Raids Again, Toho was looking to release the movie to Western audiences but was having trouble finding a distributor. AB-PT pictures, an American distribution company, was producing their own movie The Volcano Monsters shortly after the release of Godzilla Raids Again. AB-PT attempted to incorporate the monster footage of Toho's film into their own, but had little success. They struck up a deal between the two companies; the second Godzilla suit and the original Anguirus suit were shipped to Los Angeles to film some additional scenes. Due to financial problems with AB-PT studios, the company collapsed and its assets were absorbed into other production companies. The second Godzilla suit and the original Anguirus suit both disappeared and remain lost to this day. The second suit, created for color filming, was built in 1968. The design had no radical changes from the original aside from some modification on the thickness of the spines and arrangement of the teeth. For Godzilla: Final Wars, a third suit was built incorporating modern sculpting methods and animatronics. The final suit is darker in color and somewhat more streamlined and biologically realistic in design. Angurius' roars were created by using the sounds of a saxophone, a harmonica, an oboe, and a tuba.
  Anguirus has been played by multiple actors throughout the Godzilla movie series:
  Godzilla Raids Again (first version) – Katsumi Tezuka
  Destroy All Monsters (second version) – Hiroshi Sekita
  Godzilla vs. Gigan (second version) – Yukietsu Omiya
  Godzilla vs. Megalon (second version) – Yukietsu Omiya
  Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (second version) – Momoru Kusumi
  Godzilla: Final Wars (third version) – Toshihiro Ogura
caption: Anguirus' head under construction on the set of Godzilla Raids Again
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