Gakuma

were a pair of monsters that lived on that appeared in the series Ultraman Tiga. They appeared in episode 2.
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==History==
===Ultraman Tiga===
The Gakumas were monsters that have lived underground for years, happily eating rock. However, once their home was disturbed by a construction crew who began to take their rock away, the monsters began to rampage to drive off their invaders. The first was Gakuma (Alpha) who surfaced and attacked the crew, solidifying everyone and everything in sight with its stone beam. GUTS arrived on the scene just as Gakuma (Alpha) was attacking, and using its new weapon: the Dexas Beam, Gakuma (Alpha) was destroyed in one shot.
A short time later, Gakuma (Beta) then surfaced and picked up where its younger brother had left off, solidifying anything it saw, until it turned its attention to GUTS. Daigo was able to turn into Ultraman Tiga just in time and the two battled. Gakuma (Beta)'s extra array of weapons proved too much for Tiga to handle, and the Ultra was quickly put in a fix when the Gakuma fired its stone beam at the Ultra, slowly solidifying him. Fortunately, the rock coating was destroyed once Tiga transformed into Power Type. The tide of battle turned in Tiga's favor, and he attacked Gakuma (Beta) until the monster was destroyed by Tiga's Deracium Beam Torrent.
====Trivia====
*Suit actors: Ryuki Kitaoka (Alpha) and Toshio Miyake (Beta)
**Kitaoka first revealed he was Alpha's suit actor in 2020, when tweeting that someone else (Hiroyuki Okano) was credited instead of him by mistake.https://twitter.com/RyukiKitaoka/status/1334018985390575617
*Gakuma roars are actually heavily modified elephant trumpets.
*Gakuma is one of the monsters that makes up Belyudra's right arm in Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy: The Movie.
*Gakuma (Alpha) is the first monster defeated by GUTS without Ultraman Tiga's assistance.
*In early planning for episode 2, the Gakumas had several different names such as Radom in the first final draft, the very final drafts calling them Gag, and character designer Hiroshi Maruyama and assistant director Takashi Hamada remarking that Genma was also considered.
*Originally the episode's setting was not meant to be an island, but rather an overseas location like the US. Why this was rejected is because there was not enough time to build scale cities and streets.
*GUTS captain Megumi Iruma considered the Gakuma pair and Silvergon to be members of the Ultra-Ancient Kaiju. Whether this was an in-universe mistake on her/TPC's behalf or being legitimately grouped together as similar species is unknown. 
===Utraman Z===
While not actually making a physical appearance in the show, both Gakuma Alpha and Bata were some of the many monsters STORAGE and Sevenger battled against prior to the start of the series. 
===Utraman Blazar===
While not actually making a physical appearance in the series, Gakuma was one of many Kaiju the GGF battled against prior to the appearance of Bazanga.
==Data==
==Merchandise==
===Ultra Monster Series===
*Gakuma Beta (1996)
**Release Date: 1996
**ID Number: 06
**JAN/ISBN: TBA
**Materials: ATBC-PVC
:Ultra Monster Series Gakuma Beta is a soft-vinyl figure with four points of articulation. Molded in light gray ATBC-PVC plastic, Gakuma Beta features an amount of red and yellow paint operations.
*Gakuma Beta (2018)
**Release Date: 2018
**JAN/ISBN: TBA
**Materials: PVC
:Released exclusively for Bandai's official TMall web shop, the original Ultra Hero Series Gakuma Beta figure is reissued for the very first time, and features extensive paint operations to resemble its on-screen appearance.
==Gallery==
===Ultraman Tiga===
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Male Gakuma2.jpg|Ultraman Tiga VS Gakuma Beta
tiga vspoer tigfsdd.JPG|Ultraman Tiga Power Type vs. Gakuma
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Female Gakuma2.jpg|Gakuma Alpha's Stone Beam
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Gakuma Beta.JPG|Gakuma Beta
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Gakuma β Electric Pulse (Grab).png
Gakuma β Stone Beam.png
===Miscellaneous===
gakuma.gif|Gakuma Alpha and Gakuma Beta
Gakuma A render.png
Gakuma B render .png
Alpha Render .png
Stageshow gakuma.png|One of the Gakuma's in a stage show
==References==
Category:Kaiju
Category:Ancient Kaiju
Category:Subterranean Kaiju
Category:Belyudra's Right Arm