Ghoulghilas

https://gridman.net/kaiju/#/ghoulghilas is a Kaiju that debuted in SSSS.GRIDMAN. It is Gridman's first opponent in the series.
It is later revived as .
Subtitles:
*Ghoulghilas: https://twitter.com/trigger_inc/status/1050707596473131008
*Mecha Ghoulghilas: https://twitter.com/trigger_inc/status/1068436979707129856
==History==
===SSSS.GRIDMAN===
After a Special Dog meant for Yuta Hibiki accidentally gets knocked over by the class volleyball team, Akane Shinjo crafted a small yet realistic-looking Ghoulghilas figure for Alexis, who used his Instance Abreaction to turn it into a real monster.
Rampaging through town, it destroyed everything in its path, including Yuta and friends' school. Its main target was Sakiru Tonkawa, Kena, Toiko and two other volleyball members, successfully targeting their house. It was not until Gridman arrived that it met any resistance, but at first it easily dealt with the giant due to Yuta's inexperience. After receiving a strategy from Rikka Takarada and Sho Utsumi via the Junk computer, Gridman rose again and targeted its weak spot, the neck. After tearing its head off and revealing its cybernetic innards, Gridman destroyed the beast's remains with the Grid Beam. 
However, the next day, everyone forgot about Ghoulghilas except for Yuta, Utsumi and Rikka. Unfortunately the deaths of all five volleyball members were irreversible and they were rewritten to have died even before their entrance into high school. 
Ghoulghilas later returns as an enhanced version of itself; Mecha Ghoulghilas, revised by Akane to ruin the Culture Festival at her school and to kill Gridman. As the day of the festival drew closer, the Gridman Alliance tried to convince Akane not to unleash Mecha Ghoulghilas, but their attempts failed. With no other choice, Gridman was summoned, but he appeared before Mecha Ghoulghilas did, prompting an evacuation. Akane then sent Mecha Ghoulghilas but despite its upgrades, it was no match for Full Powered Gridman, who once again tore its head off and then finished off the monster with the Grid Full Power Finish. 
Both versions of Ghoulghilas, along with all the other Kaiju Gridman fought, reappeared when they were summoned by Alexis to get rid of Gridknight, since Akane refused to make any more new kaiju. Ghoulghilas was finished off by Gridknight's Gridknight Storm but Mecha Ghoulghilas gave Gridknight some trouble. It was later destroyed by Full Powered Gridman and Gridknight. 
====Trivia====
*Designer: Shinji Nishikawa
**Ghoulghilas' body shape was inspired by a Femigon-based monster that Akira Amemiya drew in his draft while including the bellows pipe design so as to indicate this monster as a creation from Tsuburaya Productions.
**Mecha Ghoulghilas removed its original sharp design so as to avoid an assumption that Akane is terrible in machinery. Its mechanical aesthetics are directly taken from King Joe.
*Ghoulghilas's roar is a distortion of Reina Ueda saying , reflecting her desire to murder the volleyball team.
*In Katakana, can be rearranged into with extra letters left, the first Kaiju from the original series.
*Ghoulghilas getting a 'Mecha' upgrade is a callback to the various Mecha-enhanced Kaiju from Gridman the Hyper Agent.
*The way Mecha Ghoulghilas' head armor closes up to form a drill is reminiscent of the Ultra Kaiju Gabora.
*Like Anti's, Mecha Ghoulghilas' Japanese subtitle cannot be accurately translated into a few words without losing some of its meaning, which is "to recoup one's strength for a renewed attack".
==Data==
==Gallery==
AnimeGhoulgilasDesign.png
GhoulghilasSil.png
Ghoulghilas.jpg
MechaGhoulghilasDesign.png
MechaGhoulghilasSil.png
MechaGhoulghilas.jpg
GhoulghilasWIP.png|The skeleton of the Ghoulghilas figure
GhoulghilasFigure.png|The Ghoughilas figure completed
Ghoughilas3D.png|A CGI Ghoughilas from Anosillus the 2nd's explanation
MechaGhoulghilasFigure.png|Mecha Ghoulghilas figure
GhoulghilasTurnaround.gif
MechaGhoulghilasTurnaround.gif
==References==
id:Ghoulghilas
Category:Kaiju
Category:Non-Ultra Kaiju
Category:SSSS.GRIDMAN Kaiju
Category:SSSS.GRIDMAN
Category:Cyborgs