Shako Monster

**Shako Monster**(シャコモンスター *Shakomonsutā*) is a BEM Kaiju that appeared in Episode 1 of Space Sheriff Gavan.

Voiced by the late **Takeshi Watabe**.

## Personality

The Shako Monster is a mindless BEM Kaiju who attacks when order to and won’t stop attacking until it completes its goal. When in the Makuu Region, it will uses its own special abilities against its enemy.

## Appearance

The Shako Monster has a bright tan-colored body with green eyes. It has a soft shell with red decorations, tendrils sticking out underneath its shell and on the sides of its body, ridges cover its main body, and small beak-shaped mouth.

## Biography

An evil organization called the Space Crime Organization Makuu, led by Don Horror, has come from a different dimension called the Makuu Space to take over Earth. First, they aim to destroy a space colony nearby Earth. So one of the Doubleman generals summons the Shako Monster to assist in the operation. The Makuu Empire start to attack the space colony while the Shako Monster attacks in the inside until they eventually destroy it. Pieces of the space colony start to crash all over Earth, causing destruction upon impact. As the Makuu Empire start to create bases around Earth, the Galactic Federal Police have sent out Gavan to stop the Makuu Empire. Later, after Gavan saves a group of kids from being killed by a Doubleman(when they were running around in of one of the bases), he charges toward the Doubleman to fight him. However, Gavan gets ambushed by the Shako Monster. Afterwards, Gavan transforms into his combat suit to fight off the Makuu Foot Soliders, Crushers, and destroys the base by blowing up one of their space ships inside with the Laser Z beam. After the destruction of the base, the Shako Monster confronts Gavan. Angered by Gavan’s intrusion, Don Horror has switches for a black hole activated to bring Gavan into the Makuu Space. After the Shako Monster is sucked in, Gavan summons his Cyberion to fly through the Makuu Space. Once in the strange dimension, the Shako Monster appears, now three-times powerful as before due to being in the Makuu Space. Gavan and the Shako Monster start fighting each other throughout the strange dimension with the Shako Monster having the upper hand in the fight. When the Shako Monster uses it’s invisibility, Gavan uses his Laser Scope to locate it. Once Gavan spots the Shako Monster, he uses his Laser Z Beam to destroy it for good.

## Powers/Abilties

**Fast Crawling**: The Shako Monster is able to crawl on the ground in a fast speed.

**Teleporting**: Once in the Makuu Space, the Shako Monster is able to teleport anywhere.

**Red Back Lasers**: Once in the Makuu Space, the Shako Monster is able to fire lasers from the ten red dots on it’s back.

**Burrowing**: The Shako Monster is able to burrow into the ground.

**Explosive Mouth Mines**: Once in the Makuu Space, the Shako Monster is able to create a line of small explosions on the ground with it’s mouth, which would lead to bigger explosions.

**Invisibility**: Once in the Makuu Space, the Shako Monster has the ability to become invisible.

## Trivia

* The Shako Monster might have gotten it’s name from the Japanese dish, Shako, which is a species of Mantis Shrimp harvested in Japan and eaten as sushi.
	+ Despite having Shako in its name, the Shako Monster is not based off the Mantis Shrimp, but instead as a “space creature”
	+ Toei gave it the name, Shako Monster, so the younger viewers can understand it easily.
* Masuo wanted to change the shape of the costume by managing the proportions and the operations, but this became unrealized.
	+ Influenced by the puppetry from “Dark Crystal”, Masuo thought about using stilts to express reverse joints just like how they were used in the movie.