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Gamera: The Series (2020)

Gamera: The Series (also known as) Gamera: The Animated Series is a 2020 animated television series created by Eric Kessler. Planet of the Monsters is the first season of Gamera: The Series will be release date on January 1st 2020 to January 31st 2020, The Planet Eater is the second season of Gamera: The Series will be release date on 3rd February 2020 to 28th February 2020 and the last but not least, City on the Edge of Battle is the third season or last season of Gamera: The Series will be release date on 1st March 2020 to 19th March 2020.

# Seasons

## Season 1: Planet of the Monsters

### Episodes

1. Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe
2. Gamera: The Brave
3. Gamera: The Giant Monster

## Season 2: The Planet Eater

### Episodes

1. Gamera vs. Guiron
2. Gamera vs. Barugon
3. Gamera vs. Jiger
4. Gamera vs. Zigra
5. Gamera vs. Viras

## Season 3: City on the Edge of Battle

### Episodes

1. Gamera vs. Gyaos
2. Gamera vs. Garasharp
3. Gamera vs. Godzilla
Muhuru

While the crew of the *Venture* pursued King Kong through the jungles of Skull Island, they came upon a foraging Muhuru, which charged at them when it noticed their presence. Before it could draw too close, Carl Denham incapacitated it with a gas bomb. The creature fell over from the impact of the explosion and writhed on the ground for a bit before Denham approached and shot the beast in the head.
Brooklyn bridge

The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between Manhattan Island and Brooklyn on Long Island. Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing of the East River. It was also the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time of its opening, with a main span of 1,595.5 feet and a deck 127 ft above mean high water. The span was originally called the New York and Brooklyn Bridge or the East River Bridge but was officially renamed the Brooklyn Bridge in 1915.
Los Angeles

Los Angeles, officially the City of Los Angeles and often abbreviated as L.A., is the largest city in California. It has an estimated population of nearly 4 million, and is the second-largest city in the United States, after New York City, and the third-largest city in North America, after Mexico City and New York City. Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, Hollywood entertainment industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area.
First narrows bridge

The Lions Gate Bridge, opened in 1938 and officially known as the First Narrows Bridge, is a suspension bridge that crosses the first narrows of Burrard Inlet and connects the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, to the North Shore municipalities of the District of North Vancouver, the City of North Vancouver, and West Vancouver. The term "Lions Gate" refers to the Lions, a pair of mountain peaks north of Vancouver. Northbound traffic on the bridge heads in their general direction. A pair of cast concrete lions, designed by sculptor Charles Marega, were placed on either side of the south approach to the bridge in January 1939.
Mothra

"Mothra is a guardian of the earth, and only exists to defend the earth from pollution, corruption and devastation. Mothra begins life as a giant larvae, with a barbed tail and a web-spinning snout. Once danger threatens, however, Mothra cocoons herself and transforms into her flying adult form. As an adult, Mothra creates powerful gusts of wind from her wings and create clouds from her scales to reflect energy attacks. Although her wings appear frail, Mothra is a very capable melee opponent, using her superior mobility to strike her opponents quickly and then retreat. Mothra is devoted to rooting out the crystal corruption, and abhors monsters who absorb their energies for personal advancement."
Abyscidis

Abyscidis were dog-sized crustaceans that lived in the shadow of the larger flesh eaters of the dark. Primarily scavengers, they were unparticular feeders, taking any organic matter they could scavenge, dead or dying. The chunky invertebrates clustered in loose colonies at the base of a pit or in deep caves. The nymphs, hatching in large numbers, used the rivers of organic slop to migrate around their dark domain, locating an unclaimed section of cave or chasm shoreline to mature in and establish a new colony.

Monster crabs from King Kong is a 1- 2 feet long smaller relative of the mighty *Deplectors* that clung to the walls of the abyssal Chasms.
Showa

Showa era and Showa period, is a term used to identify the years between 1926 and 1989 under the reign of Japanese Emperor Hirohito.

The first *Godzilla* film was to begin the Showa era of the kaiju industry, and is the usual kaiju to be affiliated with this era. During the beginning of this era, Godzilla was mainly antagonistic in nature, taking on the likes of Anguirus and Mothra.

By the time of *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster's* release, Godzilla adopted what would soon become his most famous image: a heroic monster, battling terrible villains with other monsters by his side.
King Caesar

"King Caesar is a mystical defender of the Earth. Unlike the other Earth Defenders, King Caesar is specifically concerned with the well-being of humanity, and will respond to events that threaten human beings. King Caesar's strongest asset are his powerful legs, which have tremendous strength and flexibility. King Caesar's entire body is a capacitor, storing and refocusing the sun's energy into searing beams of heat, which he projects from his eyes. In battle, King Caesar can absorb the energy from his opponent's weapons, which both protects him from ranged attacks and provides him the power necessary to engage fast-moving opponents at range. His internal batteries are not unlimited in their capacity, and there is a possibility of overload should King Caesar absorb too much energy without quickly discharging it."
Cave serpent

When King Kong brought Ann Darrow to his mountain lair, an cave serpent lurking in a small body of water immediately targeted her. Kong intervened just before it could reach her. The creature wrapped its long body around Kong's neck and attempted to strangle him. Kong pulled the cave serpent off with all his might and slammed it onto the rocky surface of the cave, snapping its spine and killing it.
Cairo

Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt. The Cairo metropolitan area, with a population of 21.3 million, is the largest metropolitan area in the Arab world, the second largest in Africa, and the sixth largest in the world. Cairo is associated with ancient Egypt, as the famous Giza pyramid complex and the ancient city of Memphis are located in its geographical area. Located near the Nile Delta, Cairo was founded in 969 AD during the Fatimid dynasty, but the land composing the present-day city was the site of Ancient National Capitals whose remnants remain visible in parts of Old Cairo. Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life, and is titled "the city of a thousand minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture. Cairo is considered a World City with a "Beta +" classification according to GaWC.
Sydney

Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Port Jackson and extends about 70 km on its periphery towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Informally there are at least 15 regions. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". As of June 2020, Sydney's estimated metropolitan population was 5,367,206, meaning the city is home to approximately 66% of the state's population.
Terapusmordax

Several *Terapusmordax* made refuge within the mountain tops of Skull Island, even within the ceilings of Kong's lair. With the King Kong drastically depleted, *Terapusmordax* multiplied and nested in Kong's lair, sleeping by hanging upside down above Kong below. Several *Terapusmordax* swarmed around Kong when they became agitated by him attacking Jack Driscoll when trying to protect Ann. Jack took advantage of the bats distracting Kong to abseil down the mountain top with Ann on his back. The *Terapusmordax* seemed to have started retreating when Kong grabbed the humans vine and started pulling them back up towards his lair, forcing Jack to grab hold of a retreating *Terapusmordax* by it's wing and glide down to land in the river back toward the wall.
Petrox Island python

"I have gone deeper into the heart of the newly discovered "Petrox Island" at Fred Wilson's request. His insistence on obtaining as much information about Kong's newest island home seems less-than-sincere, but I'm hardly one to argue. I have found the area that Dawn and Mr. Prescott have described, a massive sleeping platform flanked by two huge rock pillars. An immense and mercifully dead python is lying nearby, the animal must be over one hundred feet long! According to Dawn, Kong was still wrestling with the huge reptile when she and Mr. Prescott escaped. The brute has been nearly torn in half. I'll be amazed if Mr. Wilson's vessel survives the trip home, but Dawn seems to have a power over Kong the likes of which I have not seen since Miss Darrow herself..."
London

London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom. The city stands on the River Thames in the south-east of England, at the head of its 50-mile estuary leading to the North Sea. London has been a major settlement for two millennia, and was originally called Londinium, which was founded by the Romans. The City of London, London's ancient core and financial centre—an area of just 1.12 square miles and colloquially known as the Square Mile—retains boundaries that closely follow its medieval limits. The adjacent City of Westminster has for centuries been the location of much of the national government. Thirty-one additional boroughs north and south of the river also comprise modern London. The London region is governed by the mayor of London and the London Assembly.
Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the second-most populous city in Brazil and the sixth-most populous in the Americas. Rio de Janeiro is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's third-most populous state, after São Paulo and Minas Gerais. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", by UNESCO on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape.
Piranhadon

Male Piranhadon are much smaller than the females and must compete to prove their worth as mates. Young are born live in groups of around a dozen. Already five feet long at birth, a juvenile Piranhadon is already a dangerous aquatic predator, and will devour water birds, fish, amphibians, small dinosaurs, and just about anything else it can catch, including larger terrestrial animals. An ambush predator, Piranhadon tends to lie in wait near the river banks, using its sensitive barbels to detect the approach of potential prey, as its eyes are poor and can only see differences between light and dark. A surge of its enormous body, and it will lunge out of the water, taking its prey in its jaws, either killing it with a massive bite or dragging it down below the surface to drown.

Piranhadon also use their lunging ability and powerful pectoral fins to occasionally beach themselves on a shaded river bank. Once ashore, birds, lizards, and other scavengers will flock to the huge fish, picking it clean of innumerable parasites. They will remain there until heat, dryness, and the threat of suffocation forces them back in the water. Though they are the largest river predator on Skull Island, when hunting prey near the riverbanks, they should be alert all time from Vastatosaurus Rex. Female Piranhadon can be up to 50 feet long, and weigh around 14 tons with a relatively narrow, eel-like tail, and a larger, muscular body. Males rarely grow to be longer than 20 feet in length and weigh around 2 tons. Coloration looks to be greenish-black above and white below. A dorsal fin runs the length of the Piranhadon's back, while two huge pectoral fins serve to steer its bulk. Two barbels depend from the fish's lower jaw, the mouth has numerous sharp, pointed teeth, each of which are about the size of an adult human's forearm.
Sanda

Sanda grew from the flesh of Frankenstein, along with Gaira. He was captured by scientists and studied when he was small, but he escaped to the mountains. One year later, he had grown to 30 meters in height. He returned to save Gaira from the JSDF, and he took him to the mountains. Gaira started to eat humans, which angered Sanda, due to his upbringing around people. Sanda attacked Gaira, but Gaira fled. Gaira attacked Tokyo, and Sanda fought him again. They fought in the sea, but they were both pulled into a volcano.
El oscuro secreto de Bloom

"El oscuro secreto de Bloom" es el 14º episodio de la 1a temporada y el 14º de la serie Winx Club. Resumen:

Bloom regresa a Alfea impactada y le cuenta a las Winx la noticia. Todas se empatizan con Bloom y ella llama a Brandon. Los dos quedan por la noche para ir a Torre de Nubes en busca de respuestas sobre el origen de Bloom.

Allí descubre, gracias a un libro, que desciende de las tres brujas ancestrales. Brandon consuela a Bloom y se va a Fuenterroja, y Bloom regresa a Alfea enseguida.

Volviendo por el bosque encuentra a la estudiante Mirta de Torre de Nubes. Mirta le explica que las Trix habían trucado el libro que Bloom había leído y ella se alivia. Pero de repente, llegan las tres brujas y empiezan a luchar contra Mirta y Bloom. Stella, Flora, Musa y Tecna aparecen para protegerlas, pero Mirta quiso vengarse de lo de Lucy, y por eso es convertida en calabaza por Icy.

Las Trix se acaban yendo a Torre de Nubes, y las Winx a Alfea, mientras Flora lleva en brazos a la calabaza (Mirta).
Barugon

After a group of treasure hunters ventured into the forbidden Valley of Rainbows in New Guinea, one of them brought a giant opal with him back to Japan, not knowing the precious stone was actually the egg of Barugon. After being unintentionally incubated by an infrared lamp, Barugon hatched from his egg and came ashore in Kobe, tearing the city apart with his extending tongue and rainbow death ray and freezing entire blocks with the chilling liquid released from his tongue. Barugon reached Osaka and confronted Gamera, and defeated him after freezing him solid. After withstanding multiple failed attempts by the JSDF to destroy him, Barugon was attacked by Gamera once again, this time being dragged to the bottom of a lake to his death. In *Gamera: Super Monster*, Barugon was resurrected by the evil space criminal Zanon to fight Gamera, but was defeated once again.

Introduced in the second film of the Gamera series, Barugon was Gamera's first-ever opponent. Though he never returned in a film outside of stock footage, he was featured in a manga adaptation of his debut film published by Kadokawa in 2002, which placed its events into the continuity of the Heisei trilogy, between *Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion* and *Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris*.
Birth island

Birth Island is introduced as a lush island idyll that is home primarily to Little Godzilla, whilst Godzilla comes ashore frequently to look after him. A group of U.N.G.C.C. researchers also visit the island. It is here where Spacegodzilla makes his first attack on Earth, and captures Little Godzilla in a series of crystals after temporarily incapacitating Godzilla. After Spacegodzilla flies off, Godzilla gives chase, and leaves the island. After Spacegodzilla is defeated by both Godzilla and MOGUERA, Little Godzilla is set free from his crystal prison, and jumps about for joy.
Gyaos

Gyaos is considered to be Gamera's archenemy, and has made more film appearances than any of his other enemies. In the Showa series, Gyaos was Gamera's second foe, and emerged from an underground cave to feed on humanity. Gamera battled the creature in several encounters, finally destroying it by pulling it into the crater of an active volcano. However, Gyaos was not the only creature of its kind, as multiple silver Space Gyaos were a frequent nuisance on the alien planet Terra in the film *Gamera vs. Guiron*. The Terrans' guardian monster Guiron fought and brutally killed one Space Gyaos by chopping it apart with its head blade. In *Gamera: Super Monster*, Gyaos was one of the monsters controlled by the sinister crew of the pirate spaceship *Zanon*, which it used to menace humanity and try to defeat Gamera.

In the Heisei trilogy of films, Gyaos was reinvented as a perfect organism genetically engineered by the ancient Atlanteans. Gyaos began reproducing out of control and turned on their creators, who created Gamera as a last-ditch effort to stop them. Gamera succeeded in killing most of the Gyaos, but clutches of their eggs survived into the modern day, where changing environmental conditions brought on by human activity caused them to hatch. Gamera reemerged as well to battle his ancient foe, and successfully killed three Gyaos that appeared in Japan in 1995. However, countless more Gyaos would appear in 1999 as a result of Gamera depleting Earth's mana in order to destroy Legion. These evolved Hyper Gyaos began overrunning the world, with Gamera desperately trying to defeat them. After Gamera defeated the creature known as Iris, an ancient demonic beast genetically related to Gyaos, a swarm of thousands of Gyaos descended on Japan to attempt to destroy Gamera once and for all.

In the most recent Gamera film, *Gamera the Brave*, a flock of four Gyaos attacked a Japanese village in 1973, but were attacked by Gamera, who was forced to self-destruct and sacrifice himself in order to kill them. A new monster called Zedus was eventually spawned by feeding on the corpses of the flock of Gyaos, and did battle with the reincarnation of Gamera three decades later.
Cyber-Godzilla

Cyber Godzilla is the original Godzilla that nested in New York City in 1998. Following the creature's death, its corpse was taken to a military base for study. When the Leviathan Aliens overtook the base, they used their technology to modify Godzilla into a cyborg that was completely under their control, using it to turn the second Godzilla against humanity and recruit him to their cause. Cyber Godzilla is completely under the control of the Leviathan Aliens, though he is still able to recognize the second Godzilla as his son.
Triclonius

One of many large ceratopsian-like creatures that dwell on Skull Island the Triclonius is one of the few dinosaurs that were unique to the Island not unlike the Eotriceratops or the more known Ferrucutus. The Triclonius was just as if not even more violent then most of the predatory beast that try to hunt it even the most hungry of Vastatosaurs wouldn't dare risk getting impaled by the beast's large horn.

Kiko, the Son of Kong was minding his own business one day and leaning over to get a drink near the lake only to have the Triclonius charge at him with intent to gore him to death. While Kiko wasn't looking for a fight with the brute the Triclonius doesn't have the same thought process. Kiko much like his father before him had no chose and was forced to fight. While the Triclonius was somewhat bigger and stronger Kiko was far smarter then his reptilian adversary dodging the monster's horn and beak like mouth Kiko manage to get a hit in by bashing his eye in with a rock and getting it into a head lock the future King of Skull Island eventually wins, as he chokes the Triclonius to death. Feeling exhausted Kiko continues to drink from the lake.
Garasharp

Time passes and Gamera recovers to confront Garasharp again, this time in the suburbs of Tokyo. During their second fight, Garasharp swallows a few explosives. Gamera uses his fire on Garasharp, but again the cobra absorbs it into her mouth. The fire however agitates the explosives inside Garasharp's throat and as a result, Garasharp is brutally decapitated by the explosion. When two of Garasharp's offspring emerge from her body, the JSDF moves in to exterminate the small monsters. However Gamera intervenes, landing near the baby monsters, Gamera allows them to slither onto his back.

Flying away so that the military cannot harm the tiny Garasharp serpents, Gamera takes them to a deserted tropical island, and proceeds to break off their horns and fangs, leaving the monsters on their new home where they won't do any harm to humanity.

According to the storyboards of the scrapped film, Garasharp was a monster that was to attack Shinjuku in Japan, prompting Gamera to arrive and battle her. During the battle, Garasharp sticks her tongue down Gamera's throat, absorbing most of Gamera's energy which paralyzes Gamera, turning him white and ballooning Garasharp to enormous proportions. With her newly acquired strength, Garasharp proceeds to destroy Shunjuku.
Empire State Building

The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States. It was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931. Its name is derived from "Empire State", the nickname of the state of New York. The building has a roof height of 1,250 feet and stands a total of 1,454 feet tall, including its antenna. The Empire State Building stood as the world's tallest building until the construction of the World Trade Center in 1970; following its collapse in 2001, the Empire State Building was again the city's tallest skyscraper until 2012. As of 2020, the building is the seventh-tallest building in New York City, the ninth-tallest completed skyscraper in the United States, the 49th-tallest in the world, and the sixth-tallest freestanding structure in the Americas.
Orga

"Orga was originally an advanced bio-spaceship sent to Earth by an unknown alien force. Upon meeting Godzilla, the bio-spaceship came to the conclusion that it required hand-to-hand combat capabilities to subdue Earth's monsters. Mutating rapidly, the alien ship configured itself into a paragon of monstrous strength-with incredibly large hands and a flexible, venomous maw. Although initially defeated by Godzilla, Orga has subsequently joined forces with the Vortaak in order to continually test himself against Godzilla and the rest of Earth's Defenders."
Hedorah

"Hedorah's gurgling roar comes from Kemular, a poison gas monster from the original *Ultraman* series. When feeding on toxic fumes, Hedorah makes breathing noises that are recycled from Gezora and later reused for the Ultra Series kaiju Garan. In addition, it utters several high-pitched laughter-like sounds, mostly in its Perfect Form. In *Godzilla: Final Wars*, Hedorah's roar mostly remains the same, but it also emits sounds that are similar to an elephant trumpeting that has been lowered in pitch, and its roar now echoes."
Destoroyah

"Destoroyah is death incarnate. Born from anaerobic environments deadly to all other life, Destoroyah seeks nothing else than the total annihilation of all life-forms in existence. Although his massive clawed hands, long crescent-tipped tail, and taloned feet can tear monsters apart in a heartbeat, Destoroyah tends to use ranged attacks in compensation for his sluggish land movement. He can breathe choking clouds of micro-oxygen, emit explosive spheres of micro-oxygen, and create oxygen destroyer comets of pure annihilation. His most fearsome attack, however, is the piercing Laser Horn, which extends from his central horn. This focused energy can slice through even the strongest monster flesh and reduces buildings to rubble."
Gold coast

Gold Coast is a coastal city in the Australian state of Queensland, approximately 66 kilometres south-southeast of the centre of state capital Brisbane and immediately north of the border with New South Wales. The traditional owners of this region of south-east Queensland are the Yugambeh language people. The demonym for the Gold Coast is Gold Coaster. With an estimated population of 679,127, at June 2019, the Gold Coast is the sixth-largest city in Australia, making it the largest non-capital city, and Queensland's second-largest city.
Bangkok

Bangkok is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. Known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep, the city occupies 1,568.7 square kilometres in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has a population of over eight million. Over fourteen million people lived within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region at the 2010 census, making Bangkok the nation's primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in both size and importance to the national economy.
Faro island

An expedition by Pacific Pharmaceuticals arrives on the island with the intention of finding the special Farolacton berries which only grow in the island's jungle. At first, they are not welcomed by the island's tribe, but relations improve after the expedition's members exchange modern goods with the natives, and they are allowed to head further into the island after hearing King Kong's roar. After an encounter with the Ganimes, a giant mutant crustacean-like monster the expedition returns to the native village, and the Gezora appears, trying to steal the Farolacton from a hut. After Kong arrives and defeats the Gargantua Bros. known as Gaira and Sanda, he proceeds to drink several vases of Farolacton offered to him and then falls asleep during the midst of a special chant carried out by the natives. The expedition force then sneaks Kong off the island, and onto a raft attached to a ship headed to Japan.
Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967)

Express Engineering Corp is building a highway in the forest near Mt. Fuji. Challenged by local villagers, foreman Shiro Tsutsumi and his crew are plagued with protests and sabotage. Nearby, a survey team from the United Nations is killed when their helicopter is literally cut by a beam emitted from a cave in the mountains. A small boy, Eiichi Kanamura, grandson of the village elder Tatsuemon Kanamura, finds reporter Okabe snooping around. Okabe and Eiichi check out a strange light - which leads them to the cave where Gyaos, a giant bat-like bird-monster, is currently residing.

Running for his life, Okabe ditches Eiichi at the cave - but runs into Gyaos who devours him. Shiro and his crew (who are also checking out the light from the cave) arrive just in time to see an epic battle where Gamera and Gyaos exchange blows (with Eiichi in the middle). During the battle, it is shown that Gyaos can't withstand fire. Realizing this, Gamera grabs the young boy and gets him to safety. After alerting the public about Gyaos and his abililties, zoologist Dr. Aoki investigate Gyaos's prehistoric origins. The public is put on alert - stay indoors at night - Gyaos is nocturnal. But after another battle with Gamera, Gyaos seems to be the victor, as Gamera tends to his wounds at the bottom of the sea. Even after using light flares to annoy Gyaos, the Japanese Self-Defense Force is still annihilated by the monster.

After another battle, Gamera holds Gyaos in the water while the sun rises. But Gyaos, sensing its mortal danger, chooses to sever its own foot with its sonic beam in lieu of death and flies off. A plan is put into effect that would draw Gyaos into the sunlight after experiments reveal that the sun causes the severed foot to shrink. The Defense Force constructs a rotating platform with a giant bowl of synthetic blood on it. Gyaos, landing on the platform and drinking the blood, will become dizzy and not be able to get off before the sun rises. The plan ultimately fails, but Gamera arrives to do battle with Gyaos once more. During the battle, the sun rises, weakening Gyaos. Gamera seizes the opportunity and throws the weakened Gyaos into the crater of an active volcano, killing it.
Dubai

The speed of Dubai’s metamorphosis is unparalleled, creating a thriving metropolis in the heart of the desert in less than half a century. Many people are likely to be dazzled by the whiteness of the sand and the scale of the skyscrapers, but it’s also still possible to step back in time with a desert safari or boat trip on the creek.

**Dubai holidays** are memorable and involve soaking up the sun on the prominent beaches of Dubai and limitless culinary delights in award- winning Michelin starred restaurants, some with awe-inspiring iconic views of the city. Or watch your sporting heroes take part in some of the most prestigious international sporting events around the year. Alternatively, shop till you drop in any one of Dubai's 96 malls or souks.
Carnictis

Undisputedly the most repulsive denizen of the hellish rents in the Skull Island interior is the *Carnictis*. Writhing, serpentine, vermicular carnivores of the tepid sludge that suffocate the depths of the chasms, they are feeders on the dead and wounded. *Carnictis* are slow-moving but relentless. Lacking eyes or a face of any sort (unless a sphincter maw of teeth can be considered a face), *Carnictis* are little more than an animated stomach that folds in and out of itself with obscene undulation.

Flatworms similar to the related parasitic tapeworms that can infest other species of animal such as humans, the ancestors of the *Carnictis* lived in the guts of large predatory dinosaurs, where they devoured the half-digested flesh swallowed by their hosts. At some point in their history, these gut parasites must have evolved so they could survive outside the confines of their hosts’ intestinal tracts. They made their new homes in the geothermal spring-fed sludge that clots the bowls of the island. It is theorized that long ago, a *V. rex* or a similar predator fell into one of the chasms and died, its parasite cargo disgorging slowly from the carcass to find themselves in the rich organic river in the pit’s base. Instead of drying up and dying, they thrived. Warmed by the hot, geothermal water bubbling into the syrup of the pits, the worms were sustained on the flesh of other animals falling into the chasm from the jungle above. Parasites no longer, they have swelled to disturbing new proportions and have become carrion-eating scavengers/predators of the “abyss.” With their new size and strength they can overwhelm and consume live prey like *Venatosaurus impavidus*, dragging the slow or wounded to their deaths below the surface. Requiring very specific environmental conditions, *Carnictis* are restricted to a few cavernous rents and sinkholes that suit their particular needs. Squirming downstream through the muck to where the chasms open into rivers is death. The cooling water sucks their life away, while any pit that sees a drought of carrion or fresh meat will similarly devastate the great worm.

However, the *Carnictis* has developed a survival strategy. While the adults are susceptible to change, eggs can survive for decades in a dormant state, waiting for a return of favorable conditions to hatch and spread.
Dagahra

*Rebirth of Mothra II* screenwriter Masami Suetani named Dagahra after Dagon, the ancient Mesopotamian and Canaanite deity who is often depicted as a fish god in popular culture. According to the film's manga adaptation, "Dagahra" is the Nilai-Kanai word for a vacuum cleaner, referencing his intended purpose to clean up the civilization's pollution.
42 Second Street

**42nd Street** is a major crosstown street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, running primarily in Midtown Manhattan and Hell's Kitchen. The street is the site of some of New York's best known buildings, including (east to west) the headquarters of the United Nations, Chrysler Building, Grand Central Terminal, New York Public Library Main Branch, Times Square, and the Port Authority Bus Terminal.

The street is known for its theaters, especially near the intersection with Broadway at Times Square, and as such is also the name of the region of the theater district (and, at times, the red-light district) near that intersection.
Dorat

The Dorats were three genetically engineered pets brought from the future by the Futurians. They were kept on the Futurians' ship, MOTHER and its sister ship, KIDS. They were taken back in time to Lagos Island in 1944, where the Futurians believed the later *Castle Bravo* H-bomb test would mutate the Godzillasaurus living there into Godzilla. The Dorats seemed excited after being taken back in time, and Emmy Kano calmed them down using a special whistle. After the Godzillasaurus was transported to the Bering Sea, the Dorats were left behind to be exposed to the hydrogen bomb test in 1954, which combined and mutated them into King Ghidorah.
Hong Kong

Hong Kong, officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is a metropolitan area and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. With over 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a 1,104-square-kilometre territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world.
Mechagodzilla

"Mechagodzilla was the first attempt by the Vortaak to subjugate the human population of the Earth. Plated in space titanium, Mechagodzilla proved to be too well armored for any of Earth's monsters to defeat single-handedly. Unfortunately for the Vortaak, the Earth Defenders are more than willing to work as a team when necessary, and through their combined effort, Mechagodzilla was destroyed. In their latest invasion attempt, the Vortaak have rebuilt Mechagodzilla to fight alongside them once more. With allies of his own on hand, Earth's monsters will need to make full use of their speed advantage when battling this indomitable nemesis."
Varan

"Varan is an Earth Defender with special affinity for forested and hilly areas. Although not capable of true flight, Varan's extraordinary leaping capabilities and gliding capacity mean that he rarely, if ever, touches the ground for more than an instant. Although he naturally lives in solitude, Varan has developed very finely-honed sonic projection capabilities which can be used to communicate over vast distances. These same pinpoint sonic waves can be used in battle to disrupt an opponent's sense of balance. Varan is quite possibly the most mysterious of Earth's native monsters—first-hand sightings of him by humans remain relatively rare."
Cave bear

As the two survivors, and I tramped through the jungle, we all heard a loud crashing sound from the bushes behind us. We turned about just in time to see the largest bear any of us had ever met crashing out of the trees. Built with the characteristic shape of a grizzly bear, but with a far larger head for its body size, the huge ursine snorted, narrowed its tiny eyes at us, and charged. Denham fired a round at it from his rifle, knocking it slightly off-balance, but it swiftly righted itself and started after us again. We sprinted away as fast as we could, but soon found ourselves backed against a cliff. She let out a tremendous shriek, and the bear roared in response as it lunged for us.

Suddenly, a huge pale, mud-streaked form slammed into the bear’s side, knocking it clear off its feet. The beast bellowed at its attacker, and the Son of Kong roared right back. As the survivors, and I quietly watched, the two creatures clashed once more.

At first, it seemed that the bear had the upper hand. Larger and more heavily built, and equipped with claws the size of our arms, the brute fearlessly lunged and clawed at the young Kong again and again – but the great ape was slightly swifter than the bear, and far cleverer. Hauling a huge, decaying log off of the ground, the Son of Kong finally used it as a makeshift club to bash his foe in the head until the bear finally fled. We have not seen it since, and hope that it’s decided to leave us alone for good.
Megalon

"Megalon is a guardian monster of the Seatopians, who live beneath the earth's oceans. Having no special love for human beings, he has once again aligned himself with the alien invaders in hope of eliminating the human population once and for all. Megalon is a very well-rounded combatant, with decent melee, grappling, and ranged capabilities. He has a special affinity for electricity, allowing him to employ lightning and EMP attacks without danger to himself. Megalon's hands are high-speed drills, which allow him to burrow underground or simply gore his opponents in hand-to-hand combat."
Kong island

In the series, the island is called Kong Island and rather than being situated in the Pacific, it is in the notorious Bermuda Triangle. As well as being home to a myriad of prehistoric wildlife, the island is also home to ruins in which the demon Giant Warrior is imprisoned. The island is also home to various extinct animals, prehistoric creatures and legendary beasts.
World Trade Center

The **World Trade Center** is a business plaza in central New York. It was destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, but is being rebuilt, starting with 7 World Trade Center in 2006, 4 World Trade Center in 2013, and 1 World Trade Center in 2014, with more buildings under or awaiting construction.

Upon the original site's completion in 1973, the World Trade Center's main buildings, WTC 1 and 2 quickly became highly praised examples of architecture, and as such the original site was featured in many films. The World Trade Center played a prominent role in the climax of the 1976 version of *King Kong*, and appears as a significant piece of scenery in various other kaiju films centered on New York.

## King Kong (1976)

In the final scene of the film, King Kong traveled towards the World Trade Center, as its two towers resemble a rock formation on Skull Island. Holding Dawn in his hand, he began scaling the South Tower (WTC 2) with Jack in pursuit. Once he reached the roof of the South Tower, he was repelled by soldiers on the roof carrying flamethrowers. He leapt between the South and North Tower, landing on the North Tower's roof. After ripping up and throwing pieces of the radio equipment at the soldiers, he threw a tank of flammable material at them, killing the men in a small explosion. A group of military Helicopters intercepted the Giant Ape, and King Kong fought them, destroying two of the helicopters. Unfortunately, the mounted machine guns of the remaining helicopters were too much for the primate to handle, and he grew weak from his injuries, falling off the tower and crushing the fountain at ground level. After hitting the ground, his heart stopped, and he died.
Krystalak

"Krystalak is a semi-sentient crystal organism, spawned by the same meteor shower that threatens to rip the earth apart. Born from the crystals, Krystalak seeks to bring all of their energies together to make himself into the ultimate monster. Like the crystals that spawned him, Krystalak is quite resistant to most forms of energy weapons, forcing opponents to fight him tooth and claw. Krystalak can expel crystal shards in a solid stream, bludgeoning foes from a distance. Krystalak can also overload his crystal heart - sacrificing his own physical integrity to damage everything nearby. With no ties to any existing alien or terrestrial powers, Krystalak seeks power at any cost."
Gigan

"Gigan is the vanguard of the Alien Invaders. He is the finest fighting monster the Vortaak have at their command. Gigan is a cyborg infused with Vortaak technology designed to augment his powerful natural combat abilities. This latest upgrade makes him faster, stronger, and more ferocious than ever. Gigan projects powerful alien energy from his single eye to engage opponents at range, though with quick footwork and lightning-fast edged attacks he is clearly designed with close combat in mind. In addition, Gigan has the ability to teleport short distances to confuse and outflank his opponents."
Gorosaurus

In *King Kong Escapes*, Gorosaurus was a huge dinosaur living on Mondo Island, and attempted to eat Lieutenant Susan Watson after she and a United Nations ship crew came ashore on the island. Gorosaurus was attacked by King Kong, who had taken an interest in Watson, and was defeated after Kong broke his jaw. A second incarnation of Gorosaurus appeared in *Destroy All Monsters*, where he lived on Monsterland along with the rest of Earth's monsters at the end of the 20th century. The Kilaaks invaded the island and took control of its monsters, unleashing Gorosaurus in Paris. When the invaders' hold on the monsters was finally severed, Gorosaurus joined forces with Godzilla and the other Earth monsters against King Ghidorah, helping to turn the tide of battle by delivering a crippling kick to King Ghidorah's back. Gorosaurus was also featured in the television series *Go! Godman* as an enemy of the hero Godman.
Scorpiopede

Skull Island's centipedes were every bit as remarkable as any of the island's other inhabitants. Developing in isolation, a number of them had grown to exceptional size and sported extreme specialization in a number of biological traits. Among some species these traits were so extreme as to justify inclusion in a new family, The Skull Island neopedes. Among the most specialized of Skull Island's neopede was the Scorpio-pede, or, *Nepapede harpagabdominus*. Though not the largest of these strange descendants of centipedes, they were by far the most numerous. Colonies of the invertebrates thrived wherever bodies of water were bordered by sufficient crops of their favored food, algae. As larvae they were predatory swimmers. As adults they lived around the waterline, Scorpio-pedes grazed algae from logs, rocks and tree trunks with their shear-like mouthparts.

Like other neopedes of Skull Island, Scorpio-pedes had specialized legs. Their first pair had adapted to become aids for grazing, while those behind the next five walking pairs had been shed entirely.

Intensely territorial, the jumpy invertebrates would react defensively to any incursion into their immediate surroundings, arching their backs to brandish their venomous tails-another unusual trait among their kin, which usually had venomous jaws rather than tails, again like a scorpion, although the tails also take on the shape of a cobra hood. Armed with sharp, hollow tail prongs, Scorpio-pede tails could jab through thick hides to deliver a potent life-threatening poison. Large reptiles suffer only discomfort from the venom, enough to warn them away. For smaller animals-including most mammals and birds, a single jab could be a death sentence, the fast-acting poison killing within minutes. Most creatures knew better than to enter Scorpio-pede's grazing grounds.

Eggs were laid under branches or vegetation overhanging water. Hatching nymphs fell into the water, where they hunted as small, free-swimming predators, devoid of external legs. After three years the nymphs shed their skins to emerge as fully formed amphibious adults.
Tokyo tower

The Tokyo Tower is a communications and observation tower in the Shiba-koen district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan. At 332.9 meters, it is the second-tallest structure in Japan. The structure is an Eiffel Tower-inspired lattice tower that is painted white and international orange to comply with air safety regulations.
Sylhet

Sylhet is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of Sylhet Division. Located on the right bank of the Surma River at the eastern tip of Bengal, Sylhet has a subtropical climate and lush highland terrain. The city has a population of more than half a million, and is one of the largest cities in Bangladesh after Khulna, Chittagong and Dhaka. Sylhet is one of the most important spiritual and cultural centres in Bangladesh. Furthermore, it is one of the most economically important cities in the country after Dhaka and Chittagong. The city produces the highest amount of tea and gas in the country.
Burj Khalifa

The Burj Khalifa, known as the Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration in 2010, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With a total height of 829.8 m and a roof height of 828 m, the Burj Khalifa has been the tallest structure and building in the world since its topping out in 2009, supplanting Taipei 101, the previously holder of that status.
Kongamato

After defeating the cave serpent, King Kong followed Ann Darrow onto the cliff outside his lair, where she was attacked by a Kongamato, which tried to carry her away. Kong attacked the pterosaur, freeing Ann. Jack Driscoll reached the cliff and rescued Ann while Kong battled the giant pterosaur. After killing the Kongamato, Kong tried to pull Ann and Jack back up by the vine they were climbing down, only for them to jump into the river below and escape unharmed.
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)

After a second Godzilla attacks Tateyama in the year 1999, the Japanese government decides to commission a robot constructed from the original Godzilla's bones, with help from the country's top scientists. Four years later, the cyborg, called Kiryu, is finished and inducted into the Japan Self-Defense Forces along with its human pilots, the Kiryu Squadron. At the same time, Godzilla shows up once again, even though the JSDF seemed to finally defeat him. In the midst of the first battle, the original Godzilla's soul inside Kiryu is awoken by Godzilla's roar, and brings with it the memories of his death years ago. This action makes Kiryu extremely angry and he proceeds to destroy the city around him. Horrified, the Kiryu Squadron can only watch in terror and alarm as the rampaging cyborg destroys more city property than Godzilla did.

Kiryu is brought back to headquarters for further work. Meanwhile, Kiryu's main pilot, Lieutenant Akane Yashiro, tries to settle matters involving second lieutenant Susumu Hayama, scientist Tokumitsu Yuhara and his distressed daughter, Sara, who thinks that using Kiryu to fight is wrong and that it should be friends with Godzilla. Kiryu was put out of commission, until Godzilla once again attacked. The prime minister of Japan realized how dire the situation was, and he sent Kiryu into battle. Missiles and lasers were fired.

The two creatures clashed, slowly knocking into each other. Missiles, masers, the wrist blade, and all of Kiryu's lesser weapons were used to contend with Godzilla at a close range. Kiryu sent Godzilla into a centrifugal throw as it began to charge its ultimate weapon: the Absolute Zero Cannon. Unfortunately, Kiryu was downed before it could be used. Its pilot, Akane Yashiro, managed to take manual control of the robot as the machine was recharged by an AC-3 White Heron. Kiryu was sent back into battle, disabling Godzilla's heat ray and unleashing its Absolute Zero Cannon. Godzilla managed to survive the brutal attack, although it dealt him a massive chest injury. Kiryu's power supply was exhausted, and the Absolute Zero Cannon was destroyed. Godzilla returned to the sea, as Japan could only watch on in a bittersweet stalemate.
Gamera, the Giant Monster (1965)

The film opens with Gamera's awakening from the unintentional detonation of an atomic bomb during a dogfight between American and Russian fighters. Like other "giant monster" movies, Gamera wastes no time in causing a rampage of destruction, first destroying a research ship, then making his way to Japan to wreak havoc. In an attempt to stop the monster, Gamera is sedated and vast amounts of dynamite are placed under him. The explosion knocks the monster on his back and it seems as though the problem has been solved. This is not the case, however, as Gamera reveals his ability to fly. A second plan is devised to stop the monster, this time by baiting him into a rocket that is to be launched to Mars. The plan is successful and Earth is safe from Gamera.

While Gamera does share many similarities with other "giant monster" films, especially the Godzilla series, it does contain one notable difference. At one point in the film, Gamera saves a small boy named Toshio Sakurai (renamed "Kenny" in the English version from Sandy Frank Productions) from death after knocking down a lighthouse. This leads the young boy to conclude that Gamera is not really destructive, but merely misunderstood and out of place in the world. This is a concept that would be seen in many monster movies to come.