Lanosaurus

**Lanosaurus**(ラノザウルス *Ranozaurusu*) is a Jurassic dinosaur Kaiju that appeared in Episode 15 of Fireman.

**Subtitle**:One-horned Behemoth(一角巨獣 *Ikkaku kyojū*)

## Appearance

Lanosaurus has a large, thick, brown/tan-colored body almost entirely covered with ridges. It has a grey front torso with a bumpy appearance, claws on the hands, and a long tail. It also has a thick neck, a short snout, red lips, small sharp teeth in its mouth, glowing yellow eyes with black pupils, and a large grey/black horn sticking out on top of its head.

## Biography

During the Jurassic period, a dinosaur called Lanosaurus was fighting with a Tyrasaurus where it uses its large horn to stab its opponent in the stomach. As Lanosaurus was about to feast on its prey, an alien called the Velder Seijin suddenly gets its attention and fires a freeze beam at it, suspending the dinosaur. The Velder Seijin then buries Lanosaurus inside a mountain as it remains frozen throughout the years.

After a long time, a boy named Ichiro has been having dreams about Lanosaurus and even made some drawings about its current whereabouts. As SAF are researching a dinosaur fossil near the mountain, presumably the fossil of the killed Tyrasaurus, they hear about Ichiro and his father being hated by the town due to their predictions and about the Lanosaurus being frozen and buried in the mountains.

Later, Ichiro’s father, Mr. Toukichi, was rescued by SAF during their patrol in the waters and discover a box that was dropped by Velder Seijin that contained two trunks, one of which held vegetables.

After Misaki checks the mountain’s temperature to see if something really is frozen inside, the mountain suddenly blows up the next day by Mr. Toukichi with dynamite that was hidden in the vegetables from the trunk as he’s now under control of the Velder Seijin.

Once part of the mountain has been blown up, Lanosaurus is revealed inside, still frozen. Ichiro starts to get bullied by the kids due to his father blowing up the mountain. As he’s hiding in his home, he discovers a orb device in the trunk and gets contacted by the Velder Seijin, who convince Ichiro that he’s an alien and to take his revenge on the town.

Taking the heat ray from the second trunk, Ichiro makes his way to the mountain to unfreeze Lanosaurus only to fall down from a cliff on the beach. His father arrives to Ichiro, but due to him still under the Velder Seijin’s control, he ignores his son and takes the heat ray with him.

Once at the foot of the mountain, Mr. Toukichi fires the heat ray at the frozen Lanosaurus, thawing it out and awakening it. The awakened Lanosaurus bursts out of the mountain and starts destroying the town.

Misaki immediately takes action and transforms into Fireman with the Fire Stick. The two giants starts fighting each other where Fireman tries to break Lanosaurus’ horn off, only to find out how strong it is. As they fight, the Velder Seijin appear with their spaceship and they shoot at Fireman. After Fireman gets hit in the shoulder by the beam, Lanosaurus pummels him down as the Velder Seijin continue shooting at him.

With Fireman running out of time, SAF appears in their Marringon and they manage to destroy the Velder Seijin and their spaceship.

Lanosaurus tries to stab Fireman with its horn as the giant hero is against a cliff. Fireman manages to dodge each thrust and jumps over Lanosaurus as it thrusts again, stabbing its horn in the mountain. Fireman then takes Lanosaurus and throws it over where its horn gets stabbed in the ground, leaving it stuck while upside-down. With Lanosaurus stuck, Fireman uses his Fire Flash to blow the Jurassic dinosaur up with a fireball.

With the Velder Seijin destroyed as well, Mr. Toukichi is freed from their control but sadly dies.

## Powers/Abilities

**Super Strength**: Lanosaurus has enough strength to fling his enemies over and to pummel them down.

**Strong Horn**: Lanosaurus is equipped with a large, strong horn on top of its head that it can use to stab its opponents.