Anguirus

### Aliases

Angiras, Angilas, Angilasaurus, Angillus, Anzilla, Angy, Fierce Dragon Monster, Ferocious Dragon, Ankylosaur, Big Armadillo, Godzilla's Ally, LordAngira, LordAngila

## Biological Information

### Height

40 meters / 132 feet (Shoulder, Quadrupedal)95 meters / 312 feet (Upright, Bipedal)

## Production Information

### Creator

DinoMania (LordAngira) Teizo Toshimitsu, Kanju Yagi, Yasuei Yagi, Masao Yagi (Original character)

   **Anguirus** (アンギラス *Angirasu*) is a Titan who appeared in *Godzilla: Lord of the Galaxy*.

Anguirus was discovered in South Africa in 1959. This Titan never attacks first - he will fight only if being provoked. And despite being one of least aggressive kaiju, Anguirus becomes a truly fierce fighter in a combat. His body is covered in spikes and plates, giving him protection from enemies, and his tail club is a great weapon, as it can easily stun or knock down other Titans. This kaiju is surprisingly fast - he can run or even curl himself into a ball and roll around, avoiding energy attacks and ramming into enemies, causing massive amounts of damage.

Alongside with Rodan and Mothra, Anguirus is one of Godzilla's greatest allies, and he will cover King's back whenever he's able to.

## Name

Anguirus's Japanese name, *Angirasu* (アンギラス), comes from the Japanese spelling of the name of the dinosaur genus *Ankylosaurus* (アンキロサウルス *Ankirosaurusu*), upon which the monster's design is based.

## Design

The LordVerse Anguirus is essentially based upon the Anguirus from Godzilla: Final Wars. His skin color is brown, with his underbelly being pale. He also has lighter pattern on his face. Anguirus has several inwardly curved horns at the top of his head and a single forward-facing horn above his nose. Anguirus' snout ends in a sharp beak. His eyes are yellow in color with maroon pupils. His arms, legs, back and tail are covered with armored plates and multiple rows of spikes. The tail ends with a spiked club, a trait shared by the real-life *Ankylosaurus*.

## Origins

Anguirus is an ancient Titan that had been resting in South Africa.

## History

### *Episode One - The Arrival*

Anguirus confronted Godzilla when he attacked Shizuoka, and after a stand-off, he blew Anguirus off-guard with his atomic breath. Anguirus, realizing something was wrong, fought Godzilla head on. With support from the EDF, Anguirus was able to wear down Godzilla well. He rammed and stomped Godzilla, stunned him with a sonic roar and managed hit a tail club. However, he couldn't take him out, and after a wrong move, Godzilla managed to bite his neck and make him bleed. The fight was interrupted by a UFO appearing above the city, and sending signals to drive Godzilla out of the city.

After Rodan rescued the real Godzilla, Anguirus gathered with the two and Mothra on Odo Island. Anguirus now saw the real Godzilla do his final roar of the day.

### *Episode 2 - The Impostor*

Anguirus is seen on Birth Island discussing with Godzilla, Mothra and Rodan about how they should defeat Mechagodzilla and the Xiliens. Anguirus is told not to swim but to go through underground, since it will be faster for him. He travels through the cave system and later bursts out of the side of mountain, distracting Mechagodzilla and allowing Godzilla to stab his chest with dorsal plates and finish him off.

## Abilities

### Physical Strength

Anguirus has shown to have great strength. Able to ram and stomp on Fake Godzilla, he faired well against the doppleganger. However, it was still not enough to do significant damage to Fake Godzilla.

### Durability

Anguirus has a **Spiked Carapace**, an armored hide covered with spikes and plates which allows him to take hits from conventional weaponry and Fake Godzilla's atomic breath.

### Spiked Tail Club

Like an Ankylosaurus, Anguirus possesses a **Tail Club**, with the addition with spikes at the end.

### Speed and Agility

Anguirus is shown to leap and run at high heights and speeds.

### Anguirus Ball

Anguirus can build more speed by curling himself into a ball. While there is no official name from Dinomania, *Godzilla: Final Wars* calls it the **"Fierce Dragon Monster Ball Violent Bullet**" or simply **Anguirus Ball**. He can use this ability to ram at high speeds.

### Sonic Roar

Like Raids Again and the Atari games, Anguirus possesses a Sonic Roar. This briefly stunned Godzilla the first time he used it. The second time, the sonic roar was cut short from a tail swipe.

### Intelligence

Anguirus has been shown to possess heightened intelligence for a kaiju, being able to communicate with Godzilla and suspect that Fake Godzilla was an impostor.

### Weaknesses

Anguirus can sometimes have not enough physical power to exceed his enemies.

His neck and underbelly are the softer spots, unlike his shell armor on top.

## Trivia

* Anguirus vs Fake Godzilla is a reference to the fight in *Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla*, where Anguirus fought Fake Godzilla, later revealed to be Mechagodzilla.
* Like all movie incarnations, Anguirus is heavier than Godzilla.
	+ Adult Godzilla however might become even heavier, as his father, Dagon, weighs 90,000 metric tons.
* Anguirus is the only kaiju to reappear in episode 2 and not get a redesign.