Gyaos

## **Gyaos (Kaiju Profile)**

Gyaos (ギャオス-Gyaosu) is a Kaiju Made by Daiei Films. that first appeared in Gamera vs. Gyoas (1967)

## **Info**

**Gyaos**, (pronounced Gao-ss or Guy-os in the UK special edition DVD) is the name of several monsters from Daiei's Gamera film series, introduced in their 1967 production *Gamera vs. Gyaos* and one of Gamera's most famous opponents. It is the only Gamera foe to appear in each of the Showa, Heisei, and Millennium Gamera eras. The Gyaos are the main antagonists of the entire Gamera franchise.

Gyaos resembles a giant vampire bat creature, with a flattened, arrow shaped head, leathery wings with three claws on each, taloned feet and a flat tail. It is reddish brown in both incarnations. The Gyaos in Gamera: Guardian of the Universe had a more streamlined appearance, with larger wings and a longer neck, as well as red eyes after its evolution in Tokyo.

## Appearance's

### **Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967)**

In *Gamera vs. Gyaos*, Gyaos appeared in Japan from a large cavern, and feasted on blood - principally that of livestock and human beings. Soon, Gamera confronted Gyaos, and after a battle, Gyaos was forced to flee and Gamera was forced into the ocean to recover. It is soon learned that light causes Gyaos' skin to shrink, so the light of the city stadium of Nagoya kept Gyaos at bay. Gamera soon returned to finish Gyaos off and, after a battle in the air, Gyaos cut off his own foot to escape from the sun.

The protagonists developed a plan to place artificial blood on a rooftop in Nagoya. The plan was to keep Gyaos drinking the blood for so long that the sun would come up and kill him. But Gyaos proved more cunning than originally thought and used a strange fog attack to protect himself from the sun. The next plan was to lure Gamera to Gyaos' lair in the forest by setting the forest alight. Gyaos used his fog attack to put out the flames, but Gamera arrived and eventually defeated Gyaos by throwing the beast into a volcano.

### **Gamera vs. Guiron (1969)**

A silver **Space Gyaos** (in reality the repainted suit from *Gamera vs Gyaos*) appeared briefly in *Gamera vs. Guiron*, a victim of Gamera's titular opponent. A swarm of Space Gyaos had attacked the planet Terra, an undiscovered planet in our solar system, being kept at bay only by the Terrans' guardian monster Guiron. After Gamera had killed Guiron, the planet was seemingly abandoned to the Gyaos. The Space Gyaos possessed similar abilities to their counterpart on planet Earth, however, the most notable difference was that direct exposure to sunlight had no adverse effect on the Space Gyaos

### **Gamera: Super Monster (1980)**

Stock footage of Gyaos was later featured in the Shōwa series recap *Gamera: Super Monster* among others.

### **Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)**

In 1995 Gyaos was revived with Gamera for the first Heisei era Gamera film, *Gamera: Guardian of the Universe*, which follows a story similar to the one above. In this the Gyaos were reimagined as creations of the ancient Atlantis civilization designed as weapons. However, the asexual Gyaos (referred to as the **Shadow of Evil**) reproduced out of control and destroyed their creators. As a last ditch defense, they created Gamera, who eliminated the Gyaos, although not in time to save his creators. However, clutches of Gyaos eggs survived and one clutch hatched in the modern world. After killing and eating all the inhabitants of Himigami Island and attacking the mainland, the Gyaos were lured to a domed stadium in Tokyo. Gamera, sensing his ancient foe, awoke as well and made his way to Tokyo. Gamera attempted to stop the Gyaos, killing two, but was hindered by the misguided military, who considered him to be the greater threat. Eventually Gamera killed the last Gyaos, which had nested in Tokyo and grown to a height of 85 meters, after a long and vicious battle. This Gamera size Gyaos is often referred to as the **Super Gyaos**. The Super Gyaos would also appear in flashback scenes in *Gamera 3*, and would eventually be revealed as the real killer of Ayana's parents.

### **Gamera 3: Revenge of Irys (1999)**

The Gyaos returned in a new, evolved form known as the **Hyper Gyaos** in *Gamera 3: Awakening of Irys*, after Gamera's Mana blast, used to destroy Legion in Gamera 2: Advent of Legion, drained the earth's energy, creating the right conditions for more Gyaos to hatch in different locations throughout the world, such as the Philippines. Early in the film, Gamera battles a pair of Hyper Gyaos in the Shibuya district of Tokyo, killing them but also killing and injuring as many as fifteen to twenty thousand civilians. After Gamera defeated Irys (itself theorised to be a Gyaos mutation or evolution) in Kyoto, thousands of Gyaos swarmed towards Japan, intent on killing Gamera once and for all.

### **Gamera 4 The Truth (2003)**

This movie was the "UNOFFICIAL" ending for the Gamera Heisei Era. The film begins with the SDF ordered to fly and attack the hundreds of Gyaos creatures that flying around in the sky from "Gamera 3: Revenge of Irys" As the Air Force doesn't have a chance, Gamera flies and now has 2 fire arms! Gamera attacks and destroys some of the Gyaos creatures, but he is outnumbered.

In a last chance effort, Gamera goes into his shell and spins faster and faster creating an air whirlpool, capturing all but 5 of the Gyaos! Gamera opens the stomach section of his shell and destroys them all with a huge fire exhaust used during Gamera 2: Attack of Legion in Sendai. The remaining Gyaos attack Gamera's opened section with their laser rays, except out of no where, a larger, white, 6th Gyaos creature appears and destroys all of what Gamera has left. This is the Albino Gyaos and Gamera falls down to the sea coast and dies.

Albino Gyaos is much smarter and goes after the detective after he takes a bath in his apartment, but apparently doesn't kill him. Albino Gyaos attacks Yokohama and the destroyed Gamera regenerates just in time to take him on! The battle ensues and Gamera destroys Albino Gyaos, but then Gamera attacks the humans and Yokohama until he explodes! It ends with a radio broadcast informing us that Japan is safe and all the creatures are gone. At the end of the movie, it is revealed that there are several Gamera eggs found in the crater Gamera created when he exploded.

### **Gamera the Brave (2006)**

The Gyaos also appear in the most recent Gamera film, *Gamera The Brave*. This appearance marks Gyaos the only kaiju other than Gamera to appear in the Showa, Heisei and Millennium series of *kaiju* films in some shape or form.

### **Gamera (2016)**

The Gyoas appeared in this short film by Daiei Film's as a C.G.I (Computer-Generated Image) the only Gyaos that is C.G (so far)

## **Abilities**

Although they are nocturnal the **Gyaos** can overcome the sun - emitting a fog-like gas to obscure the sun and douse flames, while the Heisei version simply hyper-evolved itself to gain protective lenses over its eyes.

 Species
 Alias
Shadow of Evil
Super Gyaos
Hyper Gyaos
Albino Gyaos
Two-Headed Gyaos
 Form(s)
Hyper Gyaos (evolved form)
Albino Gyaos
 Height
 Weight
 Wingspan
 Air speed
 Relationships
numerous Gyaos offspring
 Major enemies
 First appearance
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