Dogora

# Dogora (Kaiju Profile)

**Dogora** (ドゴラ *Dogora*) is a mutant space cell kaiju that first appeared in the 1964 Toho film, *Dogora.*

A single-celled organism living in Earth's atmosphere, Dogora was mutated after coming into contact with a radiation pocket over Japan. The creature began destroying satellites before descending to Earth to feed on sources of carbon, primarily diamonds and coal. Dogora grew at an accelerated rate as it fed, eventually growing into a colossal tentacled monster. The JSDF were able to blow Dogora apart with their missiles, but this only induced the creature to undergo cellular fission and reproduce into countless more Dogora cells. Fortunately, it was discovered that wasp venom caused a chemical reaction within Dogora's cells which caused them to crystallize, and so chemical plants around the globe worked to synthesize artificial wasp venom. The JSDF attacked Dogora using this compound, crystallizing all of its cells and finally ridding the world of the space monster.

While it debuted outside of the *Godzilla* series, Dogora began to cross over into *Godzilla* media beginning with the 1988 video game *Godzilla: Monster of Monsters!*, in which it appeared as an enemy. Dogora went on to appear in other media such as the 1997 television series *Godzilla Island*. Dogora made its first appearance in a *Godzilla* film during the intro of the 2017 film *GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters*, which briefly depicted Dogora attacking London. Dogora's role in the continuity of the anime trilogy is explored in greater depth in the film's official prequel novel, *GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse*.

## Dogora The Space Monster (1964)

***Dogora***, released in Japan as ***Uchū Daikaijū Dogora*** (宇宙大怪獣ドゴラ, lit. "Giant Space Monster Dogora"), is a 1964 Japanese science fiction film directed by Ishirō Honda, written by Jojiro Okami and Shinichi Sekizawa, and produced by Yasuyoshi Tajitsu and Tomoyuki Tanaka, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Studios, the film stars Yosuke Natsuki, Nobuo Nakamura, Hiroshi Koizumi, and Akiko Wakabayashi, along with American actor Robert Dunham. The film tells the story of a huge jellyfish-like creature from space that attacks Japan.

*Dogora* was released theatrically in Japan on 11 August 1964. It was released directly to television in the United States in 1966 by American International Television, under the title *Dagora, the Space Monster*.

## Dogora (from the Monster Planet Trilogy)

Dogora was the second kaiju to appear on Earth. It first made contact with the Russian space station *Mir* in the atmosphere, then appeared over London in September 2002. Dogora absorbed thermal energy from the attacks of the British military and moved on to Manchester. Dogora was eventually defeated when chemical plants throughout the United Kingdom and European Union mass-produced chemicals containing active ingredients from wasp venom and sprayed them into the air. By the time Dogora was defeated after two days, major landmarks such as the Tower of London and Big Ben were destroyed and an estimated 3.9 million people were wounded or killed.

Dogora appeared in the 21st century to wreak havoc on humanity, along with other kaiju such as Kamacuras, Rodan, Anguirus, Baragon, and Biollante. However, all of these monsters were no match for Godzilla, who proceeded to kill many of them and was the cause of humanity fleeing Earth in a search for another habitable planet.