Gaira

Gaira resembles his "brother," Sanda, being a humanoid giant whose body is covered in fur. However, Gaira's skin and fur are a greenish color, and his fur somewhat resembles seaweed, loosely hanging on his body. The top of Gaira's head is flat, his nose is very large and wide, and he has a noticeable underbite, with two fangs on his lower jaw extending outside of his mouth.

In *Go! Godman*, Gaira has a new head, with no fangs on his lower jaw and a mane of brown hair around his head. In the follow-up series, *Go! Greenman*, Gaira's suit is worn and beginning to decay, and appears as a much darker color, with much of the suit's fur having fallen off.

In the 2008 *Go! Godman* film, Gaira was made to replicate his appearance in *The War of the Gargantuas*. This Gaira is nearly identical to his original appearance, with the exception of being a lighter shade of green.

* **Hulk:** In *The War of the Gargantuas*, Gaira is a brutal and violent monster that attacks virtually anything he comes into contact with. Gaira is fond of sinking ships and eating their crew, plus coming ashore to kill the helpless humans. The scientists who research Gaira suggest that Gaira became this way due to spending his life in a dark and dangerous underwater environment surrounded by hostile sea creatures, unlike Sanda, who was lovingly raised by humans.
* **Streets of Rage:** In *Godzilla: Rulers of Earth*, Gaira is incredibly violent and despises humanity due to being experimented on by the Chinese military for several years. As a result, he attacks anything he sees after breaking free and even attacks his brother Sanda when the latter tries to stop him. Eventually, after living with his brother on the Monster Islands, Gaira becomes less aggressive and ultimately fights alongside the other Earth monsters to drive off the Trilopods in Los Angeles.
	+ **Creature Features**
		- **Name:** Gaira, the Green Gargantuan
		- **Film:** King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
		- **Played by:** Haruo Nakajima

## The War of the Gargantuas

Gaira resembles his "brother," Sanda, being a humanoid giant whose body is covered in fur. However, Gaira's skin and fur are a greenish color, and his fur somewhat resembles seaweed, loosely hanging on his body. The top of Gaira's head is flat, his nose is very large and wide, and he has a noticeable underbite, with two fangs on his lower jaw extending outside of his mouth.

In *Go! Godman*, Gaira has a new head, with no fangs on his lower jaw and a mane of brown hair around his head. In the follow-up series, *Go! Greenman*, Gaira's suit is worn and beginning to decay, and appears as a much darker color, with much of the suit's fur having fallen off.

In the 2008 *Go! Godman* film, Gaira was made to replicate his appearance in *The War of the Gargantuas*. This Gaira is nearly identical to his original appearance, with the exception of being a lighter shade of green.

* **Brothers Are Monsters:** Gaira becomes a family guy and starts to fight with his brother, Sanda.
* **Battle Between Brothers:** Sanda is now grounded by his brother, Gaira.
	+ **Did You Know?** Sanda and Gaira are becoming brothers.

1. In *The War of the Gargantuas*, Dr. Paul Stewart proposed that Gaira was created when Sanda lost a piece of flesh at Lake Biwa. After it floated into the Pacific Ocean, it grew into Gaira by feeding on protein-rich plankton.
2. A fishing vessel under attack by a Giant Octopus found itself saved when Gaira appeared to drive off the cephalopod. Unfortunately for the crew, he then pursued and ate all but one of them. Gaira continued to menace the Japanese shores. The government contacted Dr. Paul Stewart, one of the scientists who raised a monster called Sanda, to ask if he and Gaira were one and the same. Skin samples from Gaira seemed to indicate that they were, although Stewart and his assistant Akemi found Sanda's footprints deep in the Japanese Alps. Before long, Gaira attacked Haneda Airport, devouring a woman before the sun emerged from behind the clouds, driving him back into the sea. After he attacked a nightclub in Tokyo, the JSDF began planning his demise. Helicopters lured him into the firing range of Trip Wires and Maser Cannons, which chased him into an electrified lake. Writhing in pain, Gaira seemed doomed until Sanda came down from the mountains to rescue him.
3. Far from humanity, Sanda helped Gaira recover. After regaining his strength, Gaira began hunting humans once more, pursuing a group including Akemi, who stumbled off a cliff while fleeing from him. Remembering his old friend and surrogate mother, Sanda rescued Akemi, but broke his leg in the process. When he returned to Gaira and discovered evidence of his diet, Sanda battered him with a tree. Their short brawl led to Gaira retreating back to the ocean.