Kaiju Ouji

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Kaiju Ouji (怪獣王子, Kaijūōji), also known as The Monster Prince, Wild Prince, Dinosaur Prince and Monster Prince is a 1967 *Kaiju/Tokusatsu* series.

## Plot

The story opens with a jetliner flying over the Pacific Ocean. Onboard,
Professor Ibuki and his wife, enjoy their twin newborns Takeru and
Mitsuru. Below the plane a volcano rises and erupts from the ocean
surface. The unusual monolith has a white glow that seems to pull the
jetliner out of the sky causing it to plunge into the ocean. The
professor and his wife manage to make it aboard a rubber rescue raft,
but unfortunately one of the twins are missing. Suddenly the jet
explodes into a fiery inferno, leaving the new parents with no hope of
recovering their lost child. Ten years pass and the Ibuki’s have moved
on along with their surviving son Mitsuru, who now has a younger sister.
 Professor Ibuki has been investigating seismic waves that have been
coming from the volcanic area which is now a full fledge island.
Meanwhile a fishing boat is caught up in a severe storm causing it to be
 engulfed by high waves and submerging it. The only survivor washes
ashore the new island paradise that’s flourishing with plant and animal
life. The fisherman, still out of it, manages to pick himself up and
start to explore. He comes upon huge holes in the ground, and soon
realizes they’re giant footprints! Hungry, he moves on and uses his
knife to make a spear. Finally he sees a bird, but just as he is about
to go for the kill, a boomerang zips by and takes out his dinner. A
young boy picks up the bird and runs. The fisherman stunned there’s a
boy in the middle of the jungle, pursues the youngster only to be cut
off by the owner of the giant footprints. The prehistoric behemoth
(likely an Apatosaurus) wades through the jungle, trying to stomp out
the fisherman that seems to be a threat to the boy. The boy appears
again with a younger version of the first dinosaur, known as Nessie and
tries to call off the rampaging horror. The fisherman manages to make it
 back to his raft and escapes sure death. A naval ship rescues, the now
in shock man, who recounts the events that happened on the island.  The
story soon hit’s the newspaper headlines, which eventually reaches the
Ibuki family. It appears that their lost son Takeru has survived after
all these years. To make the situation worse it seems a comet-like
object is heading towards Earth, in the direction of the island. Takeru
sees first hand that the projectile is not a comet, instead it is an
alien invasion. Swarms of gargoyle-like creatures fall out of the sky,
armed with laser guns and missiles. Takeru wails out a Tarzan-like yell,
 that calls for the help of his dinosaur friends. Armed only with his
boomerang, Takeru surprises the invaders and is able to ward them off
and they retreat. The next morning the aliens return prepared and ambush
 Takeru. Again Takeru calls his dinosaur friend to come out and fight
off this menace, but the mighty beast is no match for the alien’s
weaponry and sadly dies in the battle. Takeru and Nessie manage to
escape, but the loss of their giant friend saddens them deeply. The next
 day a research group headed by Professor Ibuki arrives on the island
along with a special military ranger squad. They soon run into the alien
 creatures and get caught in a barrage of lasers and missiles. During
the battle Takeru and Nessie appear, and Professor Ibuki is shocked to
see his son is alive and well like he had hoped. The aliens soon send a
mutant Pteranodon to the island. Nessie engages the monster and is able
to push it off a cliff, then finish it off by exhaling a stream of fire
that cooks the stone age bird. Before Professor Ibuki can stop him,
Takeru hops up on Nessie and rides off into the jungle.Later it is
discovered that the aliens have appeared because of the island’s rich
abundance of uranium. Through out the series Takeru and Nessie battle a
huge array of prehistoric menaces that invade the island for it’s
natural resources. Later in the series a second insect-like alien race
comes to Earth. At this point Nessie has grown to adult size to fight
off a more threatening invader. These aliens have the ability to
resurrect prehistoric monsters from fossils and bones. and it's up to
Mitsuru and Nessie to stop them.

## Characters and Monsters

### Supporting Characters and Protagonistic Monsters

* JSDF
* Takeru Ibuki
* Nessie
* Ora

### Angtagonistic Monsters and Villain Characters

* Gozlas
* Triceratops
* Planet Gamma Aliens
* Pteranodon
* Birdmen Commander
* Stegosaurus
* Sundragon
* Birdmen
* Shiragon
* Jigorodon
* Planet Gamma Aliens Commander
* Iguanodon
* Ankylosaurus
* Diatorima
* Shishiryuu
* Pachycephalosaurus
* Unnamed Animal