Anguirus

90 meters (295 feet) [Bipedal]

## Bio

Anguirus is an Anguirasaurus that presumably lived on Iwato Island before and after he was mutated by nuclear weapons alongside numerous other members of his species. He is the last of his kind (as of this time) due to Iwato being unable to support so many giants. Despite his size, Anguirus is a tenacious and ferocious fighter. No matter the type of foe he challenges, he will not back down until one of them is incapable of fighting or dead. Those that do best him and leave him alive have his respect, and he will stand by their side no matter what; this is the reasoning behind his friendship with Godzilla (II). Observation of him on the Monster Islands show him as being a mostly solitary creature, but he has made friends with several of the Islands' inhabitants such as Rodan (II), Zilla (II), Gomora, and Gorosaurus. He is an omnivorous creature with his diet consisting of meat and vegetation. Whenever he's not sleeping or looking for food, he wanders around the beachline perimeter of Island 1 in a manner similar to a security guard making their rounds.

## History

### 1955

Anguirus' existence was revealed to humanity when a battle between him and Godzilla (II) was witnessed by a couple of fishing scouts on Iwato Island. It's believed that Godzilla came to Iwato Island in search of the first Godzilla only to come across Anguirus instead. Anguirus saw Godzilla as an intruder and attacked him to drive him away or kill him. The brief battle between the two ended when Godzilla tackled Anguirus off a cliff and into the ocean. Anguirus would pursue Godzilla until the Monster King slipped away into the ocean depths, but the tenacious kaiju would continue following him. He eventually made landfall in Osaka when he spotted the flares that were released to lead Godzilla back to the ocean. The two kaiju began fighting once again, tearing apart the city during the scuffle. The fight ended when Godzilla tore out Anguirus' throat and set his body aflame with his Atomic Ray. Anguirus was left for dead, but he managed to cling onto life long enough to enter a comatose state. His body absorbed the radiation-filled flames, which helped speed up his healing process, but not enough to bring him back to consciousness. The radiation his body was emitting caused the Japanese government to fear that it would become worse if the body was left to decompose, so the JSDF sent a task force to douse the flames with foam from the air and have the body airlifted to the same facility that contained the bones of Godzilla (I).

### 1962

Anguirus finished healing, causing him to come out of his comatose state and break out of the facility. He immediately went into the ocean and made a beeline to the iceberg containing Godzilla. Upon reaching the iceberg, Anguirus began breaking his way into it until Godzilla was freed. Godzilla had a short exchange with Anguirus that ended with both kaiju leaving on good terms with the other. While Godzilla would make his way back to Japan, Anguirus returned to Iwato Island and stayed there for the next several years.

### 1968

Anguirus was one of the kaiju to be relocated to the Ogasawara Islands as a result of Operation: Relocation - a plan to move a good majority of Earth's problematic kaiju to the island chain to be monitored, studied, and contained in one place. He's discovered by accident during the search for Ebirah in the waters around Iwato and was herded to the Ogasawara Islands by the King Ships when they tauntingly attacked him to trick him into pursuing them.

### 1972

When Megalon attacked Godzilla on the Monster Islands, Anguirus was one of the many kaiju who assisted Godzilla in fighting the giant cockroach. After Megalon is sent fleeing, Jet Jaguar, who led Megalon there, began taunting Godzilla, which got the Monster King to follow in pursuit. Anguirus left the island alongside Godzilla. When they follow Jet Jaguar to World Children's Land. they're attacked by Megalon and Gigan. At first, Godzilla fought Gigan while Anguirus fought Megalon, but when Godzilla was knocked out of commission by the laser weapon in Godzilla Tower, the two cyborgs double teamed the spiked saurian, and nearly beat him to death. Fortunately for the spiked saurian, the Science Patrol destroyed Godzilla Tower, ending the Nebulans' control over the two cyborgs and leaving them temporarily shocked and confused. Anguirus took advantage of the situation to help Godzilla back onto his feet. Despite not being ordered to do so anymore, Gigan and Megalon continued their attack against Godzilla and Anguirus. The resulting brawl eventually led to the still-groggy Godzilla being slammed into the partially destroyed Godzilla Tower. Upon being exposed to the destroyed laser cannon's energy, Godzilla was rejuvenated and led Anguirus to victory by using teamwork and strategic attacks to finally send both cyborgs into full retreat. With the threat to Earth dealt with, Anguirus followed Godzilla back to the Monster Islands.

### 1973

Anguirus would leave the Monster Islands after they're devastated by an earthquake and typhoon caused by the Garoga Terro-Beast Zandora. By the end of the year, he's found and returned to the island chain.

### 1975

Anguirus is outfitted with Dr. Brandon Deverich's Psionic Receiver.

### 1976

After the Deverich debacle, Anguirus' Psionic Receiver is removed. When Godzilla doesn't return to the Monster Islands, Anguirus left in search of him. After finding Godzilla on Lagos Island, Anguirus had a short conversation with him that ended with Anguirus returning to the Monster Islands alone.

### 2000

Anguirus ended up being placed under Tachyon mind-control when the alien invaders secretly took over the Monster Islands. He is sent him to attack Amsterdam. After the Tachyons' control over the kaiju was broken, Anguirus began fighting the alien invaders. Once the invasion was thwarted, Anguirus returned to the Monster Islands where he continues to live in peace to this day.

## Abilities/Aspects

* Incredibly thick and spike-covered segmented carapace is impervious to conventional weaponry and most physical attacks
* Mace-like tail can shatter buildings and break bones
* Strong jaw muscles allow him to deliver bone-crushing bites
* Is incredibly tenacious and will fight until either he or his opponent is unable to continue fighting
* Burrowing ability
* Max land speed of 90 mph
* Extraordinary jumper in spite of armored shell
* Anguirus Ball attack – he curls his body under the segmented carapace and rolls/bounces around as a colossal spiked ball
* Sonic Roar from mouth can disorientate opponents
* Body contains six brains that allow him to quickly learn his opponents' combat strategy and movements so he can counter them in the middle of a fight