The following cartoon anatomy drawings were taken from a volume of the Kaijū-Kaijin Daizenshū movie monster book series published by Keibunsha in 1972. They feature Gamera’s anatomical structure and that of his foes; I’m reposting them here simply because they look cool. Nothing more, nothing less…
I’ve also included pictures of the characters as they appeared in films because they look pretty rad in the flesh too:
Gamera is a monstrous turtle-esque Japanese character from the 60’s. He was created to rival the great success of Godzilla during a time when a film with no monster, was no film at all. Gamera has a misslie proof shell and eats petroleum based food which allows him to not only breath fire but also fly using his shell as a rocket pack. He is also reputed to be able to dead lift 50,000 tons.
He goes under a number of aliases: The Invincible Super Monster, The Guardian of the Universe, The Brave and The Friend of All Children.
Anatomical features of note: electrical spikes on his shell, poison filled claws, sack-like organs for storing coal, lava, oil and uranium, balloon-like organs that blast jets of air out through the feet, and a tail of elastic cartilage that could easily destroy an entire building.
Anatomical features of note: his knife like head is made of a substance that is 100 times stronger than diamond, within this weapon he stores ninja stars that can be fired from slits above his eyes. Gamera also boasts 60 times more teeth than a piranha, lungs adapted for long-distance space travel, webbed feet for swimming and magnetic suction cups on his hands.
Anatomical features of note: he can produce a devastating and deadly rainbow from his dorsal spikes. His tongue is 100m long and can fire a liquid which is -100 degrees in temperature. He has radar horns on top of his head and his stomach is capable of digesting diamonds which are his favourite food.
Anatomical features of note: a spiky head capable of piercing through a meter of steel, an IQ of 2500 (but is he emotionally intelligent? I doubt it), organs for producing a force field, tentacles that are 10,000 times stronger than an elephant’s trunk which can emit powerful beams for space travel, and organs to break down cell tissue and control metamorphosis (for creating its human disguise).
Anatomical features of note: a pair of horns that fire missiles made of hardened saliva and one that fires a deadly “magnetium” beam, powerful suction cups covering her entire body, an organ for shooting jets of seawater at 300 kilometers per hour, a stomach that can melt iron ore, and an egg laying tail.
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