Gamera Vs. Zigra - Zigra

Zigra

Zigra is a deadly opponent whose appearance is similar to that of a Goblin Shark, possessing a silvery gray, armor-plated hide; a pointed nose; a row of sharp fins on his back; and long, sharp pectoral fins.

Unlike most kaiju, Zigra is intelligent and capable of speech, presumably by telepathic means. It is an alien from an unknown planet that landed on earth via a small spaceship shell (the ship sports the same dorsal fins). For much of the first half of the film, it uses a captured human female as an extension of its will to infiltrate human society. The agent (Lora Lee), is in a symbiotic relationship with the ship and also can put humans in a trance by eye contact and snapping her fingers. After the agent was subdued, the shell was destroyed by Gamera, revealing Zigra's full form. Due to differences in earth's environment to its native planet, Zigra grew in size to match Gamera's.

Zigra's combat style, like many Gamera monsters, is geared towards melee combat. A brutal opponent, it is capable of firing a silk-like spray that can paralyze an opponent and then following with vicious slashes of its sharp fins. Despite its fish-like appearance, it can exist out of the water, albeit with some difficulty (it was immobilized on the beach until it improvised an awkward standing posture with its tail fins).

Zigra invaded earth with the intention of enslaving the human race and raising them like cattle—it came from a planet where instead of people eating sea animals, its sea animals ate land animals. As Viras had attempted in its earlier film, Zigra held a pair of human children hostage in order to force the human race to conform to its plan, but Gamera engaged it in battle.

In the final Showa Gamera film Gamera: Super Monster, Zigra once again fought Gamera through the use of stock footage. When Gamera hits his back with the rock, rather than the Gamera theme song, a new, simple tune is played.