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Original Gyaos

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Gyaos incarnations
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Original Gyaos
Original Gyaos in Gamera the Brave
Alternate names Gyaos
Subtitle(s) Monstrous Bird (怪鳥,   Kaichō)[1]
Giant Monstrous Bird (巨大怪鳥,   Kyodai Kaichō)[2]
Species Giant vampire bat-like creature
Height 30 meters[3]
Wingspan 90 meters[3]
Weight 500 metric tons[3]
Place(s) of emergence Shima, Japan
Allies Each other
Enemies Avant Gamera
First appearance Gamera the Brave
Roar(s)
noicon
More roars
Not to be confused with the Showa Gyaos, the original version of the character.

Original Gyaos (オリジナル・ギャオス,   Orijinaru Gyaosu) is a winged kaiju who first appeared in the 2006 Gamera film Gamera the Brave.

In 1973, a flock of four Original Gyaos attacked a Japanese village, but were fought off by Avant Gamera, who was forced to self-destruct and sacrifice himself in order to kill them. A new monster called Zedus was eventually spawned by feeding on the carcasses of the Gyaos flock, and did battle with a new Gamera three decades later.

Name

The Gyaos in Gamera the Brave are called Original Gyaos (オリジナル・ギャオス,   Orijinaru Gyaosu) according to supplementary materials, though Gyaos' name is never spoken in the film.[3]

Development

Much like the Hyper Gyaos from Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris, the Original Gyaos were entirely portrayed through props, puppets, and CGI.

Satoshi Murakawa reused a cancelled idea from the battle of Shibuya in Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris for the scene of Gyaos' Ultrasonic Scalpel hitting both the foreground and Avant Gamera consecutively.[4]

The novel Friends: Gamera the Brave suggests the "Gyaos Cells" or the "GU Cells" within the optic discs of Gyaos is essential to evoke mutations on organisms that feed on Gyaos corpses, including the lizard which later became Zedus.[5] The book Heisei Gamera Perfection notes the abnormality of Gyaos by the descriptions in the final draft of the film, in which Zedus (as a normal lizard) instantly grew fins just a moment before physically touching a Gyaos eyeball, without ingesting any fresh from the corpse.[6]

Origins

While the Original Gyaos' origins were not explored in the film, the novelization Friends: Gamera the Brave briefly mentions the scientist Amamiya's theories. According to Amamiya, all of the Original Gyaos, up to thirty or more, were either the "same individual" or "clones" derived from a particular bat species, and therefore demonstrated no conflicts among them. This was in contrast to Amamiya's subjects, Space Gyaos, who were originally different species of Japanese bats. While Amamiya concluded that a nest of the bats at one point had contact with "GU Cells", the exact origin of "GU Cells" themselves remained unclear.[7]

Design

The Original Gyaos in Gamera the Brave are very thin and sleek, with blue skin that is so tight on their bodies that it renders their bones visible underneath. They have pointed snouts and a more decorative pattern on their head crests.

History

Gamera the Brave

Original Gyaos in Gamera the Brave

In 1973, a flock of Original Gyaos attacked the seaside city of Shima, Mie Prefecture, only to be confronted by Avant Gamera, who emerged from the nearby forest. Gamera quickly annihilated one of the Gyaos with a fireball, though the other three retaliated and knocked Gamera to the ground with an Ultrasonic Scalpel. The Gyaos flock immediately swarmed the downed Gamera, biting him and tearing into his flesh. Overwhelmed and bested, Gamera overloaded his internal furnace and self-destructed, sacrificing himself in efforts to destroy the flock. Though they attempted to escape, the remaining Gyaos were consumed in the resulting blast.

The creature called Zedus was later mutated by feeding on the corpses of the flock of Original Gyaos. Over 30 years after the Original Gyaos attacked, a new Gamera emerged to do battle with Zedus.[3]

Abilities

Flight

Like previous incarnations, Original Gyaos are capable of flight. While battling Avant Gamera in Shima, the Original Gyaos swarmed him. In the novelization Friends: Gamera the Brave, a flock of three Gyaos attempted to lift up Gamera into the air and to slam the turtle kaiju.[8]

Physical abilities

A flock of Gyaos feeding on Avant Gamera

In Friends: Gamera the Brave, a Gyaos used its beak to stab Avant Gamera's lower jaw to prevent fireballs by the turtle kaiju.[8] In The Story of Me and Toto, they stabbed Avant Gamera's parietal, face, and torso with their beaks, and Gamera simultaneously exploded as his internal energy burst out.[9] They bit and damaged Gamera for several times in Gamera 2006: Hard Link, and attempted to feed on him both in the film and tie-in publications.

Ultrasonic Scalpel

Original Gyaos attacking Avant Gamera with Ultrasonic Scalpel

Gyaos' signature ability is the Ultrasonic Scalpel (超音波メス,   Chōonpa Mesu) it fires from its mouth. This attack takes the form of a thin yellow beam which can slice apart objects with incredible precision. In Gamera 2006: Hard Link, Gyaos were capable of shooting the attack continuously by the second, and the beam was capable of penetrating Avant Gamera's shell and torso. In The Story of Me and Toto, the beam was silverish in coloration unlike the film, and Gyaos also intercepted Gamera's fireballs with Ultrasonic Scalpel.[10]

Possession

Original Gyaos may "possess" and "command" the organisms which become monsters by consuming their flesh. Zedus was driven by the malice and hatred of Gyaos to exterminate Gamera and humanity.[11]

In the novel Friends: Gamera the Brave, the scientist Amamiya has compared behavioral patterns of mutations derived from Gyaos to avian homing instincts, attempting to slaughter Gamera and the humanity to "complete leftover tasks" by Gyaos.[7]

Mutagenic cells

Supplementary materials, such as the Gamera the Brave Super Complete Works and an anatomical diagram of Zedus, state that cells in the Original Gyaos' tissue can cause mutation if ingested, which resulted in the emergence of Zedus.[3][11]

In the novel Friends: Gamera the Brave, these cells, called Gyaos Cells (ギャオス細胞,   Gyaosu Saibō), GU Cells (GU細胞,   Jīyū Saibō), or GC, also gave rise to other monsters called G-Monsters; among them were Space Gyaos, engineered by Soichiro Amamiya.[6] Amamiya speculated that all of the Original Gyaos are "perfections" (完全体,   Kanzentai) and the "same individual." In contrast, Gyaos cells create mutations in different organisms who fight each other to eliminate weak individuals. The survivors eventually become "perfections" themselves, acting as the "same individual" without conflict. A number of Space Gyaos were created by Amamiya using different species of bats, but they killed each other, and the initial conflicts among other kaiju (G-Barugon, G-Viras, G-Guiron, G-Jiger, G-Zigra, and Zedus) was also due to this drive to produce "perfections".[12] Additionally, the mutants all possess avian-esque cries.[13] The GU Cells within the optic discs of Gyaos were the key triggers to evoke mutations in animals, and the resultant "imperfections" (不完全体,   Fukanzentai) were organisms that had fed on eye tissues from Gyaos corpses. While Gyaos corpses, especially their eyes, mysteriously attracted creatures and stimulated their appetites, only a handful survived the first stage of mutations into kaiju. Amamiya speculated that Avant Gamera was aware of the secret behind the GU Cells, and the turtle kaiju focused on destroying Gyaos' heads for this reason in their 1973 battles. Toto tried to deliver attacks on the heads and the eyes of mutations in the battle of Nagoya, killing G-Zigra by stabbing its eyes with his tusks.[5] Avant Gamera also focused to destroy their heads in Gamera 2006: Hard Link. Zedus and the other G-Monsters in Shima and Nagoya were still imperfections in the process of becoming "perfections".

Stealthiness

In the novelization Friends: Gamera the Brave, Original Gyaos and mutations derived from them could not be detected by radar using microwaves, acoustic waves, lasers, or heat sensors, due to their peculiar skin cells.[1]

Comics

Gamera 2006: Hard Link

The Gyaos attack Gamera in Gamera 2006: Hard Link

In the spin-off manga to Gamera the Brave, Gamera's battle against the Gyaos in 1973 is gone more into detail within the "Special Link" chapter. Gamera was being attacked by four Gyaos' Ultrasonic Scalpels. Gamera killed a first Gyaos with a point-blank fire blast and then stomped on its head. The remaining three Gyaos kept firing at Gamera, but Gamera got into his shell and charged up a fire blast which he fired at one of the Gyaos. Another Gyaos came in and bit Gamera's arm, and Gamera threw it to the ground and fired at it, killing it. The two remaining Gyaos hovered about, and Gamera fired another fire blast at one of them. From the smoke one Gyaos flew toward Gamera and unleashed a flurry of beams. Gamera punched it to the ground. However, the Gyaos continued its onslaught of beams just as the other Gyaos turned out to have survived and flew over to Gamera. Gamera began spurting blood, and the two Gyaos feasted on his entrails. Gamera triggered his self-destruction, exterminating the Gyaos flock.

  • A Gyaos corpse recovered by the JSDF
    A Gyaos corpse recovered by the JSDF

Books

Friends: Gamera the Brave

Thirty or more Original Gyaos attacked Japan. In the battle of Shima, a dozen or more battled against Avant Gamera and were eventually demolished by the turtle kaiju's self-destruction. Through natural and artificial processes, a variant of mutations—Space Gyaos, G-Barugon, G-Viras, G-Guiron, G-Jiger and Baby Jiger, G-Zigra, and Zedus—were born by ingesting the monsters' cells.[14]

Roar

Gyaos' roars in Gamera the Brave

Trivia

  • During the production of GAMERA -Rebirth-, the standard Gyaos were referred to as "Original Gyaos" to distinguish them from the mutant S-Gyaos.[15]
  • The early draft of the Gamera the Guardian of the Universe by Chiaki and Kazuya Konaka, which inspired Gamera the Brave, had Gyaos' maximum size at over 20-25 meters in length, which is akin to the size of Original Gyaos.[16]

References

This is a list of references for Original Gyaos. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Toumon & Tasaki 2006, pp. 196.
  2. ↑ Toumon & Tasaki 2006, pp. 20.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Gamera the Brave Super Complete Works. Shogakukan. 20 May 2006. p. 30, 32. ISBN 4091051081.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 MediaWorks 2006, p. 28.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Toumon & Tasaki 2006, pp. 14-15, 209-213, 216-217, 274.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Nakamura & Shimazaki et al. 2014, pp. 282.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Toumon & Tasaki 2006, pp. 209-213.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Toumon & Tasaki 2006, pp. 21.
  9. ↑ Tatsui 2006, p. 75.
  10. ↑ Tatsui 2006, p. 74.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1
  12. ↑ Toumon & Tasaki 2006, pp. 209-213, 216-217.
  13. ↑ Toumon & Tasaki 2006, pp. 190.
  14. ↑ Toumon & Tasaki 2006, pp. 209-213, 286.
  15. ↑ Sasaki, Gaku, ed. (29 January 2024). GAMERA -Rebirth- Official Setting Materials Collection. Kadokawa. p. 68. ISBN 978-4-04-113841-0.
  16. ↑ Nakamura & Shimazaki et al. 2014, p. 240-243.

Bibliography

Daiei /Kadokawa monsters
Shōwa Gamera monsters
Gamera (Showa) • Barugon • Gyaos (Showa • Space) • Viras • Guiron • Jiger • Zigra • Phoenix
Heisei Gamera monsters
Reiwa Gamera monsters
Non-Gamera monsters

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