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What other giant turtle kaiju exist?
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Sun Dec 15, 2013 8:12 pm
by Arislan
I'm aware of Gamera and Kamoebas the Megalomatamata (from SPACE AMOEBA and TOKYO S.O.S.). Any other ones?
Re: What other giant turtle kaiju exist?
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Sun Dec 15, 2013 8:53 pm
by klen7
There is the flying Turtle Gameron from episode 6 of Ultra Q
Re: What other giant turtle kaiju exist?
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Sun Dec 15, 2013 11:16 pm
by Ultra T-Rex
The turtle skeleton in Mothra vs. Godzilla... and that's all I can think of.
Re: What other giant turtle kaiju exist?
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Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:03 am
by Arislan
Well that was a short thread
Re: What other giant turtle kaiju exist?
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Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:21 am
by MekaGojira3k
There's also the giant turtle from Godzilla: The Series
and the Magnetic Monster from the Hanna Barbera Godzilla
and the giant reanimated turtle from Frankenweenie
Re: What other giant turtle kaiju exist?
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Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:26 am
by Shonokin
The Bermuda Depths, in the West there's a less-giant turtle in Neverending Story, a stop motion sea turtle in One Million Years BC
Re: What other giant turtle kaiju exist?
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Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:30 am
by klen7
Re: What other giant turtle kaiju exist?
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Mon Dec 16, 2013 9:40 am
by jellydonut25
Death Kappa....<shudders even remembering that P.O.S.>
Re: What other giant turtle kaiju exist?
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Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:47 pm
by Shonokin
Re: What other giant turtle kaiju exist?
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Mon Dec 16, 2013 2:18 pm
by jellydonut25
Re: What other giant turtle kaiju exist?
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Mon Dec 16, 2013 2:31 pm
by klen7
i have heard nothing but terrible things about Death Kappa, which really makes me morbidly curious about it.
The trailer for it looked great.
Re: What other giant turtle kaiju exist?
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Mon Dec 16, 2013 5:11 pm
by kiryugoji04
When I get home I'll compile a list of any Ultra turtles I can find. I can already think of a couple off the top of my head.
Re: What other giant turtle kaiju exist?
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Mon Dec 16, 2013 6:42 pm
by Arislan
Re: What other giant turtle kaiju exist?
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Mon Dec 16, 2013 7:46 pm
by MosugojiNoGyakushu
Here is a clip from the Bermuda Depths with the giant sea turtle. It was a Rankin-Bass and Tsuburaya co production. They also did The Last Dinosaur tv movie.
http://youtu.be/NHRX1HwGjdM
Re: What other giant turtle kaiju exist?
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Mon Dec 16, 2013 10:24 pm
by lhb412
^Huh, I had no idea that was a Tsuburaya co-production.
Re: What other giant turtle kaiju exist?
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Mon Dec 16, 2013 11:33 pm
by klen7
Yeh, I hadnt heard of it until it showed up and won in the weekly film spotlight. an interesting little flick
Re: What other giant turtle kaiju exist?
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Mon Dec 16, 2013 11:42 pm
by jellydonut25
Re: What other giant turtle kaiju exist?
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Wed Dec 18, 2013 10:57 am
by Pkmatrix
Re: What other giant turtle kaiju exist?
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Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:26 am
by klen7
well i bought a used copy of Death Kappa for $5... i'll report back after i find the time to watch it...
Kiryugoji, come back! everytime i see this thread has unread items i hope that it is Ultra-Turtles
Re: What other giant turtle kaiju exist?
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Wed Dec 18, 2013 1:43 pm
by kiryugoji04
OKAY, HERE WE GO. Some of these may be sketchier than others but I'll do my best.
Ultra Q
•Episode 06: Gameron
Return of Ultraman
• Episode 15: Eledortoise (Eredootasu) - It's got a shell and a turtle-like neck, plus what I'm pretty sure is a "Tortoise" reference in its name.
• Episode 24: Kingstron (Kingusutoron) - This one's less explicitly turtley but it's a quadruped with a very turtle-like shell. Think Black King if Black King were a turtle.
• Episode 31: Plurma (Puruuma) - Again, not explicitly a turtle but that's the major motif here from what I can tell.
Ultraman Ace
• Episode 19: King Kappa - Based on a Kappa (it has a swimming pool on top of its head!) so it's got the shell and such.
Ultraman Taro
• Episodes 4 & 5: King Tortoise, Queen Tortoise, & Mini Tortoise - Jackpot! A whole family!
Ultraman Leo
• Episode 44: Black Garon - I can't say for certain based on the photo this book has but I'm 90% sure this is another turtle-influenced design. Think Gabara with a more frog-like face and a turtle shell.
Ultraman Cosmos
• Episode 51: Mazalgas/ChaosMazalgas (Mazarugasu) - Basically the Cosmos revamp of King Kappa.
• Episode 56: Kawa no Ji - And then five episodes later they did a LITERAL Kappa. XD
Re: What other giant turtle kaiju exist?
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Wed Dec 18, 2013 2:13 pm
by DannyBeane
If video games count, World of Warcraft has an Island that is actually a giant turtle.
Re: What other giant turtle kaiju exist?
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Wed Dec 18, 2013 2:29 pm
by lhb412
If we count literature: the star turtle Great A'Tuin carries Terry Pratchett's Discworld through space.
Re: What other giant turtle kaiju exist?
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Wed Dec 18, 2013 2:45 pm
by klen7
Re: What other giant turtle kaiju exist?
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Wed Dec 18, 2013 3:07 pm
by jellydonut25
Re: What other giant turtle kaiju exist?
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Wed Dec 18, 2013 7:23 pm
by Arislan
Thanks for the replies! Lots that I had forgotten about.