Gamakujira



Feeding on pearls, the monster Gamakujira drove pearl oysters into near extinction in a small part of the ocean. As the pearls were being moved, the creature rose from the depths to attack the transport truck and feed on the countless pearls that spilled. The Science Patrol mobilized and began a counterstrike, but their rockets did little but agitate the pearl-eating monstrosity. As it began to head farther out to sea, it suddenly released a powerful stream of water from its head, damaging the VTOL and forcing it to land. While the patrol was forced to camp out, the beast perched itself on some nearby rocks, chewing up the pearls it had gathered.

The next day, Gamakujira moved out to collect more pearls, but the VTOL was repaired and joined by another. The forces tried their attack again, but their rockets still failed. It headed for the nearby cities, but the patrol managed to hold it off and attach tracking balloons to its back, allowing them to keep an eye on it from the sky, even when under the water. Soon they deployed a gigantic, electric net, but after breaking free, the beast was sent into an even fiercer rage!

Nothing in the Science Patrol arsenal could stop it, and worse yet, its ripping of the net had brought down Shin Hayata’s craft! While Fuji tried to locate her friend, the forces continued to battle with Gamakujira, eventually striking its back with a much more powerful rocket! The rocket lifted its body into the sky, carrying it hundreds of feet as Hayata summoned Ultraman. The hero took chase and upon reaching the creature, struck it with the Specium Ray! Gamakujira was obliterated and the pearl oyster population quickly began to recover.