Gakuma

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Gakuma (ガクマ, Gakuma) were monsters that appeared in the series Ultraman Tiga. They appeared in episode 2.

Subtitle: Rock Monster'' (岩石怪獣, Ganseki Kaijū)

Alpha
Alpha The Gakumas were monsters that have lived underground for years, happily eating rock. However, once their home was disturbed by a construction crew who began to take their rock away, the monsters began to rampage to drive off their invaders. The first was Gakuma Alpha who surfaced and attacked the crew, solidifying everyone and everything in sight with its Stone Beam. GUTS arrived on the scene just as Gakuma Alpha was attacking, and using its new weapon: the DEXUS beam, Gakuma Alpha was destroyed in one shot.

Beta
A short time later, Gakuma Beta then surfaced and picked up where its younger brother had left off, solidifying anything it saw, until it turned its attention to GUTS. Daigo was able to turn into Ultraman Tiga just in time and the two battled. Gakuma Beta's extra array of weapons proved too much for Tiga to handle, and the Ultra was quickly put in a fix when the Gakuma fired its stone beam at the Ultra, slowly solidifying him. Fortunately, the rock coating was destroyed once Tiga transformed into Power Type. The tide of battle turned in Tiga's favor, and he attacked Gakuma Beta until the monster was destroyed by Tiga's Delacium Light Stream.

Trivia

 * Suit Actors: Hiroyuki Okano (Alpha) and Toshio Miyake (Beta)
 * It is assumed both Gakumas can use the same powers.
 * The Gakumas shares the same subtitle as Sadora.
 * Although not physically seen, one of the Gakumas is one of the monsters that makes up Beryudora's Right Arm in Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend The Movie.
 * The costume for Gakuma Beta is currently on display at Ultraman Land in Kumamoto, Japan.

Data
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Stats

 * Height: 58 m
 * Weight: 56,000 t

Powers and Weapons
β (Beta)=
 * Stone Beam : Gakumas can fire a blue ray from their mouth, whatever is hit by the ray is coated in stone.
 * Burrowing : Gakumas can burrow at moderate speeds.

Stats

 * Height: 59 m
 * Weight: 58,000 t

Powers and Weapons
Gakuma β possesses all of α's abilities as well as it's own.

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 * Electric Pulse : Gakuma Beta can release an electric shock from around its body when an opponent is grappling with it. Gakuma Beta can also fire purple electric bolts from his back.
 * Claw Extend : Gakuma Beta's front claws can extend into sharp objects to be used as weapons.

Toy Release infomation
Gakuma Beta and Alpha were both released by the Ultra Monster Series. First to be released was Gakuma Beta in 1996 with four points articulation. But the brown is not on him and the horns have all yellow insted of orange and yellow. Then Alpha was released with the same point of articulation and with a more acurate paint job. Both Gakuma's are great in design.