Agira



Agira (アギラ, Agira) is a brave dinosaur/ceratopsian-like kaiju from the TV series, Ultraseven. Agira appeared in episodes 32 and 46. This monster is one of Ultraseven's Capsule Monsters.

Subtitle: Capsule Monster (カプセル怪獣, Kapuseru Kaijū)

Stats

 * Height: micro ~ 45 m
 * Weight: 0 ~ 12,000 t
 * Origin: Planet Animal, Nebula M78

Ultraseven
 The third of the three Capsule Monsters used by Ultraseven, Agira was an imitation of a giant life form from Planet Animal.

Agira made his debut appearance fighting against the monster Riggah, as Dan could not transform at the time and the Ultra Garrison could not damage him. Agira managed to do well against the monster for the first half of the battle, but Riggah's tail proved to be too much for Agira to handle. As a result, Dan called Agira back before anymore harm could be done and went on to defeat Riggah himself as Ultraseven.

Agira was used again against the Alien Salome's weapon, the Ultraseven Robot. However, there was nothing much that Agira could do and was easily beat down by the robot and thrown into a valley until the real Ultraseven showed up to do battle against the fake. Since then, Agira would be greatly remembered by his master as a heroic monster.

Trivia

 * Agira had 2 different roars in both of his appearances. His first roar was a slightly sped up roar of the Toho Monster, Rodan. His second (and current) roar was a sped up Zambolar roar.
 * Originally, Windam was supposed to fight Riggah (whom also originally was intended to be Pagos,) but Tsuburaya instead wanted to introduce a new capsule monster in hopes of improving the show's ratings at the time.
 * A pink Agira was a monster citizen in the Tsuburaya series, Chibira Kun.
 * In the middle-to-late 1990s, footage of Agira was used for the TNT, TBS and Cartoon Network show Cartoon Planet. Agira and Rigger footage was used to depict monster wrestling in the recurring sketch entitled 'Vacation Spots of the Universe' that would feature special Ultraseven locations being advertised by Space Ghost on Cartoon Planet. In the featured location, Rigger's saucer was called the Flying Island.

Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend The Movie
Agira reappeared in the movie Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends The Movie.

When the monsters, Dorako, Bemstar, and Salamandora were unleashed by Alien Shaplay to ambush the remaining Ultra Brothers, they were met by surprise by Dan's Capsule Monsters Windam, Miclas, and Agira. Agira fought Dorako. After Rei and Mirai (Ultraman Mebius's host) were rescued, Agira tossed Dorako up in the air and destroyed him by stabbing him with his horn.

Trivia

 * In the original screenplay, Agira was originally suppose to battle Salamandora.

Ultraman Ginga
Agira's Spark Doll can be seen in episode 7 cheering Ginga on and in the second Theater Special.

Powers and Weapons

 * Abnormal Speed : Although unseen in any of Agira's appearances, most official sources documented him to be much faster than other equal sized monsters.
 * Horn : Agira uses the horn on his head to great effect.

Ultra Fight
Agira reappeared in several episodes in Ultra Fight. In this series, Agira fought Woo and Alien Godola.

Trivia

 * In this series, Agira's appearance is more slender than his usual bulkier appearance, this is most likely due to both the low budget of the series (this flaw also existed with the other monsters that appeared in the series,) as well as a sign of the original suit's deterioration with age. Also unlike his original appearance, Agira has several white stripes that covers his body and is given fangs, which he lacked in his original appearance.Agira_kun.jpg Agira is also seen with his head aimed at the sky while he charges forward.

Chibira-Kun
Like a lot of monsters in Ultra Fight, Ultraseven and Ultraman, Agira was a background monster that appeared in Chibira Kun, except this version had rainbow colored spots.