Zonnel

Zonnel (ゾンネル, Zonneru) is one of Ultraman Gaia's enemies. He is one of Zogu's monster army.

Subtitle: Mysterious Crustacean Underground Beast (甲殻怪地底獣)

Zonnel

 * Length: 89 m
 * Weight: 100,000 t
 * Origin: Bi Hōzan

Zonnel II

 * Length: 86 m
 * Weight: 95,000 t
 * Origin: Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

First Generation
Awoken and placed under control by Hiroya Fujimiya, also known as Ultraman Agul, this massive beast was led to the surface to destroy Diglobe. X.I.G attacked it first with its powerful jet fighters, but simple rockets and missiles failed to destroy the beast. Not knowing what Ultraman Agul was doing, Gamu Takayama transformed into Ultraman Gaia and managed to fight the beast to a standstill until Ultraman Agul appeared. Ultraman Agul leaped onto its back and began to pry the massive shell apart and a beam of pure energy fired upward as Ultraman Agul aimed it at the falling Diglobe. The meteor-like alien was hit by the beam and destroyed completely, but the blast also took its toll on Zonnel and nearly killed it. With Diglobe dead and Ultraman Agul vanishing, Ultraman Gaia picked up the monster and flew away. He blasted a hole in the side of a mountain and dropped the kaiju inside before closing it shut. Weeks later when Ultraman Agul turned his back on humanity, the giant awoken a second Zonnel deep underground in the Arizona desert. The massive monster rose up and was attacked by the American defense forces, but the beast's energy balls destroyed the weapons in just a few short blasts. X.I.G soon attacked the beast from the air, but even their strength wasn't enough to stop the rampaging kaiju. Hearing the news in Japan, Gamu transformed into Ultraman Gaia and flew to America to fight the beast. Zonnel once again fought the hero, pushing it back with tackles and claw swipes. As Gaia's timer began to flash, the hero began to charge his Photon Edge, but remembering the words of a friend whom reminded him that these creatures are merely animals, Gaia instead charged his calming beam and fired it. Weakened, Zonnel turned around and retreated back underground and Ultraman Gaia returned to Japan.

Second Generation
Zonnel reappeared again in Ultraman Gaia. With his new powered form called Zonnel II (ゾンネルⅡ, Zonneru Ⅱ). This form also reappears in Ultraman Gaia: Gaia Again.

Months later, as Zogu led the swarm of Dobishi on an all out strike against the Earth, Zonnel once again awoke to fight. The powerful guardian unleashed its attacks into the swarm of alien insects, but the holes simply closed shut with more. In response, the swarm attacked the creature with a Kaiser Dobishi, but choosing to defend the creature, the American self-defense forces unloaded on the Kaiser Dobishi with dozens of tanks. The weapons fired round after round into alien before it fell down dead, but the swarm continued to rage and Zonnel continued to fight until the very end of the Dobishi and Zogu.

Months after Zogu's reign of terror another Zonnel appers but only in a newsbrodcast in America. They siad they were going to calm the monster but because of hiroya said "if a monster posses the ability to destroy man, must be destroyed, so the army attacked it, and we dont here of it after.

Trivia

 * Zonnel II is part of Zogu's monster army along with Tigris III, Gomenos II, Shazak and Mizunoeoryu.
 * It is not known what happened to Zonnel II after the broadcast, but either it went back underground, calmed down or got killed by the army.
 * Zonnel greatly resembles Gamera, most notably his face.

Powers and Weapons

 * Fire Balls : Zonnel can launch explosive fire balls from his mouth that can destroy a tank fleet in a couple hits. Zonnel is extremely accurate with them.
 * Shell Energy : Zonnel has a lot of energy within his shell that can destroy like a nuke if not used right. Zoneel can also open it us and use it like a beam directly upwards.

Toy Release Information
Zonnel was released three times in the Ultra Monster series. The first one released was Zonnel II in 1999. The regular Zonnel was released in the same year but as its original and is a SP, he was also re-released in 2000 with some different coloring. Every figure is 6 in tall and are accurate to the shows Zonnels.