Bazanga

Bazanga
Data
Category	Kaiju
Height	51 m
Weight	26,000 t
Home World	Space
Affiliation	V99
First Appearance	Ultraman Blazar episode 1 "First Wave"
Latest Appearance	Ultraman Blazar episode 17 "The Wandering Zangill"
Roar(s)

Bazanga is a Kaiju who appeared in the first episode of Ultraman Blazar. A space monster that arrived on Ikebukuro to wreak havoc, it was also the first monster fought and defeated by Ultraman Blazar, marking the beginning of the hero's time on Earth.

Subtitle: Space Crustacean Kaiju

Conception

Design

Evil-saurus

Bazanga was initially conceived and illustrated by designer Kengo Kusunoki as an original Ultra Kaiju tribute design in 2007 under the names Evil-saurus and Dead-Lobster, and posted the design on his Twitter account in 2015. In 2023, after joining Tsuburaya Productions, Kusunoki's design was approved and developed further into the final design for Bazanga.

History

Ultraman Blazar

A monster from space, Bazanga landed on the Earth in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, where it went on a rampage. The GGF sent out multiple teams and prepared several countermeasures, but had thus far all failed to deter the space monster. Captain Gento Hiruma and his team were airdropped and intended to strike at Bazanga using special ammunition to target its respiratory organs between the folds of its shell, but encountered several obstacles including contradictory orders from the higher ups. After Gento got the aircrafts to lure Bazanga to a suitable firing location, the monster became enraged and started attacking more aggressively, blowing away another special team which Gento went over to help alone. When their last member fell unconscious, the Blazar Brace and Blazar Stone suddenly appeared to Gento, who found himself transformed into Ultraman Blazar.

Blazar fought against Bazanga, marking the first appearance of an Ultraman on the Earth. While protecting the people around him, Blazar fought against Bazanga but was struggling until Emi Aobe fired one of the special rounds at Bazanga's weak point - its nose, disorienting it and giving Blazar a chance to make a comeback. After tearing off both of the blasters on Bazanga's arms, Blazar defeated the monster by hurling his Spiral Burrade at it, destroying the monster at last. ^{First Wave}

Later, following the defeat of Gebalga, according to Yasunobu's investigation from his amateur astronomer friend, Bazanga and a mysterious meteorite back in 1999 invaded Earth from the exact same path as Gebalga. Combined with the fact that Garamon's coming was from a different trajectory, this spawned the rumor that these three came from the same planet; to make matters more bizarre, said topics would be immediately deleted from social media. ^{SKaRD Nocturne}

Bazanga would later reappear as a wandering spirit before being vanquished by Zangill.^{The Wandering Zangill}

Trivia

• Suit actor: Hiroyuki Arai
• Bazanga's roars have frog croaks mixed in at the end.
• One of Bazanga’s roars is shared with S-Gyaos from Gamera Rebirth.

Data

Stats

• Height: 51 m
• Weight: 26,000 t
• Origin: Space
• Weakness: Bazanga's nose is a weak point, and striking at it will at least disorient the monster, preventing him from firing his blasters at least temporarily. However, the GGF had seemingly believed the gill organs on Bazanga's chest to be its weak points instead.

Powers and Weapons

• Organic Blasters: Each of Bazanga's arms have four vent-like openings that function similarly to gatling guns, allowing him to fire explosive spine-like projectiles from these openings.
  • Thorn Phalanx : When he gets aggravated, Bazanga enters rage mode, where the horns on his head rotate upwards, and his cannons change elevation from a diagonal angle to level, allowing him to shoot with greater precision. In this state, the range and time before detonation of its projectiles is also increased, granting Bazanga a substantial increase in firepower.
• Carapace: Bazanga's scale-like skin is hard and resistant to attacks such as missiles, bombs, and artillery shells.

Thorn Phalanx

Merchandise

Ultra Monster Advance

• Bazanga (2023)
  • Release Date: July 8, 2023
  • Price: 2,178 yen
  • JAN/ISBN: 4549660982173
  • Materials: PVC

One of the earliest releases for the Ultra Monster Advance line, this Bazanga is a soft vinyl figure that stands 155mm tall (1mm taller than the Ultra Hero Series (2016) toy). Aside from his rotating arms and tail, Bazanga also features similarly rotating horns, and sliding organic blaster forearms.

Gallery

Ultraman Blazar

Miscellaneous

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