Takkong

Takkong
Data
Category	Kaiju
Height	45 m
Weight	23,000 t
Home World	Planet Earth
Affiliation	Belyudra (Combination) Shinji Tri-Squad Giestron (Archenemy)
First Appearance	Return of Ultraman episode 1 "All Monsters Attack"
Latest Appearance	Ultraman Z episode 23 "Prelude to a Nightmare
Roar(s)

Takkong is a Kaiju that debuted in episodes 1 and 2 of Return of Ultraman.

Subtitle: Oil Monster

History

Return of Ultraman

Takkong was one of two aquatic monsters that rose from the depths of the ocean along with Zazahn. The two monsters began to do battle at once, smashing through nearby structures on the shores of Tokyo Bay. During the midst of their fight, a young man known as Hideki Go was killed while he was rescuing the lives a young boy and his dog from the two monsters' destruction. Zazahn and Takkong continued their titanic war until finally, the battle ended with Zazahn being killed by Takkong. Takkong then set his sights on the city itself, but a bright flash of light forced Takkong to retreat back to the ocean.^{All Monsters Attack}

Takkong returned a few days later, attacking the MAT's underwater base. Luckily, they managed to drive him off with the use of two torpedoes, but not before it ruptured an oil line. Shortly afterwards, Takkong rose from the sea to feast on oil contained at a nearby refinery. As the creature hauled itself ashore, huge explosions erupted from the ground as it severed numerous crucial pipes at the facility, igniting the oil in the process. When MAT finally arrived, Go transformed himself into Ultraman. The red and silver hero grappled with the creature, but upon getting his head too close, the creature unleashed a blast of water, momentarily blinding the alien being. Regaining his composure, the hero tore off one of the monster’s limbs before hitting it with his own Spacium Beam. The intense energies sent Takkong to the ground, sparks rising from its body before the entire behemoth exploded.^{Takkong's Big Counterattack}

Trivia

• Suit actor: Takanobu Toya

Initial suit

• Designer: Noriyoshi Ikeya
  • The Takkong suit was inspired by the design of an octopus, which according to Japanese viewers, is rounded, as well as the numerous "suckers" that surround Takkong's body; hence the name itself is derived from the word Octopus .
    • The initial Takkong suit was made by Toho but was too difficult to maneuver in, so a new suit was made by Kaimai Productions to better accommodate the suit actor.
• Takkong's roar is a modified Tepeto, which in turn is modified from Toho's Ebirah.
  • In Ultraman Story, Takkong has a reused Dorako's roar.

Takkong

• Takkong is one of the monsters that makes up Belyudra's right arm in Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends The Movie.
  • Takkong's roar is audible when Ultraman Belial summons his army.
• Originally Takkong was going to be the one revived and controlled by Alien Bat in the film, Ultraman Saga. However he was replaced by Gubila for unknown reasons.
• Takkong is the first Kaiju to appear in Return of Ultraman, beating Zazahn by basically a second.
• Takkong's actual name was not mentioned until episode 10 of Return of Ultraman.
• Takkong was to be given a new suit, cast as the Lord Monster of Water, in Ultraman Orb, but because a Takkong suit wouldn't fit into the storage warehouse, its role was scrapped and replaced by a modified Zoa Muruchi suit - which became Maga-Jappa.

Ultraman Orb Chronicle Chapter 2: 'I am the Galaxy's Migrating Bird' Arc

Takkong was one of the three monsters (alongside Pestar and Gamakugira) that were awakened on Water Planet Nuock after its inhabitants were fighting against each other. Gai transforms into Ultraman Orb and defeated all three monsters.

Ultraman Taiga

A manifestation of the sea, Takkong is a guardian creature that had sealed away the embodiment of Earth's anger, Giestron, for many years. Over time, its ability to keep Giestron pacified had grown weaker and weaker as it grew older.

In the present day, Takkong reappeared at night in the city, sensing Giestron's return, and managed to scare off a couple. Hiroyuki immediately appears and transforms into Ultraman Taiga to defeat it. It anchored itself down to the ground, refusing to battle the Ultra. Titas was summoned to pull up Takkong, but the monster spat out an oil stream which the Ultra slipped on and the monster went invisible. Fuma came out to track it with his Ultra Sonar, but it put itself down again, making it so it could not be harmed. Eventually, the Tri-Squad's time ran out and they reverted to Hiroyuki, allowing Takkong to continue further in the city. It fed on some oil before going to sleep, a bubble forming from its nose.

Later during the day, Takkong was still sleeping and had to be woken up by Shinji when Giestron finally appeared from beneath the ground. The two monsters proceeded to fight each other, but Takkong was overwhelmed and beaten. Giestron then began to control the Earth's electromagnetic energy, trying to cause much of the planet's magma to seep to the surface and end the world. Taiga appeared and used his Hand Beam to interrupt the monster, engaging it in a fight. In his normal form, he barely did anything and got pushed away like Takkong. Giestron tried to attack him with an energy boomerang which was then blocked by Takkong. Taiga checked to see if the monster was okay before changing into Tri-Strium. The guardians of humanity then teamed up against the beast, both assaulting Giestron from different directions. Takkong spun around rapidly and surrounded itself in fire before ramming into the monster, dealing serious damage and allowing Taiga to come in with the Taiga Blast Attack, destroying Giestron and likely ending its threat for a long time to come. Taiga and Takkong then gave each other a high-five as celebration.

At sunset, Takkong left for the ocean as Hiroyuki and Shinji watched it, saying that Giestron would one day rise again and that the sea incarnation would rest until then. Shinji told Takkong to sleep peacefully before strangely disappearing into bubbles Hiroyuki looked around confused before seeing the young boy on Takkong's back. They both waved goodbye, Shinji's hands turning to tentacles as they descended back into the blue waters. ^{What's up with Takkong?}

Trivia

• Takkong and Giestron's relationship is similar to Ultraman Agul and Gaia, Takkong being an incarnation of the Sea and Giestron an incarnation of the Earth.
• This is the first time Takkong has been a good kaiju, though the concept was thought of as far back as Ultraman Saga.
• Takkong was initially intended to appear in episode 20 as Alien Bado El-Ray's monster instead of Aribunta to attack oil refineries. However, the director of episode 22, Takanori Tsujimoto heard of the monster's planned return and since he liked Takkong, he wanted to use the monster in his story. He worked out a compromise with episode 20's director, Masayoshi Takesue to let him use Takkong.
• Contrary to popular belief, Takkong's ability to spit oil and exhale fire was actually long documented as far as the 1982 book Ultraman White Paper, as this show was the first to display such techniques.

Ultraman Z

Takkong rises from the sea alongside King Guesra in their attempts to eliminate Ultroid Zero, being delayed in their plan by Ultraman Z. The two worked in tandem, beating back Z's defenses and even dragging the warrior under the water to commence their attacks. After Z was knocked out of the fight for a short time, both made their way to where Ultroid Zero was fighting Demaaga, Pagos and Gomess (S), only to be jumped by Z again. After using Beliarok and it's signature attacks, the two rampaging sea monsters stopped their advances and returned back to the ocean. ^{Prelude to a Nightmare}

Ultraman Blazar

While not physically appearing in the series itself, a cluster of Takkong bodies appeared as an illusion of a construction worker's greatest fear created by Mogusion, used to hide its true appearance. ^{Terror from the Underground}

Data

Stats

• Height: 45 m
• Weight: 23,000 t
• Origin: Tokyo Bay, Water Planet Nuock (Orb Chronicle Chapter 2)

Powers and Weapons

• Water Stream: Takkong can spit a stream of water from his mouth and some of the pores covering his body.
• Adapt Swimmer: Being an aquatic monster, Takkong can swim at moderate speeds.
• Water Expulsion: Takkong expels water from its back, using its suckers as blowholes.

Ultraman Taiga

• Suckers: Takkong can anchor itself down with its suckers.
• Oil Spit: Being an oil monster, Takkong can spit out oil from its mouth. Even a small amount of oil is enough to make heavy fighters such as Titas loose their balance should they attempt to walk on it.
• Camouflage: Like an octopus, Takkong can camouflage when needed.
• Takkong Fire : Takkong can exhale a stream of fire.
  • Takkong Fireball : Takkong can spin round rapidly to become encased in fire. Its capable of deflecting Giestron's energy blade and can be ran into for an explosion attack that does serious damage to the said monster.
• Extraordinary Jumper: Despite its size, Takkong can leap over great distances.

Water Stream

Water Expulsion

Oil Spit

Camouflage

Takkong Fire

Takkong Fireball

Extraordinary Jumper

Other Media

Ultraman Story 0

At one point while Jack was on the planet of the Aquatic Homids, Takkong, Pestar, and Gubila appeared from the sea to attack the aliens. Jack took immediate action and fought off all three, eventually destroying them with a single Spacium Beam.

Merchandise

X-Plus 25cm Takkong 2011 release

X-Plus 25cm Takkong 2012 Wonderfest release

The 1991 figure of Takkong.

A golden figure of Takkong.

Takkong eraser

Gallery

Return of Ultraman

Takkong vs Zazahn

Takkong vs Ultraman Jack

Ultraman Story 0

Fighting Ultraman Jack along with Pestar

Ultraman Taiga

Takkong and Ultraman Taiga VS Giestron

Ultraman Z

Takkong and King Guesra VS Ultraman Z (Alpha Edge)

Takkong VS Ultraman Z (Alpha Edge)

Takkong and King Guesra join Gomess, Pagos and Demaaga

Takkong and King Guesra VS Ultraman Z (Delta Rise Claw)

Takkong and King Guesra retreat

Miscellaneous

Takkong behind the scenes

Takkong's concept art

Takkong on a soft drink with Jack.