Guesra

Guesra
Japanese	ゲスラ
Rōmaji	Gesura
Information
Type	Monster
Height	60 m 68 m (King Guesra)
Weight	10,000 t 21,000 t (King Guesra)
Homeworld	Earth
Place of Origin	Brazil
Affiliation	Takkong Neomegas
Appearances
Series	Ultraman Ultraman Zero series Ultraman X Ultraman Orb: THE ORIGIN SAGA Ultraman Taiga Ultraman Z Ultraman Decker
First Appearance	The Coast Guard Command
Latest Appearance	Man and Monster

Guesra (ゲスラ, Gesura) is a monster that first appeared in Ultraman. Later incarnations introduced King Guesra (キングゲスラ, Kingu Guesra), an updated variation of Guesra that first appeared in the film, Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers.

• Subtitle: Sea Monster (海獣, Kaijū)

History

Ultraman

Guesra was once a normal lizard that inhabited Brazil until one of its kind laid an egg inside a shipment of cocoa beans being imported to Japan. When the egg hatched and matured, the Guesra was also exposed to mass quantities of liquid waste in Tokyo Bay until the monster grew to enormous proportions. Now gigantic, Guesra (who were also known to have a ravenous appetite for cocoa beans and chocolate) began attacking several ships in Tokyo Bay, looking to feed on as much cocoa as possible. The monster soon found his way to Yokohama while feeding and ultimately managed to destroy several ships before leaving. Guesra's hunger soon lead the monster to Nakashio when he picked up the scent of cocoa coming from a warehouse filled with it. To the Science Patrol's misfortune (who were on the scene of Guesra's first attack), they were forbidden from stopping the monster so as to not provoke him into becoming violent when all Guesra wants to do is feed.

As Guesra arrived in Nakashio to feed once more, Guesra was suddenly fired on by the jewel smuggler, Diamond Kick, who was startled by the monster's appearance. Guesra, startled by Diamond Kick's gun's loud noise, became violent and trashed the warehouse (Guesra become violent when startled by loud noises.) No longer needing to hold back, The Science Patrol tried to fight back against the monster with their weapons, but to no avail. Hayata (whom had earlier ran inside Diamond Kick's hideout to find a few children who were trapped inside,) managed to transform into Ultraman and he battled Guesra himself. Guesra initially proved to be a tough opponent even when he was on dry land due to the monster's poisonous hide proving difficult for Ultraman to fight back against. However, the hero continued to fight on, and after the battle briefly shifted into the Ocean, Ultraman managed to tear off the Feeler on Guesra's head (the source of Guesra's poison,) causing the weakened monster to sink beneath the Ocean, dying of its injury.^{[The Coast Guard Command]}

Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers

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Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend The Movie

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Ultraman X

King Guesra was one of the few Spark Dolls that were still buried beneath the Earth, unaffected by the Ultra Flare. He was however transformed into a monster after Dark Thunder Energy rained down from the sky and struck him underground, where he emerged in Area Y now with new dark powers to rampage with. Luckily, Xio was already on the scene (after the friendly monster Pigmon, who was trying to alert everyone in the area of the coming energy's arrival, unintentionally caused a commotion by frightening some people.) but they were forced to tend to Pigmon after he was mortally injured while saving a person's life, leaving Daichi to transform into Ultraman X to combat the crazed monster himself. Once again thanks to being powered by the Dark Thunder Energy, King Guesra's new spine-launching ability, and his exploited feeler being strengthened, allowed the monster to easily push Ultraman X to the limit. Ultraman X however would not give up, and he transformed into his Exceed X form instead. Exceed X managed to turn the tables on King Guesra, beating down the monster with ease and the ultra purified the monster with the Exceed X Slash attack, transforming the monster back to normal. Now with the monster weakened, Exceed X turned back into Ultraman X and destroyed King Guesra with the Xanadium Beam, reducing it back into a Spark Doll.^{[My Friend's A Monster]}

Ultraman Orb: THE ORIGIN SAGA

King Guesra was one of a select handful of monsters who were taken from their respective home planets and brought to Planet Zain to be used as puppets to serve the Bezelves. King Guesra and Arstron were the first to be used as test subjects by Dr. Psychi to demonstrate his control over the horde (their Queen in particular), and both monsters were stung by a pair of drones, who injected them with Kugutsu, thus placing them under their control. Brainwashed and crazed, the two monsters fought fiercely. In the end though, Arstron's strength proved to be the superior of the two, and the monster beat King Gesura to death.^{[Shining Star]}

Ultraman Taiga

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Ultraman Z

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Ultraman Decker

King Guesra was engaged in battle with the monster Neomegas in the middle of a city. The two monsters fought fiercely but in the end though, Neomegas emerged victorious after he obliterated King Gesura by firing his heat ray down the monster's throat.^{[Man and Monster]}

Other Media

Ultra Zone

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Mega Monster Rush: Ultra Frontier

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Other Appearances

Stage Shows

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Manga

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Video Games

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Miscellaneous

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Abilities

• Guesra
• King Guesra

Body Features

• Poisonous Hide: Guesra's body is covered in highly poisonous barbs and feelers. This poison is strong enough to kill a jaguar, as well as humans.

Weaknesses

If the Feeler on the back of Guesra's head is removed or destroyed, the monster will die shortly after without it. Additionally, if startled by loud noises, Guesra can become incredibly violent.

Abilities

• Guesra Heavy Attack (ゲスラ・ヘビーアタック, Gesura Hebī Atakku): King Guesra can rush an opponent with a series of strikes.
• Shocking Venom (ショッキング・ベノム, Shokkingu Benomu): King Guesra's poisonous barbs are now electrified. Being exposed to them can cause a discharge of green electricity that can temporarily stun an opponent. This ability is rendered powerless upon losing his Feeler though.
• Venom Shot (ベノムショット, Benomu Shotto): King Guesra can launch energy-based needles from the barbs on his back.
• Fireballs: King Guesra can spit fireballs from his mouth.

Weaknesses

If the Feeler on the back of King Guesra's head is removed or destroyed, the monster will be greatly weakened, and it's Shocking Venom will no longer work.

Behind the Scenes

Portrayal

• Guesra was portrayed by suit actor, Teruo Aragaki in the original Ultraman series.
• King Guesra was portrayed by suit actor, Kazunori Yokoo in the film, Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers, and in the series, Ultraman X.
• King Guesra was portrayed by suit actor, Hiroyuki Arai in the series', Ultraman Taiga and Ultraman Decker.
• King Guesra was portrayed by suit actor, Yuto Nagachi in the series, Ultraman Z.

Notes

• Guesra's original costume was modified from the Peter suit.
• Guesra was orginally pitched to be a Guerlain Wasp larva who had mutated into a gigantic size, and was to have been made from modifying the Larva Mothra costume. However because the design was too difficult to fight with, Guesra's design was altered to look more lizard-like instead.

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