Zaigorg

Zaigorg
Japanese	ザイゴーグ
Rōmaji	Zaigōgu
Information
Type	Monster
Height	66 m
Weight	70,000 t
Homeworld	Hell Earth
Affiliation	Gorg Antlar, Gorg Fire Golza, Tsurugi Demaaga Kei Fukuide (Capsule Owner)
Appearances
Series	Ultraman X Ultraman Geed
First Appearance	Ultraman X The Movie: Here He Comes! Our Ultraman
Latest Appearance	Inheritor of the Dream

Zaigorg (ザイゴーグ, Zaigōgu) is a monster that appeared in the film, Ultraman X The Movie: Here He Comes! Our Ultraman.

• Subtitle: Devil Beast (閻魔獣, Enmajū)

History

Ultraman X The Movie: Here He Comes! Our Ultraman

Millions of years ago, Zaigorg was an ancient evil who used its demonic powers to transform Earth into a literal hell. Zaigorg would rule the world until the beast was confronted by a giant of the heavens, who defeated it and sealed Zaigorg deep within a temple in Baraji with the help of a blue stone known as the "Jasper Stone". During Zaigorg's imprisonment, a giant of earth stood guard over the stone, where it was foretold that its combined light with that of the previous giant would be used in the event of the demon's release. Many years later in modern-day Japan, Zaigorg's temple would be disturbed by the arrival of internet celebrity, Carlos Kurosaki, who was shooting an urban exploration video of his adventure inside the temple at the same time as Xio's investigation of activity deep within the temple as well.

Noticing the Jasper Stone and believing himself to be worthy of the "combined light", Kurosaki recklessly took the stone from its placement. With the giant's power no longer keeping it down, Zaigorg awoke, freed from its imprisonment. The beast immediately went on a rampage and threatened to trample Tsukasa and Yuto Tamaki (whom were also on an expedition of the temple), until it was confronted by Ultraman X, who rescued the mother and son. X fought fiercely, but even after transforming into his Exceed X form, Zaigorg's extreme durability and demonic powers were far too much for the ultra to handle, even knocking away his Exceed X Slash attack. Finally, Zaigorg took the ultra out of action with his Bloody Flooding attack, which left Daichi unable to unite with X, and allowing Zaigorg to escape underground and immediately makes its way towards the source of its hatred: the Jasper Stone.

Learning of the beast's trajectory, Xio attempted to intercept its path of destruction by utilizing Cyber Gomora and a plethora of Cyber Card-based weapons. Their ambush managed to draw the beast to the surface, but their attack did little to no harm to Zaigorg itself, who easily took out Cyber Gomora with its needles. Then using its demonic power, Zaigorg created Gorg Antlar and Gorg Fire Golza, demonic counterparts of their original selves who's hell-based abilities allowed the trio of monsters to decimate Xio's operation and rampage in Tokyo. As the gorg monsters wrought destruction onto the city, Zaigorg headed straight for the Carlos Communications building (where the Jasper Stone was being held,) and attacked it, hoping to destroy the stone once and for all. Suddenly just as the beast was about to reach the stone, Zaigorg was confronted by three ultras: The giant of the heavens: Ultraman, whom the Jasper Stone had taken the form of. The giant of earth: Ultraman Tiga, whom Yuto was able to transform into with the help of a restored Spark Lens. And Ultraman X, whom was was able to reunite with Daichi thanks to the combined light of the two ultras.

With Tiga fighting Gorg Antlar, and Ultraman fighting Gorg Fire Golza, X was once again left to face Zaigorg by himself. With Xio assisting all three ultras, the three demonic monsters were no match for the combined forces of the ultras and the defense force, with X receiving a second wind and now able to stand up much better against Zaigorg than previously. Despite this though, Zaigorg would not give up, and after Gorg Antlar and Gorg Fire Golza were destroyed, Zaigorg opened his second mouth and began siphoning the light of Ultraman and Ultraman Tiga with its tentacles. With their stolen energy, Zaigorg impaled X with its needles, mortally wounding the ultra, and allowing the beast to unleash five Tsurugi Demaagas around the world, with Zaigorg now intent on unleashing more monsters onto the rest of the world with the ultras' energy.

With the help of Xio's encouragement, as well as Doctor Guruman finishing a pair of Cyber Cards based on Ultraman and Ultraman Tiga, X was revitalized once more and given a new upgrade: The Beta Spark Armor and Sword. Freeing the two ultras from Zaigorg's tentacles, X severed the beast's club hand, and both Ultraman and Ultraman Tiga merged with his armor and empowered the other ultras that were fighting the Tsurugi Demaaga entourage, while X himself fought with Zaigorg, who was no match for the superpowered ultra. Finally, Ultraman X finished off Zaigorg with his Beta Spark Arrow attack, which obliterated the demonic monster. ^{[Ultraman X The Movie: Here He Comes! Our Ultraman]}

Ultraman Geed

Zaigorg was one of the many Kaiju Capsules that was in the possession of the Alien Sturm, Kei Fukuide. When a Dada who was hunting Kei with his customized Legionoid had the amnesiac author cornered, the alien mentioned the name of Kei's former master: Ultraman Belial. Upon hearing it, his memories suddenly returned. No longer cowering in fear like he was before, Kei summoned Zaigorg's monster capsule, and the demonic monster was unleashed upon the Legionoid. The Dada tried its best to fight back, but despite all of the modifications that he had made to Belial's former robot, it paled in comparison to the Zaigorg's strength, and both alien and robot were destroyed by his Bloody Flooding attack.

Riku arrived on the scene, and after Kei learned of Riku's presence too, the crazed Sturm alien assisted Zaigorg by fusing with his monster capsules of Eleking and Ace Killer once again to take the form of the fusion beast, Thunder Killer. Unable to save Kei now, Riku transformed into Ultraman Geed to stop him and his monsters. With Thunder Killer and Zaigorg working together, Geed was no match for both monsters, in his primitive form. However after transforming into his Royal Mega-Master form, Geed regained his momentum by fighting back with the King Sword. Finally, Zaigorg was destroyed by the "Lance Spark" attack by Ultraman Jack's ultra capsule. ^{[Inheritor of the Dream]}

Other appearances

Miscellaneous

• Zaigorg makes a cameo appearance in episode 6 of SSSS.Gridman as a toy figure that Utsumi plays with, along with some kids.

Abilities

• Gorg Reggis (ゴーグレグジス, Gōgu Regujisu): Zaigorg's right hand is a demonic club, which he uses to bludgeon opponents and cause destruction. It can be charged with demonic energy to inflict more damage.
• Bloody Flooding (ブラディフラッディング, Buradi Furaddingu): Zaigorg can fire a reddish-black demonic heat ray from his mouth. The ray is strong enough to take out Ultraman X in one strike, as well as damage the X Deviser that X resides in. He can fire a much more stronger variation of this attack from the second mouth in his chest.
• Devil Avatar Beasts (閻魔分身獣, Enma Bunshinjū): Zaigorg can create demonic counterparts of pre-existing monsters from the spines on his back by launching them.
• Needle Barrage: Zaigorg can launch the spines on his back as projectiles at his opponents.
• Tentacles: Zaigorg has a pair of retractable tentacles in his second mouth. These tentacles can ensnare opponents and siphon them of their energy to empower Zaigorg.
• Durability: Thanks to his Bose-Einstein condensate skin, Zaigorg's skin is considerably durable. Able to withstand a plethora of attacks without showing any signs of damage, such as Ultraman X's Xanadium Beam, Exceed X's Slash attack, and many of Xio's Cyber Monster card weapons.
• Burrowing: By utilizing his Bloody Flooding attack, Zaigorg can generate a lake of blood, which the monster uses to burrow underground in. When Zaigorg resurfaces, a lake of blood is formed in his wake as well.

Behind the scenes

Portrayal

• Zaigorg was portrayed by suit actor Yoshiki Kuwabara.

Notes

• Zaigorg's overall design and being himself are tied to connections with Hell:
  • His horns are based on a demon's horns.
  • His club hand is based on the clubs wielded by Oni in Japanese mythology.
  • His back spikes are designed to resemble a mountains made of needles.
  • His tail is based on a Saw.
  • His mouth is designed to resemble the pool of blood in hell.
  • His eyes are designed to resemble the 64 eyed hellish oni.
  • His roar is meant to sound like the laugh of Satan.
  • His name also takes inspiration from "jigoku" (stylized "Zigoku"), meaning hell in Chinese.
• Aside for his design's connections to hell, Zaigorg's design also draws influence from various monsters in the Ultra Series:
  • His eyes are based on the alien, Alien Baltan.
  • His head is based on the monster, Neronga.
  • His chest is based on the monster, Greenmons.
  • His tentacles and tail are based on the monster, Suflan.
  • His arms are based on the monster, Red King.
  • His back spikes are based on the Toho monster, Varan.
  • Lastly, Zaigorg's overall design was based on that of Arch Belial's appearance,
• Zaigorg was always meant to have a monster design as prior to the Ultraman X series's syndication, the villain of the previous film, Etelgar, had a more humanoid design.
• Film Director Kiyotaka Taguchi had stated that the reason why the X-Lugger (and to an extent, Exceed X) were no match against Zaigorg was because Daichi's emotions could not comprehend those of Zaigorg's, due to the monster's origin from Hell.
• Zaigorg's costume would later be used and modified to become the Snake Darkness suit.

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