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Description (Ah, one of my personal favorites. Channeled some manta ray body structure with some of the concept art for “Dagahra”

DAGARLA

Height (at shoulder): 30 meters
Length: 150 meters
Mass: 40,000 metric tons

Bio:
To say that DAGARLA (sometimes called "Dagarha") is a living weapon would be like calling Godzilla "a big lizard." Single-minded and ferocious by nature, Dagarla attacks and destroys without mercy, and all that intimidating jargon than follows the wake of the deadly sea monster. Yet where did such a monstrousity come from? It can't be natural, and it's too perfect a destroyer to be a simple mutation...

As expected, Dagarla is a creation of Gigamass, made to purge the world’s oceans. When Shiori went back home to her native Okinawa for the summer, she didn’t expect the curse of the living bio-tech to follow her even there. The tides around the island were turning red with BAREM, small starfish mutations made by Dagarla himself to assimilate raw biomass for the monster’s energy supply. Ghogo’s bodily fluids fought off the ill effects of the Barems’ venom, but the only way to get rid of Dagarla was to try and find some old Elias tech.
Shiori and a pair of dorks from her summer school classes soon found themselves deep in an ancient Elias-made temple, long hidden beneath the waves, thanks to Belvera’s meddling. Meanwhile, Mothra arrived to battle Dagarla, but the sea monster proved itself nigh-untouchable while under water, and Mothra soon found herself being dragged beneath the waves to share her mother’s fate…until BATTRA intervened! The armored insect was more than capable of fighting undersea while Mothra climbed the tower to try and heal her Barem-covered body.

Deep within the structure, the kids found a holographic download of one of the Elias's chief scientists. She gave them a strange new object, the "Orb of Love." She revealed to them that the Seal of Faith, bound to Ghogo's tail, was one of the tools used to seal Gigamass. The Orb was the second, but it was no longer safe with her now that Gigamass has targeted the tower. So, she gave it to Shiori.

It wasn’t until Ghogo’s power was finally unlocked that the little piece of Gigamass, intended to be a failsafe should the power ever go out-of-control, sacrificed its energy to rid Mothra of the Barem infection.

Mothra and Battra lead a combined elemental assault on Dagarla and destroyed the monster. But with Ghogo gone and the Gigamass core still hidden somewhere, how could Mothra hope to erase this menace?

Abilties/Aspects:
- Able to produce Barem, who, in turn, collect organic matter, with which to produce more Barem.
- Can fire Irabushan beam from mouth
- Limited flight
- Able to create waterspouts (giant water tornados)
- Can swim in excess of 50 knots
- Shoulder cannons can fire concentrated Barems and toxins to attack foes

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Comments: 132

Sharkboy219 [2009-08-25 15:19:41 +0000 UTC]

love this one too

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Eternal-Mothra [2009-08-25 15:09:41 +0000 UTC]

Finally an awesome image of Dagarah! Great work!

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Mindslave24-7 [2009-08-25 15:05:42 +0000 UTC]

Revenge of the Giant Sucky Monsters!
Ha! Take that!

Now if he'd just eat all those annoying kids...
...Oh wait, that was the third movie...
...and they still weren't eaten. Rats!

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Mecha-GREGOLE [2009-08-25 14:53:59 +0000 UTC]

Now, this one I just plain love. I always thought Dagarla was a bit awkward looking, but I also liked a lot about him. This does a pretty good job of expanding on what made him interesting. The lack of the hind legs does a bit for the design, I think, and I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought he should be more manta ray and less sea dragon.

The face is also an improvement, as it looks both sleek and streamlined, yet it fits onto the huge, brutish body.

All in all, it's different, but still very in character.

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mdizzle999872 [2009-08-25 14:39:59 +0000 UTC]

Godzilla: I'll leave this to the moths, I'm sick of saving the day only to get attacked in return

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paladin095 [2009-08-25 14:36:42 +0000 UTC]

damm this guy looks like a jet battle =O!

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KeitaroFox In reply to ??? [2009-08-25 14:09:08 +0000 UTC]

You are able to recreate the Godzilla textures really well while adding your own little twist.

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LordNidhogg [2009-08-25 14:03:24 +0000 UTC]

Holy crap is that amazing. I can't wait to see what you have for Razin.

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Thirkanis In reply to ??? [2009-08-25 13:45:34 +0000 UTC]

Cool work man.

Post some Gamera Universe Monsters please.

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Deadlyvenom235 [2009-08-25 13:36:08 +0000 UTC]

Nice work man. Can't wait till Razin.

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Dino-master [2009-08-25 13:18:07 +0000 UTC]

Been waiting long time for this guy, it is so cool!

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ToshirotheKnightWolf [2009-08-25 13:16:25 +0000 UTC]

not bad man, not bad at all.

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ProfessorCene In reply to ??? [2009-08-25 13:13:23 +0000 UTC]

Awesome. Just awesome.

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TheKaijuMaster [2009-08-25 12:54:54 +0000 UTC]

Dagarla has always been a favorable kaiju of mine and I just love how you managed to revamp the design and retain its distinctive elements to it Definate fav!

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Kaijuverse1954 In reply to TheKaijuMaster [2009-08-25 14:44:10 +0000 UTC]

Uh, for your sake. I maybe draw Olragon fights against Dagarla in Pacific Ocean.

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MegamanNeos [2009-08-25 12:51:10 +0000 UTC]

I can't think of anything intelligent to say to describe how incredible this is, so- cmdhsaccj bxvzcjhxc va

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ThunderWolfang [2009-08-25 12:45:35 +0000 UTC]

Incredible!

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SirKaijuOfVaudeville In reply to ??? [2009-08-25 12:44:45 +0000 UTC]

Impressive! I like how you kept the original design mostly intact while adding your own touch to Dagarla!
But, Isnt Dagarla female?

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va0027 In reply to ??? [2009-08-25 12:35:34 +0000 UTC]

nice

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Blackvegetable In reply to ??? [2009-08-25 12:32:07 +0000 UTC]

Like a fusion between a manta ray, a lizard, and a fish. AWESOME!

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Kaiju-Saurus In reply to ??? [2009-08-25 12:27:17 +0000 UTC]

i really enjoy the concept of this guy here, much more better looking then his movie counterpart... hate to be a picky nose but what happen to that star fish monster Barem

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MightyMorphinPower4 [2009-08-25 11:59:03 +0000 UTC]

awsome work here

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imposterzilla [2009-08-25 11:42:23 +0000 UTC]

AWESOME! oNE OF MY FAVORITE KAIJU! YOU'RE ONE OF THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE THIS KAIJU JUSTICE! tHANK YOU.
(collapses)

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Enshohma In reply to ??? [2009-08-25 10:14:34 +0000 UTC]

This is truly one of the best redesigns you've done for the series, and I hope you plan to follow through and draw the Barem as well...maybe even combine them with Hitoda / the Mutant Starfish from one of the unmade sequels to "Smog Monster"?

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Barugaron In reply to Enshohma [2009-08-26 02:03:52 +0000 UTC]

that is one of the best ideas ever.

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avatarblade2000 In reply to Barugaron [2009-08-30 21:44:37 +0000 UTC]

Agreed. I only wish I'd been quick enough to recommend it first. :/

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KaijuX [2009-08-25 10:07:36 +0000 UTC]

...I don't know what to say... THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!!! I just simply love it! It looks freaking bad@$$!! And you just turned one of my favorite characters into the number 2 (Godzilla always being number 1, lol) character in the Neo franchise!!! I highly anticipate Razin's arrival. And the Battra twist... Awesome!

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The-Numb-Skull [2009-08-25 09:52:44 +0000 UTC]

Dagarla looks bad ass! ROM 2 was my least favorite of the trilogy, but Dagarla was the best thing about the movie. He had a great design and some pretty awesome powers too, all of which you've enhanced 100 fold here in this drawing. You never fail to impress, dude, and better yet you make it look easy to revamp something. But I know it takes a lot of hard work to keep pumping out high quality work like this, but I certainly appreciate it.

It's stuff like this that reminds me why I'm still a fan of daikaiju eiga to this day.

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MugenSeiRyuu [2009-08-25 09:48:48 +0000 UTC]

Already liked his normal Design, but that makes him even more cool and badass, wow!

Also nice connection between the Mothra Trilogy and the backstory of the 1992 Godzilla vs. Mothra.

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hewhowalksdeath In reply to ??? [2009-08-25 09:44:31 +0000 UTC]

ohohoho! XD The design, the concept, so original and beautiful. It gave justice to that amazing monster!

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reversemoon [2009-08-25 09:33:28 +0000 UTC]

I really like the deign on this guy. I can completely imagine him streaming through the water. Even with the giant shoulders, he looks really streamline.

It's 2:30 in the morning. Hurrah for insomnia.

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