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Supersonic MonsterRODAN
Height: 45 meters
Mass: 10,000 metric tons
Wingspan: 100 meters
Type 1 - Beast Class
Bio:
RODAN is the last remaining pterosaur on the planet. The flying monster's species has been theorized as one which inhabited the collosal island chain in the south pacific 65 million years ago, along with Gojirasaurs and Angilasaurs. Yet, like Anguirus, Rodan is so much more massive than any other member of his species, yet there is no indication as to how he became so enormous.
Rodan is a largely solitary kaiju, as he doesn't seem to share any sort of bond with Godzilla or Anguirus. True, the three have been seen fighting alongside each other, but Rodan is usually the first to leave. This could very well be because the current Rodan is the survivor of three Rodans who appeared in the late 50's, he being their son. As a result, this behavior indicates that Rodans are solitary animals until they find mates, but Rodan has detached himself from the rest of the kaiju to the opposite extreme of Godzilla's and Angurius's relationship.
Rodan is no friend of humankind, though he is not particularly aggressive. That is to say, he's happy just staying away from people and eating fish and whales in the open ocean. Granted, the original pair that appeared in 1956 immediatelly began killing people and ravaged Fukuoka, but this was largely territorial, and the two assumed their home to have been invaded. When the younger Rodan discovered how wide-spread humans were, he simply decided to leave.
Rodan values his freedom above all else. Any attempts to capture the monster have been met with extreme aggression. As such, the EDF has issued a "no-fly-zone" around any area that Rodan currently roosts.
NOTE: It is important to consider that Rodan has an INTENSE aggression towards Meganula-spawn. He does not simply eat them...he ensures that an entire radius of them is wiped clean. It should be noted that Megaguirus provides the most even match of air-born prowess to Rodan's own.
Abilities/Aspects:
- Flight at speed of excess of Mach 3 (powered flight)
- Extreme flight speed results in massive sonic booms and shockwaves
- Maneuverability outmached only by Varan and Megaguirus
- Crests on head change color with mood
- Abdomen impervious to most weaponry, though otherwise relies on speed and dodging. A direct hit WILL stun, even drop the creature from the sky
Character (c) Toho
Redesigned by Matt Frank
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Comments: 102
TheRantingPhoenix [2011-05-31 02:19:55 +0000 UTC]
Very nice. I'm not really sure why, but he is my favorite monster.
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AHumanNamedJericho [2011-05-06 16:39:38 +0000 UTC]
Sweet! A powerful creature in its own right. Rodan!
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Sashiryuu [2011-04-21 11:14:42 +0000 UTC]
this has always been my favorite kaiju besides of ghidorah and godzilla. Never saw such a beautiful picture of him!
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KaijuDuke In reply to ??? [2010-12-02 06:19:19 +0000 UTC]
I always assumed Rodan was a radioactive mutant just like Godzilla, though after browsing the web & recalling my memories of the original Rodan movie, it does seem like were simply hatched from their previously preserved eggs due to JUST human mining activities rather than nuclear activity, which would indicate they are of a previously unknown ENORMOUS species of pterosaur, or at they evolved into this form over time or whatever. Though it IS possible there could have been some form of radioactive materials down in the earth, like Uranium perhaps, or some mutagenic compound "shrugs"
I know the Heisi series version of Rodan was later mutated into Fire Rodan after the psychic kids song awakened it and it absorbed Godzilla's leftover radiation, but could its original form have also been mutated beforehand? There had to have been other Rodans on that island beforehand unless its egg and Baby Godzilla's were truly that old.
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jira004 [2010-11-10 05:26:39 +0000 UTC]
i dont know if anyone has mention this or not, but would you count the wind breath attack from RODAN (1956) as an attack? even though it was seen and used just once?
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wulfjakal In reply to ??? [2010-09-23 01:07:59 +0000 UTC]
one of my favouryt monsters of the godzilla series
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theultimatepwnzor In reply to ??? [2010-08-14 23:02:52 +0000 UTC]
wait...if rodan is a pterosaur, then.....there were dinos THAT giant!?
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AbsenteeKiller In reply to ??? [2010-08-14 04:24:46 +0000 UTC]
Rodan always was and always will be my personal favorite.
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lord-natahan [2010-07-13 04:19:14 +0000 UTC]
You have done my favorite kaiju extreme justice! And to correct my first comment on your neo works, I hate the American godzilla MOVIE, I love the animated series almost as much as the movies, Mostly the creative monsters and giant battles though.
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GodzillaNKS [2010-07-02 03:33:49 +0000 UTC]
I always thought Rodan should have had more movies, in the showa series he was the only one to be able to resist Godzilla's nuclear breath.
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gromhellscrea12 [2010-02-26 03:48:56 +0000 UTC]
I've always wondered if Rodan and Mothra were ever at least respectful to one another. After all, they're both lords of the skies..
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KingKongDude [2009-12-10 22:34:23 +0000 UTC]
Awesome Rodan kicks ass!!! I love it. Please do Fire Rodan
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survivor-127 [2009-12-10 00:56:25 +0000 UTC]
I love how he looks more sleek yet still looks like he can walk on two legs or on all 4.
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HA HA HA I'M ALIVE!
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Vagrant-Verse [2009-11-05 04:25:19 +0000 UTC]
Doesn't look like he could fly, but then again, pterosaurs glided. Looks like this new version could actually take a hit or two. I like it.
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LiftyShiftyFan [2009-10-08 16:38:58 +0000 UTC]
will you do kreithza?? or something like that
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Guyverman In reply to ??? [2009-07-25 04:36:37 +0000 UTC]
I'm happy to hear that you're doing some minor edits do your Neo entires.
Bye the way, I have some suggestions you could try doing :
-Maybe you could try giving GINO a smaller chin.
-You could try making the Gargantuas having bigger waists.
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center64 In reply to ??? [2009-07-22 16:22:52 +0000 UTC]
Dude i have to say i love the edit on the pic
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JacobSpencerKaiju79 In reply to ??? [2009-05-25 02:03:07 +0000 UTC]
How can it fly with those torn-up wings?
It's not a bad design, but I like the old upright retro-style of the original version. I do like how the face looks, but I think the older drawing you made of Rodan a long time ago looked way better than this.
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Phaedrolous In reply to ??? [2009-02-08 21:43:07 +0000 UTC]
The current Rodan is a male!? I thought it was female. The name does imply something feminine, doesn't it?
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hewhowalksdeath In reply to Phaedrolous [2009-03-18 09:00:42 +0000 UTC]
...in a way...but no. it still got some manliness on it.
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IcyColdSephiroth [2008-12-17 19:57:30 +0000 UTC]
Does he ever get the ability to fire the Uranium Heat Beam?
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Dray84 In reply to IcyColdSephiroth [2009-06-02 06:39:15 +0000 UTC]
I was just about to ask that myself...
Anywho, not that I've seen a lot of 'em, but it's still worth something saying this is the best "custom" Rodan I've ever seen. Totally digging the whole "Make it look like an actual Pterosaur" thing. My favorite part of this piece, though, is definitely the head.
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Dray84 In reply to Dray84 [2009-09-22 08:14:43 +0000 UTC]
Coming back to this, I feel compelled to mention that Rodan is also one of the few monsters (not sure if anyone else displayed this) that actually showed a resistance to Godzilla's atomic breath. He actually seemed fairly immune to it.
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Rabble-Rabble-Rabbi [2008-11-19 14:18:32 +0000 UTC]
Rodan was always my next favorite Japanese monster next to Godzilla, I fucking love it.
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Stranger-D-Eternal [2008-11-11 09:34:00 +0000 UTC]
Did you know? His Japanese name is RADON?
It's was taken from the the name "Pteranodon"
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hewhowalksdeath In reply to Stranger-D-Eternal [2009-03-18 09:00:11 +0000 UTC]
yeah, but they can't spell it like that in the english releases due to confusion to some nuclear element or something...
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Stranger-D-Eternal In reply to hewhowalksdeath [2009-03-18 09:47:51 +0000 UTC]
Those guys always changes things,like in Street Fighter,ouki was changed into Akuma because he looks evil,in fact he's just a man with a code of honor,and he's kinda crazy to me
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hewhowalksdeath In reply to Stranger-D-Eternal [2009-03-18 10:01:23 +0000 UTC]
...yeah...DAMN YOU 60S ENGLISH DUBBING!
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Stranger-D-Eternal In reply to hewhowalksdeath [2009-03-18 10:17:57 +0000 UTC]
Let me tell you one thing.
Japanese people got more balls (that's how you say it,right?)
Why?The Japanese created Hentai,they made awesome shows onelike any other,their mangas and animes have bloods and many more reason
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hewhowalksdeath In reply to Stranger-D-Eternal [2009-03-18 10:26:25 +0000 UTC]
YEAH!!!!! TO THE NIPPON!!!! TO THE VOCALOIDS! TO THE UNCUT AND CONTROVERTIAL HORROR MOVIES WITH GORE BUCKETS!
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Stranger-D-Eternal In reply to hewhowalksdeath [2009-03-18 10:30:04 +0000 UTC]
To their insanely gross but awesome hentais!To the video games they made!
Even though they're awesome,my love is to only one nation....Indonesia
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hewhowalksdeath In reply to Stranger-D-Eternal [2009-03-18 10:46:44 +0000 UTC]
...well, can't say the same here (damn politicians...)
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Stranger-D-Eternal In reply to hewhowalksdeath [2009-03-18 11:02:07 +0000 UTC]
Sometimes those guys do idiotic things
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tod309 In reply to ??? [2008-10-04 01:59:07 +0000 UTC]
Your remake of Rodan is incredible. He actually looks like a pterosaur and not some guy in a dinosaur costume.
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The-Final-Wraith [2008-09-29 21:08:40 +0000 UTC]
Does this Rodan ever get powered up into Fire Rodan?
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KaijuX In reply to The-Final-Wraith [2009-04-18 02:25:45 +0000 UTC]
Highly doubt it. Mecha-King is unlikely too.
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Kaijuobserver In reply to KaijuX [2009-07-13 22:36:07 +0000 UTC]
acutally it is likely that mecha king ghidorah is going to be in neo
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KaijuX In reply to Kaijuobserver [2009-07-13 22:45:09 +0000 UTC]
I know. Just got news (a couple of months ago) that Keizer is NOT going into be in Godzilla Neo. So that gives Mecha-King a big chance for a redesign.
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Kaijuobserver In reply to KaijuX [2009-07-13 22:55:37 +0000 UTC]
hmm... i wonder if matt is going to make a fire rodan aka rodan's fire form
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KaijuX In reply to Kaijuobserver [2009-07-13 23:01:09 +0000 UTC]
Unlikely. But we'll have to wait for that.
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Kaijuobserver In reply to KaijuX [2009-07-13 23:13:44 +0000 UTC]
yeah but i wonder when matt is going to make his own original kaijus or at least a wolf kaijus and bear kaijus
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KaijuX In reply to Kaijuobserver [2009-07-13 23:57:43 +0000 UTC]
I can't see why not. If in G Neo, NO! There are no customs for the series. Gameranime on the other hand, yes.
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megagirus07 In reply to ??? [2008-09-20 16:59:43 +0000 UTC]
RODAN: THE WINGED SAMURAI OF THE SKY
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