10 Toho Kaiju Who Need To Appear In The MonsterVerse After Godzilla Vs. Kong
2. Anguirus
The original kaiju to battle Godzilla in 1955’s Godzilla
Raids Again, Anguirus has appeared in a total of seven different live actions
Godzilla films. He is based on an Ankylosaurus, a large dinosaur with armour
plating across the back and a large bone club on the end of its tail. While the
Ankylosaurus dinosaur was herbivorous, Anguirus sports large rows of teeth.
Unlike Godzilla, Anguirus is a quadruped meaning he walks on all fours.
Three main versions of Anguirus have been featured in the Toho Godzilla franchise. The first one, in Godzilla Raids Again, was an enemy Godzilla had to face. A new Anguirus appeared in 1968’s Destroy All Monsters, living on ‘Monster Island’ with the other kaiju. This incarnation of Anguirus also appears in the films All Monsters Attack, Godzilla vs. Gigan, Godzilla vs. Megalon and Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla. The third Anguirus appears in 2004’s Godzilla: Final Wars where he is controlled by an alien race known as the Xiliens and forced to fight Godzilla.
Similarly to Mothra in 2019’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters,
the second incarnation of Anguirus seen commonly throughout the latter half of
the Shōwa era acted as an ally to Godzilla. With the tease of greater threats
and enemies in the future of the MonsterVerse, namely Mecha-King Ghidorah, Godzilla
could use all the allies it can get, and Anguirus certainly could fit the bill.