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Meganulon Designs
None
ShodaiMeganuron
GiraMeganuron
Monster Design
The Meganuron as it is seen in Rodan
Meganuron
Type
Suit
Nicknames
None
Portrayed By
Haruo Nakajima
Used In
Rodan

The ShodaiMeganuron (初代メガヌロン?) is the Meganulon suit design used in the 1956 Toho film, Rodan.


Name[]

The ShodaiMeganuron's name comes from shodai (初代?), meaning first generation, and Meganuron, which comes from Meganulon's Japanese name, Meganuron (メガヌロン?).

Detail[]

The ShodaiMeganuron is mostly a dark brown all throughout its body, with a segmented body, six thin legs, a very long, fat, armored body, and a tail that drags along the ground. Its pincers have a spiky, sharp, and thin crab pincer-like shape, and its legs are segmented and have a single claw on each foot. Its face has large, bulging blue compound eyes, an almost spherically-shaped mouth which can open up, a hair-like substance under the mouth, and tusks on each cheek.

Gallery[]

Production[]

Rodan[]

Screenshots[]

Rodan[]

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