This incarnation is typically called the First Generation Anguirus (初代アンギラス, Shodai Angirasu) or Anguirus (First Generation) (アンギラス（初代）, Angirasu Shodai), though the video game Godzilla Kaiju Collection referred to him as Anguirus (GyakuGoji) (アンギラス（逆ゴジ）, Angirasu Gyakugoji).Īnguirus concept art for Godzilla Raids Again in 1959 as Gigantis, the Fire Monster, advertising materials spelled the monster's name as Angurus, which was also how it was pronounced in the English dub. When Godzilla Raids Again was released in the United States by Warner Bros. The original English name given to Anguirus by Toho was Angilas, as seen in the company's 1955 international sales booklet. Many of the rejected names were later used for the original monsters featured in the tie-in manga Rampage Godzilla. Actor Yoshio Tsuchiya, who played the character Tajima in the film, proposed the name ' Gyottos' for the monster. The name was chosen from several names proposed by employees of Toho during production of Godzilla Raids Again. Anguirus's Japanese name, Angirasu (アンギラス), comes from the Japanese spelling of the name of the dinosaur genus Ankylosaurus (アンキロサウルス, Ankirosaurusu), upon which the monster's design is based.
