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Daimon (ダイモン, Daimon), being often refereed as Vampiric yōkai Daimon (吸血妖怪ダイモン, Daimon) is a vicious vampire yōkai or akuma from Ancient Babylonia. Since his debut in the 1968 film Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare, Daimon became a recurring character and made cameo appearances in several related medias.
Appearance[]
Daimon is a humanoid akuma with dark blue skin and dark green scales. He has a tall, veiny forehead, prominent brows and cheek bones, a curved, hook nose, four sharp fangs, eyes with yellowish sclera and red pupils, with black shading surrounding them, a deranged smile, a chest resembling a ribcage, scaly membranes that act as wings, scaly calves, and three-clawed hands and feet, with a bird-like dewclaw on the latter. He wears a belt adorned with multiple skulls, and wields a staff called "Mashaku".
People Daimon possesses can be recognized by his dark shading carrying onto their eyes.
Personality[]
History[]
Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare[]
Daimon served as the main antagonist of the film.
After 4,000 years of slumber, the demonic vampire was awoken in Babylonia when its tomb was disturbed by treasure hunters. After killing them, it took to the sky and flew towards Japan. As an exotic demon, he hadn't been recorded into Abura-Sumashi's literatures.
After capsizing a ship, it fought a samurai leader. However, the samurai lost and the Daimon possessed his body. After drinking the blood of many humans, the Daimon decided to drink the blood of children. It was at this point a Kappa attempted to lay claim as the 'local yokai' and fought the demon, retreating when Daimon vigorously rubbed it's head dish against a wooden post. The Kappa returned later with a few of it's yokai friends, but the Daimon once again, proved to be to powerful in the dark arts. One of the yokai whistled, and summoned all the local yokai to battle. It was then found out that its weakness was its eyes, and was stabbed in the right eye, thus ending the demon's life.
USO MAKOTO Yōkai Hyaku Monogatari[]
Daimon and Yasunori Katō served as the major antagonists along with Yasunori Katō and some others.
The Great Yōkai War: Guardians: Side Story: Heian Hyakkitan[]
While Daimon itself didn't make a direct appearance, the vengeful Abe no Seimei, one of the major antagonists of the novelization who was empowering Nue, was briefly called
Powers and Abilities[]
Daimon casting shadow clones.
Demonic powers
- Sizeshifting: Daimon can freely alter his size up to 6.06 meters in height or more.
- Shadow Cloning: One of Daimon's signature abilities is his capability to create shadow clones to disrupt and attack opponents. However, each clones are also vulnerable to physical and mental damages.
- Possession: Daimon, after killing targets, can possess on their corpses and disguise as the victims to engage in secret maneuvers. His shadow clones are also capable of possessing targets.
Flight: Daimon is capable of flying with its wings.
Equipments[]
Daimon about to cast winds with his Mashaku.
Mashaku (魔笏 Mashaku, lit. "Demonic Hu"): It is the primal weapon of Daimon which is a 4 shaku (1.212m) long golden staff with an ax-like hatchet and a reptilian head on top.
Legend[]
Daiei Film's 80th Anniversary event poster featuring Daimon along with Gamera and Dai-Majin and various other yōkai.
Daimon was the only original character being introduced in Showa's Yōkai Monsters Series prior to the bankruptcy of Daei Film in 1971, while later productions by Kadokawa Corporation, The Great Yōkai War (2005) and The Great Yōkai War: Guardians (2021) increasingly introduced more of such characters, most notably Yasunori Katō by Hiroshi Aramata, Kikai, Yomotsu-Mono, Yōkaijū, Yōkai Grand Elder, along with Gamera and Dai-Majin in the 2021 film and its related productions.
Casting of Chikara Hashimoto for Daimon, along with its design and acting were heavily influenced by Dai-Majin. Daimon's suit was sculpted by Yasuei Yagi's company Ex Production, alongside the other yōkai in the film. The company made suits for a number of different monsters, including ones from Toei Company and Tsuburaya Productions, but mostly made suits for Daei Film.
Trivia[]
- Daimon's action figure along with toys of other Yokai appeared in the previous films briefly appeared in the 2006 film Gamera the Brave.
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References[]
- ↑ Hirokazu Minemori, 2021, The Great Yōkai War: Guardians: Side Story: Heian Hyakkitan, pp.271-272, Media Works Bunko, Kadokawa