Yōkaijū (Guardians)

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Yōkaijū (Guardians)
Name
Japanese	妖怪獣
Rōmaji	Yōkaijū
Meaning	Yōkai Beast Yōkai Kaijū
Profile
Species	Unknown Spirits of fossilized animals
Gender	Unknown
Affiliation	Yasunori Katō (temporary)

Not to be confused with the alias of Kōryū.

Yōkaijū (妖怪獣 Yōkaijū, lit. Yōkai Kaijū) is an accumulation of prehistoric fossils of marine organisms and their spirits from the Fossa Magna, appeared in the 2021 film The Great Yōkai War: Guardians.

Appearance

Its initial form, resembling a giant wheel or a fossilized Ammonoidea with a man-like giant mask, is 300 meters in diameter. In its final, it becomes a gigantic sea serpent-like beast that is much bigger than his previous form.

Personality

As they had been trapped in the Fossa Magna, their goal is to reach the Pacific to rest.

History

Yōkaijū as its initial form being sliced by Dai-Majin.

Yōkaijū went on a rampage under influences by Daidarabotchi aka Mishaguji.

Powers and Abilities

Levitation: Yōkaijū in the final form can fly without wings.

Invisibility

Transformation: After being sliced by Dai-Majin on Suiryū, Yōkaijū turned into the final form.

Trivia

• The relationship between Yōkaijū and Gyōbu-Danuki in the The Great Yōkai War: Guardians is loosely based on Kōryū and Gyōbu-Danuki in the GeGeGe no Kitarō series as the tanukis want to use the monsters to destroy Tokyo and humanities in both series. Gyōbu-Danuki in The Great Yokai War: Guardians wanted to utilize Yōkaijū to break the seal of Daidarabotchi, who is regarded as the origin of Yokai, to eliminate humanity.
  • Unlike Kōryū, the general appearance of this Yōkaijū which resembles a dragon, is physically more akin to the original lore of Kōryū being a kin to Mizuchi.
• The Yomotsu-Mono appeared in the 2005 film The Great Yōkai War bears similarities and contrasts to the 2021 Yōkaijū in backgrounds and characteristics. For instance, both are giant flying monsters and are accumulation of spirits that couldn't have been able to rest in peace.
• Within the prequel novelization The Great Yōkai War: Guardians: Side Story: Heian Hyakkitan, Nue instead appeared as the "False Yōkaijū" who were defeated by Gamera instead of Dai-Majin.