Jet Jaguar

Jet Jaguar (???????? - Jetto Jagâ) is a fictional robot that appears in the Godzilla film Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973). His abilities include being able to communicate with monsters, fly, and alter his own size. He also has floodlights located within his eyes.

Related Topics:
Godzilla - Godzilla vs. Megalon - 1973 - Floodlights

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Jet Jaguar was a human sized robot created by inventor Goro Ibuki. Having been stolen by the underground nation of Seatopia, Jet Jaguar's mission was to guide Megalon to Tokyo so the insect kaiju could destroy it. Eventually, however, Goro regained control of Jet Jaguar and sent him to fetch Godzilla from Monster Island. As Godzilla made his way to Japan, Jet Jaguar flew back to the mainland and faced`Megalon. Increasing his size to fifty meters, Jet Jaguar attacked Megalon and was winning the battle until the cyborg Gigan arrived to provide Megalon some back-up. The two evil beasts were too much for Jet Jaguar, who was beaten senseless until Godzilla arrived. After a long fight, Godzilla and Jet Jaguar were able to defeat their foes, sending Megalon back to Seatopia and Gigan back into outer space. After the fight, Jet Jaguar reverted to his normal size, and returned to his home with Goro.

Related Topics:
Megalon - Tokyo - Kaiju - Monster Island - Japan - Gigan

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Jet Jaguar was the result of a contest Toho had in mid-to-late 1972 for children to come up with a new hero for them to use (to capitalize on the many tokusatsu and anime superhero and super robot shows that were all the rage at the time). The winner of the contest was an elementary school student, who submitted the drawing of a robot called Red Arone. The robot resembled both Ultraman and Mazinger Z (both of which were very popular at the time). The robot was renamed "Jet Jaguar" and was set to star in a film vehicle for him, titled Jet Jaguar Vs. Megalon, which pitted him against Megalon (a previously unused Godzilla monster design). However, Toho figured Jet Jaguar would not be able to carry the film on his own, in screen appearance or marketing value (which was a big thing with Toho), so during pre-production, even after doing some tests and storyboards, the project was shut down for several weeks, until screenwriter Shinichi Sekizawa was called in to rewrite the script to add Godzilla and Gigan to have more marquee value. The resulting film, Godzilla Vs. Megalon, paired Godzilla with Jet Jaguar against both Megalon and Gigan.

Related Topics:
Toho - 1972 - Tokusatsu - Anime - Superhero - Super robot - Elementary school - Ultraman - Mazinger Z - Megalon - Shinichi Sekizawa - Godzilla - Gigan - Godzilla Vs. Megalon

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Jet Jaguar isn't very popular with too many fans, who often use him (along with Minya) as a mascot for the cheesy, childish side of the Godzilla series. However, some fans remember him nostalgically, especially those who are also fans of tokusatsu superheroes and anime super robots (which resulted in his creation in the first place).

Related Topics:
Minya - Tokusatsu - Superheroes - Anime - Super robots

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Jet Jaguar has also appeared in the video game ' and in the mini-series Godzilla Island, which used stop motion animation with Bandai action figures.

Related Topics:
Stop motion - Bandai

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