Manda

Manda is also a nickname for the female name Amanda.

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Manda (???) is a fictional monster in some of Toho's kaiju eiga and tokusatsu films. His name comes from "ten-thousand snake" (which would be ?? - Manda in kanji).

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He first appeared in the 1963 tokusatsu film Atragon as the god and guardian of the underwater kingdom of Mu and got into a brief skirmish with the Gotengo (the submarine of the title's actual name) and was frozen by a freezer beam. Manda later appeared in Destroy All Monsters and attacked London and was used by the Kilaaks in their attack on Tokyo along with Godzilla, Rodan and Mothra.

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He made some stock footage cameos in a few more films but otherwise, Destroy All Monsters would be his last film appearance until ' where once again he is pitted against a redesigned Gotengo (Atragon) off the coast of Normandy and is defeated after being heated up in an underwater volcano and hit with the freezer beam and then shattered.

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Toho: :For the computer game series, see Tōhō....

Tokusatsu: Tokusatsu (??) (sometimes just called "Toku") is the Japanese term for special effects and often used to classify Japanese live-action sci-fi/fantasy/horror movie/TV productions....

1963: 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar)....

Manda related Images and Photos (experimental)

Manda Lametrie the Farm Maid 1887