King Zaura

King Zaura
Data
Category	Kaiju
Height	52 m
Weight	50,000 t
Home World	Planet Sulpher
Affiliation	Alien Sulpher
First Appearance	Fireman episode 17 "Fireman Disappeared into the Magma"
Latest Appearance	Fireman episode 18 "He did it! Fire-Dash"
Roar(s)

King Zaura is a Kaiju introduced in the Tsuburaya series, Fireman with a two part episode.

Subtitle: Strength Beast

History

Fireman

Brought to Earth as part of Alien Sulpher's plan to conquer the world, King Zaura seemed tailor-made to defeat Fireman. When one of the Alien Sulphur's agents, disguised as a nun, summons King Zaura from a volcano he was hiding in, he started his rampage. Daisuke Misaki, having been at the volcano himself, transformed at once to deal with the alien saurian. However, King Zaura was unlike any opponent the volcanic hero had faced. His armored hide is impervious to the fiery hero's physical and energy attacks. And what's more, the alien agent was guiding the monster's every move like a puppet on a string, making it use its tail to bash and wrap around the hero to crush him, its smoky breath to choke him, and its own physical strength to batter Fireman around like a rag doll. Even the airforce, which had been mobilized to help Fireman, could do little as even Fireman's deadly Fire Flash could not so much as singe the monster's hide. However, the alien agent called back King Zaura before it could strike the final blow.

Spotting Daisuke again, the Sulpher agent once more summons King Zaura to finish the job. Misaki transforms into Fireman and does battle with the alien menace, the airforce once more provided backup, but could not pierce its armored hide. Fireman once more used his Fire Flash, but to no avail. Soon, the hero's energy started to run out. The volcano erupted, lava cascading down the slopes and threatening a little boy. Fireman saved him, but at the expense of his life. His energy ran out, his jewel and eyes dimming as he burst into flame and disappeared. Meanwhile, King Zaura decimated the airforce as Fireman was retrieved by his father, the ruler of the Aban Kingdom.

When the hero arrived once more, revitalized and strengthened, the Sulpher agent recalled the beast for another encounter. When next it was summoned, it was ordered to kill Misaki for good, but when the hero transformed, the third and final battle was waged in this war between giants. However, this was not the same Fireman that King Zaura fought before. Having been strengthened by his father, Fireman was able to deal with the beast hand-to-hand while the airforce attacked the Sulpher's spaceship, damaging it. Still, King Zaura was not one to be underestimated as it used its hurricane-force winds to keep Fireman at bay and throw him off balance. However, the SAF, in their moglian, arrived to distract the creature long enough for Fireman to get his second wind. King Zaura was tossed about like a rag doll while the Sulpher Agent, feeling that the battle was lost, retreated to her damaged ship only to have it, and her, be destroyed by Fireman's eye beams. He then turned his attention to King Zaura and unleashed his newest, most powerful attack; the almighty Fire Dash! The monster's armored hide was no match for the attack, and was reduced to flaming debris while Fireman stood back up, victorious.

Trivia

• King Zaura uses heavily slowed down Gyaos roars, a famous monster from Daiei's Gamera series.
• King Zaura, along with Ultraman Kaiju, Neronga, Ultraman Leo Kaiju Red Giras and Black Giras, and fellow Fireman Kaiju Long Neck, Dorango, Scoradon, and Dorigorus, was a foot soldier of Tyrant King Ururu in Dinosaur Great War Izenborg.
  • King Zaura also appears in the shows' opening credits along with Scoradon.
  • In this appearance King Zaura has a different roar (possibly altered from a Daiei kaiju). The roar is shared with the Giras Brothers in the same sequence.
• King Zaura, along with Ultra Kaiju Zetton and Ace Killer, was one of the few Kaiju that was created to defeat the titular hero to actually defeat the hero. The only difference is that Zetton was destroyed by the SSSP while King Zaura was killed by Fireman and Ace Killer was destroyed by Ultraman Ace.
• The Kaiju Zaular was inspired by King Zaura. Sadly, Zaular wouldn't see the light of day and remains unused. 
• During Tsuburaya Productions' 10th anniversary year, every episode 17 played a major role in the series' story, and Fireman, Jumborg Ace, and Ultraman Taro had this similarity. For Fireman, it was a two-part episode featuring great special effects, funny comedy, and King Zaura, a Zetton equivalent of Fireman, which he gets killed by and has to be revived with a new attack.
• He is the strongest kaiju Fireman ever fought.
• Stock footage of King Zaura's emergence was used in The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. The Monster Army, though he himself did not appear.

Data

Stats

• Height: 52 m
• Weight: 50,000 t
• Origin: Planet Sulpher
• Weakness: King Zaura's hump on the back of his head stores his energy source. If it is to be destroyed, then King Zaura will be destroyed.

Powers and Weapons

• Flames: King Zaura can fire a stream of deadly flames from his mouth that are exactly 250,000 degrees.
• Poisonous Smoke: King Zaura can also fire out a stream of poisonous smoke from his mouth.
• Tail: King Zauras can extend his tail and wrap it around his opponent's body. He can also pull it back.
• Hurricane Winds: King Zaura can create powerful gusts of winds.
• Flame Resistance: King Zaura is able to shrug off most of Fireman's attacks, including his Fire Flash with little effort.

Flames

Poisonous Smoke

Tail

Hurricane Winds

Flame Resistance

Gallery

Fireman

King Zaura vs. Fireman

Miscellaneous