Bagira appeared in 1993 TV series called Denkou Choujin Gridman. Bagira (バギラ) is an aardvark/dinosaur Kaiju introduced in episode five and six of Denkou Choujin Gridman. Bagira was known as Hock while its upgraded form was called Hockinator, in Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad.
In the beginning of the episode, Takeshi Todo was humiliated when a deliveryman with fruit crashed into him. As revenge, Takeshi created Bagira to shutdown and lockup all the food plants in the city. The sudden food shortage was causing mayhem among housewives and Ippei Baba's hunger was getting troublesome. Unlike previous monsters, Bagira had a major advantage with its blades and was able to deflect Gridman's fireballs and even the Grid Beam! Ippei quickly constructed the Barrier Shield to even the battle; the Barrier Shield's shape and design was inspired by a special hot dog Ippei had been craving. Using his new sword, Gridman severed Bagira's arms, but Takeshi withdrew Bagira from battle.
Bagira was given new arms and was sent into an electronic keyboard in a music shop, but was quickly destroyed by Anosillus' beam.
Bagira's data was later upgraded into Mecha Bagira (メカバギラ Meka Bagira) that Takeshi used to reanimate an ancient cadaver that was discovered by a research facility.
The corpse went on a rampage throughout the facility and went after Yuka Inoue, Daichi Sho, and Kana Baba, who were visiting at the time. Mecha Bagira's new arsenal included a boomerang on its tail and a robotic eye that allowed Mecha Bagira to target and aim its weapon with accuracy. To win the battle, Gridman used the flamethrower attack from Ippei's new Dragonic Cannon followed by the Grid Beam.
Powers and Abilities[]
Original[]
- Hand Swords: Bagira has twin swords fused with his hands.
- Horns: Bagira has a third horn on his head.
- Sickle Tail: Bagira has a sickle on his tail, though it's rarely used in battle.
Mecha[]
- Tail Boomerang: Mecha Bagira has a boomerang on his tail.