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The Ganime (ガニメ Ganime?) of the Planet of the Monsters continuity is a giant coconut crab-like kaiju created by Toho that first appeared in Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse, a prequel novelization for the 2017 film, Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters.
History
Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse
Ganime claimed the Arctic Bering sea as its territory, and Alaskan fishermen were afraid of its rampages during their crab fishing seasons.
It was suggested that it may move or migrate southward by 2030.
Godzilla: Project Mechagodzilla
In December 2047, colonial crustacean like organisms with 'red exoskeletons and an ability to dissolve steel-made door' attacked a research facility on Hedorah in north America. Humanity considered these as a subspecies to Ganime, but the actual identity is unclear due to difficulties to conduct studies among continents humanities abandoned.
Ability
Monsters (possibly all) in this continuity was said to be able to absorb electromagnetic waves, and thus able to make surprise attacks on urban areas.
Trivia
- Unlike Kamoebas and Gezora, Ganime had been confirmed as an individual monster while there were two Ganimes and single individuals of the other two in the 1970 film Space Amoeba, and was the only monster completely changed its habitat, and migrated from temperate to tropical regions.
List of appearances
- Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse (First appearance)
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