ATRAGON
Atragon isn’t a living, breathing monster per se, but something even more invincible — the greatest warship ever created. A renegade sea captain fabricated this supersub to restore Japanese supremacy after its defeat in WWII. Now, he must be convinced to release the nuclear-powered Atragon — his mechanical Kraken — to save the planet from being annihilated by invaders from the lost underseas continent of Mu. The Atragon can not only navigate the oceans, but also can fly and drill into the Earth’s core. It’s armed with a top-secret weapon — the Absolute Zero Cannon.
Atragon — short for “Atomic Dragon” — first surfaced in a 1963 film, proving so popular that the weapon was subsequently featured in several other movies, battling both monsters and aliens. In the original feature, it’s pitted in a death match against Manda, a gigantic Chinese sea serpent, unleashed by the Empress of Mu.
Fans of Jules Verne will recognize his influence over the fanciful Atragon adventures. They were adapted from a series of novels, written by Shunrō Oshikawa, and hugely popular with young boys.
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