Much like Mephilas, the suit was made from a modified suit made for stage show attractions and looks more akin to the version of Eleking seen on the goofy 1970 show Ultra Fight. While not as bad as Taro‘s version of Mephilas, I do find Eleking here to be pretty bad. A group of boys, look to try and capture the monster’s horns in order to create dentures for their grandfather puts them in the path of the dangerous monster, only for them to be saved when Taro defeats the creature by pulling off his horns.
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The second classic monster to return in Taro, the original Eleking absorbs the light of the full moon and revives, now with a lemon-yellow color as well as being armed with firey breath. Lastly, while the Mandarin Grass itself had never returned since this episode, Mandarin Juice made from this plant would be referenced in episode 18 of Ultraman Taiga, the show starring Taro’s own son fittingly enough. While this version of Mefilas would never return outside of the footage of his fight with Taro being used in Story, I wonder if the fact that both Mefilas and Yapool being part of the Four Heavenly Kings in Ultraman Mebius is a nod to his appearance in Taro. I’m not sure how “canon” it is, but I love the idea that this guy is just the dumpier, pencil-pushing brother of the original Mefilas. While some media, such as the 1984 film Ultraman Story implies the two are the same character, many material from around the time such as children’s magazines and manga would state that the two are brothers, with the second Mefilas being in cahoots with the other returning monsters in Taro, and with this Mefilas being upper management, hence his dumpier appearance, as well as his inexperience in combat. While there isn’t too much backstory for this character in the show itself, there’s quite a bit of lore regarding this version of the character outside of the show, especially in regards to his relationship to the original Mefilas. Unlike what happened with Return of Ultraman, this (as well as the addition of the King Bracelet) wasn’t in response to ratings at all, which is fairly strange. Interestingly enough, Mefilas here is the first alien invader seen in Taro, and more aliens would appear after his episode. The original antagonist of this episode was a mushroom creature named Mushra, but was changed to Mefilas when it was planned to feature several classic kaiju in a string of episodes. I don’t mind a different take on a familiar character, but I wish there was more time devoted to the creation of the costume, as well as a better story for such an iconic character. The suit here wasn’t a brand new creation, but rather a modified suit made for stage show attractions. While the concept drawings for this iteration of the character are a near-perfect replica of the original Tohl Narita creation, but something went wrong here in the execution of this incarnation. Gotta say, Mefilas here is a major downgrade from the one seen in Ultraman. Not a well-thought out plan considering the grass is only in one vending machine located in Japan. Placing it inside of a vending machine, the grass sticks several children, afflicting them with paralysis, plotting to take over the world by targeting the kids. Here, Mefilas uses the formerly extinct Mandarin Grass, a plant with paralyzing poison in it’s vines. Mefilas’s plan here is not as complex as it was in the original show.
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