Also, it just dawned on me that I never posted them all here. I had originally wanted to share the art as I had the stories finished, but then the news of Gamera: Rebirth came about, and…yeah, just couldn’t wait.
But a computer system complete with Tape reel-system that controls weapons.
Zigra, despite never showing this in the film also apparently can produce living projectiles shaped like himself; mini-me bombs. Unintentionally predicting many videogame bosses in the following decades
Zigra’s biomechanical nature is amazingly imaginative for this time period
Does explain why other anatomy books give him a stomach just for digesting humans: he must have had that added when coming to Earth because he’s a sick freak…
I’ve only ever seen the dub, but I still get the vibe that Zigra is the exact kind of sicko that would modify his body with a separate stomach for sapient victims and a camera to monitor their digestion.