The History of Jirass -- How Godzilla Fought Ultraman | Kaiju Profile Bio (AKA Jirahs or Jiras)

The Toku Professor walks you through the entire history (Behind the Scenes, In-Universe and more!!) of this loosely-disguised kaiju that battled Ultraman in Episode 10, The Mysterious Dinosaur Base, and all the ways Jirass AKA Jiras AKA Jirahs AKA Jirasu is related to Godzilla!
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
01:08 Behind the Scenes
04:25 In-Universe History
07:15 Post-"Ultraman" History
09:43 Jirass Merchandise
10:03 Funny Outro
EXTRA INFO:
If I missed any Jirass info, I will enter it here in the future.

[@michaelcarey8388]

"Hey, is that Godzilla?" "You bet Jir Ass it is!"

[@gojicrushers]

good one

[@triplehate6759]

What I love about the Jirass fight is that, probably intentionally due to the iconography at work, about half the fight is Godzilla and Ultraman flexing nuts at each other.

[@genesisraptus42666]

Jirass is actually the one monster that introduced me to the Ultraman franchise

[@Jackseyez]

For me it was a documentary about Godzilla and the whole kaiju genre

[@_the_mandible_]

Same

[@Snthekilleroff]

Same

[@MackenzieSagers]

same

[@donnat2671]

Formme it was red king and jirass

[@creategreatness8823]

I think Jirass and Gomess were the Godzilla knockoffs that Ultra properties had, and Zone Fighter and Jet Jaguar were the Ultraman knockoffs that Godzilla teamed up with. It has officially never happened though, unfortunately.

[@Doctor_Morgan_X_Asakura_Rikako]

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[@creategreatness8823]

@@Doctor_Morgan_X_Asakura_Rikako Indeed...For years I did not realize how much old school Baragon was VERY much an "off-brand Godzilla" of its own.

[@LittleAl016]

Closest we get is in a mobile game called Godzilla Battle Line. Same with Gamera.

[@youravgcomment]

Act Jet Jaguar wasn't Ultraman knockoff

[@chadgorosaurus4898]

Jirass is at the same level of iconic as Ultra Kaiju like gomora and eleking.

[@Doctor_Morgan_X_Asakura_Rikako]

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[@Meatsnakeplushie]

Ultraman was villainous against jirass💀

[@Jirahs57]

i agree with you once more

[@GaiusIntrepidus]

​@@Meatsnakeplushienothing like how the Baltans were treated.

[@BrianDrake-gs4zk]

"Let's see who you really are! I knew it! It's Old Man Godzilla from the abandoned Keijo factory!"

[@zusk8556]

I wonder if Jirass was inspiration for the frilled lizard kaiju in Gamera the Brave. I love how Jirass is a cross between a Jurassic Park dilophosaurus and Showa Godzilla.

[@daveohippus]

Poor Jirass! Back in the 70s as a little boy I cried when he died. So sad. Thanks for the Kaijurific historical info Prof!

[@lakotacorff4012]

The mad doctor does spend his final moments mourning over the thing. Can't say the same for other monsters that were owned by people (i.e. Telesdon)

[@raymondrochajr9621]

I saw that episode too and it made me cry too! When you're a kid, you feel the monsters pain. Because you're so into the show!

[@mgkiryuu]

I can't really describe how happy I was to see Jirass show back up as a coin for Telesdon to merge with. I thought that Ultraman Z was going to be like that for the first half. Just bring back monsters and merge them with others in "budget" ways. But nope :(

[@Doctor_Morgan_X_Asakura_Rikako]

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[@Shadowrulzalways]

If the fight was Godzilla vs Ultraman, Godzilla would most likely win or it would be a draw. But it depends on the Godzilla incarnation, honestly. But if Toho was making it, they would want Godzilla to win or have it a draw to make it fair to Tsubaraya. Also when Tsubaraya was asked who would win, Godzilla or Ultraman, he said Godzilla without a second thought. And he is right. Godzilla faced Zone Fighter who is actually the Toho equivalent of Ultraman and has insane feats as well. So if that truly was Godzilla, the fight woudl have been different.

[@williamhumes7332]

A tie is what the creator would have wanted.

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

Ultraman is far stronger tho

[@Shadowrulzalways]

@@jesusramirezromo2037 No, he is not. That has already been disproven.

[@ilikethecokev2]

​@@jesusramirezromo2037 Than Jirass, yes. Than Godzilla, no. I believe Tsuburaya even stated that if they fought, Godzilla would win. I might be misinformed on that last part, but it *is* what I heard.

[@GaiusIntrepidus]

​@@Shadowrulzalwayswhere was it disproven? Your headcanon?

[@SuperSonicDude164]

As much as like him when I was younger, it doesn’t seem likely that jirass will be returning anytime soon. But I would be pretty happy to see him come back

[@justinbest9954]

I still like the idea that Jirass was supposed to be the same dinosaur as the Loch Ness Monster. Makes me wonder if they still modified Toho monsters into Ultra monsters if they would have made Destroyah into a monster that was supposed to be the Chupacabra.

[@joshuastrittmatter4188]

Hopefully Godzilla can get his official rematch with Ultraman soon. And this time, he can really show the warrior of light why he’s called the King of the Monsters. #TeamGodzilla

[@wateralien]

Ultraman will whoop him so fast XD

[@super_productions24]

​@@wateralien not rlly,if it is heisei godzilla he slams hard diff

[@wateralien]

@@super_productions24 If we put them in the same size, Ultraman will still whoop him. He has all the feats, barriers, and techniques to stop Goji's advances

[@super_productions24]

@@wateralien it's heisei goji so idk,BTW same size? Isn't ultraman smaller than goji? And yes heisei with spiral ray beats him,so does roe godzilla base and marvel base does aswell

[@wateralien]

@@super_productions24 YEAH EXACTLY, make them the same size. also you're forgeting that Ultraman can fly, as well as teleport, and also create barriers capable of reflecting beams.

[@fatangrygeek5746]

I wonder if you'll ever touch Pulgasari in the future. That would be a treat indeed, enjoyed the video as always! Jirass is one of my favorite Ultra Kaiju in the series.

[@JosephOliver-kh9in]

Yeah Pulgasari will be in the Monsterverse.

[@shadowkion.]

You know, this is so interesting to learn about Jirass's history and I'm so glad to learn about it and I'm also glad that I have two of those Jirass toys.

[@edkwon]

I grew up watching the US dub of the original Ultraman and always remembered this Ep, and I was like... hey that's just Godzilla with a neck frill!

[@jfess1911]

As a kid in the late 1960's I watched Ultraman after school (in the US), so I actually saw Jirass before Godzilla. In the years before the interwebs I had the vague recollection that I had seen a Godzilla-like monster on Ultraman but had no easy way to find out for sure.

[@WhatDillionYT]

glad you eventually found it.

[@jfess1911]

@@WhatDillionYT Yes, it was one of those vague recollections that had to wait decades for the internet to exist in order to eventually confirm. It is kind of entertaining to see the blank look on my grown kids' faces when I try to explain that until relatively recently, it was very difficult to confirm obscure info. Home video tape systems didn't even become widespread until I had graduated college, for goodness sake, so rewatching was not an option!

[@commander5028]

Here’s a fun fact, during the 90’s while one of the Heisei Godzilla movies was being made, one of the suits was stolen by someone, where later on during the production of Ultraman Powered, Tsuburaya coincidently bought the suit thinking that it wasn’t a real Godzilla suit, and changed it into a Heisei version of Jirass, only after that they realized that it WAS an actual suit and returned it to Toho, and in turn the episode was scrapped. There are only a few pictures showing the modifications done to the suit before it was returned.

[@TrollerGuy7]

literally the only reason I watched this show. He holds an icon for me

[@blacksoldier430]

I got sold into this channel after just this video, keep the good work man

[@passiveaggresso8817]

GigaBash is finally giving us what we want

[@shaneokeley825]

Gigabash finally got both Godzilla and Ultraman together

[@kaylaturnis9486]

I KNEW IT!!! They reused the Godzilla costume to create Jirass! I also noticed, in an Ultra Q episode, that a giant monkey looked like Toho King Kong except with a tail.

[@Average_gaming_life.]

Man very entertaining content I love it

[@Isaac-gh5ku]

Makes you wonder why Tsuburaya and Toei didn't collaborate to make a 30-minute to one-hour movie special in the 70s. The 70s would have been a perfect time to make a Godzilla VS. Ultraman special. On the first half, it will a fight between Godzilla and Ultraman, but by the second half, the true main antagonist reveal itself and both Godzilla and Ultraman declare a truce a fight the main antagonist together. At the end, the two iconic beings went their separate ways.

[@doctorpool480]

This video is fantastic. I am so looking forward to when you cover King Joe.

[@ronnieburton1312]

This is a great episode and I love the ending!

[@stephanjordan5529]

It honestly depends on the Godzilla on whether Ultraman would win or not

[@lakotacorff4012]

Funny how both Toho and Tsubaraya had TV episodes where their mascot interacts with what's basically the other's mascot (TsuPro has Jirass, and Toho has Zone Fighter).

[@kcadventures1454]

Good stuff man! Subbed!

[@cathylmilk247]

Any chance you could possibly do a history of Gomess? As a kid I've always loved this Godzilla variant since it reminded me of the Chinese Lion Dance costumes!

[@frenlyKingGuesra]

It doesn't look like a lion dance

[@ciyan95]

We need this fight to happen

[@joshuahallman8830]

Gabora was pretty much Neronga with a frill minus the horns

[@lakotacorff4012]

You're gonna flip when you hear about how Neronga was made.

[@sagittariusneptune9330]

To me Jirass is a female member of Godzilla species, and Gomess is a rouge and rugged male of Godzilla species that will kill other monsters when given the chance.

[@bluesentaiproductions]

My 4 year old nephew has taken such a liking to both Goji and Ultra films, I dare not show him that episode of the original Ultraman series. Still, I agree this felt like a passing of the Torch episode right at the time when Toku TV shows were outperforming their film counterparts. Still, we all know an encounter could start off with a fight, but they would unite if a bigger threat came in say an alliance between Alien Baltan/Dada with Planet X, or Mechagodzilla

[@fatihmacit6231]

Personally, I wouldn’t still call or see this as a fight between Godzilla and Ultraman, bcs after all Jiras is still made out to be an Ultra Kaiju and a separate being from the king of the monsters, just that they couldn’t be that creative with it out of budget reasons

[@Doctor_Morgan_X_Asakura_Rikako]

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[@MajinReptile.UltraMajin]

Answer to one of the questions on the professor's board: Ultraman 80! (He came to us from a star)

[@R.J.Godzilla81]

I wonder if Jirass’s name was also supposed to be short for/derived from Jurassic.

[@Garryzilla]

Oh yeah my favorite ultra kaiju profile of all time

[@Doctor_Morgan_X_Asakura_Rikako]

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[@sauraplay2095]

Great video!

[@Supersaurus4]

I have a feeling that Ultraman would have been a little more serious if he was actually confronting the real Godzilla.

[@user-wo7ql7or3g]

Definitely. Although, with how many incarnations the big G has had over the years, it is a bit hard to pin point an exact "actual" Godzilla. And this tempts me to suggest a composite version of every japanese screen adaptation to fight the Ultra.

[@titan_tanker]

And Ultraman would certainly one shot him before he managed to adapt and evolve lol

[@DragonKing99-wy6dm]

Best channel ever!

[@Mickey-pancakes-are-good]

Jirass is my #1 favourite due to me being obsessed with the spitters in Jurassic park and frilled lizards.

[@jasongray6698]

I want jiras in more modern ultra stuff , he’s a famous kaiju , I think he should be in ultraman blazer or something + for tsuburaya they’ll probably make lots of money from jiras

[@BasementDweller_]

When I as a kid on the early internet I saw this monster called, Black Hole Godzilla on an old website and assumed it was a new monster like Space Godzilla or a new Godzilla form.

[@themysteriousmista4922]

This is like the time when people tell us that Undertaker already fought Sting in WCW… as Mean Mark.

[@marcushaynes843]

I remember this episode from Ultraman. Jirass is just a modified Godzilla suit with a frill. It sucks when Jirass died.

[@raymondrochajr9621]

I'd say make a motion picture of Godzilla vs Ultraman! Or Godzilla, Ultraman and Kong vs 3 other Monsters!

[@Titan52berg]

Look out , Ultraman! Godzilla's in drag and he's going to kick Jirass!

[@Jurassic-boyyy23]

Speaking of new students we are still waiting for an new student

[@Gojira_San]

I cannot attest to its veracity but I read somewhere, years ago, that Zedus from Gamera the Brave is Jirass or, more likely, heavily influenced by him. I can see it, but it may not be true.

[@daocvet]

Literally the only thing I remember is Ultraman ripping the frills off of the monster, I even completely forgot that it was Godzilla lol, just the frills being ripped off, it was so out of no where but at the same time we all wanted it to happen lol.

[@archerhayesstudio]

I would love to see ultra man vs godzilla in modern time. But idk if it’ll ever happened. But there’s still hope because gbl.

[@brycevo]

Jiras was a great kaiju

[@ilikethecokev2]

And now that even playing field was recently made a reality thanks to Gigabash's Godzilla and Ultraman DLC packs

[@chichiboypumpi]

yeah I remember this ep

[@minicle426]

Ultraman just straight up bullied Jirass

[@elijahzilla619]

Yes our frail Godzilla boi yeah I always like jirass not one of the most popular monsters but still we almost have a battle with the two biggest Japanese characters Godzilla and Ultraman like Godzilla versus Ultraman

[@Doctor_Morgan_X_Asakura_Rikako]

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[@carinasanchez1758]

You should do the history of gomess after the history of zetton

[@Jackseyez]

Don’t forget about Gomes who’s also a Godzilla redesign

[@frednone]

I was 9-10 when I watched this episdoe originally and the look of the monster didn't click, though on one of the flash back episodes I can remember thinking, "When did Ultraman fight Godzilla?"

[@looneytrainsdinosaurs]

That was my favourite episode of the ultraman series the mysterious dinosaur base

[@nickmarvell1245]

Yurass is an interesting monster, indeed

[@jssstephenson]

Ultraman tiga please.

[@ultralandonzilla3978]

U are awesome

[@jasonashcom1108]

HI THE TOKU PROFESSOR

[@elvirasanjuan7003]

U forgot theres was a kaiju similar to jirass which was agujon from the ultraman/jonues anime the kaiju had jirass body but with no spikes on the tail and have a green frill

[@jamesmaverick9553]

Gonna grind for my muto

[@looneytrainsdinosaurs]

That was my favourite ultra-man monster ever

[@user-gm8ds7lc1t]

Shin Ultraman should've had Jirase as a reskin of Shin Gojra, even though they did so with a Goji-faced Gomess.

[@Hepler-s2b]

I seriously want to know what Honda, & Toho thought when they saw this

[@Godzilla00X]

Wonder if Toho has any legal red tape around Jirass. Might explain why he's never appeared again outside of cameos

[@ngojinquan5952]

Ultraman laugh can be a horror movie character laugu now

[@takehirotaniguchi6271]

Does anyone know the source for 8:05 ?? This was a childhood show i watched but i only watched it in japanese so i was never able to understand it

[@Thekidaintmyson]

Bro thought he can sneak a pun at 00:32 but I always know

[@JosephOliver-kh9in]

I love to see Jirass in the Monsterverse as One of Godzilla's Subspecies from Hollow Earth and I wonder what he will look like when Legendary and Wanna Brothers add both Ultraman and Jirass in Future Monsterverse Films we need A Good 2014 Godzilla Design of Jirass in Legendary's Monsterverse and a very good CGI. Its Titanus Jirass.

[@user-vt8kz1ll7b]

Such a flip compared to nowadays with how tight a grip they have on their IP.

[@houston-james8967]

This is only fight we get of Hyata and the big g.

[@genesismultiverse4896]

Fun fact ultraman and Godzilla are both in the marvel universe

[@SuperSonicDude164]

I don’t have an official jirass figure, but I had a Bandai godzilla 1968 (2nd release) that I made into a jirass figure! So, hope that counts.

[@kaijustudios7222]

Do a history of Golza plz

[@CharlieLindsey-pn8jb]

Can you please make the History of Gomess plz

[@Ibantakoyaki]

11:25 nOoO

[@elvirasanjuan7003]

YEEEEEZSSSSS

[@Rambam1776]

I love this so much

[@ColbyWaller-vj3hf]

Ah yes my favorite Kaiju jirASS

[@Jirahs57]

you're not ColbyWaller, you're CockyWater

[@edwardthedipshit]

0:30 :”Godzilla with a scarf”

[@sameergill-raza711]

To me I thought Jirahs and Gomress where like subspecies to Godzilla, and if you look at the details, you could probably see why I thought of that

[@GHOSTZILLAX]

Let's go jirass is my favorite

[@houston-james8967]

In Sengner fight when sengner put jhiras thril on the head . Jhiras thril as drawed out panted it let it dry and cut it out and a chast into the sult.

[@ShinGhidorah17]

I wish Jirass appeared in future Ultraman shows.

[@Jiylee2588]

Do a kaiju bio on redking pleasssssss

[@ericaoliva415]

My theory is that Jirass was godzillas cousin there in the same family tree . There was a space Godzilla / zilla / shin Godzilla / and jirass

[@theworthysoul]

RIP Jirass 😂😭 dude tried to flex, met his match, got toyed with, had his tissue scarf ripped off, got punched in the gut, died, and then had his tissue scarf returned.

[@mohsin-e4d]

I think storage realised that jiras is godzilla

[@udhayveersingh1855]

I like gomess more due to him being the first kaiju to ever grace tv screen in ultraman history.

[@jasongray6698]

Being a mainly Godzilla fan and barely even watching it I called Jirass dollar store Godzilla

[@AirflashX]

My theory to the name Jiras: Go-jira, "go" is the number 5 in japanese, 5 looks like an "S". Since "Sjira" sounds silly, they put the "S" at the end of "Jira". And the name "Jiras" was born.

[@JosephOliver-th9se]

Jirass will be perfect if Legendary add him and Ultraman and Other Ultraman Kaijus in the Monsterverse. Jirass can be Godzilla's Subspecies in the Monsterverse as a Hollow Earth Titan.

[@ILLGREEN1]

Lawsuits after lawsuits is why an Ultraman movie has never seen the light of day.