Booska

Booska (ブースカ, Būsuka) is the titular main protagonist of Kaiju Booska. He is a mutated iguana whose unusual abilities comes from his crown and later on befriends a mutated squirrel/alien hybrid named Chamegon. At the end of the series, the two departed to space, promising to return 20 years later.

Booska and his series enjoy a huge popularity despite being aired on the same period as Ultraman and he is also a popular icon of Tsuburaya to this day. Booska himself has made several cameos and other shown within the Ultraman Series continuity.

Subtitle: Friendly Beast (快獣, Kai Jū)

History

Kaiju Booska

Booska began life as a pet iguana to a Japanese kid named Daisaku Tonda who liked to play mad scientist. He made some kind of food called Kuropara and fed it to the Iguana. This resulted in the reptile growing into a man-sized friendly Kaiju named Booska. Booska and Daisaku would go off on adventures and fight off the monster of the week. The show was incredibly popular for the time, but was off the air in 1967, where, at the end of the series, both Booska and Chamergon went into space in a rocket ship. ^{Kaiju Booska}

Ultraman, Ultraseven: Great Violent Monster Fight

Booska and Chamegon appeared together in this film. ^{Ultraman, Ultraseven: Great Violent Monster Fight}

Anime-chan

Booska, along with Pigmon and Kanegon appeared multiple times in the film. ^Anime-chan

Yuugen Jikkou Sisters Shushutorian

TBA

Booska's Back!

30 years later, hearing that he had been forgotten, Booska flew back to Earth. He was shocked by how much Japan had changed as he searched for his old friends. He eventually encountered an now adult Chorokichi, and they searched for the others together, but had no luck. Booska was disheartened, wondering if even his friends had forgotten him, as they sat by a river together. Wanting to play with friends again, he asked a nearby group of kids if he could play with them, but they were not interested and left, leaving him dejected once more. However, a mailman appeared and gave him a letter from Daisaku. Daisaku welcomed him back to Earth, but apologized for being too busy to see him himself. Chorokichi assured him this meant that Daisaku had become a hard-working adult, just as he had promised years ago. Also noticing that the letter smelt like Daisaku, Booska was brought to tears. ^{Booska's Back!}

Booska! Booska!!

After almost fourty years, the series was revived and Booska once again, with a similar origin story. However, he didn't face as many other monsters as he did in his series and lost his good friend, Chamegon. ^{Booska! Booska!!}

Ultraman Dyna: The Return of Hanejiro

Booska and Kamosuke had made a cameo appearance in the special where they worked as a waiter at a restaurant, serving ramen for the trio of human-disguised Alien Miji before they get away after their human disguises wear off, much to everyone's confusion. He also witnessed Ultraman Dyna's battle with Arwon, later against One-Z. ^{Ultraman Dyna: The Return of Hanejiro}

Ultraman R/B

Booska is the "Great Leader" of an alien alliance, arriving on Earth with Dada and Pigmon. He was upset that aliens and Ultramen had been fighting for so long, so he wanted to set up a thank you party so that everyone can get along. However, Dada couldn't help himself after learning that the Minato brothers were Ultraman Rosso and Ultraman Blu, and so he fought them after losing his temper. After Dada was defeated, Pigmon went to get Booska and told him about what happened.

Booska was disappointed in Dada's behavior and shrank him down into a containment chamber, telling him to think about what he has done. Booska then apologized on Dada's behalf, explained his presence on Earth, and then invited everyone to his next party. ^{Everyone Is Friends}

Ultraman New Generation Chronicle

Booska and Pega served as navigators for the show. ^{Ultraman New Generation Chronicle}

Data

Stats

• Height: 1.8 m, 2 m
• Weight: 120 kg, 100 kg
• Origin: Tokyo
• Weakness: In the original 1966 series, Booska's one point of weakness was his navel.

Powers and Weapons

Booska has way too many powers to list. In fact, he may be the strongest Tsuburaya monster to date, mainly due to his limitless powers. When he isn't using his Boo power, he can summon objects, morph objects into something else and even create items.

• Flight: Booska can fly through the air and even space at high speeds.
• Boo Power: Booska's primary ability, instrumental to countless other abilities he has. When in a real pinch or angry, Booska chants his signature 'KA.KA...KA!', and the spout on his head erupts a jet of steam. With his power now activated, Booska is now able to use a multitude of new techniques.
• Shrink Ray: Booska fires a ray from his horn, which shrinks whatever it hits.

Merchandise

Gallery

Kaiju Booska

Anime-chan

Yuugen Jikkou Sisters Shushutorian

Booska! Booska!!

Ultraman Dyna: The Return of Hanejiro

Ultraman R/B

ULTRAMAN

Miscellaneous

Trivia

• Booska is often paired up with Ultra monsters Kanegon and Pigmon, due to them being the most child friendly of the group.
• Booska's suit actor (Haruyoshi Nakamura) also took the role of Kanegon in Ultra Q.
• The original Booska suit was modified for Oxley.
• Booska made numerous appearances in Tsuburaya Production commercials and Ultraman stage shows. He even led Ultraman Zearth, Ultraman Nice, Gomora, Pigmon, and other heroes in a New Years celebration, where they all danced to, of course, Booska New Year.
• Booska is well known for his love of Ramen.
• Booska runs and maintains his own YouTube channel.

• In some stage shows, Booska has been shown to be friends with the original version of Ultraman Belial.
• Booska was a part of the Tsuburaya Soccer Team and scored the winning goal.
• Kiyotaka Taguchi held a Booska plush doll during Ultraman Orb New PV and Director's special comment.
• Booska, like many older Kaiju shows and films, had his own manga.
• It's currently unknown if the Booska in Ultraman R/B is the same Booska from the titular series from 1966.
• Booska's current voice actress had a previous on-screen Ultraman Series role as Kaoru Umeda in Ultraman Leo.
• There's is existence of a female Pink Booska that appears during events and commercials, the name of this female Booska hasn't been mentioned.
• According to one commerical, Booska is an avid fan of snow boarding.
• In the book, Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters, it's stated at one point that Booska was more popular in Japan than Mickey Mouse.

External Links

• Booska's official YouTube channel
• Booska’s official Twitter account