Windom

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Windom^[2][3] (ウインダム, Uindamu)^[4][5][6] is a metallic capsule monster from Ultraseven, and is chronologically the first to be deployed. Contrary to popular belief, Windom is a giant metallic organism native to its home planet instead of being a robot.

Since its debut, two human-built Windoms have appeared, the first operated by GUYS as a Maquette Monster, and the second by STORAGE as one of their primary monster fighting machines.

Subtitles:

• Original: Capsule Monster (カプセル怪獣, Kapuseru Kaijū)
• Mebius: Maquette Monster (マケット怪獣, Maketto Kaijū)
• Z: Special Airborne Armor 2 (SC-2) (特空機２号, Tokū-ki Ni-gō, lit. Special Aircraft #2)^[7][8]
• Decker: Dimension Card Monster (ディメンションカード怪獣, Dimenshon Kādo Kaijū)

History

Ultraseven

The first of the three Capsule Monsters used by Ultraseven, Windom was a metallic giant life form from Planet Metal with an electronic brain. It was first used to fight an Alien Cool's saucer fleet and managed to destroy a few saucers, but the saucers started to fire their beams, forcing Dan to summon him back. ^{The Invisible Challenger}

Windom reappeared to fight the Alien Cannan's ship (which was disguised as a lighthouse). As Windom approached it, he was struck by two beams that brainwashed him into attacking Dan. Ultraseven fought Windom and broke the hypnotic spell by firing a weaker version of the Emerium Beam. Once freed, Windom tried to attack the base again, but was hit by another ray that made him fall unconscious, forcing Ultraseven to recall him again. ^{Return to the North!}

Windom was used for the last time against Alien Guts. After Guts fooled around with his teleporting, he summoned his saucer that fired a beam that engulfed Windom in flames, killing the capsule monster, never to be used again during Seven's stay on Earth. ^{The Seven Assassination Plan Part 1}

Trivia

• Kaiju designer Tohl Narita based Windom's face on a horned owl.
• Originally, Windom was supposed to fight Rigger (whom also originally was intended to be Pagos), but Tsuburaya instead wanted to introduce a new Capsule Monster in hopes of improving the show's ratings at the time. Therefore, Agira was created and used instead.
• Windom's roar is a lower-pitch Mechani-Kong's roar.
• Windom was not scheduled to die in the battle with the Alien Guts, originally, it was going to be Miclas, Miclas was replaced by Windom for unknown reasons.
• Windom's likeness was reused for the 1970 card series, Pachimon, making the kaiju, Prachi.

Heisei Ultraseven

Appearing in the The Final Chapters series of Heisei Ultraseven, Windom was first summoned to drive the Alien Remojo away when Dan was trapped and unable to transform. ^{The Day the Fruit Ripens}

He was used again to help Miclas fight the monster, Zabangi. During the fight, Windom was forced to the ground and Zabangi crushed his chest, somewhat killing him. Miclas was only defeated. Later, as Zabangi tried to destroy the satellites (which were activiated following TDF's permission to allow Ultra Guard to send Omega File to the universe), Windom temporarily reactivated and shielded the satellites by taking Zabangi's blast, destroying the robotic Capsule Monster. He, along with Miclas, were returned back to capsules by Dan. ^{I Am an Earthling}

Trivia

• Suit actors: Kazunori Yokoo (ep. 2), Satoshi Yamamoto (ep. 6)
• Windom's introduction in the series was decided due to the existence of a Miclas attraction suit used to promote the 30th anniversary trilogy (which also used alongside Windom in The Final Chapters hexalogy). In addition, Windom was introduced earlier so as to point out the other function of Dan's Capsule Kaiju as a healing chamber for Masaki Kazamori, vindicated the idea that Windom has also revived from its destruction by Alien Guts.

Ultraman Mebius

Windom reappeared in the series Ultraman Mebius as a Maquette Monster.

After Bogarl was destroyed, a second Maquette Monster was proposed and created for use to GUYS after Miclas was deemed as a "failure". Just like Miclas, he was based on another Capsule Monster from Ultraseven's time, Windom. Windom was first used to attack Dinozole Reverse and while he did not win the fight, he took orders without hesitation or problems. Therefore, more work was put into making Windom more stronger and more capable of a fighter, including the use of mind control on the robot via radio signals, but that plan was sabotaged when Arstron and Kelbim attacked the control site. He was last seen being used in this form to battle an out-of-control Maquette Zetton inside GUYS's computer network, alongside Miclas and Ultraman Mebius.

After a series of experiments, Fire Windom was created and debuted in episode 24. With a flamethrower-type appendage attached to his left hand, Windom was enhanced with more fire attacks based on those from Zetton, Pandon (from Ultraseven), and Black End (from Ultraman Leo). From that point on just like Miclas, Fire Windom would be used again by GUYS whenever there was a monster attack and if either GUYS nor Mebius were in need of help, such as Insectus and Roberuga. When it was first tested, he fought against holograms of Mukadender and Birdon, but the testing site was sabotaged by Yapool (whom had possessed Ryu of Crew GUYS). It was also used to battle against Grozam, but was defeated with ease.

Trivia

• Suit actor: Koji Maruyama
• A new suit was created specifically for Mebius, even though the suit from Heisei Ultraseven still existed at the time.

• Fire Windom was designed by Hiroshi Maruyama. Among other drafts of Windom's upgraded forms include a left hand replaced with an Eye Slugger-like weapon.
• Footage of Fire Windom's fight against Roberuga was reused in Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Armored Darkness.
• Fire Windom made an appearance in New Ultraman Retsuden episode 10 as part of a flashback referencing Ultraman Taro's pupil, Mebius.

Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy: The Movie

When the monsters, Dorako, Bemstar, and Saramandora were unleashed by Alien Shaplay to ambush the remaining Ultra Brothers, they were met with surprise by Dan's Capsule Monsters Windom, Miclas, and Agira. Windom fought Saramandora.

After Rei and Mirai (Ultraman Mebius's human form) were rescued, Windom destroyed Saramandora with his Laser Shot. ^{Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy: The Movie}

Trivia

• Suit actor: Masaki Onishi
• In the original screenplay, Windom was supposed to battle Dorako.
• The Windom suit from Ultraman Mebius was reused for Windom's appearance in the film.
• Seeing as these were Dan's original Capsule Monsters, it was finally revealed that Windom was repaired (in this timeline) after being destroyed by Alien Guts.

Ultraman Ginga Theater Special: Ultra Monster ☆ Hero Battle Royale!

Windom's Spark Doll can be seen alongside Agira and Miclas in the second Ginga Special. ^{Ultraman Ginga Theater Special: Ultra Monster ☆ Hero Battle Royale!}

Ultraman X

Windom appeared in a flashback alongside Miclas, Agira, and Ultraseven when Hikaru tells Daichi about the Ultras that strive for peace between monsters and humans. ^{The Shining Sky, and the Land Beneath It}

Windom also appeared as a Cyber Card in the final episode of Ultraman X. After Ultraman X spoke out to Gomora and struck Greeza right in the center of his chest, Windom, along with all of the other Cyber Cards, traveled to X and united with him. Cyber Windom's power was used to help form the Hybrid Armor and power up the Ultimate Xanadium to defeat Greeza once and for all. Windom, along with the numerous other Cyber Cards and Spark Dolls, then appeared and thanked Daichi as he thanked them. ^{The Rainbow Land}

Ultraman Z

Windom is the second of STORAGE's Special Airborne Armor robots to be created.^[9] After being threatened with repeated funding cuts, Windom's completion was secured after the American GAF staff were impressed with Sevenger's performance against Gomora. ^{Live Coverage! The Monster Transport Operation} However, it suffered from an incredibly long charge time, taking four days to charge for five minutes of activity. Yuka Ohta, who helped develop the robot, noticed that some parts were swapped out in construction, making the charging less efficient than what her calculations showed, and could not sortie in time to face Telesdon. Almost giving up, she noticed a part of Neronga's horn in the fridge had baked Haruki Natsukawa's pudding and remembering Kojiro Inaba's advice on unexpected things becoming useful later on. She hooked up the horn to Windom, which managed to amplify the electricity enough to fully charge it. Yoko Nakashima sortied using Windom to help Ultraman Z fight against Telesdon, but it evolved into Erimaki-Telesdon due to Shinya Kaburagi throwing a Jirahs Kaiju Medal at it. Still, Windom was able to tear off Erimaki-Telesdon's frill to disable its new abilities, and fired rockets at it along with Z's Zestium Beam to destroy the monster. After the battle, Yuka announced that she planned to artificially recreate Neronga's horn to circumvent the long charge time for future sorties. ^{Robot-2 Activation Plan}

Yoko went on to pilot Windom in subsequent battles as Haruki was given the Sevenger for both to fight together in the battlefield against subsequent monster attacks. Once King Joe STORAGE Custom was introduced, Haruki was promoted to Windom's pilot instead after Sevenger went decommissioned from obsolescence. ^{Four-Dimensional Capriccio} During STORAGE's disbandment and reorganized into SAAG, Windom was also reassigned to the new unit despite not being in use during that period. After rallying a mutiny against SAAG and for STORAGE to reclaim their assets, Juggler piloted Windom alongside Haruki/King Joe SC and Inaba/Sevenger during their operation to save Yoko from Destrudos. The SC unit was discarded during Ultraman Z's last stand against Celebro. ^{Warriors Shining Beyond}

Trivia

• Suit actor: Yuto Nagachi
• The Windom suit in this season is the same one from Ultraman Mebius, being refurbished to include metallic parts and soft material for its antennae. In addition, Windom's movements change to reflect whoever pilots the SC itself.^[10]
• Since past Windom only has its Laser Shot as its sole means of offense, writer Satoshi Suzuki proposes the idea of repurposing its porous holes as jet thrusters and missile launchers.
• Windom's rocket thrusters were made from studying Z's ability to fly. ^{Robot-2 Activation Plan}
• Befitting its longer time operation, Windom was loaded with five battery packs, all of them were created differently from Sevenger's model.
• Offscreen, Z acknowledged this Windom as a robotic counterpart to an otherwise organic monster of the same name in Dan's possession. ^{Special Airborne Armor Secret File} Whether their similar names and design were coincidence or not is also a mystery.
• When Windom initiates Windom Yoko Impact, the screen showing the robot's inner working becomes pinkish, a clear reference to the Trans-Am activation in Mobile Suit Gundam 00. The following process leading to said attack is a frame-by-frame replication of the GF13-017NJII God Gundam's God Finger from Mobile Fighter G Gundam, with Yoko's "Burning End" line being a clear reference to the Heat End that follows the aforementioned technique. The reference is also ironic as Alien Barossa II, the receiver of the attack, is voiced by Tomokazu Seki, the voice actor for Domon Kasshu who pilots the God Gundam in Mobile Fighter G Gundam.

Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad

Windom, alongside Ultraseven's other Capsule Monsters, were summoned by him to assist the Ultras battle against various Absolute Soldiers on Planet Babel. They effectively took down numerous of the pawns before returning back to Seven. ^{Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad}

Ultraman Decker

Windom starts off as one of the many Mons Dimension Cards which Ultraman Decker introduced to Kanata alongside Miclas and Agira. ^{Kanata's Resolve} Kanata first uses the monster outside of Decker in against a Red King who is rampaging in the urban area, briefly pushing the monster aside before disappearing as the fight is then taken over by Gregore Grace. Much later when GUTS Gryphon tests the Hyper Thorn Laser onto Sphere-Red King, Decker Miracle Type uses the Ultra Dual Sword to summon all three Dimension Card Monsters to spirit Grace away, sparing him from the Sphere Synthetic Monster's destruction. ^{Standing Tall for Someone Special}

Windom was summoned by Decker to assist him against Spheresaurus and Terraphaser, who was hijacked by Agams. The Dimension Card Monster fired its missiles and managed to hit Terraphaser. However, the robot extended its claw arm and quickly hit Windom, dematerializing it. Later on, Windom, Miclas, and Agira were all summoned by a mysterious man who transformed into Ultraman Decker to fight Spheresaurus while the Ultra faced Terraphaser. The three were able to hold off the Sphere monster until Terraphaser knocked Decker down. Agams used an Eleking Dimension Card to utilize its electrical attack on the robot, which successfully defeated the three monsters. ^{Birth of a Dark God}

Trivia

• Suit actors: Yuto Nagachi (ep. 9), Hideyoshi Iwata (ep. 14)
  • Iwata was credited as Hideki Sena,^[11] referencing his role as Zenna in Ultraman Geed.
• According to the official website, Windom's sole purpose (One-Point Relief) of being summoned is to fire its Laser Shot precisely to where the target should be, hence doing so consumed a lot of energy needed to materialize the monster before it dissipates into Digital Particles.^[12]

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References

1. ↑ Ultra Kaiju Complete Works
2. ↑ https://tsuburaya-prod.com/encyclopedia/windom
3. ↑ https://tsuburaya-prod.com/encyclopedia/windom-2
4. ↑ http://m-78.jp/z/robot/
5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx3VMdyH2NI
6. ↑ https://toy.bandai.co.jp/special/ultra-eg/egzukan/windom/index.html
7. ↑ https://youtu.be/QeL1IEZfOM0?t=149
8. ↑ https://en.tsuburaya-prod.co.jp/news/2106
9. ↑ File:EY9HUNeWAAEbXiW.jpg
10. ↑ Uchusen 171 page 72-73
11. ↑ https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1581640584863051776
12. ↑ https://m-78.jp/decker/monster-alien/
13. ↑ https://twitter.com/rima_matsuda/status/1317347290911158272