#durahan

[littleeyesofpallas]

DULLAHAN[デュラハン] mis romanized as "DURAHAN" in the games' English canon, from the headless rider of Irish folklore.

REGINA[レジーナ] as in the Latin for "Queen"

HERAKLES[ヘラクレス] after the Greek demigod Herakles[Ἡρακλ���ς] prototype of the Roman Hercules. Also the design itself is almost certainly a reference to the Zaku-II from Mobile Suit Gundam.

KERMADECS[ケルマディクス] seemingly a reference to the Kermadec region of the south pacific?? It's the namesake of a string of small islands near New Zealand, as well as the underwater trench, and underlying tectonic plate causing both.

LOB-RITTER[ロブリッター] I was a little skeptical of the suggestion that this is LOB from LOBSTER and RITTER as in the German for "Knight" if only because it seems like a weird mix and match of loan words for a single name given some of the rest of the franchise's general sensibilities... But I can't seem to find any other way to parse this

NOMAD[ノーマッド]

GARUDA[ガルーダ] named after the Hindu GARUDA[गरुड] a god who can take the form of a massive eagle, brilliant like the sun, the king of birds, and mount of the greater god Vishnu. It's also important to Buddhist and Jain faiths

METAL-GLORY[メタルグローリー]

SHOGUN[ショーグン]

BLOODY-J[ブラッディJ] I can't help but feel like this must have been a reference to something more specific, but I can't figure out what

VESUVIUS[ベスビオス] named after Mt.Vesuvius the volcano on the coast of the gulf of naples that famously buried Pompeii.

GLACIER[グレシア]

GENOCIDE[ジェノサイド]

KOKUSHI-MUSO[コクシムソウ] as in, KOKUSHI-MUSOU[国士無双]: "Unmatched Nation Samurai." Eventually it came back as KOKUSHI-MUSO-Z[コクシムソウZ]

HIGHLANDER[ハイランダー] as in a warrior from the Scottish Highlands. Does not appear to reference the cult classic fantasy action movie Highlander starring Christopher Lambert.

DRYDON[ドライドン] I think this is supposed to be a reference to the Drydon Knights in the Guin Saga novels? I have not read the like 100+ books in the series so I have no idea who they are or when they appear or if they've ever been officially romanized and if mine here matches.

RUINSECTOR[ルインセクター] seemingly mashing up RUIN and INSECTOR, possible a reference to the videogame INSECTOR X? Unclear...

GARUDA[キャバリー] it's GARUDA[गरुड] again but a new design.

MASALA[マサラ] named after the spice common to a lot of cuisine in the region of the indian subcontinent

FORESTORER[フォレストラ] as in FOREST RESTORER?

ENKI[エンキ] I think from ENKI[厭忌]: "hatred"

GOLDY[ゴールディー] or alternatively GOLDIE.

BERSERKERS[ベルサリース] oddly plural but otherwise self explanatory

KÜRBIS[キュルビス] looks like it's supposed to be KÜRBIS German for "Pumpkin"

VERSAILLINE[ベルサリーヌ] definitely odd but mostly matches the phonetics on the French VERSAILLES but I don't know how declensions or other suffixes work in French to know what changing the end there is supposed to mean...

HERMES[ヘルメス] from the Greek HERMES[Ἑρμῆς] messenger god and patron of travelers .

RHINOCEROS[リノ��ロス] self explanitory

KAGEMUSHA[カゲムシャ] from KAGEMUSHA[影武者] lit. "Shadow+Warrior" but it's a term used to describe either a person who controls things from the shadows, or alternatively a bodydouble who provides the front for said shadowy ruler.

CHAOS-DULLAHAN[カオスデュラハン]

OMORO-KNIGHT[オモロナイト] from OMOROI[おもろい]: "amusing/funny/comical." Alternatively named ANDREA[アンドレア] in the GBA games?

AQUA-KNIGHT[アクアナイト]

SUPARA-KNIGHT[ツッパラナイト]from SUPARI[つっぱり] a sumo term for a kind of push that was used as slang in the 80s-90s for delinquents. A "PUSHY KNIGHT" in a sense.

These are all pretty straight forward...

HALBERD[ハルバート]

BLOSSOM[ブロッサム]

OCTO-KNIGHT[オクトナイト]

ANGUS[アンガス]

JEWEL[ジュエル]

CROCODILE[クロコダイル]

VENOM-RAIDER[ベノムレイダー]

CERVANTES[セルバンテス] probably from Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

HOLY-KNIGHT[���ーリーナイト]

KRESNIK[クルースニック] from the slavic folk deity and mythic national hero

TUNE-KNIGHT[チューンナイト]although I think the intention was for it to be TUNER-KNIGHT with the shared NA syllable in a way that doesn't romanize coherently.

HEIMDALL[ヘイムダル] watchman of the Norse gods and the rainbow bridge between midgard(realm of men) and asgard(realm of the gods)

CÚ-CHULAINN[クーフーリン] from Cú Chulainn, legendary Irish hero of the Ulster cycle

BEOWOLF[ベイオウルフ] hero of the epic poem that's famously supposed to be the oldest surviving works of English literature

REFLECTOR[リフレクター]

BUSHIDO[ブシドー] BUSHIDO[武士道] lit. "Way (of the) warrior" the now classically romanticized samurai code of conduct and general value system

[p3rana]

me and my man, if I’m being honest

[bobauthorman]

Epic B****slap!

[kakawpie]

Durahan from Monster Rancher! Such a fun commission to do and I really love Durahan’s design. I think it’s so unique that their limbs do not attach! Was a challenge but so rewarding to see it come together and to put my skills to the test :)

My $10+ pixel sprite commissions are still available until August 8th!

[ithisatanytime]

(durahan)

[tussive]

Trying not to crashout waiting for your text back.

[dullahanastasia]

Monster Rancher Fans! I'm planning on making some stickers and charms but first I would like to know

[special-alienprincess]

[greenxprof]

Headless Rider.

This is not the costume in which Green will be joining the contest.

Based on the Dullahan (or Durahan) myth, the Headless Horseman. It is said to appear by the door of someone whose life will be taken that night. It's heavily tied to Green and Spectrier symbiotic relationship. If you're wondering, yes, the armor is real metal. Quite heavy.

[rockyroadsmith]

Who is the strongest of these three monsters—Fairy Hare, Mum Mew,or Poison?

Thanks for the ask! I’m gonna have to go with Mum Mew for this one. We don’t see Fairy Hare really fight, she seemed to mostly serve as a decoy for Hare and Wild Hare during missions, but it’s hard to know since we see so little of her. I think Poison is strong, but she’s spoiled by being Durahan’s arm candy (although since he’s just a head, neck candy? XD) and so she isn’t used to fighting much. We see her fight a few times, but she constantly loses. Mum Mew is similar that she, too, loses most of her battles, but one fight in particular is quite impressive. During “Mum Mew Risks it All”, Mum Mew is able to single-handedly take down multiple Gangsters during her botched bank robbery. Even though there are less of them, Gangsters are still monsters the Searchers struggled to defeat in “Magic Stone Mayhem” and she was able to take them down without any civilians getting hurt in the crossfire. I think since she gets sent out on missions more frequently than Poison, she’s a little more used to fighting. ^_^

[littleeyesofpallas]

[DINO]-[ZUUM] [GOLEM] [TIGER] [JELL]

[PIXIE]-[UNDINE] [WORM]-[BEACLON] [SUEZO]

[HARE] [GALI] [MONOL]-[DOODLE]-[ZAN]

[NAGA] [PLANT] [MAGIC]-[BAJARL] [GHOST]

[DRAGON] [HENGER] [MEW] [APE] [CENTAUR]

[DISK]-[NITON] [COLOR PANDORA] [WRACKY] [DURAHAN]

[ARROW HEAD] [HOPPER] [BAKU] [KATO] [ZILLA]

[PHOENIX] [METALNER] [JILL] [MOCCHI] [JOKER]

[GABOO] [MOCK] [DUCKEN] [LESIONE] [MOGI]

[MOMO] [OCTOPEE] [PANCHO] [PSIROLLER] [SUZURIN]

[ANTLAN] [RAIDEN] [GITAN] [GARU] [OGYO]

[MADILLO] [RIPPER] [PIRORO] [MAYA] [ABYSS]

[FALCO] [XENON] [CHUPARO] [LAMOUR] [BEATA]

[KAWAZUMO] [KYUBI] [SHINRYU] [YGGDRASIL] [KIJIN]

[ILLUMINE]

i'm getting so close to the end... also i guess im just posting my master list draft early... because i dunno that i'm gonna move through these final few very quickly, so the rest ought to be browsable in the meanwhile

[thezoe611]

Are pokemon stronger than cybernetic ones like Hare? Or are they equals in your opinion? Please let me know.

It depends… Obviously I think that rare and legendary pokemon can be stronger than cybernetic monsters. But the rest of the pokemon… It is possible that they are equal in power, or some are weaker. It's like asking who wins? A Pichu or a Durahan. Obviously the Durahan would win ^^'

[thewapolls]

There's not really a lot to say about the Ghost Rider. Originally a random encounter the Alter Code F remake produced the model that WA5 uses with only a small touch up to the skin. The original Wild Arms however had a very different take on the same basic concept, and was kind of shockingly complicated of a character model for just a random enemy.

And of course it shares a model with the random enemy, "Durahan" misromanized from Dullahan, the classic headless horseman folklore.

[bobauthorman]

Looks like Durahan shoulda quit while he was...Ahead.

(Ba-dum tish!)

[srkizer]

this dragoburst pose. he's so confident that showing durahan being super swift would win daigunder's favor... it's so evident in his pose.

[ask-prime-starscream]

Villain couples are best couples. ;)

I’m still waiting for a Transformers show where Megatron and Starscream are officially together! No “could be”, “maybe”, “if you interpret it that way”. No! Officially, canonically! Wonder, if anyone ever has the balls to do that.

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Remember this show? Monster Rancher was more than “a Pokémon clone”. The games have a unique concept and the show was super emotional and had beautiful music (not the English dub, though).

Durahan pretended to be loyal to the show’s big bad, but he later stabbed him in the back to rule the world himself. Despite that he genuinely loved Lilim. But she stabbed him in the back, too... and so he killed her - the last thing he did before his body got destroyed...