Butanohana Database- a visual guide

Re: Butanohana Database

My useless toy project of the weekend was dividing the released Buta toys into lists of the show/manga/film etc that they were originally licensed from. When I'm actually displaying my toys rather than playing with them I tend to segregate them that way anyway, and a nice and tidy set of names broken up into lists of digestible length can only help my obsessive collector self navigate the picto-database with that much greater ease. I learned a ton while scouring the net for info, grabbed a few shows I'd never seen before, and came out with a pretty thorough breakdown of SO's pop culture interests made public. The carrot for me was demystifying the origin of the few characters I wasn't already sure about (and discovering more about those I was), and I thought I'd turn to the board to see if you can help out on the tail end.

Thanks to the boardies whose original posts I used for some of the info here, thanks to Smo9monster for helping me with the last couple IDs, and huge thanks to Lixx for all the work in piecing together this thread in the first place!

Any comments, suggestions, corrections and further information would be most welcome, and I'll update and annotate these list as often as something new and helpful is scared up, or a new toy hits the shelves.

Hopefully a few of you will dig this.

- 17 Oct '11

Last updated 14 March '15

TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS

Showa:
ULTRA Q '66
Baloonga
Garamon
Garamon Anchor
Garamon Omega (Leo)
Giant (Kyojin)
Goga
Gomess
Gorgos
Goro
Kanegon
M1Go
Mongler
Namegon (mini)
Sudaru
Todola
@micros
Garamon / Gomess / Goro / Kanegon / Kermur-Seijin / Namegon / Peguila

ULTRAMAN '66-67
Alien Baltan 1
Alien Baltan 2
Alien Zarab
*w/Zarab in ship mini
Antlar
Dodongo
Dorako
Gamakujira
Gigasu
Goldon
Gomora
Gomora's Tail (mini)
Gyango
Jamila
Jirass
Keronia
Magular
Pygmon
RedKing
RedKing (mini)
Seabozu
Teresudon
Ultraman
Ultraman Nise
Woo
@micros
Aboras / Antlar / Bemler / Dodongo / Dorako / Gamakujira
Gigasu / Gomora / Jirass / Ragon II / RedKing / Seabozu

ULTRA SEVEN '67-68
Alien Icarus
Alien Villa
Chibull
Eleking
King Joe
*w/saucer omake (black and red versions only)
Mikuras
Omocha-Jiisan (Grandpa Toys, Chibull form)
*w/toy vehicle mini (truck or car)
Ultraseven
Windam
@micros
Eleking

FIGHT! MIGHTY JACK '68
Pucky
Pucky mini

@Pucky appeared in ep.16

CHIBIRA-KUN '70-'71
Aghira (variation on character from Ultraseven)
Chibira-kun
Gebagoro
Gakinko
Goruba
Hare Hare
Mamagon
Papagon
Mechara
Oku (lady Booska)
Pipi (Pip-Pip)
Pochi Pochi (Getdata)
Postman Icarus (variation on character from Ultraseven)
Postman Zarab (variation on character from Ultraman)
Tutor (mini)

ULTRA FIGHT '70-'71
Zazahn
@micros
Baltan / Eleking (sleepy) / Godola / Goron / Icarus / Keeler / Woo

National/Panasonic HAYABUSA Vacuum Cleaner '71
Falcon (Hayato, aka Hayabusa Vacuum Lady)
Gomira (Dust Monster)

@view the ad here.

RETURN OF ULTRAMAN '71-'72
Zazahn
@micros
Alien Baltan jr / Alien Mates / Alien Mysteler (bad) / Alien Mysteler (good) / Alien Nackle
Alien Varduck / Beacon / Bemstar / Black King / Builgamo / Detton / Dungar / Earthtron / Eledortus
Ghostron / Gokinezura / Gorbagos / Gudon / King Bockle / King Maimai (Larva) / King Maimai (adult)
King Zaurus III / Kingstron / Kupukupu / Magnedon / Mognezun / Muruchi / Nokogilin Beetle / Nokogilin
Oxter / Sadora / Sartan / Sasahiller / Seagorath / Seamons / Shugaron / Snowgon / Stegon / Takkong
Terochilas / Twin Tail / Varricane / Yadokarin / Yamahiller / Zagorus / Zanika / Zazahn

JUMBORG ACE '73
Alien Emerald
CAIN

@Alien Emerald appeared in ep.1, CAIN appeared in ep.17

ULTRAMAN TARO '73-'74
Alien Mephilas II
Birdon & Kemujira
Dorobon
Enmago & Jizou
Guron
Pandora & Chinpe
Re-Bemstar

ULTRAMAN LEO '74-'75
Bango
Gamerot
Sevenger

Heisei:
ULTRAMAN MEBIUS '06
Deathlem
Glowzam

Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy - The Movie '09
Alien Reiblood
Ultraman Belial
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TOHO Co.

King Kong vs. Godzilla '62
Godzilla '62
"Kong" / Giant Gorilla (unlicensed, see prehistoric)
Oodako

Matango '63
Matango

Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster '66
Godzilla '66
*w/Giant Condor mini (blue version only)

Son of Godzilla '67
Godzilla '67

Latitude Zero '69
Griffon

Go! GREENMAN '73-74
Gorilla
Gorilla mini

@The gorilla appeared in ep.28. More info on him can be found here.

@micros
Greenman Gorilla / Jet Jaguar / MechaGodzilla
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TEZUKA Productions

MIGHTY ATOM (Astro Boy) '52 (manga)
Atom
Cobalt

THUNDER MASK '73 (manga)
Kurozaro
Sanda
Thundermask
Dekanda
Taiya
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TBS

"I Wont Cry" '66
Nakira

@Nakira appeared in ep.16
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P Productions

Spectreman '71-'72
Spectreman

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PREHISTORIC ' , B.C.

Batch 1
Eryops
Pachycephalosaurus
Tyrannosaurus Rex

Batch 1.5
Carnotaurus
Corythosaurus
Giant Gorilla (unlicensed Kong)
Giganotosaurus
Placerias
Titanus

Primitive People Set (male and female, set of 4 micros)

Batch 2
Edmontonia
Iguanadon
Protoceratops

Australopithecus (cavewoman necklace)

ORIGINAL CHARACTERS

Cat Tank (micro)

ChibaJin - mascot-sized original creation.

ChibaQ - mascot-sized original creation.

Chiba special assembly kit - a 16-piece set of interchangeable character and vehicle part (micros)
Butter / Dog / Lucky / White / Ukka / Cat Tank (all names need confirmation)

S-Taiin - spaceman, giant size (pre-Buta from '97)

Thrashman - Buta sculpt of Gargamel character.

Pon-Chan series micros:
Buta / Ichigo / Kuma / Pon / Taiin / Tako / Zarigani

G series micros:
Batch 1: Boin / Katana / Megalosaurus / Munekin / Otoko / Titanis / Tori
Batch 2: Australopithecus / Haimatsu / Ketorasaurus / Lion / Manto / Munepoke / Seribo

 

Re: Butanohana Database

The Buta Booska is a lady Booska, and yes, like Aghira and the altered Ikarus, both originally from Ultraseven, she was part of the cast of recurring characters on Chibira-Kun. I'll try to dig out a clip. Here's a nice little write-up about the show and Buta while I'm hunting..

Thanks for the thanks, all!

Now to edit this to respond to posts below:

Exactly! That's why I had to sit down and do this.
I felt like I knew most of them, but when I got to that final quarter it got kind of cloudy once I was trying to remember who showed up where, and I got tired of wondering about the same few total mystery characters every time I came back to admire page one.
All better now. Nerd out, indeed!

"Oku 奥 :Its meaning by itself is center, middle, heart. When combined with san it's literally "Person of the center/heart." Usually exclusively used by males for their wives."

A gema whale! Wait, I mean Booska's wife! Cool.

 

Also, it could just be an anomaly from the pic, but I saw this a while back and thought it was odd. It is a Guron, but seems to be distinctly yellow, not sure if it is an additional version to the three pictured (could be the cream, but seems pretty different )