Like Godzilla, Anguirus's roars were created by a musical instrument: the saxophone. Godzilla: The Half-Century War #2 (2012).
His skin is a a much lighter shade of gray, with yellowish-colored spikes. The Final Wars Anguirus has some differences in his design compared to previous incarnations. The Anguirus suit at various stages of construction. Mechagodzilla uses anything resembling this spelling, with Godzilla: Final Wars pronouncing it like "Angweenus." However, only the English dub of Godzilla vs. In the mid-1970's, Toho copyrighted the new revised English name Anguirus, making it the official Anglicization of the monster's name for all subsequent media. The original English name given to Anguirus by Toho was "Angilas," as seen in the company's 1955 international sales booklet. The name was chosen from several names proposed by employees of Toho during production of Godzilla Raids Again. Anguirus's Japanese name, Angirasu (アンギラス), comes from the Japanese spelling of the name of the dinosaur genus Ankylosaurus (アンキロサウルス, Ankirosaurusu), upon which the monster's design is based.