Early designs for Scarmiglione. “These are designs from when I was exploring various kinds of material for the shield. We’d already decided that it would protect its weak point with its own carapace. I was trying to solve the problem by combining crustacean designs for the left shield. But having realized that the image of a shark would be diluted, I settled with the current form,” says Kinoshita.

A generic Scagdead and a rare Scagdead.

“Originally, I designed the Sea Creeper without legs. Ultimately, this ended up being a monster that required no major changes,” says designer Fuminori Sato.