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Emperor Lugal or simply Lugal; is the current fallen supreme ruler of the Denguil Empire who serves as the main antagonist in the 1983 film "Final Yamato". He is voiced by actor Taro Ishida.
Personality and Traits[]
As the supreme leader of the Dingirians, Lugal escapes his drowning homeworld aboard the enormous space station Uruk. Unlike the Gamilas leader Dessler who was a more sympathetic and remorseful antagonist turned anti-hero, Emperor Lugal on the other hand had absolutely no redeeming qualities what so ever. He is impassive when told his wife and younger son perished, believing that only the strong should survive, and decides that Earth should become the new home of his people, planning to use Aquarius to flood it. Spurning the very idea of "charity", he sets about exterminating the human race, ensuring it cannot even leave Earth before flooding. He kills his own elder son when the latter fails to destroy the Yamato, and he later shows no concern when he accidentally shoots his younger son (who desperately tried to stop his own former Father from executing Susumu Kodai) and shortly thereafter self-destructs Uruk, killing all living within its city when its purpose has been served. Later, when Lugal tries one final attempt at destroying the Yamato, only for him to show shock and surprise upon seeing the Gamilas Empire led by Emperor Dessler, who had managed to successfully arrived in time with his fleet in order to help save Humanity from almost certain destruction yet again, while protecting the Yamato in the process. In his final moments before Emperor Dessler easily finishes his opponent off for good, Emperor Lugal screamed in absolute fury as his flagship Prey Noah is instantly vaporized by the Dessler Cannon. (Final Yamato)
Biography[]
Escaping Planet Denguil's Destruction and Plan to Invade Earth[]
When the Denguil homeworld is suddenly flooded by the wandering planet Aquarius, Emperor Lugal and his military followers willingly leave the rest of their own people to die, while they escaped aboard a massive vessel and set off into space. But what they did not know was the the Earth space battleship Yamato would later arrive and attempt to rescue the survivors, but would only succeed in saving the Emperor’s youngest son. (Final Yamato)
Battle of Aquarius and Escape from Uruke[]
When the space battleship Yamato crash landed on Uruke, Emperor Lugal ordered his forces to keep the humans from stopping Aquarius’s warp. Emperor Lugal personally led his troops into battle while astride his personal robot horse, slaughtering and innocent human defenders that got in his way, while unaware that his own younger son was aboard the Yamato. When the humans had managed to destroy the main control tower, temporarily stopping Aquarius’s warp, while Lugal himself withdrew into the heart of the massive city ship, where he then proceeded to activate a secondary backup warp system.
Return, A New Challenger Arrives, and Death[]
Emperor Lugal would not give up, as he, his flagship Prey Noah, and his surviving fleet remnants later found the space battleship Yamato filled up with the highly unstable tritiated water. The crew of the Yamato couldn't retaliate due to the highly unstable tritiated water, that if they took a hit from enemy weapons fire, then the Yamato would exploded like a hydrogen bomb. The Denguil armada immediately swarms and surrounds the Yamato from all sides, blocking her escape. The crew brace for the end just as the enemy fleet is entering effective weapons range. However, just as Emperor Lugal gives the hand gesture order for his fleet to open fire upon the defenseless Earth ship, a sudden flashing explosion suddenly shows as several of his ships are immediately destroyed by a new enemy. A new challenger appears seemingly out of nowhere as this new challenger just so happens to be former enemy turned long time friend and most trusted ally to Earth, supreme leader Emperor Dessler of the Galman Empire, leading a fleet of warships lead by his personal flagship that arrived in time to save the Yamato, at the last moment. Dessler quickly informs the crew of the Yamato, that he knows their current situation, and states that he and his fleet will distract the Denguil fleet and Emperor Lugal long enough for them to make the warp jump to stop Aquarius. The Galman fleet heroically and valiantly charges right into the heart of the battle quickly annihilate a great many of Emperor Lugal's own warships, before Dessler's own ship heads straight towards Emperor Lugal's flagship.
In his final moments before Emperor Dessler easily finishes his opponent off for good, Emperor Lugal screamed in absolute fury as his flagship Prey Noah is instantly vaporized and Emperor Lugal himself is finally killed off for good this time by the Dessler Cannon, ultimately rendering the entire Dingarian race and the entire Denguil Empire all extinct. (Final Yamato)
Notes and Trivia[]
- The word Lugal (𒈗) is Sumerian for "king."
- The King of Fighters character Rugal Bernstein was named after him.
- He is also seen often riding a Mechanical Horse into battle alongside his troops.
- Emperor Lugal is regarded by many fans as one of the truly most HATED and greatly despised villains in the entire "Space Battleship Yamato" franchise (alongside other infamous Space Battleship Yamato franchise Villains such as Emperor Zwordar, Great Emperor Skulldart, Bolar Federation Prime Minister Bemlarze, and even both Commander Metzler and Prime Minister/Fleet Admiral Barthman of the SUS Empire).
Japanese language information[]
ルガール Rugāru