User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Anjanath/@comment-5020152-20180317214123

I gotta say, at first I thought Anjanath was a relatively basic monster, but then I learned of his interesting anatomical qualities and he became far more interesting to me. I imagine that's what it's like when you first fight Anja, too - you see this big dinosaur, not really expecting anything special, then you get him mad and BOOM! Suddenly he's got a huge retractable nose, a pair of wing-like fans on his back, and the ability to spit fire (and flaming snot)! Anjanath seems like an ordinary Earth animal at first, and then when you get him angry, you see his more monster-like traits, which makes him pretty cool. He toes the line between reality and fantasy and that's really what Monster Hunter is all about.

Overall his design is really nice, even disregarding the nose and the fins for a second. Love how he resembles a feathered tyrannosaur and his color scheme is very Turkey Vulture-like. Concept-wise he's a bit too similar to Glavenus, except with less emphasis on the tail, which isn't good considering Glavenus is still relatively new. But I'll allow it.

I can't (and probably won't) play the game so I'll never fight Anjanath, but from what I've seen he is probably one of my favorite monsters in World. Maybe. I definitely like him at least.