Gigan (Showa)

Gigan is a giant cybernetic monster that appears in the film Godzilla vs Gigan. He made his first appearance on this wiki in the battle Gigan (Showa) vs Gigan (2004). Gigan is generally known for being an extremely armored monster and also one of the most powerful monsters in the Showa series. He is also generally one of the largest monsters. Gigan was one of the first monsters to feature on this wiki.

***Note: This page only covers the Showa version of Gigan. For the Millennium, see here: Gigan (Millennium)***

## Powers & Abilities

### Hammer Hands

Gigan's main weapons are his Hammer Hands, which are extremely large hooked appendages replacing his hands. These Hammer Hands are extremely powerful and Gigan uses these to stab and cut. He nearly beheaded Jet Jaguar with these blades. They were also the first weapon ever to make Godzilla bleed. These Hammer Hands would eventually be upgraded with explosives on the end of them that were strong enough to knock over and extremely injure Zone Fighter.

### Buzzsaw

His most powerful ability, Gigan's buzzsaw is a dangerous weapon. Only one slice needed caused both Godzilla and Anguirus to start bleeding out gruesomely. The buzzsaw can also extend out of Gigan's body for much, much longer range. Gigan's buzzsaw can be used as he flies in the air or on the ground as a close-up or mid-ranged weapon. Gigan's buzzsaw is mostly a last resort weapon that he can use to great avail.

### Beak

Gigan has a beak with extremely sharp and small teeth used for cutting into flesh. Gigan's beak is extremely powerful and it was able to hold on to Godzilla's tail, even when said king of the monsters was slamming Gigan into the ground.

### Antigravity Flight

Gigan can fly by using antigravity. While he has been stated to fly at mach three, the fact that he has moved so fast that Godzilla wasn't able to react too him implied that Gigan can fly at speeds faster than the speed of light. Gigan uses his flight to attack from above where flightless enemies can't hurt him as he hurts them. Gigan uses mainly his buzzsaw and Hammer Hands to attack extremely quickly before dodging enemy attacks.

### Physical Strength

Gigan is one of the strongest monsters in the Showa series. Gigan has been able to go par-to-par with Godzilla and even overpower him at times. Some guidebooks have also stated that Gigan can uproot and lift mountains. The average mountain weight weighs 500,000 tons and Gigan can most likely lift more than that. Gigan is also stronger than monsters like Jet Jaguar and Anguirus, But isn't on the level of kaiju like Titanosaurus, Megalon, King Ghidorah, and Mechagodzilla.

### Durability

Gigan is extremely durable and is very good at surviving beatings. In the original Godzilla vs Gigan, by the end of the film, Gigan was constantly getting shot by Godzilla's Atomic Breath and smashing into buildings, yet walked it off in mere seconds. Gigan was survived getting berated by several maser cannons and should be comparable to Anguirus, another monster who is quite armored and takes several beatings from other monsters like Godzilla.

### Immortality

Gigan can never actually die unless Gigan's Hammer Hands are damaged or destroyed. Otherwise, he can revive himself even when he's dead.

### Flamethrower

Gigan has a flamethrower that he has never used but does have as a ranged weapon.

### Laser

Gigan also has a laser that he can fire from the top of his head that he has also never used.

## Weaknesses

### Hitting his eye

If Gigan's eye is hit, his eye laser may malfunction and even possibly blind him.

### Retreating

Gigan is prone to retreating in a fight when he starts to loose said fight.

## Feats

* Fought both Godzilla and Anguirus along with Ghidorah
* Again fought Godzilla and Jet Jaguar with Megalon
* Nearly defeated Zone Fighter when damaged
* Again fought Godzilla
* Said to have lifted mountains
* First monster to make Godzilla bleed
* Defeated Jet Jaguar
* Buzzsaw cut both Godzilla and Anguirus in one hit

## On this wiki

### Win-to-Loss ratio

* General depiction
* Win-Loss ratio

The Showa version of Gigan has appeared in one battle so far. Click the other button to see his win-to-loss ratio.

**Battle Record**

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1
* Draws: 0