Gigan (Showa) vs Gigan (2004)

What happens when two versions of the same character get into a battle? Let's see. The battle of the giant cybernetic space dinosaurs, it's Gigan vs Gigan.

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**Gigan 1972****Gigan 1973****Gigan using his buzzsaw****Gigan 2004****Modified Gigan****Gigan after blowing up Mothra**
## Analysises

### Footyzilla1321's Analysis

#### Fighter 1: Showa Gigan

Throughout the entirety of the Showa era, Gigan was one of the most impressive monsters in the era, standing at 65 metres tall, 120 metres long and weighing 25,000 tons. Gigan is physically a powerhouse, kicking away the 20,000 ton Godzilla with one kick. Gigan could also shove around said Godzilla. Gigan was also noted to be able to lift mountains. Gigan's durability is also something to note. While he seems like he isn't very durable, Gigan was knocked around and smashed into the ground. Gigan was also blown out of the sky several times by Godzilla's incredibly powerful atomic breath. Gigan is stupidly fast, as he was able to travel from the Space Hunter M Nebula Aliens to Earth in a minute. Gigan has outpaced Godzilla, who dodged the lightspeed gravity beams at point-blank range, putting Gigan above lightspeed. Gigan can increase his speed by encasing himself into a diamond-like figure. Gigan is also one of the smartest monsters of the Showa era, able to coordinate attacks with Megalon. Gigan also acts very human and is described as a cold blooded killer.

Gigan is made more dangerous by some of the abilities he possess. One of the most notable is his giant claws. Gigan's claws, or hammer hands, are extremely powerful, as only a couple of hits were able to pierce the skin of Godzilla. In Zone Fighter, Gigan was armed with explosive devises on his hammer hands that were able to knock Zone Fighter to the ground and Zone Fighter is on the level of destroying stars. Gigan should also be comparable to King Ghidorah, who like Zone Fighter, has star level destroying feats. Gigan's most powerful weapon is his buzzsaw. Gigan's buzzsaw was instantly able to cut through Godzilla's skin with one slice. Gigan's buzzsaw has been shown in other media, like in Godzilla Battle Line being one of the most powerful attacks in the game. Gigan can also fire a small laser from the top of his head and fire a flamethrower from his mouth. Gigan also has spikes on his feet and the tip of his tail. Gigan also has a powerful metal beak used for biting. Gigan can also never die if his hooks are in perfect condition.

Scaling other monsters to Gigan makes the space dinosaur even more powerful. Gigan was able to survive hits from a Godzilla who had trained with Zone Fighter and Zone Fighter himself, who can both destroy large stars. Gigan also should scale with King Ghidorah, who whipped out Venus and even defeated both Godzilla and Zone Fighter. Gigan is stronger than both Megalon and Jet Jaguar. Gigan could even possibly be scaled with the early Mechagodzilla, though Gigan definitely ranks below Mechagodzilla.

With all of that being said, Gigan has some weaknesses. Gigan's explosives will damage his hooks, allowing him to die, which is what happened. Gigan is also pretty silly and will run away at the site of him loosing.

#### Fighter 2: Millennium Gigan

In Godzilla: Final Wars, Gigan was finally rebooted as one of the main villains in the film, along with Keizer Ghidorah. This new Gigan stood at 120 metres tall, 250 metres long and weighs in at 60,000 tons. For this fight scenario, we will be used the Modified form of Gigan. Anyways, Gigan's physical strength is quite impressive, as only one strike was able to make both Godzilla and Monster X roar out in pain. Gigan was also able to throw around Mothra and propel through Mothra's wind. One slash of Gigan's chainsaws cut through Mothra's wing. Gigan's durability is also quite impressive. He was able to survive an atomic breath to the body and walked off getting his face blown off. Gigan should also be comparable to monsters like King Caesar, who got into a brawl with Godzilla and lasted the longest out of Rodan and Anguirus. Gigan is one of the fastest monsters in the Millennium era, able to quickly dodge the missiles of the Gotengo's missiles. Gigan also flew around the Tokyo Tower in under 2 seconds. With the Tokyo Tower being 333 metres tall, Gigan must be extremely fast. Gigan also has out sped Mothra. Gigan is also pretty intelligent, considering he and Monster X were able to strategies against Godzilla. Gigan also posed when he thought he killed Mothra.

Gigan's physical strength is made even more impressive when Gigan uses his chainsaws. Gigan's chainsaws are so powerful, they cause sparks when they hit Godzilla and Monster X. These chainsaws also have another use, as Gigan can use them to propel himself at amazing speed so fast and so powerful, they can propel Gigan through Mothra's wind, which kicked up rubble and blew away buildings. Gigan's buzzsaw, again, is extremely powerful, damaging the Gotengo and nearly destroying it. The Gotengo was able to tank Godzilla's atomic breath. Gigan also has a couple of ranged weapons, his strongest one being the Giganume Cluster, which physically hurt Godzilla and blew up Mothra. Gigan also has spikes on his feet and multiple different spikes on his tail, allowing him to grab onto Mothra's abdomen. Gigan also has rasor disks he can fire from his chest which can could possibly cut through Mothra and while it hasn't been confirmed, Gigan is most likely immortal as he was able to survive getting his head blown off twice, able to walk around and most likely play dead.

Doing some scaling makes Gigan much more powerful. Gigan was able to hurt Monster X in one hit. Monster X was confirmed by Toho to be the most powerful version of King Ghidorah at the time, meaning he is more powerful than the Ghidorahs that are powerful enough to destroy planets, stars and even black holes. Monster X is superior and Gigan was able to hurt Monster X. Gigan was also able to easily defeat Mothra in only a couple of seconds and dragged around Godzilla, who survived a beating from Keizer Ghidorah. Guidebooks have also stated that if Gigan wasn't stopped by Mothra, he would have destroyed planet Earth.

Gigan does have some weaknesses. His head/neck is a weak spot and caused his head to fall off. If Gigan's hooks are damaged, he can die.

### Battle Results

This fight is actually much closer than most people realize, mainly due to S. Gigan's extra screentime or M. Gigan's larger size. However, I feel like the winner would be Modified Gigan. Not to say that S. Gigan isn't one of the most powerful monsters, but still, M. Gigan would win. Modified Gigan is physically more powerful, able to throw around and push the 55,000 ton Godzilla. M. Gigan is also more durable, able to take a beating. M. Gigan is slightly slower and slightly less intelligent, but still, his weapons and ranged abilities make him much more deadly, not to mention the height and weight difference. Modified Gigan would win around 89% of the time and Showa Gigan would win around 11% of the time.