Gigan (Showa)

### Aliases

Cyborg Monster, Future Monster, New Monster, New Space Monster, Space Monster, Heinous Monster, Future Terror-Beast, Cybernetic Monster

## Personal Info

### Goals

Take over the Earth for its masters.Kill Godzilla, Anguirus, Jet Jaguar and Zone Fighter.

## Summary

**Gigan** (**ガイガン *Gaigan***) is an alien cyborg kaiju who first appeared in the 1972 Toho Godzilla film, *Godzilla vs. Gigan*.

The ultimate weapon of the M Space Hunter Nebula Aliens, Gigan, was deployed to Earth alongside King Ghidorah to aid in the invaders' conquest of the planet. Gigan and King Ghidorah began their assault on Tokyo, where they were confronted by Godzilla and Anguirus. After a grueling battle, Gigan and King Ghidorah both retreated into outer space. The following year, in *Godzilla vs. Megalon*, the Nebulans sent Gigan back to Earth to aid their allies, the Seatopians, in their assault on the surface world. Gigan joined forces with the Seatopians' guardian Megalon, but was sent retreating once again by the combined efforts of Godzilla and Jet Jaguar. In the television series *Zone Fighter*, Gigan was now under the control of the Garogas and had joined the ranks of their Terror-Beasts. The Garogas upgraded Gigan and sent him to Earth, where he fought Godzilla once again but was ultimately killed in battle with Zone Fighter.

## Mentality

**Personality**: Gigan is sometimes considered to be Godzilla's most brutal and violent opponent. The 1992 book *Special Graphix Godzilla vs. Mothra* contrasts Gigan's personality with King Ghidorah and Mechagodzilla, two of Godzilla's other recurring foes from the Showa series. While King Ghidorah is described as a "dignified villain," Gigan is said to be a "bloodthirsty, ferocious cutthroat" in contrast to Mechagodzilla being a "consistently coldhearted and composed professional." Gigan is shown to be very vicious and sadistic in combat, preferring to shred his opponents up close with his hook hands and buzzsaw. Gigan is also not above continuing to attack his enemies while they are down, as shown in his debut film, where he repeatedly struck and stabbed Godzilla with his Hammer Hands while the latter was still left floored by the Godzilla Tower. According to Gigan's suit actor Kenpachiro Satsuma, he made the conscious decision to portray Gigan as enjoying the destruction he causes. However, Gigan appears to be a bit of a coward, attempting to retreat and leaving his ally at the mercy of his enemies as soon as the tide of battle turns against him.

**Intelligence:** **Average**; Capable of communicating and planning with other monsters, he celebrated two opponents being stuck temporarily.

## Power and Stats

**Powers and Abilities:** Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Spaceflight, Flight, Cyborgization, Infrared Vision, Explosion Manipulation (Gigan's hooks can release an explosive charge upon impact), Energy Projection, Heat Manipulation, Resurrection, Poison Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation (All explained here and here), Transformation (Diamond form)

**Dimensionality: 3-D**

**Existential Status:** **Concrete**

**Attack Potency:** **Planet level** (Comparable to second generation King Ghidorah. Made Godzilla and Anguirus bleed) | At least **Planet level** (Far stronger than before, after being upgraded. Defeated Jet Jaguar. Fought a stronger Godzilla and Zone Fighter)

**Durability:** **Planet level** | At least **Planet level** (Took blows from Godzilla and Zone Fighter)

**Speed:** **Subsonic** Movement Speed (Outpaced Anguirus and Godzilla), **Massively FTL** Attack, Combat and Reactions speed (Scaling from Godzilla), **Massively FTL+** Flight Speed in Diamond Form (Traveled from the Space Hunter M Nebula to Earth within minutes on more than one occasion)

**Lifting Strength:** At least **Class M** (Kicked the 20,000 metric ton Showa Godzilla dozens of meters with one kick and overpowered him for a while, superior to the 30,000 metric ton Anguirus, comparable to King Ghidorah.) | At least **Class M**

**Stamina:** **Extremely High**

**Range:** **Tens of meters** by sheer size, **Hundreds of meters** with ranged attacks

**Weaknesses:** Striking his eye visor will either short out his eye lasers or blind him.

**Key:** **During *Godzilla vs. Gigan*** | **During *Godzilla vs. Megalon* and *Zone Fighter***

## Arsenal

**Notable Attacks/Techniques:**

* **Hammer Hands**: Gigan's forelimbs sport a pair of large metal hooks, which in the Showa series are either called **Hammer Hands** (**ハンマー・ハンド *Hanmā Hando***) or **Hammer-claw Hands**. Gigan uses his Hammer Hands to batter and stab opponents. In *Zone Fighter*, the tips of Gigan's Hammer Hands were fitted with explosive charges which detonate on contact with an enemy, though they only have one use each.

* **Rotating Cutter**: Gigan has a buzzsaw-like **Rotating Cutter** (**回転カッター *Kaiten Kattā***) built into his abdominal area made of an unknown alien alloy, granting it considerable durability and sharpness. In *Godzilla vs. Gigan*, Gigan's saw was able to draw blood from both Godzilla and Anguirus. A favored tactic of Gigan is to use his powers of flight along with his buzzsaw in hit and run attacks, slashing his opponent as he races by them, as demonstrated when he sliced deep into Godzilla's shoulder with the buzzsaw as he flew past at high speed.

* **Laser**: In addition to his melee weapons, the Showa Gigan was depicted as having a beam aperture set into his forehead just above his visor.

* **Heat Energy Ray**: Gigan can discharge a five-thousand-degree energy ray from the internal nuclear reactor. Although, Gigan never used this in the films.
* **Ninja Revival Technique**: In *Zone Fighter*, Gigan sprang to his feet using the **Ninja Revival Technique** after Godzilla defeated him. *Toho Special Effects All Monster Encyclopedia* clarifies: "[Gigan] is immortal so long as both of his claws [...] are unscathed." Gigan later damaged one of his claws himself by hitting Zone Fighter with an explosive charge, with the hero targetting the other.