Monster Discussion #32: Gigan (Showa)

[edgaguirus]

Personally, I prefer the Showa Gigan. Design has nothing to do with it, but portrayal does. The Showa Gigan was a cruel thug and villain you love to hate. He was perfect for an enemy. GFW Gigan didn't have quite that quality.

[Guardian7]

I say, Mix the two JVM, keep the hooks... they are very signature of Gigan. Then make him stockier or more animalistic than human framed Mel Gigan, but possibly a little lighter framed than the Showa one.

I also wouldn't mind finding out exactly how much of him is Cyborg and how much isn't.

Might also be fun to see Godzilla battle a few of them ala Gyaos from Gamera... just a big ole fleet of flying Gigans laying down destruction!

[JVM]

^ Yeah, I'd like to find out more about Gigan's cyborgism. We really don't know what the hell he is. Maybe that's part of his charm. And I'll note Showa Gigan always seemed more hybridized to me, whereas GFW Gigan seemed almost like a full mech.

[Lamango]

I liked GFW Gigan's design when it was Powered Dorako.

[Legion1979]

I liked GFW Gigan's design when it was Powered Dorako.

Don't kill a really good joke.

[Goji]

I also wouldn't mind finding out exactly how much of him is Cyborg and how much isn't.

I actually have a Japanese book showing the insides of Gigan, Mecha-King Ghidorah, and the Showa Mechagodzilla. Once I actually get access to a working scanner, I will try to upload them for you all to see.

[Guardian7]

I totally forgot I had an image of that Goji. I have the one of the old school Gigan cutaway (Though I have never seen Mecha King Ghidorah or MechaGodzilla).



There it is.

[Hellspawn28]

I still wish he was in the Heisei series. I can see him working if the Return of King Ghidorah movie was made. He would likely look like his Trendmasters Figure desgin.

[Goji]

The Trendmasters toy was just the Showa design with grossly enlarged muscles, it looked awful. I doubt it would have looked as bad as that...but we saw how the adult Mothra turned out, so who knows.

[edgaguirus]

Nice, Guardian. If Gigan could talk, I imagine him saying, " Resistance is futile."

[JVM]

The Trendmasters toy was just the Showa design with grossly enlarged muscles, it looked awful. I doubt it would have looked as bad as that...but we saw how the adult Mothra turned out, so who knows.

Eh, the 6" version is fine really besides the legs and horns being too miniscule. The 10" version though... :X

[Hellspawn28]

I don't think the Trendmasters desgin look that bad. I recall in GvsKG that they mention something about other space monsters, Gigan would have been perfect in the "Return of King Ghidorah movie". Both him and Anguirus should have got a role in the Heisei series. Too bad FW was the first movie to use Gigan in 30 years.

[Legion1979]

This is how Gigan probably would have looked in the Heisei series.

[Goji]

LOL!! Oh man, that's rich. I was NOT expecting that as I continued to scroll down.

[Primevalgodzilla V2]

Heisei Gigan would have been a whole lot bulkier, but everything from the legs up doesn't seem Heisei-ish to me. It definitely looks more like a kid-friendly Showa gigan to me.

In any case, people seem to adore the fatness of Showa Gigan over the sleek Millenium Gigan anyway, so yeah, a Heisei Gigan would probably have been kinda badass.

[Hotrod93]

I always saw Heisei Gigan around something like the Treadmaster's Gigan.

[Guardian7]

Too funny.
Gigan has the HEISEI Hips syndrome.
Which is probably what he would have looked like... and they likely would have used SHOWA Minya's vocals for him.

[King Caesar]

I like Gigan because he always is just such a bad-ass. (scuse my language) He actually is the highlight of the Godzilla Vs. Gigan movie because he really gores Angilas and Godzilla. He doesn't really have any special powers though...

[Godzilla 2000]

I like Gigan because he always is just such a bad-ass. (scuse my language)

What are you, six?

[edgaguirus]

I'm glad they didn't use thunder thigh Gigan in the Hesei series. That design just doesn't look appealing.