Granzon/Neo Granzon
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The Granzon is a fictional robot in the Super Robot Wars series. Its upgrade is the Neo Granzon. It has appeared as an enemy unit in the Super Robot Wars Gaiden, Super Robot Wars 3, Super Robot Wars EX, Super Robot Wars 4, Super Robot Wars F Final, Super Robot Wars Alpha, Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden and Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation. It made an appearance in Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2, and was briefly playable in Super Robot Wars Original Generations, Super Robot Wars Original Generation Gaiden and Super Robot Wars Gaiden.
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[edit] Technical And Historical
The Granzon was one of the first machines developed by the Divine Crusaders. The design was planned out by Shu Shirakawa, a member of the faction and a good friend of their leader, Bian Zoldark. The Granzon was so costly to develop and construct that it consumed two-thirds of the Divine Crusader's budget.
The Granzon uses an antimatter annihilation engine, a perfectly efficient energy source. The annihilation engine is able to meet the immense energy requirements of the Granzon's weapon systems, which all involve gravity and time-space manipulation. An advanced artificial intelligence program also allows the Granzon to engage up to 65,536 enemies at once. The only unit so far that is said to be able to hold the Granzon in one-on-one combat is the Astranagant.
When Shu's power taps into the dark god, Volkruss, he is able to morph the Granzon into the Neo Granzon.
[edit] Specifications
Height: 27.3 meters
Weight: 42.8 tons
Weapon Systems:
- Granworm Sword
A large sword hidden in a wormhole is drawn out and its use for melee attacks.
- Graviton Cannon
The Granzon releases a massive gravity wave around it, crushing all enemies in the vicinity.
- Worm Smasher
The Granzon opens up a wormhole in front of itself and fires several energy shots into it. Wormholes then open up at different angles around the target where the shots emerge, attacking it from all angles. Called Worm Hole Attack in the North American localization.
- Black Hole Cluster
The Granzon releases energy from its chest, forming a miniature black hole, throwing the energy at its target. This engulfs the enemy and crushes them within its singularity.
- Prototype Degenerative Cannon (試作型縮退砲 Shisakugata Shukutai Hō?)
The Granzon opens the covering on its chest and reveals a cannon. It then fires a large energy ball at the target which draws the enemy into it before bursting in a cosmic explosion that wipes out the solar system. This attack only appears in Super Robot Wars Alpha. In all other games, the Shukutai Hō was only on the Neo Granzon.
[edit] Notes
Contrary to popular fan speculation, the name Granzon is not Greek for "commandment". Since none of the other Divine Crusaders units or Masō Kishin units have names based on actual words, it is safe to assume that the name Granzon is simply an invented one.
It is interesting to note that the Granzon has different identification codes throughout the different Super Robot Wars storylines:
- DCAM-00, in the Original Generation series.
- EI-YAM-003, in Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars.
- R-0 in the Alpha continuity, as it was the test-bed for all the EOT used for the R-Series.
- DCSMH-03 in the Alpha series, as it was the third model after the Valsion and the Valsione of DC's Super Machinery Humanoids.
