One look at Gigan, and you know this guy means business. If the sight of its red visor and sharp pincers doesn’t scare you, its loaded lasers, razor-sharp arms, and supersonic flying ability will surely do the trick. Oh, and he also has a buzzsaw protruding from his torso. He’s pretty rad.
The one knock against Gigan is that he’s controlled by a race of cockroach-like beings known as the Space Hunter Nebula Aliens, meaning he’s essentially a giant vehicle with no personality. So long as you stop the driver, you stop Gigan, which makes him far less dangerous than, say, the maniacal King Ghidorah. Also, Gigan typically teams up with more powerful allies and avoids one-on-one combat.
Then again, all it took was one well-timed nuclear blast to the face for Godzilla to take Gigan down in 2004’s “Godzilla Final Wars.” Before that, in films such as 1972’s “Godzilla vs. Gigan” and 1973’s “Godzilla vs. Megalon,” the robotic monstrosity retreated as soon as the fight turned against him. In the video game, “Godzilla Saves the Earth,” Gigan also ranks in the lower tier of villains, so he’s not exactly A-list material.
Still, visually, he looks sharp (pun intended), and he does give Godzilla a run for his money whenever the two meet. I’d love to see a modern version of this bladed baddie.