Granzon/Neo Granzon

The Granzon is a fictional robot in the Super Robot Wars series. Its upgrade is the Neo Granzon. It appears as an enemy unit in Super Robot Wars Gaiden, the 3rd Super Robot Wars 3, Super Robot Wars EX, the 4th Super Robot Wars 4, Super Robot Wars F Final, Super Robot Wars Alpha, Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden and . It makes a cameo appearance in , and is briefly playable in Super Robot Wars Gaiden, Super Robot Wars Original Generations and Super Robot Wars Original Generation Gaiden.

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 the name Granzon is simply an invented one.

Technical And Historical

The Granzon is one of the first machines developed by the Divine Crusaders. The design is planned out by Shu Shirakawa, a member of the faction and a good friend of their leader, Bian Zoldark. The Granzon is 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.

It is interesting to note the Granzon has different identification codes throughout the different Super Robot Wars storylines:

*DCAM-00, in the Original Generation series.
*EI-YAM-003, in .
*R-0, in the Alpha Timeline; the Granzon is the test-bed for all the Extra-Over Technology used for the machines in the SRX Development Project. It is later re-designated as DCSMH-03, being the third after the Valsion and the Valsione of the Divine Crusaders' Super Machinery Humanoids.

pecifications

Height: 27.3 meters

Weight: 42.8 tons

Weapon Systems:

*Granworm Sword
"A large sword hidden in a wormhole is drawn out and used 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, and the shots emerge from them, 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, which it fires at an opponent. The weapon engulfs the enemy and crushes them within its singularity."

*nihongo|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 only Degeneration Cannon is the full-fledged model, used only by Neo Granzon.

References

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