Granzon

The Granzon is a fictional robot in the Super Robot Taisen series. Its upgrade is the Neo Granzon. It appears as an enemy unit in Super Robot Wars Gaiden, the 3rd Super Robot Wars, Super Robot Wars EX, the 4th Super Robot Wars, Super Robot Wars F Final, Super Robot Taisen Alpha, Super Robot Taisen Alpha Gaiden and Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation. It makes a cameo appearance in Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2, and is briefly playable in Super Robot Wars Gaiden, Super Robot Taisen Original Generations and Super Robot Taisen Original Generation Gaiden and was a late game unit in 2nd Super Robot Taisen Original Generation.

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 (except the 'LION' series), 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. It's also known that Shu used alchemy from La Gias to enhance the power of the Granzon.

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. So far, the only units said to be able to hold the Granzon one-on-one are the Astranagant, Dis Astranagant, Shurouga, Cybuster (in its full possession mode), and Zelvoid (in its full possession mode).

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.

Neo Granzon

When Shu's power taps into the dark god Volkruss, he is able to morph the Granzon into the Neo Granzon. It´s said that this is the completed form of the Granzon. The Neo Granzon it's made up of EOT and the best magical dark alchemy of La Gias and is considered one of the strongest machines ever created. In Original Generation Gaiden, it is revealed that Shu uses the Kabbalah System to tap into the powers of Volkruss. However, the Neo Granzon isn't the incarnation of Volkruss, and only uses his powers, however in Masou Kishin 3 Shu would demonstrate that he can initiate the morph by using his own powers, even replacing the summoning incantation with a Physics lecture.

Despite the great power of the Neo Granzon, it was destroyed by the heroes of each timeline, stopping the plots of Shu (or Volkruss) and delaying the resurrection of Volkruss. The Neo Granzon was "re-built" by Louzorl when he revived Shu but due to his blunder this time both Shu and the Neo Granzon were free from the grasp of Volkruss. In an ironic twist of fate, eventually the Neo Granzon and Cybuster joined forces to destroy the evil god.

Granzon specifications

Code Name : Busou Kikoushi

Height: 27.3 meters

Weight: 42.8 tons

Supporting System: Kabbalah System

Weapon Systems:

Gran Beam
Granzon fires a yellow beam from its crown

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.

Distorion Break
The Granzon opens up a series of linear wormholes in front of itself and fires an energy shot froms its chest that breaks towards the wormholes, increasing in potency and destroying everything in its path before striking its target, this attack appears in Masou Kishin 2 and Super Robot Taisen OG Dark Prison.

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.

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.

Neo Granzon Specifications

Height: 38.5 meters

Weight: 65.2 tons

Supporting System : Kabbalah System

Weapon Systems:

Neo Gran Beam
Neo Granzon fires a yellow beam from its crown

Granworm Sword
A large sword hidden in a wormhole is drawn out and used for melee attacks.

Graviton Cannon
The Neo Granzon releases a massive gravity wave around it, crushing all enemies in the vicinity. It's an upgraded version of the same weapon in the Granzon.

Worm Smasher
The Neo 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. It's an upgraded version of the same weapon in the Granzon.

Black Hole Cluster
The Neo 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. It's an upgraded version of the same weapon in the Granzon.''

縮退砲 (, Shukutai Hō)
The Neo 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 (Super Robot Taisen OG Gaiden version). In the Super Robot Taisen OG Dark Prison, the power itself can wipe out the entire universe.This is the completed (and strongest) version of the weapon, and not the prototype installed in the Granzon in Super Robot Wars Alpha.