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"The eye isn't emitting any physical energy... which means it's acting in defiance of the laws of physics... but that's impossible..."
- ―Gamu Takayama, Ultraman Gaia episode 6 "The Ridiculing Eye"
Template:Kaiju & Seijin complex Gan Q , or alternately spelled Gun Q on some merchandise, is a kaiju from another dimension. It appears as bipedal giant eye, with several smaller eyes all over its body. Being a creature from another dimension, Gan Q found everything in the human dimension to be hilarious. As a result, Gan Q constantly laughs, making it seem insane by human standards.[1] It first appeared in Ultraman Gaia episode 6.
Subtitle: Odd Beast
History
Ultraman Gaia
Code №00
Gan Q Code №00 on X.I.G's visual screen
While Team Lightning and Team Falcon were going through an aerial training exercise somewhere in the country they encountered Gan Q code №00 in the ground who suddenly started laughing at them. While analyzing it at X.I.G HQ, Gamu Takayama discovered that the Gan Q wasn't giving off any vital signs. While trying to understand what exactly Gan Q was, he began to be tormented by Gan Q's powers even though he was many miles away. Gamu impulsively told Team Lightning and Team Falcon to fire upon the giant eye. But Gan Q simply absorbed the two missiles and then fired one back at Tatsuhiko Yoneda, Team Falcon's leader. The mysterious eye then went underground and fled shortly after, but Gamu still had visions tormenting him.[2]
Code №01
Gan Q Code №01
Gamu took a visit to Alchemy Stars member Makoto, to do more research on all Gan Q's strange abilities. He then has XIG track Gan Q down to an oil refinery, eighty kilometers away from his first location. Gan Q resurfaced and revealed his new body that he created from the components from the one missile he kept, as well as rocks from the earth. Gan Q began to wreck wanton havoc just as soon as he emerged. When XIG arrived and began their assault, Gan Q tried to absorb Peace Carry into his biggest eye. As the kaiju continued his insane laughter Gamu morphed into Ultraman Gaia, rammed Gan Q down, and prevented Peace Carry from becoming Gan Q's victim. Gaia started to have the upper hand with the insane laughing monster until Gan Q started using his energy attacks and knocked him down. Gan Q wasted no time in absorbing Gaia into his body. Inside Gan Q's strange body, Gaia was tortured by Gan Q's laughter until he flew out of his body, blowing the laughing monster to pieces.[3]
Trivia
- Gan Q's name is a pun on the Japanese word for eye .
- Gan Q got his name from a press article after his first attack on Team Falcon and Team Lighting.
- On the outside of Gan Q's body there is only 17 eyes visible.
- Gan Q is possibly based off of Argus Panoptes, the Greek mythological giant with a thousand eyes, as Gan Q has many eyes inside and out of its body.
- Gan Q's design motif is based on Mokumokuren, a multi-eyed Youkai and MSM-04N Agguguy from Mobile Suit ZZ Gundam. He also bears an uncanny resemblance to Giant Robo kaiju Ganmons (Opticon in the Johnny Sokko dub)
Code №02
The Imperfect Gan Q
Another Gan Q appeared in episode 31 "The Accursed Eye" as a reaper and reincarnation of the evil sorcerer named Kijuro Mato. Gan Q appeared as a battered up Code №01 and Code №02.
Past
In the Sengoku period the sorcerer named Kijuro Mato used his magic to predict the coming of the Root of Destruction, Mato to transform himself into a Gan Q in order to dominated the Root of Destruction when it arrived. But Mato died before the Root of Destruction ever came.
Return
Then in the year of 2001 Kijuro Mato's ghost reincarnated himself in the damaged body of Gan Q. Gan Q appeared in in the middle of a city, and began searching for the home of a young boy named Shusaku Sawamura, Mato's descendant. When XIG's Team Lightning arrived and attacked Gan Q, he disappeared. At the same time, Mato's descendant, who had received Mato magic powers after the arrival of the kaiju C.O.V., was being harassed by Mato's soul.
Gan Q returned the next night and he did some damage, only to disappear during the first XIG attack. Once XIG learned that Gan Q was part of a prophecy about Kijuro Mato, Gamu Takayama was sent to protect Satoshi, to prevent the one-eyed monster's full return. That night Mato decided to take one of Satshi's friends hostage, and when Gamu Takayama and Satoshi arrived on the scene, Mato began to torture her to force Satoshi to cooperate. Satoshi fired his psychic energy only for Mato to return fire and use his power to restore Gan Q into Code №02.[4]
Defeat
Gan Q Code №02
Gamu turned into Ultraman Gaia and began to assault Gan with several hits and an Energy Surge punch. Satoshi's friend was released from Mato's power with telekinesis and left both her and Satoshi unconscious. Gan Q fired energy balls only for them to be avoided and blocked by the Energy Shield, as well as Gaia outsmarting him. When Gaia thought he was finally down, Gan Q came back up and started his assault anew on the hero. Upon using the eye holograms, Gan Q had the upper hand on Gaia. Satoshi woke up and used his powers to destroy the eye holograms and helped Gaia vanquish Mato and Gan Q. Satoshi then absorbed the power stolen from him and Gan Q reverted to his disfigured state. After Gaia turned into Supreme Version, Gan Q was destroyed by the Photon Stream.[5]
Trivia
- The Gan Q Code №02 costume was newly built.
- Gan Q Code №2 red stripes are recycled from Fire Golza's costume.
- Gan Q Code №2's laughter is a mixture of his and Kijuro's laughter, which was then greatly lowered in pitch, so that it sounded more like grunting than laughter.
Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle
Gan Q in Ultra Galaxy
Gan Q appears in episodes 5 and 6 of Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle.
The 2nd monster controlled by Kate and unleashed upon Gomora when her Fire Golza fell, Gan Q opened up with a series of shots from his eye cannon. Gomora quickly dodged, leaping to the side. The blasts continued flying until smashing into the rising Fire Golza. His ally fell, his entire body being engulfed in an explosion. The loss of her monster didn't affect Kate who called her monster back just as the rest of ZAP SPACY arrived. While her fiery Golza was gone for good, her Gan Q would come in handy again.
After fooling ZAP SPACY into believing Rei had attacked and demolished much of the human population of Bolis, Kate attacked the team and left the Pendragon damaged. She then followed Rei, locating him after he defeated the monster Twin Tail. Gan Q attacked Litra and she demanded a battle between Gan Q and Gomora, but Rei declined.
She had another way of forcing him into battle: use a hostage! She made Oki appear before Gan Q, restrained by chains. When she demanded that Gan Q kill the human, Rei gave in and released Gomora! The two titans battled, but it took more than the combined might of Gomora and Litra to tackle such a juggernaut.
As the battle raged, the Pendragon flew in, newly repaired and armed. Flying by Litra’s side, the ship unleashed its Hyper Omega Cannon Gan Q. The beam exploded on the strange beast, sending it crashing to the ground in a fit before its entire body was destroyed in a titanic blast.[6]
Trivia
- Gan Q's suit in this series was newly built.
- This can be seen as his body is appears more like bare human muscle, and not as many veins are visible in his main eye, making it less grotesque.
- During the opening credits to the series, Gan Q is seen battling Gudon, even though neither kaiju fought nor met each other in the series.
Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends The Movie
Gan Q returns in the film Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends The Movie as one of Ultraman Belial's 100 Monster Army. He was killed by Ultraseven's Eye Slugger during the final battle. He is also one of the monsters that make up Beryudora's body.
Trivia
- The Gan Q suit from Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle was reused for his appearance in the film.
Ultra Zero Fight
Gan Q, as seen in Ultra Zero Fight.
Gan Q reappeared in episodes 1, 2, 5, and 6 of the miniseries, Ultra Zero Fight, as "The Gan Q", as a part of "The Four Beast Warriors of Hell".
In this short series, Gan Q was one of the many monsters revived by Alien Bat (along with Red King, Galberos, and Bemstar) to battle against Ultraman Zero. Shortly after Ultraman Zero killed Galberos with his Zero Sluggers, Gan Q teamed up with Bemstar to battle Zero by using their absorption and redirection abilities to fend him off. While it was mildly successful at first, Ultraman Zero managed to transform into his Luna-Miracle form and managed to destroy both Gan Q and Bemstar at the same time by destroying them from inside out their absorption regions.[7]
Trivia
- The Gan Q Suit from Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle was reused for Gan Q's appearance in the miniseries.
Ultraman Ginga: Theater Special Ultra Monster ☆ Hero Battle Royal!
Gan Q reappeared in this special as a monster UltraLived by Kenta Watarai. He along with Alien Akumania, who is UltraLived by Chigusa Kuno, to attack Mochiron, who was UltraLived by Misuzu Isurugi. They taunted him without stop until Gomora, who was UltraLived by Hikaru Raido, came and slammed the two big-eyed monsters against each other.
Ultraman Ginga S
Gan Q reappeared in this series, MonsLived by Alien Guts Vorst.
Near the final, Vorst was sent to MonsLived into Gan Q and split into two to stole Shepherdon's energies. The UPG team witnessed this and began an operation to save the monster by using a magnetic wave. Shou arrived at the scene and fired one of the two Gan Q to save Shepherdon. He fired a Gudon-charged bullet from his Victory Lancer but a Gan Q absorbed it (at the same time revealed that this Gan Q was controlled by Alien Guts Vorst) and return fire at Shou, knocking him. Shepherdon regained his strength and pushed Gan Q, knocking him down and stomped the monster rapidly but Vorst quickly turn the tables by swapping Gan Q with Fire Golza and the Vorst clone/Gan Q clone continued to absorb Shepherdon. The Live Base staffs completed their objective, managing the UPG Captain to fire a magnetic wave blast via the Base's parabolic antenna. Gan Q was knocked down from the blast but it took Fire Golza's attention as he began to attack the base.
Shou quickly recover and transform into Ultraman Victory to save them and Hikaru into Ginga to save his leader. Victory and Ginga found themselves occupied while trying to save Shepherdon until Victory used King Joe Custom's Pedanium Launcher and fired all of Gan Q's clones. The real Gan Q was destroyed by UPG Captain Yoshiaki Jinno whom used the Magnetic Wave laser that attached to the base's parabolic antenna and Victory's Victorium Shoot. Ginga morphed into Strium Mode and finished Fire Golza with Zoffy's M87 Ray. Despite all three monster and alien reverted to Spark Doll, but they were retrieved by Alien Chibu Exceller via teleportation. Nonetheless, Bolst's deed was done and Gan Q's Spark Doll was used among of those needed for Exceller to become Five King.
In episode 11, Yoshida became a victim of Alien Akumania Muerte in his human disguise. He caught the boy, but Gan Q tried to fight back, even though he was under the control by Alien Akumania and turned to giant Gan Q. Even after Gan Q was control by Alien Akumania, Yoshida still had his consciousness and try to gain Ginga's help, but failed. Later, Ultraman Victory appeared, after punching Alien Akumania with his EX Red King Knuckle, both of Ginga and Victory was beaten by Gan-Q, until the boy talks to Yoshida about their days together. Alien Akumania fires his eye ray, but it was absorbed by Gan Q, and fired back to Akumania. Ginga changes to Ginga Strium and fires Zoffy's M87 Ray, while Victory summon his Shepherdon Saber, making a V-shaped slash to destroy Alien Akumania. The boy cries after Gan Q told goodbye to him and apologizes to him. Ginga then uses his Ginga Comfort to transform Yoshida back to himself. In the last scene, Yoshida see's the boy hanging the Gan Q Spark Doll in front of the basket of his bike, now that he knew how to ride it, causing Yoshida to be happy and smile in the end.
Trivia
- The pun of Gan Q's name was stated by the boy in episode 11.
- After the incident in episode 11, Exceller now loses one of the components for Five King, since Gan Q is currently fallen into the possession of a boy.
Ultraman R/B The Movie: Select! The Crystal of Bond
Bemstar and Gan Q were summoned by Ultraman Tregear to wreak havoc on Ayaka city, the latter of which had Pega imprisoned within. The two monsters fought against Ultraman Rosso, Ultraman Blu, and Ultraman Geed. During the battle, Bemstar manages to lift up Rosso and drop him head-first into a building, getting him stuck there temporarily. The Ultras also discover that Bemstar's gorge is connected to Gan Q's eye, therefore making any attack absorbed by Bemstar be launched back at them by Gan Q. Geed/Riku Asakura later hears Pega's voice within Gan Q, so the Ultras hesitate to fight their opponents until Rosso and Blu change forms to Aqua and Wind respectively. Combining their elemental powers, Rosso and Blu manage to rescue Pega by throwing a Splash Bomb and Storm Shooting into Bemstar's gorge, and then redirecting it through Gan Q's eye, getting Pega out safely. Rosso then threw his Splash Bomb at Gan Q's eye, encasing it with water, while Blu fired the Storm Shooting into Bemstar's gorge. The buildup of energy eventually destroyed both monsters from within. Ultraman R/B The Movie: Select! The Crystal of Bond
Data
Gan Q Code №00
- Stats
- Height: Unknown
- Weight: Unknown
- Origin: Alternate Space → Arrow-pass in the Mountains
- Powers and Weapons
- Dimension Travel: Gan Q originally came from the M91 Stellar Systems and somehow teleported to the Mountains.
- Missile Absorb: Gan Q can absorb any missiles fired into him. After that, it can launch them back.
- Telekinesis: Gan Q is capable of throwing rocks around it up into the air to deter enemies.
- Teleportation: Gan Q can suddenly teleport away in a cloud of smoke.
- Dream Invasion: Gan Q can enter one's dreams to disturb and torment them.
- Mineral Absorption: To achieve a physical body, Gan Q must absorb minerals such as granite and etc.
- Ultraman Ginga S
- Wormhole: Gan Q can create a wormhole as means of travel. When the wormhole appeared, his eye will emerge first before landing.
- Tractor Beam: Gan Q can fire a tractor beam to forcefully attract an object underground.
Gan Q Code №01
- Stats
- Height: 55 m, Unknown ~ 55 m (Ginga S), 55.55 m (Ultraman R/B The Movie)[8]
- Weight: 55,000 t, Unknown ~ 55,000 t (Ginga S), 55,550 t (Ultraman R/B The Movie)[9]
- Origin: Makuta City, Monster Graveyard (Ultra Zero Fight)
- Attack: 700
- Defense: 400
- Speed: 800
- Powers and Weapons
- Energy Eye Cannon Blast: Gan Q can launch powerful, explosive energy blasts replicas of his eye of energy from his eye. These replica blasts are extremely powerful, made entirely of energy and have a very destructive force, capable of sending opponents flying with a single hit while also creating large explosions that rival his own size.
- Teleportation: In order to confuse opponents, Gan Q can teleport short distances.
- Absorption: Gan Q can absorb foreign objects with his eye, and in turn, fire them back out as a projectile attack if needed or even if it wishes. If it absorbs a living being, that being will be tortured with non-stop laughter and thousands of eyes surrounding it.
- Mini-Eye Cannon: Gan Q can launch smaller, missile-strength versions of its Eye Cannons from the smaller eyes on its arms and legs.
- Ultraman Fighting Evolution 3
- Eye Probes: Gan Q can release probes of his eyes that can act as his familiars to attack the opponent with energy bolts. This ability was originally from his upgraded version, Gan Q Code No.2.
- Battle Nizer Gan Q
- Acceleration: Gan Q can accelerate in a blurring dash, as seen trying to perform a sneak attack on Rei's Gomora before being thwarted by Haruna.
- Ultra Zero Fight
- Flight: As revealed in Ultra Zero Fight, Gan Q can fly at moderate speed.
- Bem Q Combi : Thanks to Gurashie's remodelling, this Gan Q had connections with Bemstar as seen if Bemstar absorbed Ultraman Zero's Wide Shot, Gan Q will fire it back to him.
- Ultraman Ginga S
- Size Change: Gan Q can reduce his size from giant to human.
- Alien Guts Vorst's abilities: Due to being Monslived by Alien Guts Vorst, Gan Q shares some of his powers. None of these are normal for the kaiju.
- Illusions: Gan Q can create an illusion of himself. This was not his actual ability, since it was inherited from Alien Guts Vorst, whom had MonsLived into the latter.
- Stun Bolts: Gan Q can release a purple ray of energy from his large eye that can stun enemies in place. This was not his actual ability, since it was inherited from Alien Guts Vorst, whom had MonsLived into the latter.
- Stats
- Height: Unknown
- Weight: Unknown
- Origin: Unknown
- Powers and Weapons
- Energy Ball Blasts: Gan Q can fire a purple energy ball and destroying the buildings.
- Intangibility: Gan Q can turn himself intangible to prevent attacks.
- Teleportation: Gan Q can teleport as a quick way of escape.
- Dream Invasion: Gan Q can enter inside his target's dream.
Gan Q Code №02
- Stats
- Height: 56 m
- Weight: 56,000 t
- Origin: Unknown
- Powers and Weapons
- Energy Ball Blasts: Gan Q can launch explosive, purple energy ball blasts of energy from his main eye that can destroy buildings in one hit. These blasts are extremely powerful, capable of creating explosions that rival its own size. When blocked by another type of energy, these blasts will separate into several, equally powerful blasts.
- Multi Shadow Clones [10]: Gan Q can fire the eyes on his legs at opponents, turning them into probes. These probes can fly about and strike opponents with enough force to knock them down, and the probes can also fire purple energy beams.
- Quick Healing: Gan Q can quickly heals himself from injuries, shown when he was able to get up even after receiving multiple deathblows from Gaia.
- Weakness
If Shusasku, (Kijuro Mato's descendant) removes all of Gan Q's energies, the monster will be forced to revert back to his imperfect state.
Using the data of Gan Q's Spark Doll, a cybernetic/artificial version of it was created and contained in a Cyber Card, namely Cyber Gan Q .
- Stats
- Height: 56 m
- Weight: 56,000 t
- Origin: Unknown
- Powers and Weapons
- TBA
Spark Doll
"MonsLive, Gan Q!"
- ―Gan Q MonsLived via Chibu Spark
"MonsLive! Golza, Gan Q, Melba, Reigubas, Super C.O.V.! Super Combination!"
- ―Exceller MonsLiving himself with the Spark Dolls to become Five King.
In Ultraman Ginga Theater Special Ultra Monster ☆ Hero Battle Royal! Gan Q's Spark Doll was among the imitations Spark Doll which created by Tomoya's drawings when an unknown force materialize them to life.
Later in Ultraman Ginga S, Gan Q was revealed to be a part of Alien Chibu Exceller's collection.
Stats
- Height: 14 cm
- Weight: 150 g
Usages
Gan Q's Spark Doll (not the imitation) was used by two people.
- In episode 7, Alien Guts Vorst MonsLived into Gan Q to steal Shepherdon's Victorium energies. He even inherited his power to the monster, as Gan Q was shown using Bolst's power to duplicate into illusions and firing paralysis rays. Gan Q was defeated when all of his clones destroyed by Ultraman Victory whom used King Joe Custom's King Joe Launcher, followed by Magnetic Wave laser via UPG Live Base's parabolic antenna and Victory's Victorium Shoot.
- Near the cliffhanger of episode 7 and episode 8, Gan Q, alongside Golza, Melba, Reigubas, and Super C.O.V. was used by Exceller to become Five King. Gan Q's power was seen in used, absorbing the firepower of Ultraman Ginga Strium and Ultraman Victory and later repel it back to them though Shepardon took the blow instead. He was MonsLived again into Five King when Exceller wanted to go on a rampage. Again, his powers were used when against Hikaru Raido,as seen reflected Eleking's Electric Shock attack and defeated King Joe Custom with Energy Eye Cannon Blast. Gan Q was later destroyed by the combined strategic attack of Ultraman Ginga Strium and Ultraman Victory.
- In episode 10, Yoshida was forced to MonsLive into Gan Q by Alien Akumania.
Other media
Ultra Zone
Kaiju Busters POWERED
Gan Q appears in this video game as well as a subspecies called Gan Q Ice .
In Popular Culture
Sgt. Frog/Keroro Gunso
In episode 154, a slightly altered (smaller head, no antennae) Gan Q appeared with Zezezettototoso.
Power Rangers Boom Comics
Gan-Q makes a surprise cameo in Boom!'s Power Ranger comic, being a monster made by Finster.
References
- ↑ http://kaiju.wikia.com/wiki/Gan_Q
- ↑ https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ウルトラマンガイアの登場怪獣
- ↑ http://seesaawiki.jp/w/ebatan/d/%a5%ac%a5%f3Q%a1%ca%a5%b3%a1%bc%a5%c9No.01%a1%cb
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- ↑ http://seesaawiki.jp/w/ebatan/d/%a5%ac%a5%f3Q%a1%ca%a5%bc%a5%ed%a5%d5%a5%a1%a5%a4%a5%c8%c8%c7%a1%cb
- ↑ https://en.tsuburaya-prod.co.jp/encyclopedia/gan-q
- ↑ https://en.tsuburaya-prod.co.jp/encyclopedia/gan-q
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