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Giran (Japanese: ギラン) is a supporting antagonist in the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament Saga and a supporting character in the King Piccolo Saga of the original Dragon Ball. He is a dragon-dinosaur like monster that participated in the Martial Arts Tournament
In Japanese, he was voiced by Banjō Ginga. In English, he was voiced by Andrew Chandler (who also voiced Spopovich in Dragon Ball Z, Cooler in Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge and Return of Cooler, General Rilldo in Dragon Ball GT, Byakko in YuYu Hakusho, Bald in Fullmetal Alchemist and Matasaka Kamishiro in Tokyo Ghoul) in Dragon Ball, J. Michael Tatum (who also voiced Zarbon in the same series) in Dragon Ball Z Kai, and Chris Rager (who also voiced Major Metallitron in Dragon Ball, Blackbeard and Arlong in One Piece, Guttman Kubrick in Fairy Tail and Atsushi Ookawa in Shiki) in Dragon Ball Origins in the Funimation dub and Jonathan Love (who also voiced Shu and Assistant Black in the same series, Paptimus Scirocco in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and Michelo Chariot in Mobile Fighter G Gundam) in the Blue Water dub.
Appearance[]
Giran is a large and obese belly dinosaur type beast. He resembles the Pterodactyl though is smaller in size. He also has a lone horn at the end of his snout.
Personality[]
Giran Ruthless and hard-of-heart like to fight, enjoys his pounding anyone foolish enough to challenge him. While appearing tough and mean the majority of the time, in truth he was not really evil since he was revived twice by Dragon Balls. Giran has a voracious appetite like food and enjoys washing down his considerable meals with a few cold glasses of milk.
Biography[]
Giran and Goku attempted to battle face-to-face, but it was delayed due to a rainstorm. At a café, Giran challenged some players and asked several times for a glass of milk. The next day, Goku and Giran had a rematch at the Marial Arts Tournament. After Goku broke free from Giran's Merry-Go-Round Bubble Gum technique, Giran forfeited the match, allowing Goku to move on to the semi-final.
Later on, Giran terrorized an animal village and attempted to kill two bears, but Tambourine stopped him and fought him. Giran used his Merry-Go-Round Bubble Gum technique on Tambourine, but broke free and killed Giran by impaling his sides of his body with his arm.
Giran was later brought back to life thanks to his old nemesis Goku who asked Kami to revive Shenron. He wasn't seen again until the end of the Majin Buu Saga when he and his friends gave their energy to Goku in order to destroy Buu with the Spirit Bomb.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Flight : Giran can fly using his wings.
- Superhuman Strength : Giran has superhuman strength that levels of strength and stamina that surpass ordinary human capabilities.
- Tail Attack – Giran can attack his opponent using his large and powerful tail.
- Merry-Go-Round Gum – Giran shoots a strange elastic rubbery gum like substance out of his mouth. The gum encases the opponent and wraps around their body tightly. However, the gum can easily be broken by powerful fighters like Goku or Tambourine.
Relationships[]
Allies[]
- Goku
- Krillin
- Yamcha
- Tien Shinhan
- Chiaotzu
- Yajirobe
- Ox-King
- Oolong
- Puar
- Launch
- Nam
- Master Roshi
Enemies[]
- Goku (formerly)
- Krillin (formerly)
- Yamcha (formerly)
- Tien Shinhan (formerly)
- Chitaotzu (formerly)
- King Piccolo
- Drum
- Piano
- Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Pilaf
- Red Ribbon Army
- Bacterian
- Ranfan
- Tao
- Majin Buu
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Pilaf Gang Red Ribbon Army Crane School King Piccolo's Demon Clan Other Video Game Exclusive Movie |