Garon

Garon is Robot who was made by an unknown Alien Race. His purpose was to change or modify planets. planets. He is a gigantic humanoid robot that is very powerful and indestructible. His first appearance was in the Manga chapter "Astro Vs. Garon"

Appearance[]

Garon is gigantic robot that is light blue in color (at least in the 1980s Anime) and is quite muscular. His black hair curls up on both sides of his head, similar to Uran and have spiked edges. He wears pants similar to Astro's except it has yellow buckle on it and his feet are dark blue. His fingers also have holes in them for shooting lasers. In the 1980s Anime He is shown to have sharp teeth (See Gallery below) but they aren't seen ever again during the remainder of the episode for some reason.

Personality[]

Garon does not have much personality, but he can be described as mindless and single-minded having little to no care for the people or creatures around him. But he is also shown to be not very bright as seen when Astro tells him to lower the gravity on the island he's standing on, therefore sending him back up into space.

Anime[]

1963 Series[]

1980s Series[]

The episode starts with a story about a Genie and a Wise Fisherman boy about how the boy outsmarted the Genie who wanted to eat him. He told the Genie that he bets that he couldn't drink all the water in sea, the Genie accepts this challenge and explodes from drinking so much water. Then Garon is seen crashing onto Earth which alerts Astro. Astro and a couple of helicopters check out the meteor and discover it's a giant metal sphere and Astro takes it apart. Astro then finds out that the pieces fit together and finally Garon is put together. But there is one piece that doesn't fit anywhere. Dr. Elefun then concludes that it's a voice tape and asks Astro to translate it. It says that Garon's purpose is to finish the development of a planet. Dr. Elefun after knowing what Garon's purpose is says Garon has be destroyed because he's too dangerous for this planet, But a side character named Dr. Adams takes interest in Garon and wants to keep Garon for himself the two begin to bicker and Dr. Adams says hurtful things in front of Astro then Dr. Elefun sends Astro outside to check on Garon. Finally, Dr. Adams leaves on a helicopter and Astro heads back inside the tent. A Thunderstorm approaches and a stray lightning bolt strikes Garon and he activates. Astro approaches him and tries to tell him that he landed on Earth by mistake but Garon ignores Astro and extends his arm towards the tent where Dr. Elefun and other people are. Astro quicky pushes Garon's hand away but Garon traps Astro in his hand in the process. Astro tries to convince him again but Garon starts blasting beams from his mouth. Astro tries to fight Garon to make him stop but Astro is too weak and small to beat him. Garon tries to grab Astro but Astro moves away and Garon falls in a giant hole. Garon fires another beam from his mouth which changes the rocks that fall on him into molten lava and he quickly buries himself in it. Later, Dr. Adams is searching for Garon underground with a drill. He finds Garon and Brings him to an island to have him modify it for scientific research and tells Garon to make it exactly like the planet he came from. Everything is well until Garon starts changing the air. Dr. Adams and his men start suffocating from lack of Oxygen and the seagulls and other nearby people start dying. Astro Then finds out what happened and goes to stop Garon. Astro confronts Garon but he won't stop. Then some men try to send missiles and ships to attack Garon but Garon easily destroys them. Astro then thinks of plan, he remembers the story of the Genie and the Fisherman Boy, He then proceeds to trick Garon but asking him to lower the gravity on the island he's on for 1 minute, Garon accepts and starts doing it. After a minute Garon then slowly starts floating up back into to space, never to be seen again. The episode ends with Dr. Elefun congratulating Astro for using brains over brawn.

Video Games[]

Astro Boy: Omega Factor[]

Garon is the final boss of the video game. He is referred to as Mu's hidden treasure. He was a creature made of Omotanium brought to Earth in ancient times, his ability to destroy all robots is only a small part of his limitless power, he could even reform stars. A boy named Pick is the heart of Garon and the key to controlling him.

As part of his plan for world domination, Sharaku had Kinsankaku dig under to find Pick. Once he found Death Mask, he had Pick collect the Omotanium inside her and transform into Garon to destroy Astro Boy. He has three attack: Summoning rocks at Astro, holding a purple ball of energy that fires smaller balls at Astro, and slamming on the ground causing an earthquake. Astro was able to defeat Garon by focusing his attacks on Pick, who kept popping out of his chest. However, with Pick gone, the Omotanium chunks went out of control. Debris from Garon fell into the sun, so in order to prevent a huge explosion, Astro flew himself into the sun with a reactor control that was built into Death Mask. When the sun returned to normal, Phoenix revived Astro and Nuka (Death Mask) for their sacrifice.

Afterwards, Sharaku hoped to bring Garon back after getting the Omotanium since he still had Pick. However, Wato unknowingly prevented this by sealing his powers and personality.