He was called " El Gran Capitán " ( the Great Captain, nickname of Argentine Independence heroe José de San Martín ) or " El Kaiser " ( an allusion to Franz Beckenbauer ) because of his leadership ability, his passion, and his organisational prowess on the field.

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Although reluctant, Eiji becomes part of Sandman's Earthgertz, the planet's only defensive team to prevent the Zeravire from destroying humanity, by combining the Gran Divas with the Gran Kaiser to form the titular mecha, Gravion.

Extremely athletic and physically strong, he is the pilot of the Gran Kaiser, the robot that combines with the four Gran Divas to form the Gravion.

Touga has one of the highest G-Factors among the Earthgertz, thus is capable of withstanding the pressures of piloting the Gran Kaiser.

The handsome, billionaire businessman and commander of the Earthgertz, Klein Sandman's knowledge of science and technology allows him to build the Gran Divas and the Gran Kaiser to battle the Zeravire.

When it seems the Zeravire are too much to handle for Earthgertz, Sandman approves of combining the Gran Divas and the Gran Kaiser into Gravion.

In order to stop further contamination and to prevent an all-out war between the neighboring world of Selias, due to Llambians forcing themselves to immigrate there, Sandman creates the Genesis Machine Gran Sigma, the prototype to the Gran Kaiser, in hopes of restoring Llambias ' environment.

In fact, Faye was initially selected to be trained as the pilot of the Gran Kaiser, for she had a similar, if not, higher G-Factor than Toga, but Sandman made a last-minute decision and selected him, instead.

Core unit of the Gravion and piloted by Toga Tenkuji, the Gran Kaiser is a humanoid robot.

Built upon the power of gravity, the Gran Kaiser is capable of entering Elgo Form, where its power is magnified significantly, strengthening its attacks.

However, placing the Gran Kaiser in this configuration places a high degree of physical stress on the pilot, thus, only a well-trained individual with a high G-Factor can effectively use the machine to its fullest.

The Gran Kaiser can also utilize separate weapons independent of itself, such as mecha-sized handguns, rocket launchers and a gatling gun.

When combined into the God Gravion with the four Gran Divas, the Gran Kaiser can unleash a wave of pure gravity energy from its forehead jewel called the Graviton Arc.

Much like God Gravion resembling Flame Breaster Fighbird, Gran Kaiser resembles Fighbird's regular form.

On its own, the G-Driller can split into its two halves to function independently, or act as large roller skates for the Gran Kaiser.

The G-Driller's drills are also capable of converting into large propellers for underwater movement, and in this mode can deploy handles for the Gran Kaiser to hold onto.

* 1483 – Gran Canaria, the main island of the Canary Islands is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile.

Indeed, it is a major cultural and economic centre in southwestern Europe ( Iberian Peninsula ), 26th in the world ( after Moscow, before Dubai ) and a growing financial centre ( Diagonal Mar and Gran Via ).

The Spanish founded modern day Quito and Guayaquil as part of the political-administration era which lasted until the war of Independence, the rise of Gran Colombia and Simón Bolívar to the final separation of his vision into what is known today as the Republic of Ecuador.

The most notable competition here is the Gran Tarajal Fishing Open.

The is named after him, as well as the Almirante Brown partido, part of the Gran Buenos Aires urban area, with a population of over 500. 000 inhabitants.

Lake Nicaragua or Cocibolca or Granada or (, Lago Cocibolca, Mar Dulce, Gran Lago, Gran Lago Dulce, or Lago de Granada ) is a vast freshwater lake in Nicaragua of tectonic origin.

She is sometimes called la Gran Contessa (" the Great Countess ") or Matilda of Canossa after her ancestral castle of Canossa.

997 ), first wife of Duke Mihály of Gran ( Esztergom ) and then wife of her brother-in-law Géza, Grand Prince of the Magyars, was Mieszko's daughter ( born from a chronological point of view from one of the pagan wives ) and not his sister as is given in the majority of web sources.

The Gran Chaco, which accounts for about 60 % of the territory, is home to less than 2 % of the population.

The calibration is usually carried out using a Gran plot.

This story is confirmed by José L. Díaz De Villegas in his book Puerto Rico La Gran Cocina Del Caribe.

The countryside is very varied: one passes from the rugged peaks of the massifs of Monte Rosa and of Gran Paradiso, to the damp rice paddies of Vercelli and Novara, from the gentle hillsides of the Langhe and of Montferrat to the plains.

One such park is the Gran Paradiso National Park.

* The song " Super Bon Bon " is one of the songs played during gameplay in the PlayStation game Gran Turismo 2.

* 1943 – World War II: Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy, is rescued from house arrest on the Gran Sasso in Abruzzi, by German commando forces led by Otto Skorzeny.

* July 25 – In Italy the Gran Consiglio del Fascismo withdraws its support of Mussolini ; Mussolini is arrested and the power is given to Maresciallo d ' Italia Gen. Pietro Badoglio.

* September 7, 1821 – The Republic of Gran Colombia ( a federation covering much of present day Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador ) is established, with Simón Bolívar as the founding President and Francisco de Paula Santander as vice president.

* September 7 – The Republic of Gran Colombia ( a federation covering much of present day Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador ) is established, with Simón Bolívar as the founding President and Francisco de Paula Santander as vice president.

* April 29 – Gran Canaria, the main of the Canary Islands is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile, very important step in the expansion of Spain.

* At the death of Bernardo Bonsignori, his brother, Orlando, is left sole director of the largest banking firm in western Europe, the Gran Tavola of Siena.

Vesuvius is a distinctive " humpbacked " mountain, consisting of a large cone ( Gran Cono ) partially encircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera caused by the collapse of an earlier and originally much higher structure called Monte Somma .< ref name =" OS storia ">

Gran Canaria is called " Miniature Continent " for its rich variety of microclimates.

* In the Piazza dei Signori is the beautiful loggia called the Gran Guardia, ( 1493 – 1526 ), and close by is the Palazzo del Capitaniato, the residence of the Venetian governors, with its great door, the work of Giovanni Maria Falconetto, the Veronese architect-sculptor who introduced Renaissance architecture to Padua and who completed the door in 1532.

The suspension was upgraded with the addition of a rear anti-roll bar, essentially the same bar as used on the Oldsmobile 442 and Buick Gran Sport.

It is essentially identical to the Chrysler-and Plymouth-branded versions of Chrysler's M-body cars, including the Chrysler LeBaron and New Yorker Fifth Avenue and the Plymouth Gran Fury in the U. S. market and the Plymouth Caravelle in Canada.