Tengen Toppa Enki Durga



Tengen Toppa Enki Durga (天元突破エンキドゥルガー) is Viral's Tengen Toppa Gunmen formed during the final battle with the Granzeboma in the second movie adaptation of the series, The Lights in the Sky are Stars. It is later lost when it is used with the other Tengen Toppa Gunmen to form Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

Mecha
Tengen Toppa Enki Durga draws its designs from Viral's original Gunmen, Enki. It has fourteen arms, a four-eyed face on its chest, and a golden crest on its helmet. It is the second Tengen Toppa Gunmen to appear after the Granzeboma destroys Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

In The Lights in the Sky are Stars
Tengen Toppa Enki Durga prevents the Granzeboma from finishing off Nia Teppelin's Tengen Toppa Solvernia. It quickly duels with eleven swords and a club, and when its swords are shattered, Viral kicks one of the shards into the Anti-Spiral homeworld between Granzeboma's horns. Viral quickly makes room for Yoko Littner's mech Tengen Toppa Yoko W Tank, and later joins the rest of Team Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren in focusing fire on the Granzeboma before it combines with its fellow Tengen Toppa Gunmen to form Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

Attacks
Tengen Toppa Enki Durga has seven sets of hands, a nod to the increasing number of arms that Viral's mech Enki had when it became Enkidudu (and, in the Drama CD Otoko Ippiki Gurren Lagann, Enkidududu and Enkidudududu). It attacks using several blackened blades, one for each hand on the mecha except for the front two. One of the weapons is a kanabō, a club typically used by Japanese demons, and by Gozu, the first Gunmen faced by the Simon, Kamina, and Yoko.

Trivia

 * Tengen Toppa Enki Durga is the only mecha whose pilot does not have Spiral energy.
 * The mecha is still made of mostly energy, despite this fact.
 * In the fansub, its name is mistranslated as Tengen Toppa Enkidulga.
 * The Durga in its name is a reference to a ten-armed Hindu goddess. Ironically, Tengen Toppa Enki Durga has more arms.