User blog comment:B214/High School DxD Hero Episodes review/@comment-3965848-20180508202844/@comment-28884330-20180511041420

When was it said that it looks like a gargoyle? I re-read the volume due to not remembering this and the only similar thing is that Azazel one time said "Something like a gargoyle that was placed in the Dimensional Gap" and Issei calls it a gargoyle once. Those are the only two times, since every other time it's called a "golem" or a "giant", which is not really betrayed by the anime design. Also I think the design was also taken into account to fit with Gogmagog's mecha-like armaments, which wouldn't fit too well with a gargoyle, but do so with a robotic golem.