Gorilla

Gorilla is a minor character in DARLING in the FRANXX. He is one of the Seven Sages (also called the APE Council), the mysterious ruling figures of the organization APE that controls humanity in the series' dystopian world.

He appears as an elderly, hooded figure wearing a distinctive gorilla-like mask (fitting the theme where each Sage has an ape/monkey-themed mask). Gorilla is often involved in the council's discussions about managing the plantations, the parasites (child pilots), and threats like the klaxosaurs. He's voiced by Ray Hurd in the English dub and speaks in a deep, authoritative tone.

He doesn't have a major individual role or deep backstory explored in the anime—he mainly serves as part of the shadowy higher authority opposing (or manipulating) the main characters.