It most certainly is. But if you're going to be watching it on Crunchyroll start with episode 1 and not 0.the gif is from the latter but that ep will spoil the first 6-7 episodes if you watch it first.
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What are your favorite weapons in anime/manga?
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CyberpunkGod
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Hei's dagger from Darker Than Black.
Simple but effective, especially when you can channel electricity through it.
Simple but effective, especially when you can channel electricity through it.
Lance of Longinus
These are good and Kate, that entire setpiece was insane.
King Gilga
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Very, Kyousougiga was super great.
Delta Assault
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Lance of Longinus
I never understood how a spear from a Roman soldier in the Bible turned into a giant spear that could only be held by a giant robot.
The only thing more frightening than Tessei was his massive bladed boomerang weapon. I can still remember watching the film for the first time on VHS back in high school. The boomerang is flung into the air with deadly precision, creating a whizzing sound, leaving behind decapitated bodies and limbs of multiple targets in one pass like a knife through butter.
http://surbrook.devermore.net/adaptationsanime/ninjascroll/tessai02.jpg
http://surbrook.devermore.net/adaptationsanime/ninjascroll/tessai02.jpg
It's just the name for the spear, there's no actual relation.
The Spears are superweapons created by an alien race, the same ones responsible for both the Angels and Humanity. Planets were supposed to be given the "Fruit of Life" (Angels) or the "Fruit of Knowledge" (Humans). Earth got two due to an accident. The Spears were supposed to activate and destroy one of the Fruits, so that a Planet wouldn't be able to have both the "Fruit of Life" and "Fruit of Knowledge", lest they become gods (biblical references, and all that). Well, one of the Fruit's spears got destroyed (Lilith, the "Fruit of Knowledge"), so Adam's ("Fruit of Life") spear activated. Messing with Adam caused the 2nd impact, which started the Angels showing up, resulting in the whole NGE series.
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So, yeah, they're actually pretty awesome weapons.
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So, yeah, they're actually pretty awesome weapons.
Tyrant Rave
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Gyro's balls in Steel Ball Run were really cool
UnluckyKate
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Couldn't find the entire setup sequance and actual fight. But in the redone movie they are beyond amazing. The visual are drop dead gorgeous
Agreed. I'm also partial to the weapons in Blade of the Immortal:
Haru-no-Okina is a personal favorite.
I'm a big fan of Anotsu's Kabutsuchi.
iShouldGoPro
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Noted. I'll give it a try, thanks!
I was waiting for someone to mention this!Hei's dagger from Darker Than Black.
Simple but effective, especially when you can channel electricity through it.
Jex
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Eh, hundreds of characters in anime/manga wield lightsabers, occasionally with the same FX as the real lightsabers.
Whatever the fuck this thing is from Cyber City Oeda 808
That's Monomolecular wire, a staple of cyberpunk dystopias everywhere!
Wing Zero from Gundam Wing (series version - not the stupid angel wing movie version)
+1
(Although I prefer the color scheme of the Endless Walts version.)
Lance of Longinus
who needs weapons when you got these.
These and Kuroko's nails.
They're terrifying.
Is it too hard to post the names of the animes that the weapons are from?
Not wanting to sound snarky, but every one of these pictures reference a commonly seen mainstream anime. I apologize if you don't know what these anime are, but I expect a thread speaking about your favorite anime/manga weapon would expect the people discussing wherein having a general knowledge of anime. In any case the people you quoted out of irritation are:
1. Fooly Cooly
2. Tenga Toppa Gurren Lagann
3. Neon Genesis Evangelion
4. Fist of the North Star
5. Bleach
6. Railgun
striferser
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Well, Clamp did make Star Wars manga, so it count
My personal favorite
1. Drill (TTGL)
2. Dragonslayer (Berserk)
3. Gravitational Beam Emitter (Blame!)
4.Cutlass/modified Berreta m92f (Black Lagoon)
5. Kanshou and Bakuya (Fate stay night)
A Huge Battleship
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Repost from a thread we had a few months ago, but:
Zaphkiel from Date A Live. XII out of X timehacking Angelic magnificence, and not just because Kurumi uses it.
Zaphkiel from Date A Live. XII out of X timehacking Angelic magnificence, and not just because Kurumi uses it.
Cheeseman Battitude
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EXCALIBUR!!!
Pile bunkers look awesome even though the physics behind them make absolutely zero sense (replace the pile with a slug or buckshot for equal power).
They're those extending spike things that eject an empty shell after extending. Commonly seen on lower-tech mechs without access to energy blades. Some of those mechs just push their fist forward instead of using a metal spike (e.g. VOTOMS Scope Dog).
Armored Core 5 tried to justify them by claiming they launch a large HEAT warhead but that would turn them into RPGs, not melee weapons.
They're those extending spike things that eject an empty shell after extending. Commonly seen on lower-tech mechs without access to energy blades. Some of those mechs just push their fist forward instead of using a metal spike (e.g. VOTOMS Scope Dog).
Armored Core 5 tried to justify them by claiming they launch a large HEAT warhead but that would turn them into RPGs, not melee weapons.
Shanks D Zoro
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Mihawk Hawkeye's Sword
Came here to post this
plasmawave
Banned
The beast spear from Ushio and Tora.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Kenshin's reverse blade katana from Rurouni Kenshin.
Where most anime weapons are about personalizing power and showing how strong said character is, Kenshin's weapon is about restricting his power. Despite this, it's a central part of his character, and an instantly recognizable piece of his characterization. I pick this as my favorite because it has a meaning that goes deeper than simply presenting its user's power.
Kubera Leez
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Although Kubera technically anime or manga, I'm going to include it to pimp out one of my favorite, overlooked series.
My favorite weapons are the Sword of Re and the Golden Knight from Kubera. Both are god level items with awesome abilities. The Sword of Re stops any supernatural regeneration of your enemies, it comes to your hand when you call, and it can summon meteors. The Golden Knight can reflect your opponents attacks, cause earthquakes, cut through objects, push enemies away, and revive you when you're killed. Both are awesome.
Vigilant Walrus
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Sorry my man. Bankai is not really a weapon, but in Bleach every fighting character can unlock this super sayan state for their swords and many of them are creative and amazing.
Look man. Bleach was so fucking cool I dont understand what the hell happened. Like I literally dont get it.
torta_smasher
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Kenshin's reverse blade katana from Rurouni Kenshin.
Where most anime weapons are about personalizing power and showing how strong said character is, Kenshin's weapon is about restricting his power. Despite this, it's a central part of his character, and an instantly recognizable piece of his characterization. I pick this as my favorite because it has a meaning that goes deeper than simply presenting its user's power.
Came here to post this.
John Kowalski
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The series was run by rule of cool, without much substance.
In a way this was both the reason I loved it and hated it.
Vigilant Walrus
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Up until Episode 80 or something (conclusion of soul society arc) its fantastic. Its not just the great animation, creative take on shinigami or the enticing after-death universe and spirit world.
Its also just how the show held things back. By shonen standards it was really great. many characters had their bankai abilities secret or not shown until the perfect time. and all the captains where different and interesting along with their officers.
How can a creator create something so cool and then loose so bad track of it? by chance? fate?
Vulcano's assistant
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Kenshin's reverse blade katana from Rurouni Kenshin.
Where most anime weapons are about personalizing power and showing how strong said character is, Kenshin's weapon is about restricting his power. Despite this, it's a central part of his character, and an instantly recognizable piece of his characterization. I pick this as my favorite because it has a meaning that goes deeper than simply presenting its user's power.
This one for me.
First thing that comes to mind for me is Gorun Nova, aka The Sword of Light, from Slayers. A magic sword that produces a blade of energy that can destroy even creatures without physical bodies. It can even absorb and amplify magic. The fact that Gourrey just pulled it out of nowhere to casually crush a demon that everyone else was freaking out about was hilarious, particularly when it went on become the biggest plot McGuffin in the series.
Vulcano's assistant
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The rest of the weapons were hyped a lot by the show on season 3 and at the end they didn't live up to the sword (Or so i remember, haven watched it in a long time) Gourrey stays winning.
edit: It also has the best starship version of itself on the other show that is Slayers in space that I do not remember the name.
shadyspace
Banned
Kurama's Rose Whip
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
The Dragonslayer Sword from Berserk
Dat perfect first post!
I actually liked parts of the Arrancar arc, some of the Arrancar designs and powers are my favorites.
I find Wekapipo's ones even cooler:
Their effect (making the target lose all sensations coming from the left side of their body) is really cool too.
SigmasonicX
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Guessing you missed the post complaining about people not explaining their pictures.
For those unaware, this is from Hunter X Hunter, used by Chrollo Lucilfer (official romanization). His book allows him to copy other people's abilities.
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