Favorite Weapons from Anime

[Irenicus]

Originally Posted by roninhobbit

Anything Kaname Chidori hits Sousuke with (Full Metal Panic)

Anything Sosuke uses to wtfpwn his enemies.

Also, if manga counts, Griffith's outfit is the epitome of Holy Sh*t We Are So Pwned By The Coolness. I think the secret to his victories has much more to do with his sassy hawkish outfit than stuff like monsters 'n tactical genius.

[Kyrie]

The coolest one I think is Suzumebachi from BLEACH (that's Soi Fon's zanpakuto)
and Abel's scythe in Trinity Blood *-*

some other cool ones are Eve from Black Cat, since she IS a weapon XD
and Saya and Diva's blood in Blood+, it does some craazy stuff @_@ The Schiff have some pretty badass weapons themselves.

[Amray]

Van's sword from Gun X Sword.
It was solid like your average sword, but then he could make it all flexible and stuff. That was cool!

I also have Kenshins Reverse-Blade Sword from Rurouni Kenshin in my room. Beautiful sword.

[RavenHawk]

Hmm... weapons... let's see:

(melee)
Musica's Silver - necklace becomes any silver weapon, more preferably a spear
Haru's Ten Commandments - has 10 forms, though Haru technically unlocks 9
Kenshin's reverse edge sword - nuff said
Kurapika's chains - I have a set at home and I love it
Fate's Bardiche - reminds me of Deathscythe

(ranged)
Elie's Guns Tonfa - pair of tonfas that can also fire machine gun or explosive rounds
Wolfwood's Cross - need a lot of guns?
Vash's Angel Gun - 45 caliber silver- or nickel-plated revolver goodness

(mech weapons)
Sazabi's Funnels - this started the funnel craze, I think
Dis Astranagant's Ain Soph Aur - the Infinity Cylinder
Dygenguard's Colossal Blade - the sword used by "The sword that cleaves evil!"

[Gotank]

I'm still laughing at the one about scar's right arm =D

[Averex]

Ki (spiritual energy) - Dragonball Z (you can destroy an entire planet with one blast, nuff said)
Alter Power - s-CRY-ed
Liger Zero - Zoids
Karas - Karas

[Claude]

My favorite weapon of all time is the Eternity Eight from Scryed.

[r-18]

Eckilsax the dread wet towel of Sakura Mitsukai from Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-Chan that would be the ultimate concealed weapon. what you got there son? oh nothing officer just a towel.

[Banditopants]

Souseiseki's Gardener's Shears

and (I'm not sure if this counts) the magical hammer girls in anime pull out from hammer space for comedic effect.

[Vexx]

I think my favorite weapon just became Tsubaki the Demon Blade in Soul Eater.
Nasty whirling steel and scrumptious lady companion all-in-one.

[MrChu]

I like gundam seed destiny weapon where shins gundam has that duel sword XD

[yezhanquan]

Guns. Big guns/cannons. Anything from Alucard's twin monster pistols in Hellsing to Sanzo's revolver in Saiyuki to that huge fireworks cannon in Bleach.

[oompa loompa]

kenshins sakabatou , and the tensaiga , in the inuyasha manga, that is before inuyasha stole it and what not ..

oh and this is just a scene.. but the lance of longinus when rei uses it from evangelion.. awesome scene

[Dove]

My favorites weapons are Black Trick and White Joker from Scryed. I also like the orbital weapons from various Gundam animes.

[Nemu]

That cleaver that Rena from Higurashi carries around. ^_^

[james0246]

Stock Market .

Spoiler for Minor Spoilers:

Specifically, a villian from Gasaraki uses the threat of economic withdrawl from the world stock market to hold the world hostage (this is a vast simplification of the actual storyline and the "villian" that uses this "weapon").

Truly one of the most unique and world affecting "weapons" I have ever seen in an anime. Who cares about a weapon that can blow sh*t up, when you can cause world wide panic, famine, and war simply with a forceful withdrawl from the World Bank. Not only scary, but also realistic.

Besides that, the various satelittes/asteroids that the Gundam Universe has threatened to drop on Earth are a nice consolation prize "Best" Weapon.

[yezhanquan]

Originally Posted by james3wk

Stock Market .

Spoiler for Minor Spoilers:

Specifically, a villian from Gasaraki uses the threat of economic withdrawl from the world stock market to hold the world hostage (this is a vast simplification of the actual storyline and the "villian" that uses this "weapon").

Truly one of the most unique and world affecting "weapons" I have ever seen in an anime. Who cares about a weapon that can blow sh*t up, when you can cause world wide panic, famine, and war simply with a forceful withdrawl from the World Bank. Not only scary, but also realistic.

Besides that, the various satelittes/asteroids that the Gundam Universe has threatened to drop on Earth are a nice consolation prize "Best" Weapon.

Well, as far as I can tell, using the stock market/economies as weapons of mass destruction is as realistic as Strike Freedom. Realistically speaking, it's a double-edged sword for anyone calculating their options. Besides, no single entity in the world controls that much of any economic asset to do massive damage AND remain immune to its effects.

[james0246]

Originally Posted by yezhanquan

Well, as far as I can tell, using the stock market/economies as weapons of mass destruction is as realistic as Strike Freedom. Realistically speaking, it's a double-edged sword for anyone calculating their options. Besides, no single entity in the world controls that much of any economic asset to do massive damage AND remain immune to its effects.

Spoiler for Spoiler for Gasaraki:

I never said that they would be immune. It was a suicide weapon meant to, more or less, destroy all modern society. So, they were not supposed to be immune. I even implicitedly compared it to a Gundam scenario of dropping a huge space station/asteroid on the Planet, that should tell you right there that I am dealing with an all-inclusive destructive weapon.

As I said in the previous post there is a great deal of story details I am not discussing, rather I am simply focusing on the "weapon" (for example someone would not need to mention Vash's history to talk about his Angel Arm/.45 caliber revolver).

Chise .

[yezhanquan]

Originally Posted by james3wk

Spoiler for Spoiler for Gasaraki:

I never said that they would be immune. It was a suicide weapon meant to, more or less, destroy all modern society. So, they were not supposed to be immune. I even implicitedly compared it to a Gundam scenario of dropping a huge space station/asteroid on the Planet, that should tell you right there that I am dealing with an all-inclusive destructive weapon.

As I said in the previous post there is a great deal of story details I am not discussing, rather I am simply focusing on the "weapon" (for example someone would not need to mention Vash's history to talk about his Angel Arm/.45 caliber revolver).

Chise .

Gundam's dropping of a space colony on Earth is NOT an inclusive weapon. Not by a stretch. People can and do live in those things.

Besides, a stock market attack will just return civilisation to the days before it exists. The idea's good, but reminds me that some had forgotten that fundamentally, we don't rely on money to survive.

About Vash and his gun: As long as it's not like the male lead in Black Cat, I'm fine. (Man, that kid has a history with his gun.)

[KholdStare]

Bardiche.