T5W#2-Top 5 Weapons in Anime

These are the ultimate tools of destruction.  In the right hands…and sometimes even the wrong ones, these can mean the difference between victory and a total massacare…or both.  And for anyone curious, I am excluding weapons featured on any kind of Mecha Suits or Giant Robots as they themselves will be an eventual list…so any requests for Wing Zero’s Buster Rifle are denied…for now…even if it can blow up a colony in one blow.

#5-The Punisher (Trigun)

El Marachi has his guitar case full of guns.  Nicholas D. Wolfwood from Trigun has a large metallic case that not only holds guns but is also a chain gun on one end with a rocket launcher on the other.  How the unorthodox priest wields this heavy contraption is a mystery but the amount of damage he can do single handidly should not be ignored.  It’s probably better to repent when setting eyes on this little piece of destruction rather than be on the end of it’s wrath.

#4-The Castor (Outlaw Star)

Gene Starwind may be a wiz with a gun but when it comes to opponents bullets cant affect, it’s time for this almost insta win weapon.  The Castor Gun uses magic stored in cartidges that look like shell casings, the effects of which range from standard sizes explosions to literally imploding a person.  Some of those higher power shells come with a cost, draining ones life force in exchange for the damage done.  Scary trade off but the effects speak for themselves. 

#3-The Dominator (Psycho-Pass)

If the Dominator sounds like an overpowered title, that’s actually pretty fitting for this overpowered piece of carnage that can only be fired by a selected individual.  The gun has a special reader that determines ones Psycho Pass and advises on what mode to best deal with the target in question: relatively low-stun em, pretty high-blast em with enough power to obiliterate the upper half of their body.  The deadlier the perp, the deadlier the punishment.  Who’d want to even think about committing a crime with tools of justice like this floating around.

 

#2-The Sakabatou (Rurouni Kenshin)

The ultimate weapon of the pacifist, the specialized sword of Kenshin Himura is both a danger in disguise but also one of the most peaceful weapons in existence.  With the sharp edge of the sword on the back end of the blade, the Sakabatou can be used in combat and keep the chances of killing an opponent to nearly nil.  But don’t let that fact fool you, this weapon can still mess up your day badly and even end your career as a swordsman if Kenshin so chooses.

 

#1-The Jackal (Hellsing/Hellsing Ultimate)

39cm long, 16kg in weight, 6 round magazine of blessed cross silver bullets, The Jackal is the gun Alucard’s main weapon of choice throughout most of Hellsing.  Often paired up with it’s .454. Cassul brother for maximum damage, the Jackal can however stand on it’s own just fine, capable of wipping out not just the most powerful of opponents but legions of undead with its seemingly minimal ammo capacity.  And let’s be honest, it’s a really cool looking gun, worthy of the title Bad Ass.

Any particular favorites out there?  Let me know and see you next week with another T5W.