Wednesday, September 12, 2018

T5W#161-Top 5 Anime Characters Who Could Take on THE PREDATOR

Predator is one of my all time favorite scifi/action films.  How can it not be?  The action is spectacular, the Predator itself is very unique and cool and, yeah, the one liners and Ahnuld still hold up and rock to this day.  Since the films debut, there have not only been sequels, a new one of which comes out this weekend, but various spin off stories seeing the alien hunter taking on pretty much all pop culture icons from Batman, to Judge Dredd, to Robocop, to even Archie (yes that’s a thing, ive never read it).  Well the Predators had its share of battle with US heroes across the spectrum…but what about the world of Anime?  Surely there are a couple of tough as nails warriors, or people with a mad death wish, willing to battle the greatest trophy hunter in the universe.  Well today im gonna pick five of them id put to the test.  So GET TO DA CHOPPA and get ready for my Top 5 Anime Characters Who Could Take on THE PREDATOR.  One minor rule: im making my choices based on challenge and uniqueness of how creative these guys could take on the Predator.  So OP characters like Saitama and Goku, aka guys who could kill the Predator in One Punch or with a planet sized fireball wont be included.

 

#5-Haruko Haruhara (FLCL)
I had to hold back from making this a guys only kind of list.  Unlike the predator franchise, Anime has plenty of girls just as bad ass as the Govenator who could give The Predator a run for his money.  In the end, I chose Haruko because, unlike most other characters on this list, she’s far more unpredictable and hard to read.  She doesn’t really have a plan that doesn’t involve smacking things around with her guitar until it just stops moving…or something pops out of its head.  And I’d die of laughter seeing The Predator get run into by Haruko’s amazing vespa scooter.

 

#4-Jubei Kibagami (Ninja Scroll)
It’s a shame we’ve never gotten a Predator prequel set in a different time period.  As Predator 2 shows us, these guys have been hunting on Earth for centuries.  So why not see the Predator take on the ultimate historical samurai warriors of the Edo period?  And what better choice than Ninja Scroll’s Jubei, the man who almost single handidly defeated seven devils, all of whom are just as tough, if not tougher, than the Predator himself.  If you ever bothered to see 2010’s Predators, you’ll no doubt remember we got one of the best fight scenes in the franchise where a Yakuza Enforcer battled a Predator with a ceremonial Katana and managed to take it out…that alone is enough proof we need way more of these battles in our lives.

 

#3-Batou (Ghost in the Shell)
It would have been easy to choose Motoko Kusinagi cause she’s the main heroine of this cyberpunk franchise.  But Batou I think is a more fun choice because he’s as close to Schwarzzeneger as you’re gonna get on this list.  He’s got a wide assortment of big guns and explosives, military training, a shotgun in his arm and plenty of wit and one liners to make the Predator feel right at home.  Also, Batou’s spent a lot of time in jungle combat (where all of the action of the first Predator took place). And maybe it’s just me but I wonder if he could find a way to use his hacking abilities to short out the Predators cloak, heat vision mask and nuke device…hey it’s a skill set, he might as well put it to some use.

 

#2-Shunya Kogami (Psycho Pass)
The second I thought about doing this list, Kogami was my first pick.  All throughout the first season of Psycho Pass, this man was able to match both mind and muscles with the best of the worst, especially his eternal rival, Shogo Makashima.  Just seeing Kogami have a workout with high level set battle android shows me he’s always preparing for the ultimate fight.  He might not be able to wax philosophies with The Predator but Kogami’s ability to adapt and outthink the most horrific killers could come be a huge advantage.  Forget the Dominator too, if I want Kogami to take down the Predator, its going to be in a no holds barred fight club cage brawl.

 

#1-Sousuke Sagara (Full Metal Panic)
The Serious Sergant has been known to plan out his battles wayyyyy far in advance.  Besides the more deadly combat he’s been in throughout the franchise, let’s not forget some of the crazier stuff Sousuke did in Full Metal Panic: Fumofuu, like steaking out a spot behind the school for five hours with a sniper rifle thinking he was being led into a duel; and he set up an insane amount of sentry guns to stop Kurtz, Shinji and Onode from peeping into the girls bath at a hotspring.  So how Sousuke would handle things isn’t unlike how Arnold plans out his final battle with the Predator in the first film with old school jungle tactics. Even without his Arm Slave, Sousuke could bring all kinds of pain against the Predator.  For further proof, just wait til I get to Full Metal Panic: Invisible Victory in the fall.  Sousuke proves there he is more than worthy of the title, “Army of One”, the perfect trophy for the Predator.

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