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oh man you guys have mentioned some great ones... and i really do think there are so many badass characters worth mentioning... but i'll pick just one...

K-Wise came close with his suggestions from gundam wing...

but my "Most badass anime character" would have to be Heero Yuy from Gundam wing...
i mean the guy is just crazy and tough and whatnot... i mean the guy jumps from a skyscraper and just walks away... and the way he just rips relenas invitation up and threatens to kill her... he's just a bad ass...

i may be a bit partial... gundam wing was the first anime i really got into...

I'd have to second the vote for Kenshin.

I don't know much about anime, but from the little I did watch as a kid, the main name that pops into my head is Ken from Fist of the North Star.


The guy would cause nonstop, enormous, bloody messes on a post-apocalyptic Earth, could make people's heads explodes by touching them, and killed his own brother (in fact, I think he killed two of them).

Kenshin - but only when he was back killing people. He became a wuss when he decided not to kill anymore people.

Vash - again, only when he's in pissed off mode.

And yeah, DORAEMON! :lol:

I don't know about that. Isn't the ultimate achievement of a swordsman the moment when he can win without drawing his weapon?

Alucard has to be the winner here.
Spike Speigal in close second.

He still drew his sword all the way throughout the anime :)

I just thought that he looked a lot more deadly and cool when he was in the first set of OVAs.

What about Astroboy?

10th Division Captain (I forget his name, the little boy..with spikey white hair) - Bleach

Itachi - Naruto

Vash - Trigun

Knives - Trigun

Greed - Full Metal Alchemist (Show Rocks. <3)

Oath. Feelin that.

Except the ending
:mad:

I'll go with Alucard on this one.

yeah, but that just leaves more storyline for the movie ;)

The #1 badass is:

Johan -- psychotic kid (Monster)

Jackal -- definatley a badass (Getbackers)
Ban Mido -- another one (Getbackers)
Spike -- (Cowboy Bebop)

i wish I had my anime collection here, I would come up with a fifth, but I am going to leave it out for now, but Johan is definatley at the top! :)

Wow, you are totally right. That guy IS badass. :thumbsup:

ash from pokemon

Yeah yeah Ash is the pwnz.

I beg to differ! It's all about Misty :thumbsup:

I haven't watched that much anime, buuut

I will have to agree with Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop (Although, Ed is my favorite. :D)

And Alucard from Hellsing.

Can someone please explain to me why Vash is making the list here? Don't get me wrong, I love the character and the series, but "badass" is not a word that I would ever use to describe Vash. He cries, he whines, he has a huge sentimental streak, he has a problem with killing, well, anything. I mean, sure he's a freaking genius with a gun, but he's not a badass. At least, not in any way that I'd ever classify someone as being badass.

My votes go to Alucard and Vicious.

Watch the episode called "diablo" or whatever. The one where this guy with a huge freaking gun comes after him (not one of the gung-ho guns i don't think)

When Vash gets serious, that's when he's badass

- Alucard (Hellsing

- D (Vampire Hunter D/Bloodlust)

- Guts/The Black Swordsman (Berskerk)

All three are fuckin badasses, and their respective shows/movies contain little to none of that campy bullshit responsible for demolishing shows like Dragon Ball and Trigun. Anime is a hard genre for me to digest because shows with unreal storylines, brilliant illustrations and action can be absolutely ruined by some asinine scene in which a character closes their eyes, smiles a huge, ridiculous smile and vomits out some the most jackass lines my ears have ever encountered. Bottom line: if you're gonna make a badass anime production...KEEP IT BADASS!!!

Absolutely. I mean, come on, this guy rounds up innocent animals from the wilderness and pits them in life-and-death battles against other captive animals. That's hardcore. And when they're not fighting for his glory, he confines them to tiny little ball-sized cells.

Theres also CLEARLY favourtism amongst the captive creatures. Thats just harsh, man.

Fuji from Prince of Tennis...he's badass..

Holy shiat people, how could this list get this long and not include Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star? Granted, hes not the best drawn or animated, but he can turn into rock, cure disease and blindness, makes people's bodies turn against them, and their heads explode!!!! If this list is truly based strictly on badassness, then he should easily make the top five. Exploding heads, people!!!!

And jumping off a skyscraper and living is nothing. How about knocking one down with one punch, then having it fall directly on your head and not even flinching? That screams badass.

1. Kite from the Kite series
2. Vash from Trigun
3. Goku from Dragonball Z
4.-Guts from Berserk
5.-Jubei from Ninja Scroll

hahaha, nobody is going to agree with me on this, but I'd have to say that the most badass character in anime is....JIRAYA from Naruto.
Followed by Spike and Vash, of course.

JIRAYA!!!
 

hahaha, nobody is going to agree with me on this, but I'd have to say that the most badass character in anime is....JIRAYA from Naruto.
Followed by Spike and Vash, of course.

whoops, sorry about the double post.

I don't watch much anime, but I gotta say, Spike from Cowboy Bebop needs a wallet that says "Bad Motherfucker."

I've always been a big Vegeta fan. I know he got a bit soft there against Buu, but he is badass nonetheless!

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um... Princess Mononoke?

She was pretty hard.

Spike Spiegel and Vicious from Cowboy Bebop.

since we are reanimating dead posts, I'll throw in another one. I know the anime itself will never be in the top 500, much less top 5, but MD Geist is one badass mammajamma. He kills, thats all. No remorse, no pity, no emotion. He is the most depraved part of a pair of anime features with no redeeming quality whats so ever. He definitely deserves a space on the all time badass list.

- both of the getbackers
- sanji (one piece)
-Roronoa Zorro (one piece)
- kurono kei (gantz)

Alexander Anderson from Hellsing
HE MAKES YOU FEAR GOD!!

Well, my avatar is pretty badass, for one, but the first badass that crossed my mind when I saw this thread title was Hei/BK-201 from Darker than Black.

Kenpachi Zaraki (from Bleach). I'm surprised no one has mentioned him. He has to cripple himself just so battles last long enough for him to enjoy...