Gun X Sword

The protagonist, Van, travels the world searching for a mysterious man with a clawed right hand who killed his bride. He is joined by several other travelers along the way, each linked to the clawed man by a personal loss. Gradually they find the makings of a plot that will shake the foundations of the world they live on.
Gun X Sword is set on the 'Planet of Endless Illusion'; a place where rogues of all sorts gather. The world itself has one moon orbiting it, and has a general technical level of modern Earth, with a few exceptions, such as humanoid combat suits called 'Armors'. The overall culture has a 'wild west' feel to it, with general lawlessness in the more rural areas and large expanses of wilderness

Main characters

Van








A tall, lanky wanderer of few words clad in a dark swallowtail suit. Most who pass him by seem to think he's half-asleep, as his speech is slow, laconic, and unhurried. However, when hearing news referring to the clawed man, his disposition shifts to extreme anger. He acquires many titles throughout his travels.

Wendy Garret








Van's first traveling companion who joins him in episode 1 in search of her missing brother Michael, after he saves her town from bandits. Although somewhat naive she is compassionate and determined, often wanting to assist those they meet in contrast to Van's 'leave everyone to him/herself'.
She carries her Brother's gun which she retrieved from some townspeople after his kidnapping. It only contains one bullet.

Carmen 99








A mysterious and self-sufficient intelligence agent/mercenary who Van encounters in episode 2, her real name is Carol Mendosa.

Ray Lundgren








A withdrawn and ruthless Armor pilot whose wife was killed by the Man with the claw hand; he first appears in episode 5 but is opposed at first to Van.

Joshua Lundgren

Ray's younger brother, he's upbeat, talkative and sociable. His main asset is his technical skill, being able to repair numerous everyday items, analyze armor weaknesses, and even setup timed explosives.

Pricilla

A pink-haired girl who first meet Van during an armor tournament and later joins his company on their quest.

The Claw Man

A mastermind and the primary antagonist. He killed both Van's and Ray's wives and is the subject of their hatred.

Michael Garret

Wendy's older brother, who voluntarily follows the Clawed Man, and willingly believes in him as a leader, despite the fact that he was kidnapped from his hometown of 'Evergreen' and taken to the Claw Man.

ARMORS
One of the biggest differences in the world of Gun Swordis the use of multi-storey suits called 'Armors'. These are generally humanoid in design, and are primarily used for combat. Below are listed some of the most noteworthy ones.

Metal Glow

The armor appeared in episode 2, and resembled a battleship with a vast humanoid torso attached. Metal Glow was commanded by Baron Mayor of the bridge city in order to conquer the world. Its main attacks were the use of its gigantic arms and the Regulus Cannon, a turret that sprayed molten metal over its opponents. Van managed to destroy Metal Glow by throwing Dann's sword through into the regulus cannon then used his foot to push on it sending the sword through the centre and back out the other side.

S-Drive Dragon

First appeared in episode 8, the S-Drive Dragon resembles a metallic Chinese dragon. As well as being able to hover through the air, it used a powerful water-jet cutter from its mouth and a constricting attack to overcome any who tried to cross the mountains where it lay. The S-Drive designation referred to a set of solar panels on the spine of the dragon that would store energy from the sun. When the dragon was finally defeated, Van and Ray discover that the armor was unmanned; the pilot had died inside long ago.
Van's team is ambushed by a pair of automated Dragons when they attempt to pass through the underwater tunnel leading to the Claw Man's base. These two dragons are armed differently, as instead of using the hydro cutter of the first dragon they attack primarily with a pair of head mounted beam cannons. These two were dispatched by Brownie and Eldora Soul.
Finally, a fourth Dragon armor is used by Mudaka's rebel force as they try to escape from the Claw Man. It also attacks using the twin beam cannons, as well as unleashing a missile barrage against Saudade of Sunday from multiple back-mounted launchers. Mudaka's Dragon was destroyed by Michael during this encounter.

Golden Cradle

After Van sees through Joe's deception in episode 7, Joe summons Golden Cradle to do battle against Dann. Golden Cradle looks like a large medieval knight, with a massive cross-bearing shield and large lance as its primary armaments. Its face is half-covered by a golden helmet, the other half revealing a robotic skull face. Despite its heavily armored appearance, the Golden Cradle is reasonably agile and able to duel with Dann to some degree.
After slicing open Joe's outer cockpit, Van manages to severely wound the Golden Cradle by blinding Joe with a well-reflected beam of sunlight and slashing through the armor's shield in the confusion. Joe self-destructs Golden Cradle, however, depriving Van of any information regarding the Claw Man.
The Golden Cradle design is seen again when Van's team journeys to the Claw Man's secret base. Several automated green colored versions, called One-on-Ones, form the outer defense line of the Claw Man's facilities. The One-on-One version is armed with a set of shield-mounted machine guns in addition to its large melee lance. Their autopilot is seemingly crude and predictable, as Priscilla is able to anticipate its movements and destroy them handily.

Vulcan

Armed primarily with a long-range automatic rifle and a pressurized single-shot pistol, Vulcan was designed to be a ranged attacker. In contrast to Van's sword-slashing technique to call down Dan, Ray's is summoned by firing his gun in a circle around himself at the ground. Vulcan's armored drilling carrier then homes in on Ray's location and delivers the armor to the battlefield. Its noted that Vulcan's weapon system served as a basis for the beam weapons upgrades of the Original Seven armors. (The 5 Originals with the beam weapons weren't built with them originally, they were upgrades the claw man had added to them.)
Vulcan is shrouded in what appears to be simple cloth cape. Although it seems to be just a mere mecha fashion accessory, the cape is actually a specially designed beam-spreading coat that can absorb the energy from incoming beam attacks. This protection allows Vulcan to fight effectively against the long ranged attacks of the Original Seven armors.
Piloted by Ray Langren

Brownie

Brownie is a highly maneuverable pink armor that is controlled through a unique interface system. Its pilot plugs in to a port in the rear of the cockpit, allowing Brownie's movements to mimic that of the pilot's physical actions. This interface system is reminiscent of the neural interface used by the Original Seven armors.
During Priscilla's initial encounter with Van during the Armor Battle Tournament, Brownie is only armed with a single weapon: the Fairy's Stab. This consists of an elongated armor-piercing spike that is stored on Brownie's left elbow. Priscilla's usual course of action in a match is to carefully analyze her opponent's attack patterns, find an opening, and swoop in for a crippling strike using the Fairy's Stab. Van was able to nullify this attack by using Dann's secondary blade to cut through the tip of the spike.
Piloted by Priscilla.

Gensomaden Saiyuki

Gensomaden Saiyuki is a story that's very loosely based on the Chinese epic Hsi Yu Chi or "Journey to the West," sometimes entitled "Monkey." It follows the adventures of four extraordinary individuals: a godless, remorseless young priest called Genjo Sanzo; a powerful, innocent, playful creature named Son Goku; a handsome, womanizing hooligan named Sha Gojyo; and a courteous, mild-mannered murderer called Cho Hakkai.

Main Characters

Genjo Sanzo














Genjō-Sanzō-hōshi, Pinyin:is one of the four main characters in the manga and anime series Saiyūki (Known as Gensōmaden Saiyūki in Japan). His name is spelled Genjō-Sanzō in the English anime and the Singapore English manga, while in the North American English manga it is Genjyō-Sanzō (the -jō is spelt in hiragana as ji-yo-u). In the anime, he is voiced by Seki Toshihiko.


The title Sanzō, meaning "three baskets" (Tripitaka in Sanskrit), is the formal term for a Buddhist canon of scriptures, as well as the title of a high-ranking Buddhist monk. Hence, Genjō-Sanzō (even though he doesn't seem like one) is also a high ranking monk.


His character is loosely based on that of the monk Xuánzàng-Sānzàng, from the Chinese novel Journey to the West upon which the manga is based. In the manga, Sanzō is featured with blond hair and purple eyes. Having lost his father-figure (Koumyou Sanzo) to demons (yōkai), he is a brutal, worldly priest, who carries a gun (Smith and Wesson), excessively smokes (Marlboros), drinks (anything alcoholic), often abusing his traveling companions, except Cho Hakkai, verbally and physically. When others ask who his travelling companions are, his common response is, "They are not my disciples. They are my servants."

Sanzō's chosen weapons are the magical Maten Sutra which holds great power, even subduing Son Gokū when his power limiter came off and went berserk; a handgun, as previously mentioned; and a paper fan (harisen) for idiots (Gojyō and Gokū included). His favorite phrases, incidentally, are "Die!", "I'll kill you!" and "Shut up!" (used when Gokū and Gojyō argue, the last phrase is used rarely to silence Hakkai).

Sanzō is egotistical, haughty, and sometimes cruel, but he also has calm judgement, unwavering intensity, and surprising charisma.

Sanzō's parentage is unknown, as he was found floating down the Yangtze river as a baby, and was raised under the name Kōryū ("river-flow") by his teacher, Kōmyo-Sanzō. Kōmyo-Sanzō once told him that he had called out to him inside his mind.

Kōryū was promoted to his rank as Sanzō when he was only 13, given the title by his teacher. He left his monastery in which he was raised to search for the Seitan Sutra that was stolen the night his teacher was killed. He carries the scars of his childhood because his teacher was killed trying to protect him (whenever it rains, he grows moody, often reflecting on his past). This is karmically ironic, as he is sent on a mission to stop the very people who were responsible for the murder of his master some ten years after that event.

Sanzō found Gokū one day while walking through the mountains because a voice kept calling out for him. When Sanzō could not take it anymore, he went to search for the source of the voice, to hit the person and tell them to shut up. He finally came to a cave on the top of a mountain that resembled a jail and sitting inside was Gokū. Sanzō remembered his teacher's words about being the sun of someone else's life and that moved him to take in Gokū at the temple where he lived. Though he acts like he doesn't care, he is extremely attached to the little monkey and gets angry when Gokū is in danger. The same goes for Gokū, who almost worships Sanzō for rescuing him. In the original story, Gokū was supposed to be Sanzō's errant, loyal disciple, albeit a hot-headed one.

Cho Hakkai (豬八戒 Cho Hakkai) is a fictional character in the manga and anime Saiyuki. Cho Hakkai is the mild, polite and level-headed member of the group who always looks out for their day to day wellbeing. He takes on the more feminine roles: cooking, cleaning up after everyone, making sure their supplies are in order, and solving (or at least calming down) the arguments and yelling matches that happen frequently. He is also their healer, his kikou jutsu (chi manipulation/Qigong) coming in handy in battle in the form of ki blasts and protective barriers.

Cho Hakkai














Hakkai is very fond of sake, but never gets drunk no matter how much he consumes. He is extremely good at poker as well. His pet dragon, named Hakuryu, turns into a green jeep and serves as their mode of transportation. Hakkai usually drives with Genjo Sanzo in the passenger seat, and Son Goku and Sha Gojyo in the back. He wears a monocle over his nearly blind right eye, and on his left ear he wears three metal clips which are youkai (yōkai) limiters, keeping his power and form in check. Unlike Goku, Hakkai has more control over his transformation, and has been able to remove and replace his limiters under his own power on three separate occasions.

Sha Gojyo














He is the hanyou (half-yōkai) companion of the Sanzō-ikkō ("Sanzō's party"), armed with a shakujō (which is the incorrect name given for a yuèyáchǎn). Its crescent blade is attached to a chain and he can control it for a mortally-accurate long-distance attack. In the anime, he's voiced by Hirata Hiroaki.

Gojyō is the product of a married yōkai father and his human mistress. His unusual genetic heritage resulted in blood-red hair and eyes, earning him the label "child of taboo" (kinki-no-ko). For a short part of his childhood, he lived with his widowed stepmother and half-brother, Jien (Dokugakuji). Gojyō tried his best to win his stepmother's love, but was unsuccessful in all attempts as his hair and eyes were a constant reminder of her husband's infidelity. When he was twelve, Gojyō's stepmother finally tried to kill him, the attack leaving two scars on his left cheek. He was saved by Jien, who did so by killing her, and both brothers went separate ways and left home.

Several years later, the 19-year-old Gojyō was walking home in the rain after a short gambling session and found a man face-down in the mud with his insides coming out - Cho Hakkai (Zhu Bajie's Saiyūki counterpart). He took the man in, got a doctor and gave him a place to stay. Hakkai became a permanent fixture in Gojyō's life from then on, performing the cooking and cleaning chores their home desparately needed. Hakkai also saved him from an encounter with gangsters when he was trying to help out a friend. It was the first time Hakkai took off his limiters. Later, Gojyō encountered Genjō-Sanzō (Sanzang) and Son Gokū (Sun Wukong) when they were looking for Hakkai, who had murdered a thousand yōkai and half a human village, and somehow the four ended up as the motley group heading West to Tenjiku (India) today. He still remains close friends with Hakkai, because they lived together for nearly three years. Enough so that Gojyō/Hakkai or Hakkai/Gojyō (58/85) remain two of the popular pairings in the fandom.

Gojyō is an incurable playboy, cracking dirty jokes at Sanzō and hitting on virtually any pretty girl in sight. He doesn't seem to have run out of pick-up lines yet, but he hasn't made a single lasting hit in the ten-plus volumes of manga, three anime series and a movie. He also has incredible luck in gambling games, with only Hakkai able to consistently beat him at a game of poker. His favourite target for jokes and insults is Gokū, with the two making the most noise in the jeep and often getting shot at by Sanzō for being irritating. He also smokes (his brand is Hi-Lites) and holds his liquor well. He gets touchy, however, when people talk about the color of his hair and eyes. The symbol on his headband in the manga means "pleasure".

Despite his rather irreverent attitude, Gojyō often takes on the big brother role. He genuniely cares for Gokū, despite all of their picking on each other, and he even has a soft spot for Sanzō, as proven during the "Kami-sama" arc of the manga and the anime. Hakkai is easily his best friend, and the two are often found in each other's company.

Son Goku














In Saiyuki, Son Goku, like the legendary Sun Wukong, is a deity who was imprisoned in a cave for five hundred years. When Sanzo was dispatched by the gods to journey to the west and stop a process that was causing the world's demons to go mad and turn on the humans with whom they had lived peacefully, Son Goku accompanied him, along with the demon Cho Hakkai and the half-demon Sha Gojyo.

Son Goku is a skilled fighter with the nyoi-bou (nyoi-bō). Although a deity, he is kept in human form with a golden power limiter that he wears as a coronet. When this is removed, he goes berserk and is unable to distinguish friend from foe. He is known for his voracious appetite. The power-limiting coronet concept is inspired by the original Chinese legend.

In the anime and manga, Goku is seen as a monster rather than a demon, and cannot die no matter how brutally he's beaten or how long he goes without food. He's a bottomless pit for food, and extremely affectionate. It has also been said that he was born from a rock. Thus, he has no parents and Genjo Sanzo acts as a guardian to him in his former and current life. Goku is very attached to Sanzo and if Sanzo ever gets hurt, Goku tends to lose it, and his fighting ability greatly increases.

He's voiced by Soichiro Hoshi, a good friend of Akira Ishida, who voices Hakkai. In the English dub, he's voiced by Greg Ayres, who was a fan of Goku even before the dub.


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SOLTYREI

In a far-flung distant future, mankind thrives in a metropolis built and run by the RUC mega-conglomerate.Twelve years ago, an accident that came to be known as Blast Fall devastated the city and left thousands dead and missing. And though the RUC has rebuilt the city, all is not well: registered citizens live in considerable comfort; while those unregistered are left to fend for themselves and suffer a slow death. Meanwhile, violent crimes are on the rise as cybernetic body parts produced by RUC proliferate the city. A bounty-hunter, Roy Revant works the seedy streets tracking down some of the city's most wanted criminals. However, he's also looking for the daughter he lost during Blast Fall, and when he accidentally encounters Solty, a mysterious girl with no past, Roy decides to adopt her. Unknown to Roy, Solty is being hunted by the RUC - and he and those around him will soon be embroiled in a conspiracy that will threaten the whole of humanity...

Character:

SOLTI















Protagonist of this work.In this world the only, the girl who has the body of the systemic machine.But as for the eye which you saw the girl normal, with the ordinary man it has the wonderful body ability not to be possible.Impulsively with opportunity, it becomes man [roi] of the prize income and the way which lives jointly.

ROY:














In order to search the daughter who becomes the whereabouts unclear, stopping the police, the man who becomes the prize income which is easy to move.It encounters with [sorutei], reluctance it means to lead her joint life.


ROZE
















Girl of thief.Attacks just the organization which does the wrongdoing in the target.Being unyielding, the fact that pride is high, thinks is executed honestly. Selfishness.

CAPTAIN TSUBASA

A real soccer freak comes to town. His name is Tsubasa Ozora whose best friend is a soccer ball. He dreams he would help Japan go to the top of the World Cup one day. The story unfolds when he moves in a town where he builds strong friendship with his fellow teammates through the games. He is going to grow as a wonderful sportsman through his dedicated life to soccer.

Ranma ½

Ranma 1/2 is about a young man named Ranma Saotome, of the Anything-Goes School of Martial Arts. His father, Genma Saotome, takes Ranma on a training mission to China. There, Ranma and his father fall into the Cursed Springs of Jusenkyo. Each spring has it's own individual curse, depending on what drowned in it many years ago. When splashed with cold water, Genma becomes a rather large panda, Ranma however, turns into a rather buxom read-haired girl. When splashed with hot water, they return to their original form.

To complicate matters, Genma has promised his old friend, Soun Tendo, to marry his son Ranma off to one of Tendo's three daughters. Kasumi, age 19, Nabiki, age 17, and Akane, age 16. When Ranma and Genma arrive in cursed form, nobody knows WHAT to think. To make things worse, Akane, a tom-boyish young girl, gets defeated in practice by Ranma-chan (female form), then stumbles onto Ranma's secret when she encounters Ranma-kun (male form) in the shower, both of them naked.

After sorting things out, Kasumi and Nabiki decide Akane should be Ranma's fiance, because "Akane hates boys, and since Ranma is half-girl...". Akane and Ranma get in a fight immediately, which ends up with Ranma calling Akane "un-cute", and Akane smashing Ranma over the head with a table. A beautiful start to a beautiful relationship.

Ranma 1/2 is a romantic comedy.

Witch Hunter Robin

Couple hundred years have passed, and people are hardly heard about witches nowadays. However, a leading secret organization in witch management is still exists. This witch management has a task to capture the remaining witches. As a leading secret organization,it influence has reached the government and police organizations across the world.

As the recent change in Japanese society has led into increasing of witch activities, the witch management assembled a group of hunters to draw a desperate last-minute fight against witches. However, the mysterious death of one member from the group has led to morale decrease.

A lone 15 years old replacement girl is sent by Salomon directly to Tokyo. Sena Robin, a craft user, can she be really the key to win this fight?

The Adventures of Tweeny Witches

Alice believes in magic. With all her heart, she believes that magic is possible and that it can be used for good deeds and fun games. But suddenly, she finds herself transported into another world, ruled by a mysterious elite of witches - and these witches don't seem to be in it for the fun. They're hard at work capturing sprites, the native magical beings of the world, and forcing them into slavery. Once Alice realizes that her new surroundings aren't just a dream, she sets out to change things.

Flame Of Reca

When one is adolescent, one is often lost between the dreams and reality. Recca does not have the air very conscious of what reality imposes to him since it decided to be a ninja faithful to its Master. A somewhat anachronistic idea but which does not disturb it less world. Whereas it had promised to two his rival friends/to serve them if they beat it, it suddenly will crack in front of the kindness of Yanagi and will make of it its princess. From now, it will be always there to protect it. The chance making the things well, Yanagi and have strange capacities to him which they always dissimulated with their entourage. Whereas Recca has the gift to be able to create a flame starting from its arm, Yanagi has the capacity to cure people. This meeting seems to change their destiny since so up to now both lived a banal life, from now on strange people will make their appearance. Each one accompanied by a magic capacity and all wanting at all costs to face Recca. Each confrontation will allow Recca, in addition to being made new allies, learning some more on him, its capacity and especially on its past. And it will be incredibly surprised to learn that it is in fact a child ninja who crossed time: one of the single survivors of the Hokage clan. “One of the” bus another survivor joined his time and seems well to determine to get rid of Recca. A resentment which it nourishes in its connection since always.

Texhnolyze

RYUKYUSU (LUX) is a forsaken City where despair and violence is wideapread. There lives Ichise, a boy who carves his life in gamble boxing to live. A girl who sees the near future, Ran. Oonishi Kyogo, the leader of ORUGANO who can hear the "Voice of the Town".LUX is governed by force by ORUGANO, a battle equipped working class organization, led by Kalis Makimata, the Citizen Salvation Alliance. However a team of youths proclaiming freedom, RAKAN, parting itself from the LUX, creating its own community, GABE. Despite of the quarrel and clash between ORUGANO and RAKAN, the delicate balance of the town is maintained simply because LUX requires the roles from both of them.There exists RAFIA, a rare material that connects the human body, a necessity to Texhnolyze, the sole purpose of existence for this forsaken town. The town symbol Obelisk silently Watches the chaos.