Hi there, I am not sure if this thread exists. I am curious as to who your favourite big sword character is?
It does not matter if the character is from manga, anime, comics, video games, or some other source.
"Big sword character" is pretty self-explanatory, but in case you are wondering, I am referring to characters that have a big sword as their primary weapon (e.g. Gutz from Berserk, Karula from Utawarerumono, Cloud Strife from FFVII, etc.).
I did not do a poll because there are probably many big sword characters that I don't know of.
My favourite is Gutz from Berserk. The reason is because his sword is really huge, and he is a bit of a tragic hero.
Your favourite big sword character
32 posts •
Page 1 of 2 •
- 1
- 2
-
Sammy Boy - Posts: 1410
- Joined: Wed May 25, 2005 7:04 am
- Location: Autobase, Cybertron
I think I'd have to go with Van from Gun Sword. That guy really knew his condiments.
[color="Red"]Please visit Love146.org[/color]
A member of the Society of Hatted Members
If your pedantic about grammar, its unlikely that you'll copy and paste this into your sig, to.
A member of the Society of Hatted Members
If your pedantic about grammar, its unlikely that you'll copy and paste this into your sig, to.
-
termyt - Posts: 4289
- Joined: Sat Jun 26, 2004 12:00 pm
- Location: oHIo
Im going to go with Cloud
" ...to walk on water."
" In exchange for our humility and willingness to accept the charity of God, we are given a kingdom. And a beggars's kingdom is better than a proud man's delusion. " -- Donald Miller on Grace
Never going to let you down.
" In exchange for our humility and willingness to accept the charity of God, we are given a kingdom. And a beggars's kingdom is better than a proud man's delusion. " -- Donald Miller on Grace
Never going to let you down.
-
Saj - Posts: 237
- Joined: Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:42 am
- Location: in ur base
Cloud or Coleman Stryker from Warmachine.
"I do not feel obliged to believe that that same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use." - Galileo Galilei
-
Etoh*the*Greato - Posts: 2618
- Joined: Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:46 pm
- Location: Missouri
Check the avatar. And that's all I have to say about that.
Well... maybe a second-place vote for Conan. The original novel one more than the movie one.
Well... maybe a second-place vote for Conan. The original novel one more than the movie one.
May the Lord bless you and keep you.
May He cause His face to shine upon you.
May He lift up His countenance and grant you peace.
Feel free to visit My Writing.com Portfolio
Largo: "Well Ed, good to see ya. Guess I gotta beat the crap out of you now."
Jamie Hyneman: "It's just another lovely day at the bomb range. Birds are singing, rabbits are hopping about, and soon there's going to be a big explosion."
May He cause His face to shine upon you.
May He lift up His countenance and grant you peace.
Maokun: Ninjas or Pirates? (Vikings are not a valid answer, sorry)
EricTheFred: Vikings are always a valid answer.
Feel free to visit My Writing.com Portfolio
Largo: "Well Ed, good to see ya. Guess I gotta beat the crap out of you now."
Jamie Hyneman: "It's just another lovely day at the bomb range. Birds are singing, rabbits are hopping about, and soon there's going to be a big explosion."
-
EricTheFred - Posts: 1691
- Joined: Fri Dec 30, 2005 1:26 pm
- Location: Garland, TX
He was a big guy with a sword, but I don't think he was a big sword guy. lol
"I do not feel obliged to believe that that same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use." - Galileo Galilei
-
Etoh*the*Greato - Posts: 2618
- Joined: Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:46 pm
- Location: Missouri
Auron from FFX.
.rai//
.rai//
[raiden's liveJournal]
[color="Indigo"]"I believe whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you . . . stranger."[/color]
Strollin' in at dawn, wakin' up at noon's gonna catch up to me soon
'Just sleep when you're dead' is what I said 'cause I'm jumpin' off the moon
[color="Indigo"]"I believe whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you . . . stranger."[/color]
Strollin' in at dawn, wakin' up at noon's gonna catch up to me soon
'Just sleep when you're dead' is what I said 'cause I'm jumpin' off the moon
-
Raiden no Kishi - Posts: 2518
- Joined: Fri Apr 09, 2004 10:45 am
- Location: Ticking away/The hours that make up the dull day . . .
Guts from Berserk. 'nuff said.
[SIZE="4"]*FASTING FROM CAA (9/25/08 - ???)*[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]
"Sometimes we don't present the Gospel well enough for the non-elect to reject it."
- John MacArthur
"In the total expanse of the human life, there is not a single square inch of which Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine'."
- Abraham Kuyper
"God the great Creator of all things doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by His most wise and holy providence, according to His infallible foreknowledge and the free and immutable counsel of His own will, to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy."
- Westminister Confession of Faith (Chapter 5, Section 1)
"The wisdom of God has found a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God all the while upholding the righteousness of God!!"
- John Piper
"Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God!"
-John Piper
"The very One from Whom we need to be saved, is the One Who has saved us."
- R.C. Sproul
"All of Christian life is ceaseless worship of God the Father, through the mediatorship of God the Son, by the indwelling power of God the Spirit, doing what God commands in Scripture, not doing what God forbids in Scripture, in culturally contextualized ways, for the furtherance of the Gospel, when both gathered for adoration, and scattered for action, in joyous response to God's glorious grace."
- Mark Driscoll
"Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to Him, or of exciting Him to do His duty, or of urging Him as though He were reluctant. On the contrary, they pray in order that they may arouse themselves to seek Him, that they may exercise their faith in meditating on His promises, that they may relieve themselves from their anxieties by pouring them into His bosom; in a word, that they may declare that from Him alone they hope and expect, both for themselves and for others, all good things."
- Martin Luther
"I have to tell you first that I am ready to die. I have put my affairs in order. Your supreme weapon is killing. My supreme weapon is dying, because when you kill me, people all over Romania will read my books and believe on the God that I preach - even more than they do now."
- Dr. Joseph Ton, the exiled Romanian pastor (quoted by James Montgomery Boice)
"The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin in it to condemn the whole world."
- John Bunyan
"If the Christian has lost sight of Calvary, that shows that he has lost his way."
- J.I. Packer[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]
"Sometimes we don't present the Gospel well enough for the non-elect to reject it."
- John MacArthur
"In the total expanse of the human life, there is not a single square inch of which Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine'."
- Abraham Kuyper
"God the great Creator of all things doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by His most wise and holy providence, according to His infallible foreknowledge and the free and immutable counsel of His own will, to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy."
- Westminister Confession of Faith (Chapter 5, Section 1)
"The wisdom of God has found a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God all the while upholding the righteousness of God!!"
- John Piper
"Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God!"
-John Piper
"The very One from Whom we need to be saved, is the One Who has saved us."
- R.C. Sproul
"All of Christian life is ceaseless worship of God the Father, through the mediatorship of God the Son, by the indwelling power of God the Spirit, doing what God commands in Scripture, not doing what God forbids in Scripture, in culturally contextualized ways, for the furtherance of the Gospel, when both gathered for adoration, and scattered for action, in joyous response to God's glorious grace."
- Mark Driscoll
"Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to Him, or of exciting Him to do His duty, or of urging Him as though He were reluctant. On the contrary, they pray in order that they may arouse themselves to seek Him, that they may exercise their faith in meditating on His promises, that they may relieve themselves from their anxieties by pouring them into His bosom; in a word, that they may declare that from Him alone they hope and expect, both for themselves and for others, all good things."
- Martin Luther
"I have to tell you first that I am ready to die. I have put my affairs in order. Your supreme weapon is killing. My supreme weapon is dying, because when you kill me, people all over Romania will read my books and believe on the God that I preach - even more than they do now."
- Dr. Joseph Ton, the exiled Romanian pastor (quoted by James Montgomery Boice)
"The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin in it to condemn the whole world."
- John Bunyan
"If the Christian has lost sight of Calvary, that shows that he has lost his way."
- J.I. Packer[/SIZE]
-
jon_jinn - Posts: 3261
- Joined: Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:49 pm
- Location: California
WHY HASN'T ANYONE SAID THIS YET!?!?!?! Oh well I guess I get the honor -
Zack from the Final Fantasy VII franchise (I like his Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core style the best!!) XD *sigh* now only if I had a PSP and $50 then I could actually play as him...
Zack from the Final Fantasy VII franchise (I like his Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core style the best!!) XD *sigh* now only if I had a PSP and $50 then I could actually play as him...
Status: Lurker.... but I'll be around.
~ The fainter the heartbeat the stronger the soul~
*They're just an incomplete group of people wishing to be whole; and to that end, they're desperately searching for something.* - Namine (Kingdom Hearts 2)
~ The fainter the heartbeat the stronger the soul~
*They're just an incomplete group of people wishing to be whole; and to that end, they're desperately searching for something.* - Namine (Kingdom Hearts 2)
-
animewarrior - Posts: 517
- Joined: Sun Nov 19, 2006 7:49 pm
- Location: ~Twilight Wonderland~
Cloud, Ichigo, Auron, and Sanosuke.
Fanfiction (updated 1/1/11)-- Lucky Star--Ginsaki ch. 4
[color="Magenta"]Sometimes I post things.[/color]
[color="Magenta"]Sometimes I post things.[/color]
-
LadyRushia - Posts: 3075
- Joined: Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:38 pm
- Location: In a dorm room/a house.
As a whole I don't like this character style, possibly because it generally tends to operate as if they had a much smaller sword, which just makes it flashy and pointless. But I would be interested in a character who fought intelligently with an oversized weapon, moving methodically and minimizing the number of strikes for efficiency. Most of the time you just get Advent Children.
That aside...
- Gutts somewhat does this, plus the series points out how ridiculous his sword is.
- Auron is a great character for reasons quite aside from his weapon.
That aside...
- Gutts somewhat does this, plus the series points out how ridiculous his sword is.
- Auron is a great character for reasons quite aside from his weapon.
-
uc pseudonym - Posts: 15506
- Joined: Tue Jun 10, 2003 4:00 am
- Location: Tanzania
uc pseudonym (post: 1227029) wrote:As a whole I don't like this character style, possibly because it generally tends to operate as if they had a much smaller sword, which just makes it flashy and pointless. But I would be interested in a character who fought intelligently with an oversized weapon, moving methodically and minimizing the number of strikes for efficiency. Most of the time you just get Advent Children.
My thoughts precisely. I would imagine that such a character would use an oversized sword as a shield as much as anything, using perhaps a dagger in the off-hand for counterstrikes, saving the main sword for heavy attacks (against armored foes, siege engines, etc.).
.rai//
[raiden's liveJournal]
[color="Indigo"]"I believe whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you . . . stranger."[/color]
Strollin' in at dawn, wakin' up at noon's gonna catch up to me soon
'Just sleep when you're dead' is what I said 'cause I'm jumpin' off the moon
[color="Indigo"]"I believe whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you . . . stranger."[/color]
Strollin' in at dawn, wakin' up at noon's gonna catch up to me soon
'Just sleep when you're dead' is what I said 'cause I'm jumpin' off the moon
-
Raiden no Kishi - Posts: 2518
- Joined: Fri Apr 09, 2004 10:45 am
- Location: Ticking away/The hours that make up the dull day . . .
Rationalizing UC's post, Kagehisa Anotsu fits. No, it's a heavy ax, not a "Big sword," but the concept is the same.
-
Fish and Chips - Posts: 4415
- Joined: Sat Dec 16, 2006 2:33 pm
- Location: Nowhere.
- CAAOutkast
- Posts: 621
- Joined: Wed Jun 18, 2003 8:18 pm
- Location: The Divided States of Embarrassment
animewarrior (post: 1226981) wrote:WHY HASN'T ANYONE SAID THIS YET!?!?!?! Oh well I guess I get the honor -
Zack from the Final Fantasy VII franchise (I like his Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core style the best!!) XD *sigh* now only if I had a PSP and $50 then I could actually play as him...
That's actually young Zack. He has the whole "on that day five years ago" look later in the game.
"I do not feel obliged to believe that that same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use." - Galileo Galilei
-
Etoh*the*Greato - Posts: 2618
- Joined: Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:46 pm
- Location: Missouri
Are we talking about the kind of sword you have to use two hands to swing such as the famed Scottish Claymore?
-
mitsuki lover - Posts: 8486
- Joined: Sun Oct 03, 2004 12:00 pm
mitsuki lover (post: 1227410) wrote:Are we talking about the kind of sword you have to use two hands to swing such as the famed Scottish Claymore?
yep. Even if I have no idea who or what the famed Scottish Claymore is... *backs away*
Status: Lurker.... but I'll be around.
~ The fainter the heartbeat the stronger the soul~
*They're just an incomplete group of people wishing to be whole; and to that end, they're desperately searching for something.* - Namine (Kingdom Hearts 2)
~ The fainter the heartbeat the stronger the soul~
*They're just an incomplete group of people wishing to be whole; and to that end, they're desperately searching for something.* - Namine (Kingdom Hearts 2)
-
animewarrior - Posts: 517
- Joined: Sun Nov 19, 2006 7:49 pm
- Location: ~Twilight Wonderland~
Kikuchiyo (Samurai 7), because I think he's actually quite funny, and Ichigo (Bleach).
Interestingly
[spoiler]Ichigo's bankai is a much smaller sword.[/spoiler]
Interestingly
[spoiler]Ichigo's bankai is a much smaller sword.[/spoiler]
-
GeneD - Posts: 1969
- Joined: Sat Nov 10, 2007 10:43 am
- Location: South.
I like Kikuchiyo too. Off course, he also has a rather big sword in the original movie, though he seldom actually uses it. 
Unwise Toasting Sermon
The Sweet Smell of CAA
The Avatar Christian Ronin designed for me
An Avatar KhakiBlue gave to me
The avatar Termyt made for me
Current Avatar by SirThinks2much - thank you very much!
:)
The Sweet Smell of CAA
The Avatar Christian Ronin designed for me
An Avatar KhakiBlue gave to me
The avatar Termyt made for me
KhakiBlueSocks wrote:"I'm going to make you a prayer request you can't refuse..." Cue the violins.
Current Avatar by SirThinks2much - thank you very much!
:)-
bigsleepj - Posts: 3432
- Joined: Sun Apr 11, 2004 12:00 pm
- Location: South Africa - Oh yes, better believe it!
mitsuki lover wrote:Are we talking about the kind of sword you have to use two hands to swing such as the famed Scottish Claymore?
I would imagine that you can define the size of "big" for yourself. I personally classified it as larger than real-world weapons like the claymore. Those can reasonably be wielded as a cleaving weapon. Cloud's Buster Sword... not so much.
-
uc pseudonym - Posts: 15506
- Joined: Tue Jun 10, 2003 4:00 am
- Location: Tanzania
mitsuki lover (post: 1227410) wrote:Are we talking about the kind of sword you have to use two hands to swing such as the famed Scottish Claymore?
Real big sword guys don't need two hands! Even using a claymore! Conan does one hand sword-spinning tricks with a freaking two-handed broadsword for pete sake!
Okay, I guess Zanpakuto are excluded from that rule... mostly.
May the Lord bless you and keep you.
May He cause His face to shine upon you.
May He lift up His countenance and grant you peace.
Feel free to visit My Writing.com Portfolio
Largo: "Well Ed, good to see ya. Guess I gotta beat the crap out of you now."
Jamie Hyneman: "It's just another lovely day at the bomb range. Birds are singing, rabbits are hopping about, and soon there's going to be a big explosion."
May He cause His face to shine upon you.
May He lift up His countenance and grant you peace.
Maokun: Ninjas or Pirates? (Vikings are not a valid answer, sorry)
EricTheFred: Vikings are always a valid answer.
Feel free to visit My Writing.com Portfolio
Largo: "Well Ed, good to see ya. Guess I gotta beat the crap out of you now."
Jamie Hyneman: "It's just another lovely day at the bomb range. Birds are singing, rabbits are hopping about, and soon there's going to be a big explosion."
-
EricTheFred - Posts: 1691
- Joined: Fri Dec 30, 2005 1:26 pm
- Location: Garland, TX
I never understood how the Buster Sword was practical, but I totally understood how it was awesome.
"I do not feel obliged to believe that that same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use." - Galileo Galilei
-
Etoh*the*Greato - Posts: 2618
- Joined: Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:46 pm
- Location: Missouri
because I am a fangirl, and it was my first anime experience with a "big sword"... InuYasha. 
http://myspace.com/shura_no_hana
XBox Gamertag: NekoChan Cruz
PSN Gamer ID: Neko no Ichi
http://neko-chan-cruz.livejournal.com/
XBox Gamertag: NekoChan Cruz
PSN Gamer ID: Neko no Ichi
http://neko-chan-cruz.livejournal.com/
-
NekoChan_C - Posts: 313
- Joined: Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:13 am
- Location: Tampa
Oh! Erin-chan has found a fellow InuYasha fangirl! 8D
I'd have to say Zanza from Rurouni Kenshin. ^^ Well, he might not count since his "big sword" got broken in the second issue with him... >.>
I'd have to say Zanza from Rurouni Kenshin. ^^ Well, he might not count since his "big sword" got broken in the second issue with him... >.>
-
Song_of_Storms - Posts: 473
- Joined: Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:46 pm
- Location: Alabama~
-
ChristianKitsune - Posts: 5420
- Joined: Mon Mar 14, 2005 12:00 pm
- Location: In my sketchbook of wonderment and puffy pink clouds! *\^o^/*
Tsukuyomi (post: 1227043) wrote:SEPHIROTH ♥]♥[/color]
Fangirl alert!! I would go with Ichigo and Cloud Strife. Guts and Sanosuke(being more of fists instead of his sword) are pretty awesome too.
@)}~`,~ Carry This Rose In Your Sig, As Thanks, To All
The CAA Moderators.
"YEAH TOAST! TOCAA!"
The CAA Moderators.
"YEAH TOAST! TOCAA!"
-
KeybladeWarrior - Posts: 1176
- Joined: Sun Nov 12, 2006 7:04 pm
32 posts •
Page 1 of 2 •
- 1
- 2
Return to General Entertainment
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 346 guests