Gungrave/YMMV

Tropes That Apply To Both Series

 * Adaptation Displacement: Wait, the anime is loosely based off of a lesser-known arcade-style third person shooter?
 * Ho Yay Shipping: Bob Poundmax and Balladbird Lee seem to be "very close friends".
 * There's some slashy implications between Brandon and Harry as well. Arguably more than "some."
 * Come to think of it Bunji and Brandon as well.
 * Pick any two guys and you can conceivably see this: Harry and Lee, Cannon Vulcan and Blood War, Bear and... Okay, maybe not Bear.
 * Moral Event Horizon:
 * Needs More Love
 * The Woobie: Arguably Mika and Grave.

Tropes That Apply To The Video Games

 * Disappointing Last Level: In both games.
 * It's Easy So It Sucks / Its Short So It Sucks: A common complaint of the original game, though it was still praised for its aesthetics.
 * That One Boss: Bunji in the first game, the robotic tanks in the second game.

Tropes That Apply To The Anime

 * Crowning Music of Awesome: The ending theme "Akaneiro ga Moeru Toki".
 * Nightmare Fuel:
 * Tear Jerker: From beginning to end.
 * Woobie Destroyer of Worlds: Brandon, full stop. To wit,