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* [[World of Badass|Most of the cast]] from ''[[Rokudenashi Blues]]'', but particularly Maeda.

* ''[[Gao Gai Gar|GaoGaiGar]]'' is rife with these sorts of characters, from [[Hot Blooded|Guy Shishio]] to the numerous giant robots in the Brave Robo Corps to [[Tagalong Kid]]-[[Took a Level In Badass|turned]]-[[Kid Hero]] Mamoru. But by far the most badass of the lot is [[The Rival|Soldato-J]], who does most of the same stuff Guy does (as well as [[Dynamic Entry|riding missiles through walls]]) and makes it look ''easy'' with his [[The Stoic|cool and utterly unflappable attitude]]. [[Ineffectual Loner|There's nothing ineffectual]] [[Averted Trope|about this loner]].

* ''[[Gao Gai Gar|GaoGaiGar]]'' is rife with these sorts of characters, from [[Hot-Blooded|Guy Shishio]] to the numerous giant robots in the Brave Robo Corps to [[Tagalong Kid]]-[[Took a Level In Badass|turned]]-[[Kid Hero]] Mamoru. But by far the most badass of the lot is [[The Rival|Soldato-J]], who does most of the same stuff Guy does (as well as [[Dynamic Entry|riding missiles through walls]]) and makes it look ''easy'' with his [[The Stoic|cool and utterly unflappable attitude]]. [[Ineffectual Loner|There's nothing ineffectual]] [[Averted Trope|about this loner]].

* The ''Mazinger trilogy'' is a [[World of Badass]]:

** ''[[Mazinger Z (Anime)|Mazinger Z]]'': Kouji Kabuto, [[Ur Example]] of [[Hot Blooded]] [[The Hero]], pilots a [[Humongous Mecha]] and is capable of taking a troop of armored soldiers with his bare fists. Sayaka was one of the first [[Action Girl|Action Girls]] in anime. Even some characters like [[The Mentor|Prof. Yumi]] or [[Butt Monkey|Boss]] have their moments. And many of the villains also count. Especially Gorgon. Or Pygman (who fought [[Humongous Mecha]] on his own).

** ''[[Mazinger Z (Anime)|Mazinger Z]]'': Kouji Kabuto, [[Ur Example]] of [[Hot-Blooded]] [[The Hero]], pilots a [[Humongous Mecha]] and is capable of taking a troop of armored soldiers with his bare fists. Sayaka was one of the first [[Action Girl|Action Girls]] in anime. Even some characters like [[The Mentor|Prof. Yumi]] or [[Butt Monkey|Boss]] have their moments. And many of the villains also count. Especially Gorgon. Or Pygman (who fought [[Humongous Mecha]] on his own).

** ''[[Great Mazinger (Anime)|Great Mazinger]]'': Tetsuya was a certified, [[Hot Blooded]] [[Badass]] and [[Ace Pilot]]... and a [[Deconstruction]] from the trope [[Unbuilt Trope|twenty years before]] ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Asuka Langley Sohryu]]'' was created. He acted like an arrogant jerk could not bear someone showed him up because he had absolutely NO self-esteem and he was terrified of if he was not good enough he would be replaced and forgotten. Still, he was the best pilot in the whole saga. Jun Hono was an even better [[Action Girl]] than Sayaka, being an well-trained pilot and fighter. And then you have Great General of Darkness, the most [[Badass]] villain in the trilogy, BY FAR. He was fully capable to kick the butt of whoever was stupid or suicidal enough to challenge him.

** ''[[Great Mazinger (Anime)|Great Mazinger]]'': Tetsuya was a certified, [[Hot-Blooded]] [[Badass]] and [[Ace Pilot]]... and a [[Deconstruction]] from the trope [[Unbuilt Trope|twenty years before]] ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Asuka Langley Sohryu]]'' was created. He acted like an arrogant jerk could not bear someone showed him up because he had absolutely NO self-esteem and he was terrified of if he was not good enough he would be replaced and forgotten. Still, he was the best pilot in the whole saga. Jun Hono was an even better [[Action Girl]] than Sayaka, being an well-trained pilot and fighter. And then you have Great General of Darkness, the most [[Badass]] villain in the trilogy, BY FAR. He was fully capable to kick the butt of whoever was stupid or suicidal enough to challenge him.

** ''[[UFO Robo Grendizer (Anime)|UFO Robo Grendizer]]'': This series gave us THREE absolutely [[Badass]] pilots: Duke, his sister -[[Action Girl]] and [[The Gunslinger]]- Maria and Hikaru Makiba, that [[Took a Level In Badass]]. Though the villains to favored plan their strikes from far, they absolutely played the role when they fought Grendizer personally.

* Adam Blade from ''[[Needless]]''. Throughout the series only the main antagonist could put up a fight and defeat him while others fall to his might in a 1-1 competition.

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* Everyone in ''[[Bakuretsu Tenshi]]'', especially Jo, and to a lesser degree, Takane and Sei.

* Zaraki Kenpachi from the anime ''[[Bleach (Manga)|Bleach]]'' is perhaps [[Heroic Sociopath|the greatest example of this]], relying solely on brute force and his insanely powerful [[Battle Aura]] while all others in the anime rely on magic and/or special fighting techniques. In one memorable scene, he allows an opponent he can't see or hear to stab him in the chest just so that Kenpachi can then grab him.

** In another memorable scene, he's fighting a six-armed Espada armed with six giant scythes and purportedly unbreakable skin. Well into the fight, it looks like he's on the ropes, until he {{spoiler|[[I Am Not Left Handed|DECIDES TO HOLD HIS SWORD WITH BOTH HANDS]]}}. Quickly ending the fight.

** In another memorable scene, he's fighting a six-armed Espada armed with six giant scythes and purportedly unbreakable skin. Well into the fight, it looks like he's on the ropes, until he {{spoiler|[[I Am Not Left-Handed|DECIDES TO HOLD HIS SWORD WITH BOTH HANDS]]}}. Quickly ending the fight.

** Zaraki's 3rd seat officer Ikkaku Madarame also fits this trope. The fact that Zaraki was the one person he could find who was a bigger badass than himself is the main reason he even joined the 11th squad in the first place.

** Really, any of the Shinigami Captains count as badasses; there is a good reason that Ichigo is told to run if he ever encounters one.

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* Nougami Neuro from ''[[Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro]]'' is an example. From the many ways he tortures his slave Yako, to how he brutally tortured the new bloodline member DR.

* Ranma from [[Ranma One Half|Ranma 1/2]], many examples of Bad Ass, including {{spoiler|punching out a Phoenix King, destroying mountains, defeating through sheer brilliance a century-plus aged [[Supernatural Martial Arts]] [[Old Master]] despite having the strength of a child, and not being able to learn a technique simply because it requires him to complain too much. Oh and having nearly every pretty girl in a mile radius wanting to marry him.}}

* Though sadly often passed over or ignored, all of the other characters have gotten at least one [[Badass]] moment. Genma Saotome, who otherwise is content to loaf around and [[Sins of Our Fathers|make Ranma handle his problems]], proves that even he has his limits when he {{spoiler|uses his [[Battle Aura]] to turn into a giant version of himself to take on Happosai}}. Soun Tendo, a wimp who normally uses his [[Demon Head]] trick to bully the more capable Ranma into taking care of his household, {{spoiler|tells an oni possessing his eldest daughter to take his body instead}}. Akane Tendo has several, but the first one is taking on the [[Orochi]] at Ryugenzawa. [[Hot Amazon|Shampoo]], in the first [[Non Serial Movie]], {{spoiler|saves Ranma from a messy death at the hands of a martial artist using [[Razor Floss]], then tells him to go and save her enemy Akane, despite the fact Ranma openly considers her an [[Unwanted Spouse]]}}. And those are just some examples.

* Though sadly often passed over or ignored, all of the other characters have gotten at least one [[Badass]] moment. Genma Saotome, who otherwise is content to loaf around and [[Sins of Our Fathers|make Ranma handle his problems]], proves that even he has his limits when he {{spoiler|uses his [[Battle Aura]] to turn into a giant version of himself to take on Happosai}}. Soun Tendo, a wimp who normally uses his [[Demon Head]] trick to bully the more capable Ranma into taking care of his household, {{spoiler|tells an oni possessing his eldest daughter to take his body instead}}. Akane Tendo has several, but the first one is taking on the [[Orochi]] at Ryugenzawa. [[Hot Amazon|Shampoo]], in the first [[Non-Serial Movie]], {{spoiler|saves Ranma from a messy death at the hands of a martial artist using [[Razor Floss]], then tells him to go and save her enemy Akane, despite the fact Ranma openly considers her an [[Unwanted Spouse]]}}. And those are just some examples.

** My personal favorite example of non-Ranma badassery is when Ranma's been depowered, and being assaulted by all his rivals, save one. Ryouga. Ryouga then proceeds to parry all the weapons they're using against Ranma, and send ALL the other rivals flying off into the distance. With only one swipe of his umbrella. All because he couldn't stand his former greatest foe being reduced to "A shadow of your former self" as he calls it. Unfortunately, its ruined when he sends Ranma flying as well in his grief.

* Guts from ''[[Berserk]]'' is an example (I don't think that it's possible for a character named "Guts" to not be badass). The [[Magnetic Plot Device|Brand of Sacrifice]] on the back of his neck acts as a beacon for [[The Legions of Hell]]. He's had it for two years and counting, and he's still alive. And despite losing an eye and having to have his left arm replaced with a mechanical one after having to ''cut off the original himself'' (and that's not even counting his ''ridiculous'' number of scars), he's not going to lay down and die anytime soon. The man's nickname is "The Hundred-Man Slayer", and he earned it honestly.

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** Just to set the record straight, the people Akasaka beats up are a group of {{spoiler|highly trained counter-intelligence mercenaries}}. Akasaka is ''that'' tough.

* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' has quite a few; Ed pulls off the most blatant feats of badassery through the series, though [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|Hohenheim]] and [[Colonel Badass|Roy Mustang]] make a strong case. However, the reigning champion [[Badass]] for the series is ''[[Badass Teacher|Izumi]]'', who routinely wallops everyone she meets even though she {{spoiler|''is missing large chunks of her internal organs.''}}

** Greed is a piece of pure Badass, and [[Badass Grandpa|Bradley]], whose seven-swords technique oozes Impossible Manga Feats. {{spoiler|They owe a lot of this to Father}}. Kimblee is one badass psychopath. Lin/Ling and Ran Fan/Lan Fan got trained since childhood to be kick-ass fighters. Sig/Sigu is Izumi's counterpart, the one and only man who can survive being her husband (they routinely throw knives at each other casually while working). Riza Hawkeye is also so skilled and fierce with firearms that she terrifies her fellow soldiers ''including'' Roy. In the manga, [[Four Star Badass|Olivia Armstrong]] could easily rival with Izumi. And [[Crazy Awesome|Alex Louis Armstrong]] is... well, badass in his own very peculiar way.

** Greed is a piece of pure Badass, and [[Badass Grandpa|Bradley]], whose seven-swords technique oozes Impossible Manga Feats. {{spoiler|They owe a lot of this to Father}}. Kimblee is one badass psychopath. Lin/Ling and Ran Fan/Lan Fan got trained since childhood to be kick-ass fighters. Sig/Sigu is Izumi's counterpart, the one and only man who can survive being her husband (they routinely throw knives at each other casually while working). Riza Hawkeye is also so skilled and fierce with firearms that she terrifies her fellow soldiers ''including'' Roy. In the manga, [[Four-Star Badass|Olivia Armstrong]] could easily rival with Izumi. And [[Crazy Awesome|Alex Louis Armstrong]] is... well, badass in his own very peculiar way.

** And Scar. Just ''look'' at the guy and try to claim that he doesn't instill fear. If looking at him isn't scary enough, remember that he makes [[Your Head Asplode]] just by touching it.

** The scene that really sold Roy Mustang as a badass was episode 19 of Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, where after getting stabbed in the his waist and having his ignition cloth gloves ripped up by Lust, he manages to cut a transmutation circle into his own skin and close up the stab wounds with the flint from a cigarette lighter, then proceeds to walk on over to Lust and blow her and kill her. [[Word of God|The author herself]] has said that she planned this to be Roy's [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] from the start of the series, and made Havoc a smoker ''solely so that he could provide Roy with a lighter in this scene.''

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** Shoutmon from ''[[Digimon Xros Wars (Anime)|Digimon Xros Wars]]'' is probably the badass lead Digimon in the ENTIRE FRANCHISE. He's probably the most Hotblooded digimon, if not, character, in the [[Up to Eleven|whole franchise]], and in just his base form alone, is able to take down a bunch of Mammothmon, of which are usually ultimate level digimon, and can fuse with other digimon to become a [[Humongous Mecha]]. {{spoiler|Then there's [[Golden Super Mode|O]][[Call Back|me]][[Took a Level In Badass|ga]]Shoutmon and [[Combining Mecha|Shoutmon X7]]}}.

*** He's back in [[Digimon Xros Wars the Young Hunters Leaping Through Time (Anime)|the sequel]], and his new look somehow makes him look [[Up to Eleven|even more Badass]], no doubt helped by his [[Scarf of Asskicking|new scarf]]

*** {{spoiler|[[Physical God|Shoutmon]] [[God-Emperor|X7]] [[Story Breaker Power|Superior Mode]] takes this to [[Serial Escalation]] levels by fusing with '''EVERY SINGLE DIGIMON IN THE WHOLE SERIES''' besides the [[Big Bad]]. And then one shotting said [[Big Bad]] effortlessly with a his microphone turned into a [[Laser Sword]].}}

*** {{spoiler|[[Physical God|Shoutmon]] [[God-Emperor|X7]] [[Story-Breaker Power|Superior Mode]] takes this to [[Serial Escalation]] levels by fusing with '''EVERY SINGLE DIGIMON IN THE WHOLE SERIES''' besides the [[Big Bad]]. And then one shotting said [[Big Bad]] effortlessly with a his microphone turned into a [[Laser Sword]].}}

* ''[[Tsukihime (Visual Novel)|Tsukihime]]'''s Nanaya Shiki. For one thing, he's an [[Super-Powered Evil Side|amoral sociopathic killer split personality]] of the protagonist, which is just cool. But then, he has insanely skilled killing abilities and instincts, ''and'' the [[Evil Eye|Mystic Eyes of Death Perception]], which let him kill virtually anything ''with a fruit knife''. To top it off, he easily slaughters some of the most powerful beings on the planet (who are nigh-unbeatable) while laughing, speaking poetically, and only feeling a mixture of amused enthusiasm and contempt.

** Nanaya Shiki does not actually have the [[Evil Eye|Mystic Eyes of Death Perception]], He is more a 'What if' Tohno Shiki, Instead of the actual one. This means he does all that running on sheer, utter, skill. Yes, He cuts through bone with only a fruit knife because he is SKILLED.

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** If ever there were any prepubescent girls deserving of the title GAR, It would be the cast of Nanoha.

** It's easy to explain Nanoha's badassery. She took part in SaiGAR, a tournament created to determine the most badass manly anime character. ''She even won a round.''

** Even if most of the [[Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force|Huckebein family's]] victories over the heroes have been questioned and gained the scorn of the fans for the [[Anti-Magic|methods]] [[Diabolus Ex Machina|they]] [[Story Breaker Power|used]] to win, one can't deny the badassitude displayed by their leader, Curren Huckebein, when she enters the scene for the first time managing to [[Curb Stomp Battle|defeat easily]] two characters who already received their [[Mid-Season Upgrade]], simultaneously and without even abusing the aformentioned "methods" used by her comrades. Badass indeed.

** Even if most of the [[Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force|Huckebein family's]] victories over the heroes have been questioned and gained the scorn of the fans for the [[Anti-Magic|methods]] [[Diabolus Ex Machina|they]] [[Story-Breaker Power|used]] to win, one can't deny the badassitude displayed by their leader, Curren Huckebein, when she enters the scene for the first time managing to [[Curb Stomp Battle|defeat easily]] two characters who already received their [[Mid-Season Upgrade]], simultaneously and without even abusing the aformentioned "methods" used by her comrades. Badass indeed.

** Vivio earned her badass points when she took ''[[Beam Spam|five simultaneous]] [[Wave Motion Gun|starlight breakers]]'' and was still conscious afterwards.

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' has tons: [[Boisterous Bruiser|Rakan]], Takamichi, Nagi, [[Memetic Badass|Rakan]], Kaede, Setsuna, [[Overly Long Gag|Rakan]], and Mana all qualify, but the most extreme example is [[Little Miss Badass]] Evangeline, who has taken down a superpowerful demon god in one (massive) shot. [[Department of Redundancy Department|Oh, and did we mention Jack Rakan?]]

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** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (Anime)|Gundam SEED]]'' gives us [[Ace Pilot|Mu La Flaga]], as well as [[Magnificent Bastard]] Rau Le Creuset. Kira Yamato, the badass main character doesn't do too badly either, nor does his ex-best friend [[The Rival|Athrun]]. And then there's [[Colonel Badass]] Andrew "The Desert Tiger" Waldfeld, and Athrun's teammate Yzak who solos two [[Super Soldier|Super Soldiers]] in the finale...

** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (Anime)|Gundam SEED Destiny]]'': He's a whiny little bastard, but Shinn Asuka is every bit as [[Badass]] as the rest of the series' main characters.

** What do you do when your Gundam has a [[Crippling Overspecialization]] in the form of a [[Wave Motion Gun]] and not much else? Well if you are [[After War Gundam X (Anime)|Garrod Ran]] a whole lot of Badass stuff. This is the first, and so far only, pilot who was able to beat a [[Monster of the Week]] with ''only'' his ''vulcans''.

* King Gid of [[To Love Ru]], who despite looking four years old theatens, quite seriously, to destroy the Earth. In fact the reason he looks like he does is because he recently conquered the ''universe''. He is currently trying to pawn his throne off to his daughter's soon-to-be husband so he can play around and chase girls.

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* Ken Sugisaki from [[Seitokai no Ichizon]] is a badass by Harem Male Standards.

* The [[Fairy Tail]] badass award has to go to Erza, who still has the power to curbstomp the hero and can fight anyone else in the guild apart from Makarov or Gildartz on even footing at ''least.'' In the first real story arc (Phantom) she took down an S ranked Air mage who was beating Natsu effortlessly while he was wearing a power limiter in ''a single hit'' after said limiter was removed. Also after taking a [[Wave Motion Gun]] to the face. ''And then she still held off the [[Big Bad]] of the arc until Makarov could arrive.''

** And then she manages to defeat the [[Hero Killer]] Azuma despite being hit with his strongest attack '''TWICE'''!!!

** And then she manages to defeat the [[Hero-Killer]] Azuma despite being hit with his strongest attack '''TWICE'''!!!

** Gildartz '''[[Beyond the Impossible|destroys a Black Hole]].

* Gantz is FILLED with badasses, but 2 specific examples are Kurono, for jumping into a 50-foot tall monsters head, shooting it from inside it's head, then getting out by kicking out one of it's teeth, and Katou, for killing the last alien in the Temple Mission, an alien with acid that could melt you faster than you could say "Fuck!", swords that it could use to chop you into pieces before you blink, and had single-handedly taken out everybody with a suit except Katou and Kurono, who also had lost an arm and a leg in the fight.