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

* [[World of Badass|Most/the vast majority]] of characters from ''[[Claymore]]''. [[Mama Bear|Special]] [[Unstoppable Rage|mention]] [[Too Cool to Live|goes]] [[World's Strongest Man|to]] [[Curb Stomp Battle|Teresa]] [[Earn Your Title|of the Faint Smile]].

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

** ''[[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]]'': 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.

* 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.

* In ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'' Kyon has the balls to threaten the alien's boss, a mass of pure data, after he realizes that he/she/it might delete Nagato for gaining emotions. Can't blame her, after she goes through 594 years of the same 2 weeks of events.

** The brutal efficiency of the group enables any Section 9 member to be badass. Batou, however, does get the lion's share that isn't Motoko's.

* Leona from ''[[Dominion Tank Police]]''. A female police officer that drives a tank and thinks it's completely viable to blow up half a city to catch a jaywalker if needed. Also Commander Britain from the same anime classifies here, having a lifetime subscription to "How to Kill" magazine and all.

** Kittan too. [http://chan.sankakustatic.com/data/9e/1e/9e1ef1ef69a7b9c1e8f89617835c5722.jpg This picture] says it all.

** I'd say absolutely every member of the Gurren Dan. {{spoiler|Doesn't matter if you can fight or not, being a crew member of a ship/giant mecha that intends to combat a cosmic horror is simply raw badass.}}

** And then there's [[Person of Mass Destruction|Whitebeard.]] He's called the world's strongest man for a reason.

** There's also [[Handicapped Badass|Shanks]], [[BFS|Mihawk]], [[Magnificent Bastard|Crocodile]], and [[Badass Grandpa|Rayleigh]].

** 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.''}}

** Omegamon/ Omnimon. In his very first battle of all time, he destroys well over a million mega level Digimon(Just a single one was able to take down Metalgarurumon and Wargreymon for a frame of reference) in only a few attacks.

*** In his ''second'' appearance, he stabs an enemy through the head and fires his cannon down his throat a few times for good measure. It didn't quite work, but for a series that usually sticks to [[Never Say "Die"]], it was a pretty awesome scene.

*** He's back in [[Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Leaping Through Time|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]].}}

** Recent chapters of ''Code Geass: Nightmare Of Nunnally'' shows Zero channeling Master Asia and slaughtering Knightmares (with his bare hands!) while still being the [[Magnificent Bastard|magnificent]] [[Manipulative Bastard|trickster]] we know him to be.

* Inner Moka from ''[[Rosario + Vampire]]'' can unleash a [[Curb Stomp Battle]] on any monster that pisses her off.

** [[Bash Brothers|Gin and Haiji]] took down a branch of Fairy Tale ''[[Conservation of Ninjutsu|by themselves]]''!

* Chiyoko from the ''[[Akira]]'' manga - she specializes in [[Foe-Tossing Charge|Foe Tossing Charges]] and can take down a small army all by her lonesome. ''While badly wounded''.

** Also, Misato Katsuragi. That is ''all''.

* Lucy from ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' was psychopathic (though she had a decent [[Freudian Excuse]]), but some of the things she can do with her vectors can only be described as this.

* Mikura from [[Mezzo DSA]] and [[Mezzo Forte]] is almost insanely badass. Just watch the bowling alley fight from episode one of Forte, and be amazed.

* ''Samurai 7's'' Kyuuzo masterfully wields two katana, wears red and black, and fits the criteria for "nosebleed-inducing male character" with his damn good looks and icy personality. Not to be confused with his mildly friendlier movie incarnation, though that Kyuuzo is just as badass.

** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Gundam 00]]'' has all four Gundam Meisters, as well as [[Super Soldier|Soma Peries]], [[Colonel Badass|Sergei Smirnov]] and [[Hot-Blooded|GRAHAM AKER]]. Villainous badass [[Fan Nickname|"Prince Ali"]] [[Psycho for Hire|al]]-[[Faux Affably Evil|Saachez]] too.

** 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|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''.

** Yami-chan is also a certified [[Badass]].

* Every major character in [[Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple]]. Except for maybe [[The Strategist|Nijima]], although even he has pulled some ridiculous stunts.

* [[Baki the Grappler]] is filled to the brim with these, but most especially the titular characters father [[Blood Knight|Yujiro Hanma]]. He stops an earthquake by puching the ground, beats up almost every single VERY [[Badass]] martial artist in the series SIMULTANOUSLY, and beats America in Vietnam by himself barehanded as a teen, to the point America SURRENDERS to him. And this is just the anime which is nowhere NEAR where the manga is.

* [[Darker than Black|Hei]]: Known as the Black [[Shinigami]]. Can instantly kill you if he even ''touches'' you. Took down loads of Contractors even ''before'' he [[Badass Abnormal|got superpowers]]. Wears a [[Badass Longcoat]] that is ''only'' bulletproof when he wears it, because apparently no one else is awesome enough. Can [[Stealth Hi Bye|appear and disappear]] with no warning. Has leveled a city block on accident. Dear lord, ''where does the awesome end?'' No wonder fans [[Fan Nickname|call him]] "Chinese Electric [[Batman]]."

* Nearly everyone in ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'' is one kind of [[Badass]].

* Although everyone is either a [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]] or a [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]], the characters from ''[[Gintama]]'' are damn badass...sometimes.

* Everyone in ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'', since it's based on a badass video game. You see.

* ''Slayers''. Every character gets their own moment of badass, even [[Technical Pacifist|Phil]]. Lina Inverse, the main character, is a rather short and flat-chested female character that doesn't look that impressive at first glance. However, that belies the fact that she's one of the most terrifying magic-users of the entire series, fully capable of nuking anything in her way. Bandits and pirates will scream in terror once they know Lina's in the area, villagers worry that she'll wipe them all out and Dragons will try to avoid fighting her. Her most [[Badass]] moments are when she's facing down truly dangerous threats. Gourry is a human who has no magical abilities at all, is mostly (in the anime) an idiot, and yet will jump headfirst into danger armed with nothing more than his magic sword, which he loses mid-way through the series and has to fight with a normal sword until he gets a replacement. Amelia will charge enemies head-first and is willing to punch freaking Shabranigdo! Zelgadis, man, Zelgadis is easily as skilled as Lina is with magic, a [[Flying Brick]] and enjoys a reputation as a heartless, demonic swordsman. The biggest [[Badass]] moment has to go to Sylphiel though. She's a barrier maiden who, at first, could use no offensive magic without it being comically weak (Flare Arrows looked more like carrots). Her [[White Magic]] is unparalleled compared to most of the world, so, how is she [[Badass]]? She manages to use a Dragon Slave to damn near kill one of the most powerful beings in the world where everyone else couldn't even scratch the guy.

* ''[[Seto no Hanayome]]'' has several of these, most obviously Lunar's father, who's essentially [[The Terminator]] with blond hair. Nagasumi also has numerous [[Badass]] moments (such as suplexing a ''shark'') when he finally gets fed up with [[Butt Monkey|all the crap he has to put up with.]]

* Yusei Fudou of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]''. The rest of Team Satisfaction and Sherry LeBlanc are pretty impressive, too.