Many anime characters fight with all sorts of weapons, from longswords and katanas to behemothic robots and magical powers, or perhaps their bare fists in a martial arts serial. Other anime characters fight with ranged weapons, such as crossbows and firearms, and this includes plenty of anime girls, as well.

In many works of Western and anime fiction, gunslingers are typically rugged male characters such as cowboys, soldiers, outlaws, and mercenaries, just plenty of fictional girls and women become a plow likewise, and some of the most popular female action characters have a rifle, pistol, or shotgun of their ain.

Riza Hawkeye Preparing To Fire Fullmetal Alchemist

Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye is a beloved supporting character in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, being Colonel Roy Mustang'south best friend and, at times, his conscience as well. Dissimilar the many alchemists effectually her, Riza uses firearms in boxing, most ofttimes pistols and bolt-activity rifles.

Riza Eagle survived the dreadful Ishval Civil State of war, and and so put her skills to better use confronting the homunculi, bravely going up confronting the likes of Gluttony and Envy many times. Even when going grocery shopping, she isn't unarmed, such as when she shot at Barry the Chopper i evening.

9 Two-Hands Revy Is Deadly & Reckless (Blackness Lagoon)

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Black Lagoon is a popular seinen action story that appeals to fans of The Expendables or Quentin Tarantino movies, and the main characters are all armed to the teeth for a life of law-breaking in the South China Ocean. One of them is Revy, a Chinese-American outlaw who isn't afraid of a fight.

Revy is famed for her use of two identical pistols, and she has taken down dozens of enemies over the course of Black Lagoon's story. Depending on the situation, Revy might use other weapons too, such RPGs or shotguns if necessary. She rarely fights bare-handed, with her brawl against Roberta being an exception.

8 Bisca Connell Is A Magical Sniper (Fairy Tail)

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The Fairy Tail guild employs a remarkable variety of wizards, most of whom utilise traditional magic based on summoning, burn down, water ice, lightning, and more. But magic can also be used to augment fists or bullets, and Bica Connell and her married man Alzack would know all about that.

Bisca is a dedicated sniper, and she can use her unique brand of magic to guide her bullets in boxing, giving her many obvious advantages. She put her skill to good apply during the clash against the Phantom Lord guild, for case.

7 Yoko Littner Is A Lady Sniper, Too (Gurren Lagann)

Yoko from Gurren Lagann

For the most part, the sci-fi series Gurren Lagann is a mecha anime story, and the most important battles are all fought with gigantic state of war machines. Nonetheless, at that place'southward room for a token sniper grapheme, and that character is the charming Yoko Littner.

Yoko doesn't need a giant robot to defend herself. She tin handle enemies from afar with her trusty sniper rifle, though Simon and Kamina value her fifty-fifty more as an empathetic and thoughtful friend. Yoko's heart isn't common cold like the metal of her rifle is.

6 Mai Zenin Uses A Revolver (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Mai Zenin holding a gun Jujutsu Kaisen

The sisters Maki and Mai Zenin aren't worthy to be sorcerers in the eyes of their traditionalist family, so Maki vowed to defy the odds and become a bully magician anyway and defy her family. Her sister Mai had no choice but to follow adapt, against her own wishes.

Maki and Mai have little to no cursed energy, so they employ weapons that do have energy in them, such as Maki's knives. Mai, a educatee of the Kyoto jujutsu school, uses a revolver to take out curses from afar, and, once per day, she can create a single bullet out of thin air if she runs out of ammo.

5 Eda Is A Nun With A Gun (Black Lagoon)

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The Blackness Lagoon anime series actually has quite a few well-armed characters, with Revy being the virtually prominent of them. Revy also has a friend, a nun named Eda who runs the Ripoff Church in the shady city of Roanapur. Eda is usually seen drinking or making snide comments rather than praying, though.

Eda is Revy'due south obnoxious friend, and they love to mock and tease one another. Despite their differences, the two of them sometimes fight side by side confronting all kinds of foes, and Eda has a pistol or to of her own. Some works of fiction subvert the "pious nun" character blazon in true style.

4 Sinon Tin can Snipe Anyone Online (Sword Art Online)

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As per its title, the anime serial Sword Art Online focuses mainly on powerful swords and fantasy monsters in online games, just there was an exception. The MMORPG Gun Gale Online is all almost ranged combat, and while Kirito had an off-brand lightsaber, his new ally Sinon fully embraced this game's gun-based gainsay system.

Sinon tin dispatch any foe from afar, and she often supports Kirito during their desperate battles against myriad foes. Later on, Sinon joined Kirito and Asuna in ALFheim Online, where she traded her burglarize for a fairy-like game avatar.

iii Motoko Kusanagi Is A Mechanical Soldier (Ghost In The Shell: Standalone Complex)

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Major Motoko Kusanagi is a human being encephalon in a mechanical body, giving meaning to the title of the series,Ghost in the Beat. In this futurity setting, man and automobile have a fuzzy boundary between them, and Motoko Kusanagi tin fight with the backbone of a mortal but with the robotic precision of a machine.

Motoko may be deadly, but she still has a sense of justice and empathy deep downwards, and she is a professional who fights to defend the law. She is known for using a wide multifariousness of firearms, from rifles to pistols and shotguns, and she can also fight barehanded if information technology comes to that.

two Yuri Nakamura Fought Angel With Firearms & Grenades (Angel Beats)

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The popular anime series Angel Beats mixes upward many concepts and genres at in one case, from action/adventure to eye-wrenching drama to high school hijinks, and it'southward all centered effectually the mysterious girl Tenshi "Angel" Tachibana. When this serial starts, Angel is the target of Yuri and her allies in mortal gainsay.

Yuri has some talent as a leader, and she is besides noted for constantly attacking Angel with scoped rifles and fifty-fifty grenades. Using firearms isn't the sole defining attribute of Yuri, but she is certainly deadlier than most other Angel Beats characters.

1 Mine Can Snipe Anyone With Pumpkin (Akame Ga Kill!)

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The Night Raid organization has members with diverse skills and talents, and the heroine Akame fights with a deadly katana, while her companion Mine is a dedicated sniper, much like Yoko and Sinon. Mine's weapon is known equally Roman Artillery: Pumpkin, and it really has three firing modes, not but one.

Mine tin use Pumpkin in sniper fashion, long butt way, or machine gun manner, and Pumpkin's power is boosted co-ordinate to its user's sense of danger. If Mine must fight an incredibly powerful foe, her life is in far greater danger, but on the plus side, Pumpkin will hitting that much harder. In most situations, it's a worthwhile tradeoff.

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