One of the great things about anime and manga is that anything is possible - picturesque worlds, magic, or even completely new forms of martial arts or fighting styles. That being said, that doesn’t mean that anime can’t be filled with more realistic situations, scenarios, or experiences.
It also doesn’t mean that anime characters can’t use more realistic weapons like axes. There are, in fact, a number of strong axe wielders in anime. In some cases, these are ordinary axes, while others are magically enhanced. Regardless of type, the abilities of the users themselves are nothing short of impressive.
10 Agil Chose To Be A Merchant But Was An Axe Wielder With Impressive Skills (Sword Art Online)
Agil, or Andrew Gillbert Mills, is one of the supporting characters in Sword Art Online. When he, along with 10,000 others, became trapped in Sword Art Online, he decided to become a merchant. In addition to this, he was a veteran axe wielder with his main weapon being a two-handed battle-axe.
Even though he was more interested in building his merchant shop and helping lower-level players, he does end up in a few skirmishes that show how incredibly competent he is at wielding his battle-axe.
9 Hansel Is One Of The Two Sadistic Twins Who Wields An Axe (Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage)
Hansel is one of the supporting characters from the dark action anime Black Lagoon. Along with his sister Gretel, the two had to commit horrific offenses or suffer horrendous punishments in order to survive. Because of this, the two became sadistic, cunning, and twisted killers with dissociative identity disorders.
However, Hansel is the identity that uses a battle-axe. Due to their horrible upbringing, Hansel likes to play with his victims and has a childlike way of talking. He even laughs as he kills, wielding the axe with speed and accuracy and having no qualms about getting bloody. Hansel’s strength also lies in the fact that no one would suspect someone so innocent-looking to be a deranged killer.
8 Subaru Is One Of The Strongest Classes Online But Is Paraplegic Offline (.hack//sign)
As the leader of the Crimson Knights, a group that desires to bring order to The World, Subaru is an impressive fighter and a strong axe wielder. Offline, however, she’s known as Mariko Misono, a blue-haired woman from Japan who is paraplegic.
In The World, Subaru is classed as a heavy axeman and displays impressive skills as an axe user. Axe users are characters that are physically the strongest of all classes and specialize in all manner of axe weapons. As tanks, they’re very slow, but their attacks are damaging if they are able to hit their opponent.
7 Leysritt Was Created To Be A Maid And Bodyguard Who Never Tires (Fate/Stay Night)
Leysritt is a homunculus that was created to serve, protect, and be a maid to Illyasviel von Einzbern. Because of this, her abilities and duties vary, but that doesn’t mean her strength is nothing short of impressive.
She’s strong, fast, and incredibly skilled in combat. Not only that, but her proficiency in using a halberd (a weapon that is a combination of an axe and a spear) is deadly. Leysritt’s halberd is made of Rhenium, a material that is three times as dense as iron and is impossibly heavy. However, for someone who doesn’t grow tired, wielding such a weapon is not taxing in the slightest.
6 Ymir, The Dwarven Princess, Is Stronger And Deadlier Than She Appears (Queen’s Blade)
Being the daughter of the dwarf King and the manager of the King’s steel mills, Ymir, otherwise known as the Iron Princess, is one opponent who’s not to be underestimated due to her short stature.
Ymir wields a red, dual-bladed dwarven battle-axe that’s taller and heavier than she is. In most cases, she wields this heavy weapon with just her right hand, proving that she’s far stronger than she looks.
5 Brogy Is A Giant With Incredible Strength And A Long History Of Combat Experience (One Piece)
As a giant, Brogy is incredibly strong and resilient, meaning that he is a warrior that is very hard to defeat in combat. When a warrior like that wields an axe, he’s almost invincible, especially given his long life and many years of battle experience.
In combat, Brogy uses a shield and an axe that he calls the bruiser axe. Using his incredible strength, his strikes can destroy almost anything it encounters. When his axe meets the shield of his equally giant enemy, the impact sends out shockwaves.
4 Rory Mercury Wields Her Axe Like A Scythe, Earning Her The Appropriate Nickname, Rory The Reaper (Gate)
Rory Mercury is another character whose small stature and innocent appearance shouldn’t be taken lightly. Rory is a demigoddess and an apostle of Emroy, the god of darkness, war, violence, and death. In addition, she has the nickname Rory the Reaper as she uses her halberd in a scythe-like fashion.
Because of who she is, Rory is immortal, strong, fast, and has an almost unmatchable battle prowess and knowledge. So, when she does use her halberd, she knows how to cut down her foes in a single swing.
3 Jinin Akebino Was A Member Of The Seven Ninja Swordsmen (Naruto)
One of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, Jinin Akebino was as legendary as he was deadly. He was capable of performing the Silent Killing technique, a technique that allowed a shinobi to kill someone without a sound. It also meant that the user was impossible to detect, making it hard to defend against.
Jinin was also the wielder of the Kabutowari, a weapon that had an axe on one end and a giant, bludgeoning hammer on the other. With this weapon, Jinin was able to strike with the axe first before hitting it with the hammer to drive it further into his opponent. This required speed, accuracy, and incredible skill.
2 Baraggan Louisenbairn Was The God King Of The Hollow World And Wields A Zanpakuto (Bleach)
Before becoming a member of Sosuke Aizen’s army, Baraggan Lousenbairn was the God-King of Hueco Mundo, better known as the Hollow World. As a Shinigami, Baraggan was able to wield a Zanpakuto, and his weapon was called Arrogante.
Arrogante was a dual-blade battle-axe that could cause mass destruction and needed to be wielded by someone with even greater strength. When the release phase of Arrogante is used, he can perform something called Resurrección, allowing him to take on the appearance of a skeleton and enhancing his abilities and strengths.
1 Escanor Wields One Of The Sacred Treasures That Is Capable Of Mass Destruction (Seven Deadly Sins)
Like the other Sins, Escanor, the Lion’s Sin of Pride, was gifted a deadly weapon. His was known as the Divine Axe Rhitta. The golden axe appears to be normal at first glance. However, it is anything but ordinary. It’s impossibly heavy, yet Escanor proves his strength and his might by wielding it with just one hand.
When Escanor uses Scared Treasure Release, all of the magic that Escanor saved within the axe is released, emitting a wave of intense light and heat that can destroy almost everything around it. Escanor can also call for the axe like how Thor calls for Mjolnir, causing it to fly at great speeds to return to him.