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Gun x Sword

Gun x Sword

20056.21 Season26 EpisodesEnded

Overview

There’s a claw-fisted, genocidal maniac terrorizing the planet of endless illusion, and only Van, a tight-lipped loner in a jet black tuxedo, can bring the scoundrel to justice. Armed with his shape-shifting sword and a mechanized suit of armor, Van hunts the villain who murdered his one true love. With any luck, he’ll find the man he seeks before the sun sets on civilization.

NetworksTV Tokyo

Top Cast

Kikuko Inoue

Kikuko Inoue

Carmen 99

Takanori Hoshino

Takanori Hoshino

Van

Houko Kuwashima

Houko Kuwashima

Wendy Garret

Takahiro Sakurai

Takahiro Sakurai

Ray Lundgren

Junko Noda

Junko Noda

Joshua Lundgren

Saeko Chiba

Saeko Chiba

Priscilla

Satsuki Yukino

Satsuki Yukino

Yukiko Steavens

Kenyu Horiuchi

Kenyu Horiuchi

The Claw

Soichiro Hoshi

Soichiro Hoshi

Michael Garret

Masayo Kurata

Masayo Kurata

Fasalina

Themes & Keywords

mechabattleanime

About Gun x Sword

Gun x Sword is a animation, western, drama, action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 2005 exploring themes of mecha, battle, anime. it stars Kikuko Inoue, Takanori Hoshino, Houko Kuwashima. There’s a claw-fisted, genocidal maniac terrorizing the planet of endless illusion, and only Van, a tight-lipped loner in a jet black tuxedo, can bring the scoundrel to justice. Armed with his shape-shifting sword and a mechanized suit of armor, Van hunts the villain who murdered his one true love. With any luck, he’ll find the man he seeks before the sun sets on civilization.

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