Is the Claw an Affably EvilWell-Intentioned Extremist who truly cherishes all life, who only kills because he doesn't know his own strength and displays visible regret afterwards? Or is he a ruthless, Faux Affably EvilKnight Templar who murders anyone who gets in the way of his dream, and who only plays the regret card to gain his followers' sympathy and loyalty?
Super Robot Wars 30 offers a third interpretation somewhere in the middle when he meets with Debonair from Magic Knight Rayearth towards the end of the game, who notes that his heart contains neither light nor darkness and is simply hollow, painting him as a sort of high-functioning sociopath who despite his high-minded ideals utterly lacks any empathy. Mind you, this likely comes from his Adaptational Species Change into a Hughjussian: a Knight Templar species known for brainwashing the populations of planets into abandoning all negative feelings "for the greater good".
There's Kameo, who was already getting a reputation as a stealth Chessmasterbefore his antics in episode 17.
The entire soundtrack can qualify, especially the opening theme. An even more epic example is the track "He reduces to Memories", which first plays when Van finally finds the Claw in episode 13.
Base-Breaking Character: Fasalina tends to be this at worst. She was hot, but her own Freudian Excuse and relatable Dark and Troubled Past about being an ex-prostitute that wanted to redeem her past seemed acceptable to some. The fact that she eventually grew to love Michael for real beyond supporting the Clawed Man's cause brought her sympathy to some and especially since she's such a genuinely nice lady when she's off the job, so people considered her an Anti-Villain. However, on the other hand, there's just as much people who does not excuse the atrocities she did in the name of the Clawed Man, including poisoning a whole town (one of the main causes of Carmen 99's grudge on her) and considered her a through and through villain that does not deserve sympathy. And being a villainous prostitute means she's also prone to the "BEGONE THOT" meme.
Best Known for the Fanservice: Check out this anime's fanart and videos. It's an almost guaranteed bet that H pictures of Fasalina or a clip of her sex scene from Episode 20 will be available.
Cult Classic: It didn't make much of a splash within the anime fandom when it first aired, but thanks to the incredibly fun setting and larger than life characters, Gun x Sword is very fondly remembered by the viewers of G4's anime block.
Die for Our Ship: Viewers who ship Van and Pricilla or Van and Carmen sometimes express their desire for Wendy's death or abandonment. Wendy X Van fans can be just as cruel towards Joshua.
The El Dora team is frequently lamented for not getting enough screen time because of their Dashing HispanicOld Superhero ways and incredibly memorable fights. Their fans always celebrate when El Dora V shows up as a playable super robot in Super Robot Wars.
Ray is rather popular among fans, likely for his badassery and for being Mr.Fanservice.
Fan Nickname: Both the team of Eldora V and the mecha of the same name are often called "Mexican GaoGaiGar" due to their clear influences from that anime.
Ray openly declares he doesn't care how many people he will hurt in his quest for revenge, but he is nonetheless a victim of The Claw,. It also helps that he has a Morality Pet in his brother, Joshua.
Carossa and Woo are insecure to a fault and clearly have deep issues that make them both pitiable and dangerous to others. They are both villains, but they didn't become evil just for the heck of it, and once again The Claw can be blaimed for twisting their senses of right and wrong. Carossa has his own Morality Pet, to boot.
More specifically, if you Google old reviews of the series from 2005 on, you can see that there's a lot of YMMV with regard to evaluating the quality of the series. Is it a lackluster and unimaginative rip-off of earlier and better anime like Trigun or Cowboy Bebop? Or does it draw elements from different sources and combine them in a compelling and creative way? On its 2010 re-release, various reviewers gave it ratings ranging from "C+" to "A-" or "Highly Recommended."
People calling it a Trigun ripoff have probably never watched more than the first episode, after which the cast encounter their very first major body of water, and then leave the desert entirely soon after and never return until the end.
, you know awesome shit is going down.