Axl Low
Official Guilty Gear XX artwork for Axl Low.
Game series	Guilty Gear series
First game	Guilty Gear
Created by	Daisuke Ishiwatari
Voiced by	Keiichi Nanba
Information
Birthplace	United Kingdom

Axl Low (アクセル＝ロウ, Akuseru Rou^?) is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making his first appearance in the first game, Guilty Gear: The Missing Link, though his story and character change and develop further in the later games. He employs a strangely modified kusarigama, which, instead of a weight at the end, has another kama, and a thus-far unexplained control over fire. His personality can be described as laid-back or lighthearted, and despite his consistent failure to solve his problem, he always keeps a fairly upbeat attitude. The Guilty Gear series is known for its unique graphics. ... Screenshot of Ky Kiske attacking Sol Badguy. ... Daisuke Ishiwatari (石渡太輔) (b. ... Keiichi Nanba ) is a veteran seiyu who was born on August 26, 1957 in Gōtsu, Shimane. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... This is an index of characters from the fighting game series Guilty Gear. ... The Guilty Gear series is known for its unique graphics. ... Screenshot of The King of Fighters XI (2005, SNK Playmore). ... Kusarigama at Iwakuni Castle Kusari-gama (Alt. ... Kamas. ...

Character design

Axl Low is modeled and named after Axl Rose, frontman for Guns N' Roses. Axl Rose also wore a British Flag of a similar design. [1] W. Axl Rose[1][2] (born William Bruce Rose, Jr. ... Frontman (also front man) is a term referring to the lead singer or band leader of a music group. ... Guns N Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. ...

Axl's appearance notably changes between Guilty Gear: The Missing Link and Guilty Gear X: By Your Side. In Guilty Gear, he is portrayed as a very large, muscular person. However, since Guilty Gear X, he is portrayed as having a much more average physique, if slightly thin, and is more fully clothed.

In the original Guilty Gear, the opening guitar riffs in Axls theme "March of the Wicked King" are similar to the ones in the Guns N' Roses song "You're Crazy".

Story

Background

Axl is a bit of an involuntary time traveller, and actually comes from the 20th century, over one hundred and fifty years before most of the Guilty Gear story takes place. His main goal seems to be to return to his own time period, mainly because of his desire to return to his girlfriend, Megumi. For this reason, he seeks out various ways to do so, and is continually attempting to solve the mystery of why it is that he "slips" through time in the first place. Time travel is a concept that has long fascinated humanity—whether it is Merlin experiencing time backwards, or religious traditions like Mohammeds trip to Jerusalem and ascent to heaven, returning before a glass knocked over had spilt its contents. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... For other uses, see Girlfriend (disambiguation). ... Axl Low ) is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making his first appearance in the first game, Guilty Gear: The Missing Link, though his story and character change and develop further in the later games. ...

Guilty Gear: The Missing Link

Axl enters the Sacred Knights Tournament in hopes of finding a way to get back to his own era. He was apparently led to believe that the winner of the tournament could have a wish granted them. In his ending, he defeats Justice and is hailed as a hero. This is unlikely to be canon, and Sol Badguy's ending is more likely. He also declares that he will stop actively looking for a way to get home. Justice ) is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series. ... Sol Badguy ) is the main character[1] and namesake[2] of the Guilty Gear fighting game series. ...

Guilty Gear X: By Your Side

In the second game, Axl is wandering about, looking for Faust, in hopes of being cured by a doctor of such skill. He encounters various people on the way, and fights them, chalking it all up to bad luck. Then he meets up with Sol Badguy. After this, the path splits. In one ending, Axl fights Kliff Undersn and Justice, and then realizes that he's been thrown back in time once again. In the other (more likely) ending, he battles Faust, and then is diagnosed with involuntary timeslipping. Faust blames this on there being an alternate version of Axl in existence. Faust is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making his first appearance in the first game, Guilty Gear: The Missing Link as Dr. Baldhead, and then as Faust from Guilty Gear X onwards. ... Sol Badguy ) is the main character[1] and namesake[2] of the Guilty Gear fighting game series. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Justice ) is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series. ...

Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival

Through story mode, Axl meets up with I-No, among other people, while wandering about. As is the case with many other characters, I-No is the catalyst that causes the events that follow. In one of his three endings, he ends up fighting a future version of himself. In another, Axl fights with Zappa, and afterward begins to wonder how Megumi is faring. In the third ending, he meets up with "That Man" and finds out from him that Raven is the cause of his timeslipping, and it is implied that Raven is the alternate version of Axl that was diagnosed by Faust. This allegedly has something to do with actions performed by Axl later on. Perhaps more light will be shed on this in later games. Interestingly, since the three endings have nothing to do with each other, and don't contradict each other in any way, it's entirely possible that they all happened. I-No, as shown in Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival I-No is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making her first appearance as a boss of the third game, Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival; unlike bosses in previous games, she is freely playable from... Zappa ) is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making his first appearance in the third game, Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival. ... That Man, as seen in Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival That Man (also known as Ano Otoko ), which is the Japanese romanization for that (certain) man), is a hidden character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series. ... That Man, as seen in Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival That Man is a hidden character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series. ...

Related characters

Axl seems to have some sort of story connection with I-No, as he consistently claims to recognise her. He also seems to know Sol quite well, and vice versa. He apparently has a photograph of Sol as a child, and talks to him like an old friend. Given Sol's age and Axl's time travelling, this is more plausible than one would think. For other uses, see Photograph (disambiguation). ...

Megumi

Megumi is Axl's girlfriend from his own era. Little is known about her, except that he is obviously devoted enough to actively seek a route back in time to rejoin her. One of Zappa's ending hints that her spirit is actually the ghost, S-Ko, that is possessing Zappa. Her silhouette, as seen in one of Axl's Guilty Gear XX Λ Core Plus endings, does very little to disprove that theory. Guilty Gear XX , pronounced Guilty Gear Excess), sometimes known in some localized releases as Guilty Gear X2, is the third full installment in the Guilty Gear series of fighting games. ...

Raven

Raven is one of That Man's four servants -- the other three being I-No, Justice and an unknown and unnamed individual who is completely covered from head to the ankles (this character appears during one of Sol's endings in Guilty Gear X Plus, and makes an appearance in an official artwork along with That Man and his other subordinates). Even less is known of him than is known of That Man, except that he has some sort of connection with Axl Low, described by That Man as a "parallel existence." I-No is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making her first appearance as a boss of the third game, Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival; unlike bosses in previous games, she is freely playable from the start. ... Justice ) is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series. ...

In the Guilty Gear novel Lightning the Argent, he battles both Faust and Sol Badguy, defeating Faust in an interdimensional battle and essentially ignoring Sol's fire attacks through regeneration. Raven at this time claims that he cannot feel the heat from Sol's flames. Faust is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making his first appearance in the first game, Guilty Gear: The Missing Link as Dr. Baldhead, and then as Faust from Guilty Gear X onwards. ... Sol Badguy ) is the main character[1] and namesake[2] of the Guilty Gear fighting game series. ...