Brandon Heat AKA. Beyond the Grave

<u><em>Gungrave opens thirteen years after Brandon Heat is betrayed by his best friend Harry MacDowell. He is reborn as <strong>Beyond The Grave</strong>, and begins a quest of revenge against the crime syndicate. The series then backtracks to Brandon's youth, and follows him and Harry as they rise through the criminal underworld, detailing the circumstances that led to their eventual falling-out.</em></u> <em><strong><u><span style="font-size: 140%;">Weapons:<!--size--></span></u></strong> <span style="font-size: 80%;">{In Gungrave Overdose}<!--size--></span> <strong>Grave's twin handguns Cerberus</strong> <strong>Cerberus</strong> — Grave's twin handguns, named for the three-headed hound of Hades. Grave has an unlimited amount of ammo with these, and never has to reload. If the player allows Grave to stand still during a fight, he will begin to target and shoot every available target on screen without looking. <strong>Coffin</strong> — Grave carries a tremendous (though technically small, as it isn't the size to hold a body) metal coffin on his back which contains a variety of weapons that can be only used as special attacks. Grave can also use the coffin to strike nearby enemies, and if timed correctly deflect projectiles fired from a distance, destroying the enemy that fired them. The manner in which Grave carries and uses the coffin bears a strong resemblance to the cross carried by the wandering priest Wolfwood in Nightow's manga series, Trigun. It is also directly inspired by the 1966 movie Django in which the main character carries a coffin with a Gatling gun inside. <strong>Demolition Shots</strong> — Special attacks performed using the coffin that consume levels from the Beat Meter. They can help the player get through sticky situations. These attacks exemplify the over-the-top style for which the creators are known. There are four offensive techniques in all, along with the option of regaining health using the beat meter. The first offensive technique is available at the start of the game, and the other three are unlockable through good performance during stages. * <strong>Death Blow</strong> — Grave fires a single rocket that explodes and kills every enemy within the immediate vicinity of the point of impact. * <strong>Bullet Dance</strong> — Grave releases a machine gun from the coffin, and spins in a 360° circle, destroying everything around him. * <strong>Hellhound Roar</strong> — Grave launches three rockets ahead of him. The attack has a greater explosive range than Death Blow and causes greater damage. * <strong>Raging Inferno</strong> — Grave spins in a circle and fires his machine gun, and follows up by jumping into the air and doing it again. <strong>Graveyard Special</strong> — Starting with Bob Poundmax in stage three, when a boss is near death, the skull at the top of the screen begins to glow and the player is given the option to perform a special fatality demolition shot. These usually break away from the fight for a special animation of Grave launching an extravagant attack. This consumes a demolition shot and can be performed only against a boss's final form. Each successive use of these techniques performs a different attack which build off the previous one. <span style="font-size: 75%;">~From Wikipedia~<!--size--></span></em>