List of Battle Royale weapons

The following list is of the known weapons in all 3 versions of "Battle Royale" (novel, manga and film).

By type

Melee

*Jutte
*Hand axe
*Dagger
*Machete
*Nunchaku
*Baseball bat
*Knife
*Katana
*Kama
*Jackknife
*Boxing gloves
*Pickaxe
*Stun gun
*Plastic toy hammer
*Telescoping spring baton

Firearms

Pistols

*.44 Automag pistol (manga only; originally with Girl #1 Mizuho Inada)
*Beretta M9 pistol (supposedly to Boy #7 Yoshitoki Kuninobu)
*Beretta M92F pistol (originally with Boy #19 Shinji Mimura)
*Browning High-Power pistol (originally with Girl #12 Haruka Tanizawa in the novel and movie; originally with Girl #2 Yukie Utsumi in the manga)
*Colt M1911 pistol (In the manga, originally with Girl #21 Yoshimi Yahagi; in the movie, originally with Girl #10 Hirono Shimizu; Kitano also carries one).
*CZ 75 pistol (novel only, originally with Girl #16 Yuka Nakagawa)
*Double Derringer pistol (manga and novel; Boy #14 Sho Tsukioka)
*Glock 17 pistol (manga only; originally with Girl #4 Sakura Ogawa)
*Luger pistol (manga only; originally with Girl #16 Yuka Nakagawa)
*SIG-Sauer P226 pistol (originally with Girl #8 Kayoko Kotohiki in the movie; originally with Girl #20 Kaori Minami in the manga)
*SIG-Sauer P230 pistol (9x19 mm) (novel only; originally with Girl #20 Kaori Minami)
*Smith & Wesson Model 59 pistol (originally with Girl #8 Kayoko Kotohiki in the novel)
*Walther P38 pistol - erroneously mentioned in the manga as initial weapon of Boy #17 Mitsuru Numai, although the illustrations clearly depict a Walther P99 instead. Curiously, the manga panel in with Mitsuko Souma kills Yoshimi Yahagi seems to depict a Walther P38 instead of a Colt M1911 although it is supposed to be the Colt (and is clearly shown to be one in the surrounding panels).
*Walther P99 pistol (manga only; originally with Boy #17 Mitsuru Numai)
*Walther PPK pistol (originally with Girl #19 Chisato Matsui in the movie; originally with Boy #17 Mitsuru Numai in the novel; absent in the manga)

Revolvers

*Colt Anaconda (manga, possibly with Boy #13 Yuichiro Takiguchi but soon exchanged with Boy #18 Tadakatsu Hatagami's alluminum baseball bat)
*Colt Python .357 Magnum revolver (originally with Boy #21 Kazuhiko Yamamoto in the manga and novel; in movie only, originally with Boy #17 Mitsuru Numai; in the novel Girl #21 Yoshimi Yahagi has one as well)
*Double Derringer (manga and novel only; originally with Boy #14 Sho Tsukioka)
*Smith & Wesson M19 revolver (.357 caliber) (originally with Girl #2 Yukie Utsumi in the movie; possibly with Boy #18 Tadakatsu Hatagami in the novel)
*Smith & Wesson M19 revolver (.357 Special caliber) (possibly with Boy #18 Tadakatsu Hatagami in the novel; originally with Boy #20 Kyoichi Motobuchi in the novel, movie and perhaps manga; originally with Girl #10 Hirono Shimizu in the manga and novel)
**In the English version of the Manga Kayoko's weapon is a Smith & Wesson M19 of unspecified caliber

Others

*Franchi SPAS-12 shotgun, originally with Boy #5 Shogo Kawada (movie)
*Ingram MAC-10 submachine gun/machine pistol (film only, first seen with Boy #6 Kazuo Kiriyama; in novel, originally from Boy #10 Ryuhei Sasagawa)
*Sawed-off Remington Model 31 shotgun (in the novel, originally with Boy #5 Shogo Kawada)
*IMI Uzi submachine-gun ( in the manga , novel and film , originally with Girl #17 Satomi Noda)
*IMI Micro Uzi submachine-gun (with compensator) (movie only, originally with Girl #16 Yuka Nakagawa)

Miscellaneous weapons

*Crossbow
*Hand grenades
*Potassium cyanide (poison)

Equipment

*Bulletproof vest
*Rope
*Tracking device
*Headband
*Stun gun
*Megaphone
*Binoculars

Other

*Harisen (paper fan)
*Fork
*Pot lid
*Coat hanger
*Tiara
*Darts and dart board
*Boomerang

By student

Weapons in all three versions of "Battle Royale".

1- Weapon was not seen in the film, but is attributed to the character in tie-in books released in conjunction with the film.
2- Goof: In the first few shots of the Hirono-Mitsuko confrontation, Hirono was holding a Browning High-Power. It was later re-switched to a Colt M1911. (see Hirono Shimizu's image gallery)

In the film version, the government soldiers are issued with M16A2 assault rifles, and Kitano wields a Colt M1911.

Differences in the novel and manga versions

tarting weapons

*Boy #3 Tatsumichi Oki's axe is of a very different shape in the Manga, to the point of resembling a Machete
*Boy #5 Shogo Kawada begins with a SPAS-12 Shotgun in the film, in the novel it is a sawed-off Remington M31, in the manga it is a Remington 870
*Boy #6 Kazuo Kiriyama begins with a knife in the novel, but acquires an Ingram Mac 10 Submachine Gun soon enough; in the manga he acquires an Ingram Mac-10 and it is apparently his starting weapon
*Boy #8
*Boy #9
*Boy #10
*Boy #13
*Boy #16
*Boy #17
*Boy #18
*Girl #1
*Girl #9
*Girl #12
*Girl #16
*Girl #21

Weapons of ""

All weapons in this film are firearms and explosives.

BRII students

*FAMAS "Type 03" assault rifle with FN-EGLM grenade launchers

Wild Seven

*AK-47 assault rifles
*SVD Dragunov sniper rifle
*Shuya's revolver (a Colt Peacemaker probably)
*RPG-7 rocket launchers
*Home-made rocket launchers
*Hand grenades
*Trip-wire mines
*Time bombs
*Home-made EMP device (known as EMB in the movie)

ATAT and government soldiers

*MP5A4 submachine-guns
*Beretta M9 pistol
*grenade launcher (probably a Milkor MGL multi-shot)
*M16A2 assault rifles
*Hand grenades

External links

*http://www.battleroyalefilm.net/movie/students/index.html
*http://www.battleroyalefilm.net/sequel/weapons.html
*http://homepage.eircom.net/~screamanthology/br/weapons.htm