What ever happen to the Airborne? Part 4

This is the last installment of my series on the Airborne.

Why it should be brought back.

There are two reasons for bringing back the Airborne; first is to aloud the Canadian Forces to finally recover from the Somalia affair which left sour taste in a lot of soldiers mouth's (which I will talk more about in a future post). Second to have a force which is large, light and mobile that can be send to the world's political hot spots.

What I think the Airborne should be.

I think the Airborne should be a mobile peace making force or deployed in a national emergency which is similar in nature to the U.S. Marine Corp. Some similarities should include separating the Airborne from the army and give it's own branch of the Canadian Forces (Navy, Air force, Army, Airborne) and train the soldiers to be aggressive. The soldiers should undergo jump training, so they can use parachute when necessary and prove that they are tough enough to be in the Airborne. The Airborne should also be able to go anywhere in the world within 24 to 48 hours and conduct peace making or war fighting operations to control a hostile situation until a larger force takes over or assist in a large operation with the rest of the military and allies.

In conclusion, if our country wants play a role in global security than it needs the Airborne.

Gun Smith Cats review

Quick review
Year it was made: 1995
Studio: ????
Distributor: ADV Films UK
Format: OVA
Where I saw it: On the DVD (personal collection)
Subbed/Dubbed/Both: Both
Genre: Comedy/Action/Girls with guns
Length: 3 episodes

Story: 7.5/10
Characters: 8.5/10
Animation: 5/10
Art: 8/10
CGI: N/A
Fanservice: 8/10
Action: 10/10
Music: 8/10
Engish Voice Acting: 9/10
Japanese Voice Acting: 9/10

In depth review-WARNING MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS AND TRANS-FATS!!!!

If you can tell the difference between a CZ-75 pistol and a Berretta M92 pistol, just by looking at them then this anime is for you. If you can tell the difference between a Ford Mustang Cobra and a Shelby Mustang Cobra GT-500 then this anime is for you. If you are new to anime and looking to start a DVD collection then Gunsmith Cats is for you. Gunsmith Cats is loosely based on the manga of the same name, created by Kenichi Sonoda (Kenichi Sonoda created Gunsmith Cats because of an anime called Riding Bean which had Rally Vincent in it but legal wrangling between ARTMIC and Youmex, the two companies who produced the anime, over copy right issues. So he made some changes and created a manga called Gunsmith Cats). This anime probably invented the girls with guns genre.

Gunsmith Cats is about a gunsmith/bounty hunter named Rally Vincent and her friend Minnie-May Hopkins, a explosive obsessed; former lady of the night. In this OVA, Rally and May are blackmailed into helping an ATF agent named Bill Collins to solve a gun running case. However things get more complex when a Russian assassin is sent to tide up the gun running operations loose ends.

The first thing you will probably notice is that the animation is almost sub-par but background art is pretty good (Chicago actually looks like Chicago). Where Gunsmith Cats really shines, is the weapons which are all accurately modeled. There is also a lot of fanservice but it's pretty tame when compared to the manga. The action in this anime is pretty solid with fire fights and a high speed car chase. The music in Gunsmith Cats has a jazzy, early 90's vibe and the cars and guns sound like the real thing.

I would have like to see it become a series but that's unlikely. It gets a 8 out of 10 and a RWA award for being a conservative anime.