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.
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.
posted by Jim at 8:30 PM
2 Comments:
The Dirty Pair predates GSC as far as "Girls with Guns" goes.
Oddly enough I've never liked this show even though EVERYONE I know who's seen it loves it. I think it's because both girls are so similar. You'd expect one of them to be goofy or cutsie or something. I also HATE the SNL opening theme.
Since everyone else likes this show ignore my comments as the rambling of an idiot.
PS A right wing anime? Because it advocates gun ownership? That's pretty funny.
Something on my blog was actually funny? Finally a joke that works.
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