Gunsmith Cats Manga Review
So too the Kickstarter campaign that funded a re-issue a few years back now I love so much about this series but Im torn when it comes to rating Gunsmith Cats.
Gunsmith cats manga review. The story centers on two young women 19-year old Irene Rally Vincent and her partner 17-year old Minnie May Hopkins. The anime adaption amounts to a three-part OVA that was produced by OLM Inc of Pokémon and Berserk fame. While the story isnt anything particularly amazing the action is constant and I had no trouble reading a few hundred pages at a time.
This was a little experiment to see how well a comicmanga could be conveyed by video with appropriate background musicIf you have not read Gunsmith Cats t. Gunsmith Cats is one of the best action manga you can find on the North American market as well as one of my personal favorites. Simplistic yet attractive characters set against highly detailed backdrops with clean shading and lots of speed lines.
Gunsmith Cats the OAV is based on Sonoda Kenichis manga series but is even better. There is also a five-volume sequel series Gunsmith Cats Burst. Better than the manga better than a lot of anime.
Gunsmith Cats was originally published by Dark Horse comic in nine separate volumes. Rally Vincent has a penchant for guns. Himitsu 4 August 2001.
This 1995 OVA rather then start adapting the manga from page 1 or choosing the very best of Sonodas stories decided to create an anime original plot. Gunsmith Cats boiled down to its essentials is girls guns and grenades. It was printed on quality paper and for most part was a very well received series.
Bean does have his own animated one-shot though--Riding Bean which is much older and one of AnimEigos first releases. The only drawback was Dark Horse policy of flipping the art to conform with westerns expectation of left-to-right reading. The manga is available in English from Dark Horse.