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Gunslinger Girl - Vol. 1

Despite its girls-with-guns storyline and doe-eyed characters dressed in schoolgirl outfits, the action anime series 'Gunslinger Girl' eschews its genre's typically breezy comedy style for a dark and brooding exploration of female childhood. Set in Italy, the series centers on a little girl named Henrietta, who is taken in by a seemingly benevolent social welfare agency after her entire family is murdered in a massacre. But the organisation is really a front for a secret government programme that adopts terminally ill or orphaned girls, erases their memories, and endows them with implanted cybernetic devices that transform them into perfectly conscience-free assassins. As part of the reconditioning process, the girls are partnered with older male agents who not only provide them with professional instruction but act as their surrogate older brothers. Moody, stylish, and violent, the series chronicles Henrietta's training with her partner Jose with equal parts high-octane action sequences and poignant character studies of the pair's evolving relationship.

Studio	REVELATION FILMS
Run time	DVD: 2 hrs 5 mins
Certificate
Genres	Animated, Anime
Language	DVD: English, Finnish, French, Italian
Dubbed	Japanese
Subtitles	DVD: English
Released	To Rent: DVD: 06 Mar 2006

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  Seriously deep and dark.
  
  While this appeared to be a bit slow paced at the begining, it was only setting the tone of this well animated series, which got more dark and sinister as it ... read more »
  
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  - 12 Apr 2006 at 16:31
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  for the anime conoisseur
  
  First I must state: nother reviewer said 'the animation could ruin it for some'. Um, what??? Gunslinger Girl is one of studio Madhouse's most ... read more »
  
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  - 08 Aug 2010 at 11:31
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  some advice...
  
  stick to the manga.
  
  It's a lot better than the animation, and i personally find the animation could even ruin it for some.
  
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  - 07 Jun 2009 at 11:30
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  ...in fact weird on several levels, from the sparse music to the stacatto animation, to the characters to the whole premise, to the dialogue.... But it draws ... read more »
  
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  Despite its girls-with-guns storyline and doe-eyed characters dressed in schoolgirl outfits, the action anime series 'Gunslinger Girl' eschews its genre's typically breezy comedy style for a dark and brooding exploration of female childhood. Set in Italy, the series centers on a little girl named ...