2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice Action Anime, August 14, 2001
This anime OVA uses characters from the manga of the same name - Gunsmith Cats. This is not based on any existing GSC story. Completely original story and a few new characters.
Rally and Minnie May are bounty hunters in Chicago who are blackmailed into helping the ATF. It turns out the girls don't have a license to sell some of the weapons they have in their gun shop plus there's May's handling of explosives. The ATF wants some help in getting a gun smuggler. This leads to a Russian assassin being hired to kill Rally.
Although I like this title, it doesn't seem as strong as the manga. There isn't the same character or story development. The humor is good though. You don't have to read the manga to enjoy this, but I do feel the manga has better plots.
It's a little tame for a typical GSC story. The manga tends to be more realistic. Rally may pull off incredible stunts in the manga, but it's all believable or at least possible with some luck. Here in the anime, I have problems with the end of the second episode when Minnie May is holding onto Rally's speeding car. When Rally stops after driving at high speeds, May should not have been able to hold on - plus she has no cuts from the broken glass. The rest of the show is OK, and I admit I may just be picky about this. Hey, it's entertainment. How many action movies are truly believable?
Trivia Notes: Look at the license plate of the truck at the begining of the second episode - a little Star Trek reference. The plate number is NCC 1701.
Also, Amanda Winn Lee who provides the voice for Rally for the dub also does the voice for soft-spoken Rei in Evangelion and Mumiji in Blue Seed.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant story, creative characters, original to the core!, January 12, 1999
By A Customer
GSC is a great vid with a really addictive theme-song and good animation. A movie you could sit down and watch any time of the year. You'll enjoy the characters for their quirks even though some of the basic concepts have been done, they're hilarious here. I saw this video and fell in love at once! Highly recommended for anyone who loves a half-serious, half-joking violent anime flick!
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great!, August 15, 1999
This was a great video. It had everything, guns,girls,action,and just plain fun. Don't take that "Mature Audience" thingon the side serious because the only thing that would make this higher then a low rating is the violence and a couple of shots of people in their underwear. This also seems a tad bit to American to be Japanesse made Anime. I actually think this is sort of an American made anime (if there is such a thing.) Well other wise it was great.
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