In most instances, when you have a second season to an anime, chances are they’ll use the same voice actors, the same animation studio, and, of course, the same composer. That’s not quite what happened with Gunslinger Girl. Whereas the first season was animated by Madhouse Studios and scored by maestro Toshihiko Sahashi, Artland animated [...]
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In the heart of Italy, the Social Welfare Agency rescues young girls from hospital beds and gives them a second chance at life using the latest in cybernetic advancements. With their artificially enhanced bodies, the girls are brainwashed and trained as assassins to carry out the dirty work of the Italian Government. Despite all the [...]
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In the heart of Italy, the Social Welfare Agency rescues young girls from hospital beds and gives them a second chance at life using the latest in cybernetic advancements. With their artificially enhanced bodies, the girls are brainwashed and trained as assassins to carry out the dirty work of the Italian Government. Despite all the [...]
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Back-to-back manga recommendation posts? Inconceivable! Claes > Elsa > Triela > Petrushka > Rico > Henrietta > > Angelica > Beatrice.
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Henrietta, 1/8 scale PVC figure from Good Smile Company. originally released in 2006 and re-released in 2011. Before the re-release, it was a highly sought after figure, thank you GSC for the re-releasing it. Season 1 of the anime was good, the art style was dark and moody, which suited the storyline. Season 2 was [...]
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With Chihayafuru currently airing, my love for the work of stalwart director Morio Asaka has been reignited. Chobits was one of the first anime series that I properly watched, and is one of my primary reasons for loving anime as much as I do. But it was a later series that Asaka directed that made [...]
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The second season of Gunslinger Girl focuses mostly on the second eldest assassin, Triela. The series also spends more time fleshing out the characters of Claes and Angelica. Henrietta, the focus of the first season, takes a back end role … Continue reading →
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This OVA concludes the storyline and clears the air for the series to end. Continue reading →
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Carrying on from where the Il Teatrino TV series left off, this short two-episode OVA steps back a little and gives us a look inside the head of Jean, Rico's handler, who it seems has a few demons of his own to deal with... Read more...
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It’s girls with guns time. I’m a big fan of the genre in anime but I skipped over Gunslinger Girl entirely. I like girls with guns but there’s an unstated qualifier there – which is to say, I like attractive … Continue reading →
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Good Smile Company is going to release the Henrietta ( ヘンリエッタ ) 1/8 PVC figure from the manga/anime “Gunslinger Girl” ( ガンスリンガー・ガール ). Will be released in September 2011. Around 160m tall, 4,000 yen. Oooooooooooooooooooooooh!!! Finally Good Smile Company is going to re-release this Henrietta!!! She is one of the figures in my “Wish list”! [...]
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Here's one that people seem to love to hate - Gunslinger Girl ~Il Teatrino~, the second season of the little-girls-with-guns series whose first season went down so well - and ironically, much of the ire seems to be down to it trying to be closer to the source manga. There's just no keeping anime fans happy, it seems... Read more...
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Classical music and firearms are oddly complimentary. Add in cyborg children and Gunslinger Girl almost pulls the ol’ heartstrings…almost. Gunslinger Girl follows the missions of Italy’s (yes Italy for a change) Social Welfare Agency. Sounds like a retirement home…only it … Continue reading →
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Girls on the brink of death are given mechanical cyborg bodies in an effort to keep them alive. The only catch: their memories are wiped. The girls are then recruited to eliminate rebels that oppose the government. To do this … Continue reading →
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Girls on the brink of death are given mechanical cyborg [...]
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Good Smile Company is going to release the Triela ( トリエラ ) 1/8 PVC figure from the manga/anime “Gunslinger Girl” ( ガンスリンガー・ガール ). Will be released in August 2011. Around 195m tall, 6,477 yen. Just like what I expected, this Triela is cheap! I’m so glad to see that Good Smile Company didn’t price her [...]
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You know the (Simon) drill. Be back later with the NikBabble(tm). m&c! manhwa and manga (2011.04.13) 1. [SERIES PREMIERE] Crab Kiss 1 of 10 by Hwang MiRee 2. Gunslinger Girl 12 of 13+ by Aida Yu 3. [SERIES PREMIERE] Idol's Love Story (Noble's Love Company) 1 of 15 by Han YuRang 4. My Sweet Home 6 of 6 by MARU & (Forgot the name) [FINALE] 5. Sandwich Girl 7 of 8 by Han YuRang 6. [SERIES PREMIERE] Say Say Say 1 of 7 by Hwang MiRee 7. Sugar Family 6 of 6 by Hagio Akira [FINALE] 8. Ugly Duckling Become Swan 10 of 13 by Hwang MiRee --- [RE-STO] m&c! Restocked (2011.04.13) • Lead My Future by Kawase Natsuna • Little Beans in Love by Minami Sachi • Love Strategy by Hozuki Souta • March Our Hearts Together by Shibano Yuka • Miracle Ice Angel by Imai Yasue • My Cinderella by Kawase Natsuna • Mysterious Thief Milky Drop by Iwaoka Meme • Ninja & the Crescent Moon Princess by Tokeino Hari • Psychic Detective Yakumo 1 of 2 by Miyako Ritsu & Kaminaga Manabu • Psychic Detective Yakumo 2 of 2 by Miyako Ritsu & Kaminaga Manabu [FINALE] • Red Devil of Onigawara Yokocho 1 of 2 by Yagami Chitose • Red Devil of Onigawara Yokocho 2 of 2 by Yagami Chitose [FINALE] • Rokka-chan's Love Another Story by Fujita Nimi • She's Kids! by Kitagawa Miyuki • Since I Met You by Morishita Nodoka • Sweet-Sweet Darling by Morio Masami • Touch of Emptiness by Fujitsuka Yuki • Twinkle Cherry by Obara Shou • When Love is Hiding by Shiumi Saki • When you look like an angel by Miyawaki Yukino Source: m&c's fesbuk ~nik DBA huamulan03 who apologizes to Cyan-san and Kia-chan for producing Only a List, even if just stop-gap (the cat ate my draft) PS Please continue to pray for and support Japan
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Available Via Amazon Available Via Right Stuf Gunslinger Girl Released By: Funimation Released: 2005 Review Date: 9/10/10 Rated: 15+ The Story Within the Italian government a secret agency has been established known as the Social Welfare Agency. On the surface the agency’s mission is to provide charitable works and provide shelter to children who have suffered great tragedy. Underneath however the agency [...]
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I guess there may be some hope for the Gunslinger Girl manga series yet, as Seven Seas picks up the license from ADV manga, which appears to be shedding it’s manga licenses whenever it can.  Seven Seas will release the six volumes already released by ADV in two omnibus editions, and then will pick up [...]
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