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Gungrave Volume 1 
Details
Director: Toshiyuki Tsuru
Catalogue Number: MVD2069
Certificate: 15
Date Released: April 18th 2005
Screen: 16:9 Widescreen
Languages: English & japanese
Subtitles: None
Duration: 100 minutes
Synopsis
Beyond The Grave
Armed with "Ceraberus," his twin handguns, and a coffin filled with heavy weapons on his back, Beyond The Grave returns, cloaked in darkness and smelling of the grave on his deadly mission of vengeance!
For Brendon Heat, death doesn't matter. Driven by his need for revenge, he returns from beyond the grave to cripple Millenneon, the huge mafia organisation that uses undead monsters as its enforcers. His ultimate goal will be to destriy Harry ManDowel, the leader of Milleneon, and at one time, Brendpn's best friend...
Episodes:
1] destroyer in the dusk
2] young dogs
3] rain
4] go
Extras
- Production Art
- Textless Opening & Ending
- Trailers
Cover
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To view the whole cover... click here
Review
It has to be said than normally I wouldn’t touch a Gangster anime by choice, but this series has change my preconceptions. I like the tie-in with Western (cowboy) themes, as in “man’s gotta do, what a man’s gotta do”. Not to mention the obvious influences of such live action films as Godfather and Once upon a time in America. This isn’t Yakuza, this is US mobster style action and politics.
This story is so obviously about the main characters (check out the opening closing credits) and their relationship. As such I’m very excited at the thought of some great dialogue and characterisation: A man does not live by pitch battles alone! Although saying that, there appears to be enough flying lead and superhuman action to satisfy most action fans most of the time.
Not many series could get me caring for the bad guys (main protagonists), but this one does. As such the potential is there for something special, let’s hope they continue to deliver on the potential with subsequent discs. (Anime-On-DVD)