The Social Welfare Corporation is a secret military force that has been “saving” orphaned girls by making them more machine than flesh. No longer children, they are assassins… and an even more frightening truth will change everything. Box Set Features: • Exclusive collector’s box • 13 Episodes • 325 Minutes of Content • Audio commentary • 16:9 widescreen • 5.1 English audioHenrietta, Claes, Triela, Angelica, and Rico, the adolescent heroines of the broadcast series Gunslinger Girl (2003), are orphans who have been turned into petite assassins through cybernetic implants and brainwashing. Each girl has an older, male “handler” from the Social Welfare Agency, a covert branch of the Italian government, who oversees her training and takes her on missions. The miniature murderers travel through Italy, dispatching criminals, right-wing terrorists, and uncooperative police officers with a cold-blooded efficiency Scarface might envy. The girls remember a few scattered fragments of their past lives, and the only feeling they express is a mixture of affection and adoration for the handlers. This lack of emotion makes them singularly unappealing as characters and robs Gunslinger Girl of the pathos of Saikano. None of them feels a shred of regret for their murderous actions: In episode 8, Henrietta complains that’s she’s only killed four people in the last month. The results suggest Key the Metal Idol re-made by Sam Peckinpah. Although Gunslinger Girl was one of the first examples of the “murderous moppet” genre of anime, it ranks among the grimmest series of recent years. (Rated TV 14: considerable violence, alcohol use) –Charles Solomon
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May 4, 2010
#1
For the love of all that is good, don’t buy, watch, or support this in any way. Yes, the art is good. Yes it is stylish. But people are missing the point: this entire show is an excuse to show so-called “moe” relationships between adult men and prepubescent girls. That is the ONLY point of this series, and it is fairly emblematic of what is wrong with the anime and manga subculture. Just because there is no overt sex means nothing. It is guys “taking care of” little girls who spend all their time holding phallic symbols. It is sick.
May 4, 2010
#2
My main problem with this anime is the lack of action. This could have easily have been an live-action movie but then who would have seen it. Beware of “vanity reviews” from people who want to be thought of as “high-brow” reviewers. This anime is run of the mill without the action and only has going for it a pathos premise that’s a one trick pony. If you must, see only the first disc –rent it from netflix!
May 4, 2010
#3
Regarding the show, it’s one of the best ever, I have nothing else to add there.
Now, Funimation screwed the pooch on this first batch of box sets, because I got 2 Vol. 3s!!! So now I have to buy Vol. 2 at full price just to complete the box set! Angry, angry, angry!!!!
May 4, 2010
#4
I found the anime to have a well done story and good anime but the ending
of the series left a lot wanting it really does not answer any of the questions you have about the girls,organization,or what well become of them
so if you don’t like open endings or frustrating ones I would wait on this
anime but if you can get past this the series is amazingly very good
May 5, 2010
#5
I just love Gunslinger Girl!!!!
I thought it was one of the best anime’s I have ever seen! I like the storyline and the characters.
However my only disappointment was that the series ended kinda suddenly. I would like to have seen more.
Otherwise I strongly recommended this anime to anyone