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Gunslinger Girl

Gunslinger Girl
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Henrietta
Genre
Manga
Written byYu Aida
Published byASCII Media Works
English publisher
MagazineDengeki Daioh
DemographicShōnen
Original runMay 21, 2002September 27, 2012
Volumes15
Anime television series
Directed byMorio Asaka
Produced byTakatoshi Hamano
Mori Ōi
Kazuya Watanabe
Satoshi Yoshimoto
Written byJunki Takegami
Music byToshihiko Sahashi
StudioMadhouse
Licensed byCrunchyroll[a]
Original networkFNS (Fuji TV)
English network
Original run October 9, 2003 February 19, 2004
Episodes13
Video game
DeveloperDimps
PublisherMarvelous Entertainment
GenreRail shooter
PlatformPlayStation 2
ReleasedApril 8, 2004
Anime television series
Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino-
Directed byHiroshi Ishidori (Chief)
Akira Mano
Written byYu Aida
Tatsuhiko Urahata (assistance)
Music byKow Otani
StudioArtland
Licensed by
  • NA: Crunchyroll
Original networkTokyo MX, TV Osaka, Chūkyō TV
English network
Original run January 8, 2008 April 1, 2008
Episodes13 + 2 OVAs

Gunslinger Girl (stylized in small caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yu Aida. It was serialized in Dengeki Daioh magazine from May 2002 to September 2012. Its chapters were collected in 15 tankōbon volumes by ASCII Media Works. Set in modern Italy, the series focuses on young cybernetic girls and their adult male handlers who use them as assassins under the directions of a government organization.

The manga series is licensed for an English language release in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. A thirteen-episode anime adaptation produced by Madhouse aired in Japan on Fuji Television from October 2003, to February 2004. A sequel titled Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino- and created by Artland premiered in Japan on Tokyo MX TV in January 2008. It spanned thirteen episodes, concluding in April 2008. Two additional episodes were released on DVD in Japan in October 2008. Funimation has licensed both anime seasons and the OVAs.

As of December 2012, Gunslinger Girl had over 3.9 million copies in circulation. In 2012, the manga won the Excellence Award in the Manga Division at the 16th Japan Media Arts Festival.

  1. ^ Lau, Enoch. "Gunslinger Girl". THEM Anime Reviews. Archived from the original on September 1, 2004. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  2. ^ Chapman, Jacob (July 7, 2010). "Gunslinger Girl BLURAY - Review". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 1, 2020. Retrieved January 6, 2020.


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