Gunslinger Girl is a manga by Yu Aida. It first premiered on May 21, 2002 in the monthly shonen manga magazine Dengeki Daioh. The chapters were also published in 15 tankobon 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 Animax and Fuji Television from October 8, 2003, to February 19, 2004. A sequel titled Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino- and created by Artland premiered in Japan on Tokyo MX TV on January 7, 2008. It spanned thirteen episodes, concluding on March 31, 2008. Two additional episodes were released on DVD in Japan on October 24, 2008. The sequel is licensed for release by Funimation Entertainment.
A secretive government agency called the Social Welfare Public Service Institution puts on the charitable face of helping out the public but it has a hidden agenda. A shadowy killing arm of the government, SWPSI gathers together little orphan Angelicas, wipes their slates clean, and turns them into terminators. Lethal in their new mechanical bodies and trained with precision assassination techniques, the diminutive slayers kill without remorse as their humanity has been taken from them.
Diminutive angels armed with heavy weaponry work under the auspices of the Social Welfare Public Service Institution, a secret arm of the government which carries out assassinations. To achieve their goals, the SWPSI ferrets out orphans from society and transforms them into lethal killers. Appearing innocent in their proper attire, the miniature assassins appear to be of little threat until their guns blaze with deadly fire. Main heroine Henrietta hefts a violin case to add to her aura of innocence.
In Gunslinger Vol. 2, the girls continue their work in Italy where new missions and killings await. Gunslinger is played similar to standard Guncon games, except the Dual Shock 2 serves as the weapon of choice and the protagonist may run and hide behind various obstacles during fire fights. Similar to the first game, each copy of Gunslinger Vol. 2 includes a bonus DVD which contains episodes 6 to 9 of the animation.
MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:
2nd of 3D gun action adventure of coupling that anime + game. New firearms and costumes have been added, "Volume. Also can take over what you got one. "Are brainwashed, to become a girl who has been remodeled body for battle, defeat the enemy in the stage by utilizing a number of firearms, Let's clear the mission.
FEATURES:
- Third person perspective.
- 3D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- SCIFI, Assassins & Anime themes.
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