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Postby theanimeguy » Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:14 pm

Judging by the review, I'll check into this one more and probably buy it eventually. How did you guys like it?. To me it looks like a gun tootin' good time.
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Postby uc pseudonym » Fri Apr 11, 2008 1:24 pm

It was alright. Though parts of it have a lot of action, it's really more of a story about the characters. The overall flashback works well in the context of the series. Ultimately, however, the ending disappointed me. While having the characters shift ages was a nice cinematic touch, the actual events were fairly predictable and I don't think they were trying to make a statement about the inevitability of death.

[spoiler]However, it is amusing to note that except for the girl, everyone with a name dies.[/spoiler]
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Postby mitsuki lover » Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:08 pm

I found when I was watching it on the old Anime Unleashed that the first couple of episodes were a bit slow.It got better after they started on the
Brandon/Maria storyline.
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Postby everdred12a » Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:28 pm

As for me, I thought Gungrave was awful. The story dragged on forever, the characters weren't interesting (save for Brandon Heat), the story lacked originality, and the ending was lackluster.

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Postby That Dude » Fri Apr 18, 2008 12:28 pm

I enjoyed it quite a bit. Though it is pretty slow...
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Postby theanimeguy » Sun Aug 31, 2008 2:32 pm

The language is really hardcore in the first vol.! I hear that this does not continue throughout the rest of the series correct?
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Postby RobinSena » Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:40 pm

theanimeguy (post: 1256327) wrote:The language is really hardcore in the first vol.! I hear that this does not continue throughout the rest of the series correct?




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In the first volume (episodes 1-4) or so, the language is fairly "racy" but after that, cursing almost disappears from the series.
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Postby theanimeguy » Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:20 pm

Is that right though?
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Postby Raiden no Kishi » Tue Sep 02, 2008 3:57 pm

theanimeguy (post: 1256687) wrote:Is that right though?


I'm relatively certain it wouldn't have been quoted if it wasn't. Trust them.

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Postby uc pseudonym » Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:20 pm

From my viewing of the series, yes, that's accurate. We try to edit our reviews before approving them, if there is anything we feel doesn't represent the series.
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Postby theanimeguy » Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:26 pm

Cool
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