Now Viewing: grenadierTag type: Copyright An ecchi action adventure anime/manga created by Kaise_Sousuke. The manga debuted in 2003 and ran until 2006. It was adapted into an anime TV series which ran from October 14, 2004 to January 13, 2005. The anime is directed by Koujina Hiroshi and written by Okeya Akira. Music is composed by Iwasaki Yasunori and the characters are designed by Inoue_Hideki. While the anime and manga have the same basic premise, the manga and anime go in different directions story wise. The series is a fusion of science fiction, western, and jidai geki genres. Futuristic weaponry, cowgirls, and samurai exist side by side. It is set in war-torn feudal Japan-esque setting. Senshi, those with mastery of firearms, dominate almost everyone else. Kojima Yajiro is a young samurai with a hatred of guns and gun-users and he is working with other samurai to free his lord who is imprisoned within a fort. However, their swords prove to be ineffective against the guns that the fort's occupiers are using. Yajiro and his men are forced to retreat. Yajiro manages to escape thanks to the help of blonde and busty beauty named Tendou Rushuna who hides Yajiro. Rushuna is a strangely cheerful young woman and a drifter who seems somewhat ditzy. She decides to help Yajiro in freeing his lord and reveals herself to be a 'senshi' who has superhuman skills with guns as well as superhuman reflexes. Rushuna successfully frees Yajiro's lord and Yajiro, feeling that Rushuna is different from other senshi, decides to accompany her on her quest. In the manga, she is searching for her homeland whereas the anime she is aiming to bring peace to the land by spreading the ultimate battle strategy, to remove the enemy's will to fight, which was taught to Rushuna by the Empress. The series is known for its stylized gun fights. Rushuna has the unique ability to use her ample bosom to reload; she keeps bullets within her cleavage and she can bounce her breasts so that the bullets fly out and proceeds to perfectly catch them by opening her revolver and swinging it so that all the bullets fit into the revolver's chambers. *= manga only Cast: Main Characters: Tendou_Rushuna Kojima_Yajiro Kurenai_Mikan Supporting: Kurenai_Touka Kurenai_Ouka Aizen_Teppa Aizen_Tekka * Souma_Sanzou Hakubi_Shinnoshi Shiga_Juzaemon Ouma_Danjou * Toujou_Honmaru * Shimon_Yuzuriha * Kouga_Soun Kojima_Midare * Kojima_Suguha Furon Koto_(Grenadier) Zoushi_Banmaru Arima_Ganzou/Tenma_Ganzou Nago_Akki Tengu_Hage Bao_(Grenadier) Lady_Tenshi anime only Villains: The_Jester Doushi_Kaizan anime only Kasumi_(Grenadier) anime only Oomidoh_Setsuna Shirogane_Namari * Shirato_Fuuka anime only Other Wiki Information Last updated: 08/24/13 11:26 PM by jojosstand This entry is not locked and you can edit it as you see fit. |