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==Anime and manga==
==Anime and manga==
The "girls-with-guns" genre has also permeated the [[anime]] space. Some examples include ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]'',<ref name="bgc2">{{cite web|url=http://www.animeinfo.org/reviews/bgc2032/shour-sor.html |title=AnimeInfo.org - Reviews - Bubblegum Crisis 2032 by Shouryu |publisher=AnimeInfo.org |accessdate=2007-09-06 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194724/http://www.animeinfo.org/reviews/bgc2032/shour-sor.html |archivedate=2007-09-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=March 2019}}<ref name="bgc4">{{cite web|url=http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~anime/FAQ/anime.primer.txt|title=The Anime Primer|publisher=rec.arts.anime gestalt|author=Bruce Carlson & Steve Pearl|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070905030918/http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~anime/FAQ/anime.primer.txt | archivedate=2007-09-05 | url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=March 2019}} ''[[Gall Force]]'',<ref name="bgc4"/>{{Unreliable source?|date=March 2019}}<ref name="gf">{{cite web |url=http://www.animenation.net/blog/2003/10/23/ask-john-how-many-girls-with-guns-anime-are-there/ |title=How Many Girls with Guns Anime are There? |publisher=AnimeNation |date=2003-10-23 |accessdate=2008-09-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122202945/http://www.animenation.net/blog/2003/10/23/ask-john-how-many-girls-with-guns-anime-are-there/ |archivedate=2009-01-22 }}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=March 2019}} ''[[Dirty Pair#Anime|Dirty Pair]]'',<ref name="bgc4"/>{{Unreliable source?|date=March 2019}}<ref name="gf"/> ''[[Gunsmith Cats#Anime|Gunsmith Cats]]'',<ref name="gf"/>{{Unreliable source?|date=March 2019}} ''[[Angel Heart (manga)#Anime|Angel Heart]]'',<ref name="tv.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/angel-heart/show/74722/summary.html?q=angel%20heart&tag=search_results;title;1|title=Angel Heart on Tv.com|publisher=Tv.com|accessdate=2009-05-17}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=March 2019}} ''[[Gunslinger Girl]]'',<ref name="gf"/> ''[[Noir (anime)|Noir]]'', ''[[Madlax]]'',<ref name="Wong">{{cite journal|last=Wong|first=A.|title=Inside Bee Train|journal=[[Newtype USA]]|pages=8–15|date=March 2005}}</ref> and ''[[El Cazador de la Bruja|El Cazador]]''.<ref name="ANS_EC_news">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsservice.com/archives/janx.htm |title=January 3–10 News |accessdate=2007-01-19 |date=2007-01-06 |publisher=Anime News Service |quote=Following ''Noir'' and ''Madlax'', this ''[[El Cazador de la Bruja|El Cazador]]'' will be the third installment in a series of what Director Koichi Mashimo has referred to as his girls-with-guns genre trilogy. |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203232225/http://www.animenewsservice.com/archives/janx.htm |archivedate=2007-02-03 }}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=March 2019}} Other examples of "girls with guns" anime are [[Masamune Shirow]]'s and [[Mamoru Oshii]]'s ''[[Ghost in the Shell (1995 film)|Ghost in the Shell]]'' and its television adaptation ''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]]'' as well as Yasuomi Umetsu's works ''[[Kite (1998 film)|Kite]]'', ''[[Mezzo Forte]]'', ''[[Mezzo DSA]]'', and ''[[Kite Liberator|Kite: Liberator]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/kite-liberator/dvd|title= Justin Sevakis's Review on Kite Liberator|accessdate=2010-01-15|work=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref>
The "girls-with-guns" subgenre has also permeated the [[anime]] space. Some examples include ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]'',<ref name="bgc2">{{cite web|url=http://www.animeinfo.org/reviews/bgc2032/shour-sor.html |title=AnimeInfo.org - Reviews - Bubblegum Crisis 2032 by Shouryu |publisher=AnimeInfo.org |accessdate=2007-09-06 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194724/http://www.animeinfo.org/reviews/bgc2032/shour-sor.html |archivedate=2007-09-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=March 2019}}<ref name="bgc4">{{cite web|url=http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~anime/FAQ/anime.primer.txt|title=The Anime Primer|publisher=rec.arts.anime gestalt|author=Bruce Carlson & Steve Pearl|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070905030918/http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~anime/FAQ/anime.primer.txt | archivedate=2007-09-05 | url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=March 2019}} ''[[Gall Force]]'',<ref name="bgc4"/>{{Unreliable source?|date=March 2019}}<ref name="gf">{{cite web |url=http://www.animenation.net/blog/2003/10/23/ask-john-how-many-girls-with-guns-anime-are-there/ |title=How Many Girls with Guns Anime are There? |publisher=AnimeNation |date=2003-10-23 |accessdate=2008-09-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122202945/http://www.animenation.net/blog/2003/10/23/ask-john-how-many-girls-with-guns-anime-are-there/ |archivedate=2009-01-22 }}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=March 2019}} ''[[Dirty Pair#Anime|Dirty Pair]]'',<ref name="bgc4"/>{{Unreliable source?|date=March 2019}}<ref name="gf"/> ''[[Gunsmith Cats#Anime|Gunsmith Cats]]'',<ref name="gf"/>{{Unreliable source?|date=March 2019}} ''[[Angel Heart (manga)#Anime|Angel Heart]]'',<ref name="tv.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/angel-heart/show/74722/summary.html?q=angel%20heart&tag=search_results;title;1|title=Angel Heart on Tv.com|publisher=Tv.com|accessdate=2009-05-17}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=March 2019}} ''[[Gunslinger Girl]]'',<ref name="gf"/> ''[[Noir (anime)|Noir]]'', ''[[Madlax]]'',<ref name="Wong">{{cite journal|last=Wong|first=A.|title=Inside Bee Train|journal=[[Newtype USA]]|pages=8–15|date=March 2005}}</ref> and ''[[El Cazador de la Bruja|El Cazador]]''.<ref name="ANS_EC_news">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsservice.com/archives/janx.htm |title=January 3–10 News |accessdate=2007-01-19 |date=2007-01-06 |publisher=Anime News Service |quote=Following ''Noir'' and ''Madlax'', this ''[[El Cazador de la Bruja|El Cazador]]'' will be the third installment in a series of what Director Koichi Mashimo has referred to as his girls-with-guns genre trilogy. |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203232225/http://www.animenewsservice.com/archives/janx.htm |archivedate=2007-02-03 }}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=March 2019}} Other examples of "girls with guns" anime are [[Masamune Shirow]]'s and [[Mamoru Oshii]]'s ''[[Ghost in the Shell (1995 film)|Ghost in the Shell]]'' and its television adaptation ''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]]'' as well as Yasuomi Umetsu's works ''[[Kite (1998 film)|Kite]]'', ''[[Mezzo Forte]]'', ''[[Mezzo DSA]]'', and ''[[Kite Liberator|Kite: Liberator]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/kite-liberator/dvd|title= Justin Sevakis's Review on Kite Liberator|accessdate=2010-01-15|work=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

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For the album by Tommy Shaw, see Girls with Guns (album).

Girls with guns is a subgenre of action films and animation—often Asian films and anime—that portray a female protagonist who makes use of firearms to defend against or attack a group of antagonists.[citation needed] The genre typically involves gun-play, stunts and martial arts action.[citation needed]

Films

The 1985 Hong Kong film Yes Madam, directed by Corey Yuen and starring Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock, has been described as the first "girls with guns" film.[1] Other films of the subgenre were produced until 1994. In the early 2000s, films part of what has been called a "girls with guns revival" cycle were produced. They included Martial Angels (2001), The Wesley's Mysterious File (2002) and So Close (2002).[2]

Anime and manga

The "girls-with-guns" subgenre has also permeated the anime space. Some examples include Bubblegum Crisis,[3][unreliable source?][4][unreliable source?] Gall Force,[4][unreliable source?][5][unreliable source?] Dirty Pair,[4][unreliable source?][5] Gunsmith Cats,[5][unreliable source?] Angel Heart,[6][unreliable source?] Gunslinger Girl,[5] Noir, Madlax,[7] and El Cazador.[8][unreliable source?] Other examples of "girls with guns" anime are Masamune Shirow's and Mamoru Oshii's Ghost in the Shell and its television adaptation Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex as well as Yasuomi Umetsu's works Kite, Mezzo Forte, Mezzo DSA, and Kite: Liberator.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Funnell, Lisa (15 February 2013). "Chapter 9 - Fighting for a Hong Kong/Chinese Female Identity". In Lent, John A; Fitzsimmons, Lorna (eds.). Asian Popular Culture in Transition. Routledge. p. 172. ISBN 9781136300974.
  2. ^ Funnell, Lisa (21 May 2014). Warrior Women: Gender, Race, and the Transnational Chinese Action Star. SUNY Press. pp. 70, 172. ISBN 9781438452500.
  3. ^ "AnimeInfo.org - Reviews - Bubblegum Crisis 2032 by Shouryu". AnimeInfo.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-09-06.
  4. ^ a b c Bruce Carlson & Steve Pearl. "The Anime Primer". rec.arts.anime gestalt. Archived from the original on 2007-09-05.
  5. ^ a b c d "How Many Girls with Guns Anime are There?". AnimeNation. 2003-10-23. Archived from the original on 2009-01-22. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
  6. ^ "Angel Heart on Tv.com". Tv.com. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
  7. ^ Wong, A. (March 2005). "Inside Bee Train". Newtype USA: 8–15.
  8. ^ "January 3–10 News". Anime News Service. 2007-01-06. Archived from the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2007-01-19. Following Noir and Madlax, this El Cazador will be the third installment in a series of what Director Koichi Mashimo has referred to as his girls-with-guns genre trilogy.
  9. ^ "Justin Sevakis's Review on Kite Liberator". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
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