Gunsmith Cats is my all-time favourite OVA!! it's a 3 episode series, but it's easy to watch as a full movie. the 3 episodes are: "The Neutral Zone", "Swing High!", and "High Speed Edge". my rating: 5 stars. SPOILERS AHEAD.


    let's start with the two protagnists. Rally Vincent - big into guns and cars, pretty tomboyish.

     

    Minnie "May" Hopkins - former prostitute turned explosives specialist.


    the both of them run an illegal gun shop in chicago. they also live together... to me, they're lesbians.

    the main plot of this OVA involves these two getting involved with the police to help them catch criminals. they don't want to do this, but a certain agent blackmails them (and also calls rally "pussycat"????).

    there's also Becky Farrah, a bit of a computer nerd, who works for Rally and May. she doesn't get much screentime, but in the manga she's more present.


    this OVA is a rare gem. the animation is amazing, the story is interesting, and the dubbing is... good!? i know, right?

    you can tell the people working on this really loved it. the guns and cars are supposedly EXTREMELY accurately portrayed, the author of the manga was a huge nerd for that stuff. and it pays off!!! this has some incredible gun fights and car chases.

    my personal favourite of the 3 episodes has to be the finale. it's such a great ending, and it's super tense.


    now to talk about my favourite character in this OVA....... Natasha Radinov.

    radinov (aka Blood Pierce) is a russian kgb assassin, operating in america currently working with a corrupt police chief. she gets paid in heroin, as it's very profitible in russia. in the story, she's the main villain, and she's pretty evil. but...

    LOOK AT HER!! she's soooooooo hot. how could anyone hate this HUNK of a woman. i need her. bad.

    her russian accent is beautiful, even if it's done by an american voice actress. unfortunately, she does die at the end... :(. but at least we got to see her in action!!

    look at her back... oh my... meoowww... meow...

    she uses this really cool gun that shoots a KNIFE! she has to retrieve it after every shot, which makes her kills personal... it's badass.

    in episode 3, she cuts her own hair off in the bathroom, and it looks amazing. she does it in a fit of rage, after rally wounded her face. in that moment, she vowed to kill rally, even if it wasn't her job. unfortunately, this vow is what killed her in the end...


    overall, this is my all-time favourite OVA. i hope you check out gunsmith cats if you haven't seen it already! you can watch it for free on youtube. thanks for reading!!!


    extras below....


    look at this concept art of radinov!!! i found a "making of" video, and a website with a whole bunch of concept art, and of course i scraped through them for any little bit of radinov i could find. surprisingly, there isn't that much of her! but, here's what i found: