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GUNxSWORD (TV)

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©2005 AIC • Team DannChester/Gun Sword Partners


Alternative title:
ガン×ソード (Japanese)
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Armed with a metal sash that straightens into a sword, lanky swordsman Van is traveling through the desert, searching for the mysterious clawed man who killed his bride. Along the way he picks up a fellow traveler: Wendy, a young girl whose town he saves from bandits by summoning a mecha with his sword. Wendy is searching for her missing older brother, whose engraved gun she carries on her back. In their mutual quest they run afoul of more bandits and villains, a mysterious woman named Carmen99, and more mecha battles a la Wild West.
User Ratings: 824 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 51 votes (sub:33, dub:16, Spa.sub:1, raw:1)
 Excellent: 135 votes (sub:100, dub:31, Spa.sub:2, raw:1, Por.sub:1)
 Very good: 241 votes (sub:181, dub:52, raw:3, Spa.sub:3, Fre.sub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Good: 198 votes (sub:157, dub:39, Pol.sub:1, raw:1)
 Decent: 102 votes (sub:77, dub:21, raw:3, Tag.dub:1)
 So-so: 44 votes (sub:39, dub:4, raw:1)
 Not really good: 22 votes (sub:19, dub:2, ?:1)
 Weak: 17 votes (sub:15, dub:2)
 Bad: 8 votes (sub:6, dub:2)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 1766 users, rank: #318
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.3545 (Good+.35), std. dev.: 1.7035, rank: #1137
Weighted mean: 7.1556 (Good+.15), rank: #1189
Bayesian estimate: 7.15997 (Good+.15), rank: #1029
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2005-07-04 to 2005-12-26
2007-02-22 to 2007-03-29 (G4TechTV Canada - Anime Current)
2009-04-13 to 2009-05-18 (Philippines, Studio 23)
Opening Theme:
"GUNXSWORD" by Kotaro Nakagawa
Ending Theme:
#1: "A Rising Tide" by Shuntaro Okino (eps 1-8,10,12-16,18-21,23,25)
#2: "Paradiso" by Hitomi (eps 9,11)
#3: "S.O.S" by Kikuko Inoue, Houko Kuwashima, Satsuki Yukino & Saeko Chiba (ep 17)
#4: "A Rising Tide (Accoustic Version)" by Shuntaro Okino (ep 22)
#5: "Calling You" by Shuntaro Okino (Ep 24)
#6: "GUNXSWORD (Starting Again)" by Kotaro Nakagawa and Ondekoza (ep 26)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 3
Comment:
According to Geneon the "x" is just part of the logo--it's pronounced "Gun Sword."
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Related releases:
    GUNxSWORD (DVD 2) 2006-07-11 (from $18.99)
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    GUNxSWORD (DVD 4) 2006-11-07 (from $8.00)
    GUNxSWORD (DVD 5) 2007-01-09 (from $8.00)
    GUNxSWORD - Lost Prayers (DVD 6) 2007-03-06 (from $8.00)
    GUNxSWORD - Last Rites (DVD 7) 2007-05-01 (from $8.00)
    GUNxSWORDEndless Illusion (DVD 1) 2006-05-23 (from $8.00)
    GUNxSWORD - CD Soundtrack 1 (OST) 2006-09-26 (from $5.00)
    GUNxSWORD - CD Soundtrack 2 (OST 2) 2006-11-14 (from $5.00)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director:
Goro Taniguchi
Tetsuya Watanabe (OP)

Script: Hideyuki Kurata

Storyboard:
Goro Taniguchi (ep 1-3,5,8)
Hiroki Hayashi (ep 9)
Keiichi Sasajima (ep 3)
Koichi Ohata (ep 8)
Masaki Kitamura
Masato Miyoshi
Rion Kujo
Tatsufumi Tamagawa
Tsukasa Sunaga (ep 5-7)

Episode Director:
Daiki Nishimura
Hisashi Saito (ep 4)
Kazuo Miyake (ep 4)
Ken'ichi Ishikura
Masaki Kitamura (ep 5)
Masato Miyoshi (ep 2)
Rion Kujo (ep 1,10)

Music: Kotaro Nakagawa

Character Design: Takahiro Kimura

Art director:
Kuniaki Nemoto
Masaru Sato
Minoru Maeda

Animation director:
Asako Nishida
Hisashi Saito
Ichiro Ogawa
Masami Nagata
Masanori Aoyama
Ryuichi Makino (ep 8)
Seiichi Nakatani
Takahiro Kimura
Yooichi Ueda

3D Director: Tetsuya Watanabe

Sound director: Yasuo Uragami

Producer:
Hiroyuki Orukawa
Hiroyuki Saeki

2nd Key Animation:
Eiji Shirai
Kazuo Ohara
Kumiko Matsushita

Animation Check:
Eiji Shirai
Keiko Oyama
Shoichi Sunahara

Assistant director: Rion Kujo

Background:
Kazuhiro Inoue
Mari Sugatani
Tomoaki Shimizu
Toshiko Kaizu
Tsutomu Ikeda

CG Advisor: Masato Miyoshi

Color Check:
Mayu Saito
Senichi Sugiura

Color design: Reiko Iwasawa

Color setting:
Mayu Saito
Reiko Iwazawa

Design Work:
Noriyuki Jinguji
Seiji Handa

Digital Effects: Toshio Hasegawa

Director Assistant: Kazuo Miyake

Editing: Seiji Morita

Ending Illustration: Takahiro Kimura

Finish Animation:
Koji Hamaoka
Mayu Saito
Yuichi Kuboki

Image Reader: Masahiro Yamane

In-Between Animation:
Daisuke Watanabe
Keiko Oyama
Masaki Miyauchi
Takashi Nagayoshi

Key Animation:
Akiko Kumada
Emi Inoue
Hideki Yoshikawa
Hiraku Kaneko (OP)
Hiromichi Kikuchi
Hiroshi Matsuda
Hiroyuki Uchida
Hisashi Saito
Katsuhisa Yamamoto
Kazuo Ohara
Kazushi Takano
Ken Ootsuka
Koji Kataoka
Makoto Ito
Mariko Ito
Masanori Aoyama
Masanori Nishii
Masashi Hasegawa
Motohiko Kurihara
Natsuko Suzuki
Nobuo Horii
Rika Kato
Rion Kujo (OP)
Shinobu Nishiyama
Shuji Nakanishi
Takahiro Kimura (OP)
Takao Takegami
Takashi Maruyama
Tetsuya Matsukawa
Toru Yoshida
Toshiyuki Yoshioka
Tsutomu Ono
Yoshimi Imagawa
Yuichi Nakazawa
Yukari Watabe

Mecha Animation Director:
Masahiro Yamane (ep 1)
Masanori Nishii (ep 2)
Shinobu Nishiyama

Media Writer: Kazuho Hyodo

Photography:
Kaori Itou
Nobumasa Hanai

Planning:
Shiro Sasaki
Tooru Itabashi

Program Chief: Fukashi AZUMA

Publicity: Takae Kuroda

Theme Song Arrangement:
Mikio Sakai (Ep 3 INS "Niji no Kanata")
Shuntaro Okino (ED)

Theme Song Composition:
Mikio Sakai (Ep 3 INS "Niji no Kanata")
Shuntaro Okino (ED)

Theme Song Lyrics:
Damian Broomhead (ED)
Mikio Sakai (Ep 3 INS "Niji no Kanata")

Theme Song Performance:
hitomi
Houko Kuwashima (ED2)
Kikuko Inoue (ED2)
Kotaro Nakagawa (OP)
Saeko Chiba (ED2)
Satsuki Yukino (Ep 3 INS "Niji no Kanata")
Shuntaro Okino (ED)

Video Editing: Aya Sato

 

Houko Kuwashima as Wendy Gallet

Kikuko Inoue as Carmen99

Takanori Hoshino as Van

Junko Noda as Joshua Langlen

Kenyuu Horiuchi as The Claws

Mami Kingetsu as Elena

Saeko Chiba as Priscilla

Satsuki Yukino as Yukiko Stevens

Souichiro Hoshi as Michael Gallet

Takahiro Sakurai as Ray Langlen

Asako Dodo as
Head nurse (ep 4)
Staff woman (ep 21)
Waitress (eps 2, 6)
Woman (ep 1)

Atsushi Kitajima as Member B (ep 1)

Banjou Ginga as Narration

Chiwa Saito as Melissa

Eiji Yanagisawa as Kratt (ep 6)

Hajime Koseki as Analyst (ep 10-11)

Hidenari Ugaki as Ostu (ep 5)

Hisao Egawa as
Sheriff (ep 3)
Zanak (ep 10)

Issei Nimata as Zakota (ep 4)

Jin Yamanoi as Denehee (ep 4)

Junichi Sugawara as
Muttaaca's subordinate (ep 18, 20)
Priest (ep 6)

Katsuhisa Houki as Bario

Katsumi Toriumi as
Friend A (ep 4)
Member (ep 5)
Resturant owner (ep 6)

Kazuhiko Kishino as Gadved

Kazuhiro Nakata as Vest (ep 5)

Kazuo Oka as Mayor (ep 1)

Kazuya Nakai as Worker A (ep18)

Kumiko Nishihara as Shino (ep 24)

Kumiko Watanabe as Cathrine Nakata (eps 17-18)

Kyousei Tsukui as Lucky the Roulette

Maiko Itou as Merian (ep 17)

Makiko Ohmoto as Carossa

Mariko Kouda as Vyvyan (ep 10)

Masaharu Satou as Nero

Masako Katsuki as Aru (ep 4)

Masaya Onosaka as Kaiji (ep 10)

Masayo Kurata as Fasalina

Megumi Toyoguchi as Bunny (ep 6)

Mitsuaki Madono as Wu

Mitsuo Iwata as Bucchi (ep 3)

Motomu Kiyokawa as Jose

Naoki Imamura as
Customer (ep 3)
Member A (ep 1)

Omi Minami as Johanna (ep 14-15)

Ryuuzou Ishino as Zapiero Muttaaca

Shigeru Shibuya as
Mayor Walter (ep 3)
Member (ep 5)
Townfolk A (ep 4)

Shingo Hiromori as Giovanni (ep 14)

Shozo Iizuka as Tony (ep 7)

Takashi Nakagi as Findley (ep 9)

Takashi Taguchi as Carlos

Tetsu Shiratori as Researcher (ep 10-)

Tomokazu Seki as Manson (ep 17-18)

Tomoko Miura as
Mary (ep 4)
Secretary (ep 1)

Yasunori Matsumoto as Joe

Yoshiharu Yamada as Townfolk B (ep 4)

Yukitoshi Hori as Boat's captin (ep 7)

Yuko Kobayashi as Elle (ep 5)

Yuri Amano as Hayetah (ep 9)

Yuuko Satou as Lin (ep 8)

Yuusaku Yara as Baron Mayor (ep 2)

Yuzuru Fujimoto as Elle & Aru's father (ep 5)

Japanese companies 

2nd Key Animation:
AAA
Nakamura Production
Studio Gash
Tama Production

Animation Production: AIC A.S.T.A.

Background Art: Studio Tulip

Broadcaster: TV Tokyo

Copyright:
AIC
GUNSWORD Partners

Finish Animation:
AAA
AIC Digital
AMGA
Ark Trues
Bee Train
D-COLORS
Dr. Movie
LEEPRO
MSJ
Studio Toys
Sunshine Corporation
Tamazawa Animation House

In-Between Animation:
AAA
AIC Spirits
Ark Trues
AZETA PICTURES
Big Bang
Dangun Pictures
Delta Peak
Doumu
Frontline
GAINAX
Kino Production
LEEPRO
MSJ
Production I.G
Radix
Shinei Animation
Studio Gash
Studio Lagoon
Studio Mark
Sunshine Corporation
Tokyo Animation Centre
Xebec

Key Animation:
Anime Aru
Anime Roman
AZETA PICTURES
Last House
LEEPRO
Oh production
Paku Production
Studio Mark
Studio Mu
Studio One Pack
Tokyo Animation Centre

Photography: Anime Film

Production:
AIC A.S.T.A.
d-rights
GUN SWORD Partners

Recording Studio: Apu Meguro Studio

Sound Production: Audio Planning U

English cast 
English staff 

Director: Liam O'Brien

Translation: Charlie Sullivan

Executive producer:
Hideki 'Henry' Goto
Katsuhiko Tsurumoto

Producer:
Jonathan Klein
Reiko Matsuo
Satoshi Fujii

Audio Layback: Gregg Hall

Online Editor:
Chris Callahan
Christian Knudsen (Ep. 25-26)
Sandy Schwartz

Recording engineer: Julian Beeston

Script Adaptation: Liam O'Brien

Sound Mixing: Julian Beeston

Subtitling:
Saori Tauchi
Yohei Shikano
Yoko Kimura

Theme Song Performance: Hitomi Kuroishi (ED2, IN16) 

David Vincent as Van

Jennifer Sekiguchi as Wendy

Liam O'Brien as Ray

Michelle Ruff as Carmen99

Carrie Savage as Priscilla

Harry Molloy as Barrio

Johnny Yong Bosch as Michael

Karen Thompson as Yukiko Stevens

Kirk Thornton as The Claw

Kirsty Pape as Fasalina

Michael Sorich as Nero

Russell Thor as Jose

Sandra Jacobs as Elena

Taylor Henry as Narrator

Yuri Lowenthal as Joshua Lundgren

Andrew Douglas as
Chief (Ep. 11)
Zapiero Muttaaca (Ep. 12)

BJ Noir as
Captain (Ep. 7)
Hotel Man (Ep. 6)
Ost (Ep. 5)

Carrie Savage as Mother (Ep. 12)

Chris Kent as
Analyst (Ep. 10)
Denehee
Vice Captain (Ep. 10)

Clarence Henry Hunt as Zanuck (Ep. 10)

Dameon Clarke as Wu

Dan Woren as Gadved

Darrel Guilbeau as Researcher

Dave Mallow as Chief

Doug Erholtz as
Franco (Ep. 3)
Zapiero Muttaaca (Ep. 18)

Doug Stone as
Elle and Earl's Father (Ep. 5)
Priest (Ep. 6)

Elise Baughman as Secretary

Erica Shaffer as Earl

Gerald C. Rivers as Lucky Roulette

Harry Molloy as Tony (Ep. 6)

Hunter MacKenzie Austin as
Bunny
Shino (Ep. 24)

J.B. Blanc as Domingo (Ep. 18)

J.C. Miller as
Kujyo (Ep. 18-20, 26)
Staff (Ep. 12)
Zakota (Ep. 4, 14)

Jane Spotswoode as Catherine (Ep. 17-18, 23)

Joe Cappelletti as
Restaurant Manager (Ep. 6)
Viest (Ep. 5)

Kate Higgins as Vivian (Ep. 10)

Kirsten Potter as Elle

Kyle Hebert as
Beard Folks B
Giovanni (Ep. 14)
Wild Bunch B (Ep. 1)

Lance J. Holt as Manson (Ep. 17-18)

Laura Bailey as Rion (Ep. 20, 26)

Liam O'Brien as Wild Bunch C (Ep. 1)

Mani Wooldridge as Hayetah (Ep. 9)

Megan Harvey as Melissa

Megan Macdonell as
Lin
Waitress

Michael McConnohie as
Baron Mayor
Findley (Ep. 9)

Patrick Seitz as Joe

Sally Dana as Johanna

Sam Regal as
Beard Folks A (Ep. 2)
Klatt
Wild Bunch A (Ep. 1)

Sterling Beaumon as Carossa (as Beau Sterling)

Talis Axelrod as
Bucci (Ep. 3)
Wild Bunch D (Ep. 1)

Tara Platt as
Marianne (Ep. 17)
Marie

Taylor Henry as
Announcement (Ep. 12)
Mayor (Ep. 3)

Travis Willingham as Kaiji (Ep. 10, 26)

William Frederick as Carlos (Ep. 3, 26)

BJ Noir

Doug Stone

Erika Weinstein

Jason Miller

Jay Klein

English companies 

ADR Production: New Generation Pictures

Audio Layback: Soundscape, Inc.

Broadcaster: G4TechTV Canada (Anime Current)

Distributor:
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand)
MVM (UK)

DVD Authoring: SpeeDVD

DVD Menu Design: Nightjar, LLC

DVD Packaging Design: Jason71.com

Editing Facility: Dubscape, Inc.

Licensed by: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

Recording Studio: Central Command Studios


French staff 
(none)
French companies 

Distributor: Dybex

French cast 
(none)
Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 

Dubbing Director: Ramón Hernández (Spain dub)

 

Carmen Calvell as Carmen (Spain dub)

Manuel Gimeno as Ray Langlen (Spain dub)

Ramón Hernández as Van (Spain dub)

Roser Vilches as Wendy (Spain dub)

Eva Lluch as Fasalina (Spain dub)

Jordi Pons as Michael Gallet (Spain dub)

Masumi Mutsuda as Joshua Langlen (Spain dub)

Mònica Padrós as Priscilla (Spain dub)

Núria Trifol as Yukiko (Spain dub)

Ana Orra as Mélissa (Spain dub)

Angel del Río as
Capitan (Spain dub)
Narrador (Spain dub)

Azucena Díaz as Catherine (Spain dub)

Carlos Lladó as Klatt (Spain dub)

David Jenner as Manson (Spain dub)

Eduard Doncos as Wu (Spain dub)

Elisabet Bargalló as Carossa (Spain dub)

Joan Antoni Ramoneda as Domingo (Spain dub)

Jordi Hurtado as Mudaka (Spain dub)

José Antequera as Carlos (Spain dub)

José Torrents as Hombre de la garra de acero (Spain dub)

Suna Fernandez as Haeta (Spain dub)

Toni Mora as Kaiji (Spain dub)

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster: Buzz Channel (Spain)

Dubbing: Dubbing Films (Barcelona ; Spain dub)

DVD Release: Selecta Visión

TV Distribution: Selecta Visión


Russian staff 
(none)
Russian companies 

Distributor: Mega-Anime

Russian cast 
(none)
Tagalog staff 
Tagalog cast 
(none)
 

Louie Paraboles as Van

Pinky Rebucas as Wendy Garret (2nd)

Rowena Benavidez as Carmen99

Sherwin Revestir as Wendy Gallet

Noel Escondo as Joshua Langlen

Pinky Rebucas as Yukiko Stevens (2nd)

Pocholo Gonzales as
Michael Gallet
The Claw

Rafael Miranda as Ray Langlen

Rowena Benavidez as
Elena
Yukiko Stevens

Sherwin Revestir as
Elena (2nd)
Priscilla

John Maylas as
Barrio
Kaiji (ep 10)
Mayor (ep 1)
Wu

Louie Paraboles as Domingo (ep 18)

Pinky Rebucas as
Catherine Nakata (ep 17-18, 23)
Hayetah (ep 9)

Pocholo Gonzales as
Baron Mayor
Gadved
Giovanni (ep 14)
Jose

Rafael Miranda as
Joe
Kratt (ep 6)
Lucky the Roulette
Zakota (ep 4, 14)
Zapiero Muttaaca (ep 18)

Rowena Benavidez as
Bunny (ep 6)
Carossa
Johanna (ep 14-15)
Lin (ep 8)
Mary (ep 4)
Mayor's Assistant
Vyvyan (ep 10)

Sherwin Revestir as
Aru (ep 5)
Elle (ep 5)
Fasalina
Melissa

Danny Deopante

Tagalog companies 

Broadcaster: Studio 23 (ABS-CBN)

Dubbing: Creative Programs, Inc.

 
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