Gun X Sword follows the adventures of a mysterious man who is seeking the killers of his bride on a planet where apparently everything resembles the wild west to some degree(trigun), and in the most gratuitous use of mecha i have seen, can call an all powerful mech from space for reasons still unclear. Our dashing hero's body has been lifted off Spike from Cowboy Bebop and his personality, Vash the Stampede(trigun yet again). In one his escapades, he saves a village from bandits and reluctantly acquires a spunky female sidekick who is probably the most interesting person in the show so far. In the four episodes on the disk, our protagonists get into one sticky situation after the other; the series takes itself somewhat seriously, but then they include a episode dealing with a cult of mustached men who are kidnapping women for wacky mating purposes, oh yah and their gigantic mustaches have special powers(I never thought I would see someone get slapped around with by a mustache...) WTF!? I almost stopped right there, but at least I stuck around because the last episode on the disk was actually the best. Gun X Sword is a Frankenstein anime assembled from various sources(trigiun being the most frequent donor) and it sometimes mistakes originality for uncomfortably bizarre going ons. In short its not a very good show, at least so far, at least there is one interesting episode, the animation is good and the proceedings/pacing are energetic, it could get better, but.....
Grade:C-/D+
Reviewed(vol 1: episodes 1-4) Format: English Dub, DVD.
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