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Girls With Guns
Girls with guns is a subgenre of action films that portray a female protagonist engaged in shootouts. The genre typically involves Gun fu, gun-play, stunts and Martial arts film, martial arts action. Live-action The 1985 Hong Kong film ''Yes, Madam (1985 film), Yes, Madam'', directed by Corey Yuen and starring Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock, was described by film and gender scholar Lisa Funnell as the first "girls with guns" film. More films of the subgenre were produced until 1994, featuring the likes of Yukari Oshima, Moon Lee (Hong Kong actress), Moon Lee, Cynthia Khan and Sharon Yeung. In the early 2000s, films that were part of what has been called a "girls with guns revival" were produced. They included ''Martial Angels'' (2001), ''The Wesley's Mysterious File'' (2002) and ''So Close (film), So Close'' (2002). The 2002 Japanese films ''Gun Crazy: A Woman from Nowhere'' and its sequel ''Gun Crazy 2: Beyond the Law'' are also of this genre. Animation The subgenre has al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protagonist
A protagonist () is the main character of a story. The protagonist makes key decisions that affect the plot, primarily influencing the story and propelling it forward, and is often the character who faces the most significant obstacles. If a story contains a subplot, or is a narrative made up of several stories, then each subplot may have its own protagonist. The protagonist is the character whose fate is most closely followed by the reader or audience, and who is opposed by the antagonist. The antagonist provides obstacles and complications and creates conflicts that test the protagonist, revealing the strengths and weaknesses of the protagonist's character, and having the protagonist develop as a result. A particularly noble, virtuous, or accomplished protagonist is commonly called a ''hero,'' though the terms are not synonyms. Etymology The term ''protagonist'' comes , combined of (, 'first') and (, 'actor, competitor'), which stems from (, 'contest') via (, 'I conten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martial Angels
''Martial Angels'' () is a 2001 Hong Kong film directed by Clarence Fok Yiu-leung. The film has been described as part of the "girls with guns revival" cycle of the early 2000s. Other films in this subgenre included ''The Wesley's Mysterious File'' (2002) and '' So Close''. Plot Martial Angel tells of Cat, a professional thief turned straight after leaving her lover, Chi Lam, two years before. But her past returns to haunt her as Chi Lam is kidnapped for the ransom of security software belonging to the company Cat works for. In order to rescue him, she calls on her old friends from her orphanage days, six other feisty women, to save the day. The basic story starts with a pair of burglars who meet in action and some sparks fly, but the two soon break up and move on. The female burglar is Cat and she soon meets up with some other female burglars, seven of them to be exact. When her former partner ends up in trouble and needs help, Cat and her newfound friends have to take acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noir (TV Series)
is a 26-episode Japanese anime television series created and written by Ryōe Tsukimura and produced by Victor Entertainment and Bee Train. The series was directed by Kōichi Mashimo, with Yoko Kikuchi (animator), Yoko Kikuchi, Minako Shiba and Satoko Miyachi in charge of character designs, Kenji Teraoka in charge of mechanical design, and Yuki Kajiura composing the music. The DVD version was released by ADV Films in North America and the United Kingdom and by Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand. ''Noir'' was followed by two spiritual successors, ''Madlax'' and ''El Cazador de la Bruja''. Together, these series constitute a trilogy exploring the "girls with guns, girls-with-guns" genre. Plot Opening introduction, Kirika's (later with Mireille) voice-over towards the audience: The series follows the story of two young female assassins, the Corsican Mireille Bouquet and the Japanese amnesiac Kirika Yuumura, who embark together on a personal journey to seek ans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycoris Recoil
is an original Japanese anime television series created by Spider Lily and . It was produced by A-1 Pictures and aired from July to September 2022. Set in Tokyo, ''Lycoris Recoil'' follows two young orphaned teenage girls named Chisato Nishikigi and Takina Inoue, who were recruited in the Direct Attack organization to carry out assassinations under the "Lycoris" program while they work at a local café and perform various tasks such as childcare, shopping, and teaching classes. A manga adaptation by Yasunori Bizen began serialization in Media Factory's manga magazine '' Monthly Comic Flapper'' in September 2022. A spin-off light novel, titled ''Lycoris Recoil: Ordinary Days'', written by Asaura and illustrated by Imigimuru, was published under ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko in September 2022 as well. A stage play adaptation of the series was performed in January 2023. An original net animation, titled ''Lycoris Recoil: Friends are thieves of time'', was released from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunslinger Girl
''Gunslinger Girl'' (stylized in small caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yu Aida. It was serialized in '' Dengeki Daioh'' magazine from May 2002 to September 2012. Its chapters were collected in 15 ''tankōbon'' volumes by ASCII Media Works. Set in modern Italy, the series focuses on young cybernetic girls and their adult male handlers who use them as assassins under the directions of a government organization. The manga series is licensed for an English language release in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. A thirteen-episode anime adaptation produced by Madhouse aired in Japan on Fuji Television from October 2003, to February 2004. A sequel titled ''Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino-'' and created by Artland premiered in Japan on Tokyo MX TV in January 2008. It spanned thirteen episodes, concluding in April 2008. Two additional episodes were released on DVD in Japan in October 2008. Funimation has licensed both anime seasons and the OVAs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunsmith Cats
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenichi Sonoda. It was published in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Afternoon'' from 1991 to 1997 and was followed between 2004 and 2008 by a sequel series ''Gunsmith Cats Burst'' which included the same characters and situations. The series describes the adventures of young women fighting crime in Chicago. Plot Nineteen-year-old Irene "Rally" Vincent operates the titular "Gunsmith Cats" gun shop but also works as a bounty hunter, which is the impetus behind many of the stories. She is assisted in both activities by her housemate, and former prostitute "Minnie" May Hopkins. Rally is an expert combat shooter and marksman with an array of weapons, as well as a brilliant driver. May is an explosives expert, knowing the inner workings of and many uses of all manner of explosive devices. Teenage ex-burglar and lock-picker Misty Brown later joins the team and there is also Becky Farrah, a top, if expensive, sour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirty Pair
is a series of Japanese light novels (the first one being a fix-up) written by Haruka Takachiho and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko that was later adapted into anime and manga versions. The first stories that make up the first volume were first published on the '' S-F Magazine''. The franchise has been published in multiple formats, and adapted into various other media, resulting in eight novels and several shorter stories, a television series, two OVA series, two OVA features, a feature film, a number of graphic novels, and two short Japanese radio series. The 1985 television series won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize for that year. The stories take place in the years 2138–2143, by which time humanity has spread across some few thousand star systems. A corporation called the World Welfare Works Association (WWWA or 3WA) helps member systems of the United Galactica (UG) federation deal with various planetary-scale problems, for profit, by sending agents called " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bubblegum Crisis
is a 1987-1991 Japanese cyberpunk original video animation (OVA) series produced by Youmex and animated by Anime International Company, AIC and Artmic. The series involves the adventures of the Knight Sabers, an all-female group of Mercenary, mercenaries who don powered exoskeletons and fight numerous problems, most frequently rogue robots. The success of the series spawned #Other entries, several sequel series. Plot The series begins in late 2032, seven years after the Second 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, Great Kantō earthquake has split Tokyo geographically and culturally in two. It also forced the United States of America to annexation, annex Japan with the legitimate goal of keeping the peace and preventing it from descending into anarchy. In the first episode, disparities in wealth are shown to be more pronounced than in previous periods in postwar Japan. One of the series' themes is the inability of the department to deal with threats due to political infighting, r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Lagoon
''Black Lagoon'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rei Hiroe. It has been published in Shogakukan's manga magazine '' Monthly Sunday Gene-X'' since April 2002, with its chapters collected in 13 volumes as of December 2023. In North America, the manga is licensed for English release by Viz Media. The series follows the Lagoon Company, a four-member team of pirate mercenaries smuggling goods in and around the seas of Southeast Asia with their PT boat, the ''Black Lagoon''. The group takes on various jobs, usually involving criminal organizations, and resulting in violent gunfights. The manga received an anime television series adaptation by Madhouse, which was broadcast for two seasons of 12 episodes each in 2006, followed by a five-episode original video animation (OVA) series released from July 2010 to June 2011. By December 2023, the ''Black Lagoon'' manga had over 9.5 million copies in circulation. The series has been o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime
is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Japanese, describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin. Many works of animation with a Anime-influenced animation, similar style to Japanese animation are also produced outside Japan. Video games sometimes also feature themes and art styles that are sometimes labelled as anime. The earliest commercial Japanese animation dates to 1917. A characteristic art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka and spread in the following decades, developing a large domestic audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, through television broadcasts, Original video animation, directly to home media, and Original net animation, over the Internet. In addition to original works, anime are often adaptations of Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond The Law
Beyond the Law may refer to: * ''Beyond the Law'' (1918 film), an American western film directed by Theodore Marston * ''Beyond the Law'' (1930 film), an American western film directed by J. P. McGowan * ''Beyond the Law'' (1934 film), an American western film directed by D. Ross Lederman * ''Beyond the Law'' (1968 American film), a police film by Norman Mailer * ''Beyond the Law'' (1968 Italian film), a Spaghetti Western starring Lee Van Cleef * ''Beyond the Law'' (1993 film), an American TV movie starring Charlie Sheen * ''Beyond the Law'' (2019 film), an American action film directed by James Cullen Bressack *''Beyond the Law'', a 1991 novel in the Hardy Boys Casefiles series See also * Above the Law (other) Above the Law may refer to: Movies and television * ''Above the Law'' (1988 film), an American action film starring Steven Seagal * ''Above the Law'' (2017 film), a Belgian-French thriller film starring Lubna Azabal * ''Above the Law'' (TV ser ... * Outside th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Woman From Nowhere
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is '' a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English, '' a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest known ancestor of A is ''aleph''—the first letter of the Phoenician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
