It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

I make this short.On the bright side it has a brilliant, perfectly told and unusual story with an ending that surprises but satisfies. Interesting characters, too.Unfortunately it also contains a lot of tackiness, has quite a wooden animation that makes the emotionless characters look the most convincing (Brandon, Bear) and some of the most shallow, ridiculously over-emotional female characters ever will get on your nerves.So: Watching it is absolutely worthwhile but not at all times fun to do.

I really enjoyed this anime series, it did a good job of keeping you interested about the story and it's characters. To be clear it wasn't anything I expected though, considering it was created by the same group that made Tri-Gun. Tri-Gun was good, but wasn't great, this on the other hand successfully fixed all of the problems trigun had and if you watched trigun before watching this series they won't even seem vaguely similar. One of the most interesting thing that Gungrave does is tackle multiple characters by presenting them all as good guys, so it's up to the audience to decide which side they support and who they are interested in. There are a few clichés but nothing that makes the series boring or seem uninteresting. The pacing is actually quite nice as well. In each episode something that progresses the story is happening and is concluding. With that being said you have to start with the first or second episode to fully enjoy the story. If you miss an episode, you might want to wait until you see it until moving to the next. Character development is this anime's strongest point though. As said before it presents all characters as good guys in their own way. The ending however is the best I have ever seen. No cliffhangers either. Because of the character development and watching the characters grow seeing the ending end the way it does is heart breaking. The hardest part about writing a review for gungrave would be not adding in any spoilers. There's so many interesting topics to debate with this show.

I've never seen anything like it. It bests all other anime in any category at which they attempt to master. It is beautifully, gritty animated like Trigun, Bebop. Emotionally gripping. Well written; THOROUGHLY written. (Bold, tough decisions by the characters) It's the best Mafia story of ANY kind I've ever seen. Amazing, Out-of-the-Box creative action true to the anime. I've almost cried from watching 2 things my entire life. End of LOTR: RoTK and This show. It's been a decade since it came out ... and still nothing comes close. I'd start with the second episode first for Chronological effect, but you don't have to. 1 is the only episode that is not in order. Do yourself a favor; Watch. This. Anime.

As of late a flood of Japanese animated series have hit the American shores. Gungrave is the most amazing of any one of those. It has beautiful animation, potent voice acting, and a storyline that requires multiple viewings to fully understand. Ten out of Ten. Perhaps the thing that makes Gungrave stand out above its anime competition it the multitude of underlying messages. It has some of the more obvious dialectical themes, love/hate, hope/despair, devotion/betrayal but it is also driven by a gathering of more subtle ideas (I will leave the viewer to find those for themselves. Anyone who has the time that it takes to fully appreciate Gungrave should do so. Also, if you are a fan of mafia violence and a scarface like rise to power then this is the show for you. For me, that is merely a bonus to an amazing piece of art.