Gunsmith Cats delivers explosive, high-octane action with one of the best car chases in anime history, set against the unique backdrop of Chicago with a fantastic cop-show soundtrack. While the 3-episode OVA lacks deep characterization and complex plotting, it more than compensates with pure adre...

Explosions, Car chases, a killer soundtrack, and plenty of gunslinging action. It isn't often one finds buried treasure, but that was how it felt to discover this hidden gem of an OVA. Set in my home city of Chicago, Gunsmith Cats stands out for its unique setting for an anime and the high qualit...

Provided that this is conjecture on my part, I put it to you that Gunsmith Cats is the show that would go on to ultimately inspire the visual identity of Cowboy Bebop. In actual fact, it is little more than Cowboy Bebop with cute girls. Based on the manga by Sonoda Kenichi, serialized in Kodansha...

Gunsmith Cats is a series I keep coming back to without really planning to. I'll put it on for a scene or two, and before I know it, I've watched the entire OVA again. It's short, punchy, and still easy to enjoy after all these years. I recently rewatched this three-episode run from the mid-90s, ...

Gunsmith Cats excels through its masterful visual storytelling and relentless pacing, with director Takeshi Mori staging every scene with precision and purpose. The anime's strength lies in its ability to communicate crucial information visually without wasting seconds, creating constant motion e...

Gunsmith Cats delivers awesome action, jazzy music, and a fun story with perfect pacing that kept me completely invested and never bored throughout its runtime. The short OVA format feels ideal for this narrative, avoiding potential issues that might have arisen in a full-length series while main...

Gunsmith Cats at the same time is an anime that preserves a dynamic and flow of very engaging and comic events, but also manages to give a very revealing sense to some very small and subtle details, which are enhanced in the middle of the action and scenes. The best quality of the anime is the wa...

After asking a friend on Discord who the cute girl in their profile picture was (it was Becky), I decided to watch Gunsmith Cats. In the end, I had a great time with this little story! If you want an anime take on those classic American action shows/films, this is for you! Awesome action, jazzy m...

The animation is phenomenal, especially the car chase scene and the meticulous detail in showing characters loading magazines into guns, making it one of the best-animated anime from the late 90s. While the story is simple—just two girls with guns—and nothing particularly crazy, it's accessible e...

An instant favorite that channels 80s/90s Hollywood action with perfect art, animation, and a banger OST, delivering a tight, satisfying story where every scene counts. Action set-pieces are smartly choreographed and grounded, despite the minor nitpick of few on-screen deaths. It’s a masterpiece ...

Gunsmith Cats is a cool as hell cop comedy with a heaping dose of drama, and is delightfully 90s right down to its very bones. Needless to say, this makes for a pretty excellent time. Beginning with the story, it's set up in such a way so as to evoke an unmistakably American flavor, and this is a...

Instant favorite! It feels like an old school American action movie and there wasn't a single scene wasted! The artstyle, the sound design, the animation; it's all perfect! Even has the classic American-style pacing and storytelling you'd expect from 80s and 90s Hollywood films!! Much like Lupin ...

Gunsmith Cats is possibly one of the best animes to come from the late 90’s in terms of animation at the least, The car chase scene, The little things like them loading the magazines into the guns just phenomenal animation The story isn't anything crazy, Just two girls and some guns but I'd say t...

A duo of girls with a vigilante streak are strongarmed by the ATF to do some odd jobs that lead to the discovery of internal corruption. As the information trail gets followed, the danger of the situation rises. Gunsmith Cats is comprised of 3 25ish-minute-long episodes and watches like a classic...

Gunsmith Cats delivers a stylishly Americanized 90s cop romp whose electric Chicago backdrops and obsessively accurate firearm artwork make every frame pop. While the English dub stumbles and the plot beats are familiar, the human motivations of Irene, May and William keep the drama grounded. It’...

Gunsmith Cats delivers a thrilling vintage-style action experience with great animation quality and solid execution across its well-paced three-episode structure. While the plot follows a predictable progression and characters maintain simple dialogue, these minor issues don't detract from the ov...