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GunSmith Cats

Alternative Titles

Japanese: GUN SMITH CATS
English: Gunsmith Cats
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Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 8
Chapters: 75
Status: Finished
Published: Dec 25, 1990 to Apr 25, 1997
Genres: Action Action, Adventure Adventure, Drama Drama
Themes: Detective Detective, Racing Racing
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Afternoon
Authors: Sonoda, Kenichi (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 7.751 (scored by 37713,771 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #15082
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1532
Members: 13,676
Favorites: 484

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Volumes: /8
Chapters: /75

Synopsis

Rally Vincent works by day in her Chicago gun store, GunSmith Cats. But at the drop of the hat, she hangs up the "Gone Fishing" sign, straps on her guns and takes to the road in her muscle car to fulfill her other role—as one of Chicago's toughest, most respected bounty hunters. Her expert sharpshooting and driving skills are augmented by her partner Minnie-May's abilities with explosives of all kinds. And she'll need every bit of her skills, and those of her friends, because only she can bring in the highest bounties and the most determined, powerful criminals from Chicago's mob, characters who hold a grudge for life and have the wits and the firepower to outwit whatever the law throws at them.

Featuring some of the most authentically detailed firearms and automobiles ever drawn, author and artist Kenichi Sonoda has created a complex and supremely exciting story in the vein of Hollywood action films, but with all the detail and dynamism of manga in this classic series.

Background

GunSmith Cats received a 4 volume aizouban reprint from July 22, 2005 and October 21, 2005.

The series was published in English by Dark Horse; initially in individual monthly chapter issues from May 1, 1995 to August 15, 2001, in 9 volumes from October 1, 1996 to February 13, 2002, and in 4 omnibus volumes following the aizouban reprint from March 14, 2007 to December 19, 2007. The series also began serialization in the British magazine Manga Mafia starting September 1996. The Dark Horse release retained the original Japanese right to left reading format, and removed certain scenes with sexual content with the approval of Kenichi Sonoda.

Characters

Coleman, Roy
Supporting
Bonnie
Supporting
Brown, Misty
Supporting
Gray
Supporting
Jody
Supporting

Reviews

Jun 9, 2024
After watching the OVA I wanted to read the manga since I heard it's different from the manga. In this manga series, you have 2 main characters. One is Rally Vincent a dark-skinned tomboy who is a bounty hunter and is into guns. Minnie May Hopkins is a blonde tomboy who is older than she looks since she's short and baby-faced specializes in explosives and is a sex worker. This manga does have another character that has his own OVA named Bean Bandit who is a man that is almost bulletproof except from FMJ bullets. The quality in this manga does look nice, the characters ...
Feb 28, 2022
“Gun oil and Gun-powder are my favorite fragrances.”

Author Kenichi Sonoda is a gun enthusiast, and Gunsmith Cats is a gun-nut’s absolute dream written by one. The story took place in Chicago, Illinois, around the 80s - 90s and was influenced by the 1980s comedy, action film “The Blues Brothers.” Following the duo of smiting gals: Rally - our main gal, Minnie May - her partner in their day job as gunsmiths, and their side-job as bounty hunters in Chicago’s underbelly.

The manga focuses on three things: guns, girls, and cars.

Starting with the girls, our pistol packin’ momma, and main girl - Irene “Rally” ...
Nov 5, 2020
This has got to be the most American manga I've ever seen. To get into Kenichi Sonoda's head, just know that he loves three things. Cars, guns and women. He draws all three in glorious detail, from the grille of a sports car, the slide of a handgun or...you know what, I'll let your imagination finish that sentence.

Our heroines here are Irene "Rally" Vincent and her partner Minnie May Hopkins. Bounty hunters, gun shop owners, and destroyers of anything that ain't nailed down. We see car chases, running gun battles, murder mysteries, explosions (that's May's bag, baby), and every criminal ...

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