Sunday, October 1, 2017

TV on UMD: Gungrave


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Original air dates: October 7, 2003 – March 30, 2004

Total number of episodes: 26

PLOT

Gungrave opens thirteen years after Brandon Heat is betrayed and killed by his best friend Harry MacDowell. He is reborn through the use of necrolyze as Beyond The Grave, and begins a quest of revenge against the crime syndicate. The series then backtracks to Brandon's youth, and follows him and Harry as they rise through the criminal underworld, detailing the circumstances that led to their eventual falling-out.

UMD

Only one volume was ever released and that contains the first 2 episodes of the series. Destroyer in the Dusk and Young Dogs

DVD

In 2003, Geneon Entertainment, formally Pioneer Entertainment, announced the license of Gungrave in North America. On July 3, 2008, Geneon Entertainment and Funimation Entertainment announced an agreement to distribute select titles in North America after Geneon ceased distribution of their own titles in October 2007. While Geneon Entertainment will still retain the license, Funimation Entertainment will assume exclusive rights to the manufacturing, marketing, sales and distribution of select titles. Gungrave was announced as one of the several titles under the agreement on December 30, 2008. As of November 26, 2010, Funimation has fully licensed the anime series. The anime series returned to US television on May 11, 2011 on the Funimation Channel. Funimation also released a complete series box set on July 17, 2011

Complete episode

All episodes from the series are available on YouTube by Funimation

Bonus