Burst Angel DVD

Tokyo, the near future. A new law has passed allowing ordinary citizens to carry and use firearms. Crime has spiked — but the arrest rate has dropped, because the Recently Armed Police of Tokyo, RAPT, has filled the power vacuum with lethal efficiency. Into this city of loaded guns and shifting power comes a four-woman mercenary team operating out of a custom trailer: Jo, a cold, devastatingly skilled gunfighter who pilots the enormous battle mech Jango; Meg, her impulsive partner who gets kidnapped with remarkable regularity and inspires Jo's most extreme combat responses; Sei, the composed, aristocratic leader who manages the team's contracts and finances; and Amy, the teenage hacker and tactical support operator. Caught in the middle is Kyohei, an aspiring pastry chef who accidentally ends up cooking for the team and watching his normal life evaporate one gunfight at a time. As the team navigates increasingly dangerous contracts, a dark conspiracy involving cybernetic demons, an underground criminal syndicate, and the origins of Jo's own engineered combat abilities begins to emerge.

Burst Angel is a 24-episode action series produced by Gonzo — the studio behind Vandread, Gate Keepers, Noir, and Last Exile — and directed by Koichi Ohata, known for his heavily stylized action direction on MD Geist and Genocyber. It aired on TV Asahi from April to September 2004 and draws heavily from the girls-with-guns genre established by Koichi Mashimo's Bee Train trilogy, filtered through Gonzo's signature high-production CG mecha sequences and a near-future cyberpunk aesthetic. 

The 7-disc Complete Series DVD Box Set released by FUNimation on March 27, 2007 collects all 24 episodes. The series also spawned a prequel OVA — Burst Angel: Infinity — released separately by FUNimation on November 13, 2007. 

Notable Staff & Voice Talent

Director: Koichi Ohata (MD Geist, Genocyber)
Screenplay: Fumihiko Shimo (Full Metal Panic!, Clannad)
Character Design: Ugetsu Hakua
Studio: Gonzo (Vandread, Gate Keepers, Noir, Last Exile, Hellsing)
Music: Masara Nishida
Opening Theme: "Loosey" by Savage Genius
Ending Theme: "Tsukiakari" by Savage Genius

Japanese Cast:
- Akeno Watanabe as Jo
- Ami Koshimizu as Meg
- Rie Tanaka as Sei (Steel Angel Kurumi — Saki)
- Misato Fukuen as Amy
- Daisuke Kishio as Kyohei Tachibana

English Dub Cast (FUNimation — Texas):
- Colleen Clinkenbeard as Jo
- Cherami Leigh as Meg
- Leah Clark as Sei
- Brina Palencia as Amy
- Todd Haberkorn as Kyohei (Chaos;Child, Ben-To additional cast)
- Christopher Sabat as additional cast (DBZ, Rurouni Kenshin, Fruits Basket)

DVD Features (7-Disc Complete Series Box Set)

- All 24 Episodes on 7 Discs
- FUNimation Previews
- Note: Burst Angel: Infinity prequel OVA released separately (FUNimation, November 13, 2007)

Spoken Languages: English & Japanese Audio, English Subtitles

Edition Details

Japanese Title: 爆裂天使 (Bakuretsu Tenshi)
Runtime: ~600 Minutes (Complete Series, 24 Episodes, 7 Discs)
Director: Koichi Ohata
DVD Release Year: 2007 (U.S. Complete Series Box Set, March 27 — FUNimation); individual volumes released 2005–2006
Original Broadcast Date (Japan): April 7 – September 22, 2004 (TV Asahi)
Publisher: FUNimation Entertainment
Rating: 13+
Region: Region 1 (U.S. / Canada)
Note: Burst Angel: Infinity prequel OVA is a separate release not included in this box set. FUNimation Anime Classics Blu-ray (2011) includes all 24 episodes + Infinity OVA with expanded extras.
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Mecha
Themes: Girls with Guns, Near-Future Tokyo, RAPT Police State, Cybernetic Combat, Gonzo CG Mecha

Media assumed VG+ unless otherwise noted.