{"product_id":"kenichi-sonoda-gunsmith-cats-burst-manga","title":"Kenichi Sonoda - Gunsmith Cats: Burst Manga","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRally Vincent is back! \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe sharp-suited, CZ75-packing bounty hunter and owner of the Gunsmith Cats gun shop is now operating in a Chicago that's gotten a little more complicated since her last outing. Alongside her partner Minnie-May Hopkins, the series opens with Rally and legendary ace transporter Bean Bandit stranded deep in Texas after Bean's vehicle is stolen, forced to race back to Chicago with a bounty in tow, a rental car on half a tank, and mob hitmen closing in. From there the threats escalate: a new inspector in from Detroit, a dangerous return of old enemies, and the long shadow of Iron Goldie stretching back across the story in ways nobody anticipated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGunsmith Cats: Burst\u003c\/strong\u003e is the long-awaited sequel to Kenichi Sonoda's cult classic action manga, picking up where the original left off and diving back into the mean streets of Chicago with the same kinetic energy, obsessive firearms detail, and sharp character work that made the first series a landmark of late-90s seinen manga.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat made the original \u003cem\u003eGunsmith Cats\u003c\/em\u003e a classic was Sonoda's almost pathological commitment to authenticity — the guns, the cars, the Chicago geography, all rendered with a level of reference accuracy that remains unmatched in action manga. \u003cem\u003eBurst\u003c\/em\u003e continues that tradition without compromise. Nobody drives a car in \u003cem\u003eGunsmith Cats.\u003c\/em\u003e They \u003cem\u003edrive \u003c\/em\u003ea 1967 Shelby Cobra GT500 or a BMW 2002. Nobody uses a gun. They \u003cem\u003euse \u003c\/em\u003ea 9mm CZ75 or a .45 Colt Lawman with a 4\" Bull Barrel. Sonoda's action choreography remains some of the most fluid and spatially coherent in manga, with chase sequences and gunfights that are intricate, fast, and always legible — a rare combination. The fan service is present and unapologetic, as it always was, but it never upstages the craft.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBurst\u003c\/em\u003e was serialized in Kodansha's \u003cem\u003eMonthly Afternoon\u003c\/em\u003e from 2004 to 2008 and released in English by Dark Horse in five volumes between 2007 and 2010, reading right to left in the original unflopped format. The original three-episode Gunsmith Cats OVA from 1995–1996, directed by Takeshi Mori and animated by OLM, remains one of the best-produced action OVAs of its era and received a Blu-ray release in 2019 via an AnimEigo Kickstarter. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOther Notable Works\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKenichi Sonoda: \u003c\/strong\u003eCannon God Exaxxion, Riding Bean (OVA)   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComparable Peers:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black Lagoon (Girls-with-guns action manga peer)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSeries Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJapanese Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e GUNSMITH CATS BURST (ガンスミス キャッツ バースト) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnglish Title:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gunsmith Cats: Burst \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStory \u0026amp; Art:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kenichi Sonoda \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Publisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kodansha (Monthly Afternoon) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnglish Publisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dark Horse Comics \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Years:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2004–2008 (Japan) \/ 2007–2010 (English) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVolumes:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5 (Complete) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAge Rating:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mature (18+) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Action, Crime, Girls with Guns, Seinen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComics \u0026amp; manga are assumed VG+ or better unless otherwise noted. No broken spines, no writing, no stickers, and may have light shelf wear. Mid-2000s or earlier manga may have slight yellowing due to the age of the paper. 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