OK, I don't know if this will be a super long review but bear with me. The plot jumps around but if you have a WILD imagination like me than you'll love it even more than the average viewer. Gungrave is about Brandon Heat, a man that grows up in a small group of friends, a gang you might call it. He meets Maria, a blonde girl with a loving father who does not like anyone in their friend group. Brandon protects Maria as she is his love interest. His best friend, Harry Mcdowell is going into a far bigger industry of crime. He wishes to take over. I won't spoil it but this anime doesn't force you to hate the bad guys, like Star Wars made you hate the "Sith". I didn't like that so I LOVED this anime. 10/10 I RECOMMEND!

I make this short.On the bright side it has a brilliant, perfectly told and unusual story with an ending that surprises but satisfies. Interesting characters, too.Unfortunately it also contains a lot of tackiness, has quite a wooden animation that makes the emotionless characters look the most convincing (Brandon, Bear) and some of the most shallow, ridiculously over-emotional female characters ever will get on your nerves.So: Watching it is absolutely worthwhile but not at all times fun to do.

I really enjoyed this anime series, it did a good job of keeping you interested about the story and it's characters. To be clear it wasn't anything I expected though, considering it was created by the same group that made Tri-Gun. Tri-Gun was good, but wasn't great, this on the other hand successfully fixed all of the problems trigun had and if you watched trigun before watching this series they won't even seem vaguely similar. One of the most interesting thing that Gungrave does is tackle multiple characters by presenting them all as good guys, so it's up to the audience to decide which side they support and who they are interested in. There are a few clichés but nothing that makes the series boring or seem uninteresting. The pacing is actually quite nice as well. In each episode something that progresses the story is happening and is concluding. With that being said you have to start with the first or second episode to fully enjoy the story. If you miss an episode, you might want to wait until you see it until moving to the next. Character development is this anime's strongest point though. As said before it presents all characters as good guys in their own way. The ending however is the best I have ever seen. No cliffhangers either. Because of the character development and watching the characters grow seeing the ending end the way it does is heart breaking. The hardest part about writing a review for gungrave would be not adding in any spoilers. There's so many interesting topics to debate with this show.

Oh, come on! How many almost-vampire vampire hunters and almost-zombie zombie killers can we stand? What? Normal guys can't kill zombies? Just look at Berserk! Ahem.Anyway, this series is a cliché and nothing more. Anime clichés are better than Hollywood clichés, but nonetheless, boring repetitive crap. When I saw the scene where the guy purposely accepts being hit but some huge monstrosity just to show us he doesn't care, then fills the creature with bullets to show that he does care, I knew this sucked. But that silly woman he always carries around and the scientist/truck driver that accompanies him... Geez!To avoid!