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Gungrave

Gungrave

20037.31 Season26 EpisodesEnded

Overview

For Brandon Heat, death doesn't matter. Driven by his need for revenge, he returns from beyond the grave to cripple Milleneon, the huge mafia organization which uses undead monsters as its enforcers. His ultimate goal is to destroy Harry MacDowel, the leader of Milleneon and, at one time, Brandon's best friend...

Created by Yosuke Kuroda
Written by Yosuke Kuroda, Yasuhiro Nightow
Produced by Masao Morosawa, Hideki Goto
NetworksTV Tokyo

Top Cast

Masahiko Tanaka

Masahiko Tanaka

Brad Wong (voice)

Motomu Kiyokawa

Motomu Kiyokawa

Dr. Tokioka (voice)

Michiko Neya

Michiko Neya

Sherry Walken (voice)

Tomokazu Seki

Tomokazu Seki

Brandon Heat (voice)

Kikuko Inoue

Kikuko Inoue

Maria Asagi (voice)

Iemasa Kayumi

Iemasa Kayumi

Big Daddy (voice)

Takehito Koyasu

Takehito Koyasu

Balladbird Lee (voice)

Chafurin

Chafurin

Bob Poundmax (voice)

Fumihiko Tachiki

Fumihiko Tachiki

Bunji Kugashira (voice)

Tsutomu Isobe

Tsutomu Isobe

Harry MacDowel (voice)

Themes & Keywords

dystopiafriendshiprevengemurderbetrayalmafiatragedygunfightsuper powerbased on video gameseinenneo-noiranime

About Gungrave

Gungrave is a animation, action & adventure, crime, drama series that first aired in 2003 exploring themes of dystopia, friendship, revenge, murder, betrayal, mafia. Created by Yosuke Kuroda, it stars Masahiko Tanaka, Motomu Kiyokawa, Michiko Neya. For Brandon Heat, death doesn't matter. Driven by his need for revenge, he returns from beyond the grave to cripple Milleneon, the huge mafia organization which uses undead monsters as its enforcers. His ultimate goal is to destroy Harry MacDowel, the leader of Milleneon and, at one time, Brandon's best friend...

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