Gun Frontier
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Gun Frontier (ガン フロンティア, Gan Furontia) is a 1972 manga by Leiji Matsumoto.[1] It introduces Tochiro Oyama, best friend to Matsumoto's classic hero, Captain Harlock, who is in turn depicted as a gunslinger in the Old West. In sharp contrast to other Matsumoto's stories, Gun Frontier is a comedy adventure rather than a space opera. Also, unlike other Harlock stories, in Gun Frontier, Harlock is depicted as Tochiro's sidekick.
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Gun Frontier | |
ガン フロンティア (Gan Furontia) | |
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Genre | Western, buddy comedy |
Manga | |
Written by | Leiji Matsumoto |
Published by | Akita Shoten |
Magazine | Play Comic |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | 1972 – 1975 |
Volumes | 3 |
Novel | |
Gun Frontier II | |
Written by | Leiji Matsumoto |
Published by | Daiwa Shobo |
Published | April 1999 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Sōichirō Zen |
Produced by |
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Written by | Doctor Serial Nishioka |
Music by | Hiroshi Motokura |
Studio | Vega Entertainment |
Licensed by | |
Original network | AT-X |
English network | |
Original run | March 28, 2002 – June 24, 2002 |
Episodes | 13 |
The manga follows Sea Pirate Captain Harlock and the samurai Tochiro, who arrive in the United States on the Western Frontier, known also as Gun Frontier. Along with a mysterious woman they meet along the way, the two friends challenge sex rings, bandits, and corrupt sheriff. They are searching for a lost clan of Japanese immigrants, and they will tear Gun Frontier from end to end until they find it.
Since the original manga, there has been a novel and a 2002 anime adaption of the series.