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Sub-genre of action films and animation
Girls with guns is a subgenre of action films that portray a female
protagonist engaged in
shootouts . The genre typically involves
gun-play ,
stunts and
martial arts action .
[1]
Live action
The 1985
Hong Kong film
Yes, Madam , directed by
Corey Yuen and starring
Michelle Yeoh and
Cynthia Rothrock , was described by film and gender scholar Lisa Funnell as the first "girls with guns" film.
[2] More films of the subgenre were produced until 1994, featuring the likes of
Yukari Oshima ,
Moon Lee ,
Cynthia Khan and
Sharon Yeung . In the early 2000s, films that were part of what has been called a "girls with guns revival" cycle were produced. They included
Martial Angels (2001),
The Wesley's Mysterious File (2002) and
So Close (2002).
[3]
Animation
The subgenre has also permeated the
anime space. Some examples include
Black Lagoon ,
Bubblegum Crisis ,
[4]
Dirty Pair ,
[5]
[6]
Gunsmith Cats ,
[5]
Gunslinger Girl ,
[5]
Lycoris Recoil ,
Noir ,
Madlax ,
[7]
El Cazador ,
[8]
[9]
Masamune Shirow 's and
Mamoru Oshii 's
Ghost in the Shell and its television adaptation
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex as well as Yasuomi Umetsu's works
Kite ,
Mezzo Forte ,
Mezzo DSA , and
Kite: Liberator .
[10]
See also
References
^
Hendrix, Grady (3 June 2015).
"Kaiju Shakedown: Girls with Guns" .
Film Comment .
Film at Lincoln Center . Retrieved 2021-11-08 .
^ Funnell, Lisa (2013).
"Fighting for a Hong Kong/Chinese Female Identity: Michelle Yeoh, Body Performance, and Globalized Action Cinema" . In Lent, John; Fitzsimmons, Lorna (eds.). Asian Popular Culture in Transition . London: Routledge. p. 172.
ISBN
9781136300974 .
^ Funnell, Lisa (21 May 2014). Warrior Women: Gender, Race, and the Transnational Chinese Action Star .
SUNY Press . pp. 70, 172.
ISBN
9781438452500 .
^
"Bubblegum Crisis Collection VHS" . Anime News Network . Retrieved 2021-08-05 .
^
a
b
c
"How Many Girls with Guns Anime are There" . AnimeNation. 2003-10-23. Archived from
the original on 2009-01-22. Retrieved 2008-09-15 .
^
"Dirty Pair Sub.DVD Boxset 1" . Anime News Network . Retrieved 2021-08-05 .
^ Wong, A. (March 2005). "Inside Bee Train".
Newtype USA : 8–15.
^
"January 3–10 News" . Anime News Service. 2007-01-06. Archived from
the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2007-01-19 . Following Noir and Madlax , this
El Cazador will be the third installment in a series of what Director Koichi Mashimo has referred to as his girls-with-guns genre trilogy.
^ Yegulalp, Serdar Yegulalp Serdar Yegulalp is a seasoned technology journalist who has covered anime for nearly a decade our editorial process Serdar.
"All of the Best Studio Ghibli Movies From Nausica to Marnie" . LiveAbout . Retrieved 2021-08-05 .
^
"Justin Sevakis's Review on Kite Liberator" .
Anime News Network . Retrieved 2010-01-15 .
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