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Grenadier
Television; Anime
14 Oct 2004 - 3 Jan 2005
Bloody Violence; Bad Language Nudity
Japan
Japanese
The Smiling Senshi
Things Learned on the Road
Saw a preview for this on another DVD.  What the hey, looked good...
Anime
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Grenadier - The Senshi of Smiles (グレネーダー ~ほほえみの閃士~ Gureneda ~Hohoemi no Senshi) is a twelve episode anime series directed by Hiroshi Koujina and produced by Group TAC and Studio Live. It aired on WOWOW in Japan from late 2004 to early 2005, and was licenced and distributed in America by Media Blasters. It was adapted from the manga of the same name by Sosuke Kaise which is released in the U.S. by Tokyopop and in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten.

Grenadier follows the travels of the extremely busty Rushuna Tendo, an expert Senshi, and the samurai Yajiro Kojima, a mercenary swordsman. A Senshi or "Enlightened" is one who is skilled to some degree in the use of guns. The series begins with Yajiro and a small army of samurai launching a frontal assault against a fort in an attempt to free their lord, which was taken over by a group of gunners. The assault fails.

Yajiro orders a retreat, but is spotted by the enemy and chased to a small cliff, which he jumps off of to escape. With his pursuers still following, he follows a nearby hot-water stream upcurrent where he finds Rushuna bathing in a hotspring. She seems undisturbed by his presence or her own nudity and hides him in the hotspring with her ample breasts as cover until the enemy passes them by. After this, she introduces herself as a traveler and reveals the ultimate battle strategy to Yajiro; to avoid battle by removing an enemy's will to fight.

Hearing the gunfire of the renewed assault upon the fort, Yajiro leaves Rushuna to rejoin combat. He arrives in time to see the leader of the gunners use a Gatling Gun to decimate the samurai. Rushuna also arrives at this point and shows her considerable gun talent and effectively ending the battle by defeating the lead gunner and rescuing the lord by herself.

Something in him changing, Yajiro decides to become Rushuna's partner and travel with her.

- From Wikipedia
English
Wendee Lee as Rushuna Tendo
Sam Regal as Yajiro Kojima
Julie Ann Taylor as Mikan Kurenai
Midge Mayes as Tenshi
Kim Strauss as Jester
Cindy Robinson as Touka Kurenai
Doug Erholtz as Teppa Aizen
Mia Bradly as Fuuka Shirato
Jennifer Sekiguchi as Koto


Japanese
Takahashi Mikako as Rushuna Tendo
Kazuya Nakai as Yajiro Kojima
Yuki Matsuoka as Mikan Kurenai
Honda Chieko as Tenshi
Kazuhiro Nakata as Jester
Mami Kosuge as Touka Kurenai
Hiyama Nobuyuki as Teppa Aizen
Naoko Suzuki as Fuuka Shirato
Nagai Noa as Koto
AnimeWorks - Distributor
Media Blasters - Licensed by
Ehrgeiz - Production Company
Grenadier Production Project - Production Company
Group TAC - Production Company
Kadokawa Shoten - Production Company
Studio Live - Production Company
Toshiba EMI - Production Company
Links
Songs
Opening Theme
Title: Kohaku


Opening Theme
Title: Akatsuki no Sora wo Kakeru
Ending Theme
Title: Kanashimi ni Makenaide
Ending Theme
Title: Hana no Youni
Added: 30-Jul-2007     Last Update: 06-Aug-2007







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