Trivia / Gunsmith Cats

• Creator Couple: Then-real-life couple Herman López and Norma Iturbe provide the Latin American Spanish voices for Roy Coleman and Becky Farrah, respectively.
• Creator Killer: The abysmal reception of Burst torpedoed Kenichi Sonoda's manga career. After Bullet the Wizard wrapped up with little fanfare, he hasn't made anything else since.
• Directed by Cast Member:
  • The English dub was directed by Matt Greenfield, who voices one of the titular gun shop's customers.
  • In the Latin American Spanish dub, María Fernanda Morales was the ADR Director as well as the voice for Cathy.
• DVD Commentary: AnimEigo went all out with this for their release.
  • On the Japanese side, two are present — one by Kenichi Sonoda (hosted by animator Masahiro Arai), and one by director Takeshi Mori (and hosted by Otaku no Video director Hiroki Saito, at Mori's behest as lampshaded on episode 1's commentary).
  • On the English side, three are present — One by Tiffany Grant and Matt Greenfield for episode 1; one by Bennett White (a noted fan of the series), Marc Swint and Brett Weaver for episode 2; and one by Amanda Winn-Lee and Kimberly Yates for episode 3, capped off with several of the other voice actors saying hello during the credits.
• Hey, It's That Sound!: In the OVA's third episode, one of the sound effects used in the house explosion comes from Universal's sound library.
• International Coproduction: While the OVA was animated by OLM Incorporated in Tokyo, the music and sound effects were recorded in Los Angeles.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes:
  • The OVA was released on three VHS volumes in Japan during its initial run and they haven't been released on DVD or Blu-ray there since then.
  • In North America, ADV's home media rights to the OVA lapsed after its liquidation in 2009. Fortunately, AnimEigo released it on DVD and Blu-Ray in 2019.
• Referenced by...: "Walther PP Series Pistols - In The Movies" by YouTuber Johnny Johnson contains several clips from Gunsmith Cats.
• Studio Hop: ADV Films originally released the OVA on DVD and VHS in a North America. However, ADV was liquidated in 2009. Eight years later, AnimEigo acquired the rights to the OVA and released it on DVD and Blu-Ray after a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2019.
• Word of Gay: According to Sonoda, Rally is a celibate lesbian. Kinda got confirmed, too.
• Written by Cast Member: In addition to directing the English dub, Matt Greenfield also wrote the scripts.

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