A Gunslinger Girl Slings Some Guns, Girlishly
If you’ve never seen the anime series Gunslinger Girl, it’s about little girls who are trained to be merciless assassins and killers. It’s pretty much like Mathilda from The Professional but more Japanese — i.e., there’s several little girls, no Leon, more angst, and all of the girls about 8 years old or so. Now, if you’ve seen GG, this is a fun, excellent fan video inspired by the anime; if you haven’t, it’s still a wonderfully entertaining video about an adorable little girl who shoots a fuck-ton of drug-crazed criminals while carrying a stuffed animal around. So, win-win, really.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.