Manga Grenadier was published in Kadokawa Shoten's Shōnen Ace in 2003. In North America, the manga was licensed by Tokyopop and its first volume was published in August 2006. The manga was licensed in Taiwan by Ever Glory Publishing. Anime was adapted by Studio Live into an anime television series comprising 12 episodes. It began airing on WOWOW from October 14, 2004 till January 13, 2005. The opening theme is "Kohaku" and ending theme is by Mikuni Shimokawa. When the series was later re-broadcast, opening and ending themes were replaced with and by Hiromi Sato. Reception Manga "If you prefer your action stories free of humor and completely serious then this series isn't for you. But if you like the idea of a skimpily-clad lead female character who reloads her revolver by bouncing six bullets out of her cleavage and loading them into her gun in midair then you should check out this title." — Matthew Alexander, Mania. "Yes, Rushuna is eye-candy and there are plenty of upskirt shots to keep most otaku happy, but she's also a complete badass with a gun. Hopefully future volumes will develop her character more so this isn't all we have to judge her on." — A. E. Sparrow, IGN. Anime "The character of Yajiro is a refreshing change from the typical male sidekick seen in this genre. Rushuna's character is not quite as appealing at the start, but her ties to the underlying main plot, along with the plot itself, have great potential." — Luis Cruz, Mania. "Well, Rushuna seems to have a penchant for baths and hotsprings, which means nudity of the non-explicit variety. There are also a lot of battles and fights, which does lead to red shirt death and bleeding wounds. Things never get really messy, though, so the show is probably fine for teenagers." — Stig Høgset, T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews. References External links Tokyopop's Grenadier website via the Wayback Machine Kadokawa Shoten page Ehrgeiz page WOWOW page 2004 anime television series debuts Anime Works Anime series based on manga Comedy anime and manga Girls with guns anime and manga Group TAC Kadokawa Shoten manga Shōnen manga Tokyopop titles Western (genre) anime and manga Wowow original programming