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| Gun Frontier | |
 Cover of the first volume of the manga | |
| ガン フロンティア (Gan Furontia) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Western, buddy comedy |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Leiji Matsumoto |
| Published by | Akita Shoten |
| Magazine | Play Comic |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | 1972 – 1975 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Novel | |
| Gun Frontier II | |
| Written by | Leiji Matsumoto |
| Published by | Daiwa Shobo |
| Published | April 1999 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Sōichirō Zen |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Doctor Serial Nishioka |
| Music by | Hiroshi Motokura |
| Studio | Vega Entertainment |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | AT-X |
| English network | |
| Original run | March 28, 2002 – June 24, 2002 |
| Episodes | 13 |
Gun Frontier (ガン フロンティア, Gan Furontia) is a 1972 manga by Leiji Matsumoto.[1] It introduces Tochiro Oyama, best friend to Matsumoto's classic hero, Captain Harlock, who is in turn depicted as a gunslinger in the Old West. In sharp contrast to other Matsumoto's stories, Gun Frontier is a comedy adventure rather than a space opera. Also, unlike other Harlock stories, in Gun Frontier, Harlock is depicted as Tochiro's sidekick.
The manga follows Sea Pirate Captain Harlock and the samurai Tochiro, who arrive in the United States on the Western Frontier, known also as Gun Frontier. Along with a mysterious woman they meet along the way, the two friends challenge sex rings, bandits, and corrupt sheriff. They are searching for a lost clan of Japanese immigrants, and they will tear Gun Frontier from end to end until they find it.
Since the original manga, there has been a novel and a 2002 anime adaption of the series.
- ^ In Matsumoto's works, there have been planets with towns modelled somewhat after the Wild West. In Galaxy Express 999, one of them is called Gun Frontier. Another such planet appears in Cosmo Warrior Zero.