Gungrave

Gungrave
Developer(s)	Red Entertainment
Publisher(s)	JP: Red Entertainment NA: Sega PAL: Activision KR: Sony Computer Entertainment Korea
Designer(s)	Naohito Hanai Tomohiro Maruyama Hidenori Tanaka
Programmer(s)	Naohito Hanai
Artist(s)	Yasuhiro Nightow
Composer(s)	Tsuneo Imahori
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2
Release	JP: July 18, 2002[2] NA: September 17, 2002[1] EU: November 29, 2002
Genre(s)	Third-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player

Gungrave (ガングレイヴ, Gangureivu) is a 2002 Japanese third-person shooter video game developed and published by Red Entertainment (Sega in North America and Activision in Europe) for the PlayStation 2. Gungrave follows its main character through a variety of stages on a path of revenge.

While the gameplay received moderate reviews, Gungrave received acclaim for the character designs provided by series creator Yasuhiro Nightow (Trigun) and mechanical designs provided by Kōsuke Fujishima (Oh My Goddess! series, You're Under Arrest series, Sakura Wars series). Both artists' respective styles helped give the game a distinct feel, which (along with fan support) helped Gungrave translate from a video game to an anime series as well as a video game sequel for the PlayStation 2 entitled Gungrave: Overdose in 2004. Cinematics were provided by Ikusabune Co., Ltd., which developed the sequel with Red Entertainment's supervision.