Bambi and Her Pink Gun

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Bambi and Her Pink Gun

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Cover of the first volume of Bambi
バンビ
(Banbi)
Genre Action, Comedy
Manga
Written by Atsushi Kaneko
Published by Enterbrain
English publisher
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Comic Beam
Original runJuly 1998 – September 2001
Volumes 6
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Bambi and Her Pink Gun(Japanese:バンビ, Hepburn:Banbi) is a manga series by Atsushi Kaneko. It centers on a sixteen-year-old girl named Bambi, who has kidnapped a young boy from a crazy vampire star and is taking him back to the 'Old Men'. The story is extremely violent, with every new scene taking on a different look and feel (Western, Latino, the 40s, traditional Japanese, etc.)

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Contents

Its title came from Sex Pistols' song Who Killed Bambi?. [1]

Sex Pistols British punk rock band

The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. They were responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians. Although their initial career lasted just two and a half years and produced only four singles and one studio album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, they are regarded as one of the most influential acts in the history of popular music.

Characters

Main characters

Bambi
An almost primal killer who has no regard for who she slays or why. She knows very little about the human race, and shows a sociopathic lack of emotion or care for anyone else but herself. She always uses the term "Me Bambi" to introduce herself. She is also obsessed with cleanliness; only consuming the cleanest water, freshest fruits and vegetables, and protein powders. Bambi is also a virgin who abstains from sex, calling it a disgusting act, attacking anyone who attempts physical contact with her.
Pampi
A mysterious little boy that Bambi was asked to kidnap from Gabba King and bring to the 'Old Men'. Pampi loves to eat junk food.
Tanahashi
A Twenty-year-old who is traveling the globe to hunt Bambi down. Which side he is on is questionable. Tanahashi was about to be killed by hitmen until Bambi 'saved' his life and set him free, when in actuality she was protecting herself and needed his car. He was aware then of the bounty on her and Pampi's heads and had even made it far enough to Gabba King and became a spy. Although he was hired to kill her, he instead tells her that he is a spy and that he wants to help her. This includes killing a trucker to save her. However, she doesn't take it too well and eventually leaves him.

Secondary characters

Gabba King
A vampire who is a part time pop singer. He puts out the search notice to have Bambi killed and Pampi brought back for a reward of $500,000,000. His need for Pampi is as much of a mystery as the boy himself. All that is known is that he sees Pampi as "his future". King has a way with women, as his music turns anyone who listens to it on to such a degree that the viewers in a concert will break out into an orgy. He was also rumored to take hundreds of girls every single night and satisfy every one of them. In truth however, he actually beats them to death.
Charlie
Gabba King's drag queen servant. Not much about him is known.
Platinum Mask
He was once a very successful professional wrestler. He is an immortal with a secret deformity under his mask, which he never removes. He has been alive for over a hundred and fifty years, living in the alleys and torturing small animals and killing anyone who crosses his path. His ways of murder are incredibly savage, such as punching off the top of a man's skull, pulling out intestines, and crushing heads with one hand. He is filled with an excessive amount of rage that is so strong and psychotic that even Bambi has a very difficult time defeating him.
Mama
A horrible Western woman and a master of violence with a Rasputin-complex, Mama is the leader of 'Mama's Gang', one of the most notorious gangs in the world. Brutal and an all-around dysfunctional killer, Bambi had to go to the extreme of lighting Mama on fire and finally blowing her up to kill her.
Old Men
Next to nothing is known about them. Gabba King has had problems with them in the past, but has never been able to kill them. They are also shown watching Bambi at various times.

Release

The manga was originally serialized in the magazine Comic Beam by Enterbrain between July 1998 and September 2001.[ citation needed ] The series was compiled into six tankōbon volumes released by Enterbrain on June 30, 2000, and September 25, 2001. [2] [3] A special edition titled "Rei Alternative" was published by Enterbain on September 27, 2002. [4] On October 25, 2014, the two first volumes of a "remodeled" version of Bambi were released on October 25, 2014; [5] [6] on September 25, 2014, the third and fourth volume were released, [7] [8] and they were followed by the two last on December 25, 2014. [9] [10] An English-language translation was released by Digital Manga Publishing into two volumes in "mid-July 2005" and on December 1, 2005. [11] [12]

<i>Comic Beam</i>

Comic Beam (コミックビーム) is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Enterbrain on a monthly basis since November 1995. In 2006, it had a circulation of 25,000. Popular manga serialized in Comic Beam include Kaoru Mori's Emma about the love story between a maid and an aristocratic man in Victorian England. Emma was adapted into an anime series and translated into many languages. Koi no Mon revolves around a group of otaku, their lives and romantic relationships. The comedy by Hanyu-new was made into a film in 2004. Comic Beam is considered an "alternative" manga magazine in the Japanese publishing industry, where its 25,000 circulation is less than 1% of other more popular manga magazines like Weekly Shōnen Jump. Its small but loyal readership is regarded as consisting largely of hardcore comic enthusiast and art students.

Enterbrain publisher

Enterbrain (エンターブレイン), formerly Enterbrain, Inc., is a Japanese publisher and brand company of Kadokawa Corporation founded on January 30, 1987 as ASCII Film Co., Ltd.. Magazines published by Enterbrain are generally focused on video games and computer entertainment as well as video game and strategy guides. In addition, the company publishes a small selection of anime artbooks. Enterbrain is based in Tokyo, Japan, with a paid-in capital of 410 million yen. Enterbrain's current president is Hirokazu Hamamura.

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References

  1. ↑ "Atsushi Kaneko - Punk manga is not dead !" (in French). Total Manga. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  2. ↑ "BAMBi 1" (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  3. ↑ "BAMBi 6" (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  4. ↑ "BAMBi 零 alternative(特装版)" (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  5. ↑ "BAMBi 1 remodeled" (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  6. ↑ "BAMBi 2 remodeled" (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  7. ↑ "BAMBi 3 remodeled" (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  8. ↑ "BAMBi 4 remodeled" (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  9. ↑ "BAMBi 5 remodeled" (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  10. ↑ "BAMBi 6 remodeled" (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Bambi and Her Pink Gun Volume 1". Digital Manga Publishing. Archived from the original on February 19, 2006. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
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