slinger Girl: The complete First Season [Blu-ray]

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Product Description ------------------- Officially, the Social Welfare Agency is a government sponsored corporation that's in the business of saving lives. In reality, it's an agency on the fringe of technology. They give terminal patients another at life using cybernetic ims. This conditioning process then shapes the patient into an efficient machine for handling all of the government's dirty work. Having survived the brutal slaughter of her family, Henrietta awakens to her new life at the Agency with a re-built body and no memory of the past. She has been teamed with her handler Jose, who is responsible for her training and conditioning, turning her into the perfect killing machine. Henrietta strives to find her place within the Agency, doing her best to win Jose's affection. But can Jose control her? can he balance the needs and desires the assassin and the developing adolescent? Who are these girls? They've been given a second chance at life... But at what cost? .com ---- Henrietta, Claes, Triela, Angelica, and Rico, the adolescent heroines of the broadcast series slinger Girl (2003), are orphans who have been turned into petite assassins through cybernetic ims and brainwashing. Each girl has an older, male "handler" from the Social Welfare Agency, a covert branch of the Italian government, who oversees her training and takes her on missions. The miniature murderers travel through Italy, dispatching criminals, right-wing terrorists, and uncooperative officers with a cold-blooded efficiency face might envy. The girls remember a few scattered fragments of their past lives, and the only feeling they express is a mixture of affection and adoration for the handlers. This lack of emotion makes them singularly unappealing as characters and robs slinger Girl of the pathos of Saikano. None of them feels a shred of regret for their murderous actions: In Episode #8, Henrietta complains that's she's only killed four people in the last month. The results suggest Key the Metal Idol re-made by Sam Peckipah. Although slinger Girl was one of the first examples of the "murderous moppet" genre of anime, it ranks among the grimmest series of recent years. (Rated TV 14: considerable violence, alcohol use) --Charles Solomon (1. Fratello (Siblings), 2. Orione (Orion), 3. Ragazzo (Boy), 4. Bambola (Doll), 5. Promessa (Promise), 6. Gelato (Frozen), 7. Protezione (Proection), 8. Il Principe del Regna della Pasta (The Prince of the Kingdom of Pasta), 9. Lycoris Radiata , 10. Amare (To Love), 11. Febbre Alta (High Fever), 12. Simbiosi (Symbiosis), 13. Stella Cadente (Falling Star)