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This is a fun series, though a bit simplistic, combining elements of post shogunate Japan and the "Wild West" of the American experience into a credible "could have been". The characters are two-dimensional, but that is part of the allure. Without deeper motivations or concerns to bother him the watcher is able to ignore the overtly sanguinary nature of the series, his eyes ever on the the three antiheroes, rather than the aftermath of carnage and red ruin.
American animated series are almost chronically afraid of mortality, perhaps a reaction to the modern attitudes toward sickness and death prevalent in western culture, where Japanese series are often more graphic in intent, if not quite so gory as might be expected. In this case the blend is a pretty good one, where some folks "luck out", while others fall prey to predators, fiends, or simple mischance. In this manner Gun Frontier very much reflects life, and it is here that its real appeal lies.
As for the blatant sexist objectification of females, well, that also well reflects the society of the times in which this series is supposedly set. As such it supplies part of the corroberative element so desperately necessary to any successful suspension of an audience's disbelief.
American animated series are almost chronically afraid of mortality, perhaps a reaction to the modern attitudes toward sickness and death prevalent in western culture, where Japanese series are often more graphic in intent, if not quite so gory as might be expected. In this case the blend is a pretty good one, where some folks "luck out", while others fall prey to predators, fiends, or simple mischance. In this manner Gun Frontier very much reflects life, and it is here that its real appeal lies.
As for the blatant sexist objectification of females, well, that also well reflects the society of the times in which this series is supposedly set. As such it supplies part of the corroberative element so desperately necessary to any successful suspension of an audience's disbelief.
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