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The guns of Scrapped Princess

PostPosted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 7:15 pm
by Kaligraphic
So, how many people here noticed the overwhelming use of names of firearms in Scrapped Princess?

You've got Raquel, Shannon, and Pacifica Casull (casullarms.com) leaving the city of Manurhin on a cart pulled by horses named Makarov and Dragunov. Of course, Leo has a well-armed horse too, named Parabellum.

And then there's the former knight Doyle Barrett.

Meanwhile, they run into a kid named Christopher Armalite, and a Winia Chester (Winchester)

Then you've got the whole religious issue of Lord Mauser v. the Devil Lord Browning.

And of course you've got the Peacemakers,
Galil,
Cz,
Steyr,
and Socom.

(note: all links are to world.guns.ru unless specified otherwise. It's more convenient that way. And when a name applies to more than one weapon, I've only linked to one anyway. I'm lazy like that.)

Hmm, maybe I should mention that Giat is an arms manufacturer as well.

So, have I missed any? (Perhaps I should pull out the series again to make sure I remember them all.)

PostPosted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 7:18 pm
by Yojimbo
Kaligraphic wrote:So, how many people here noticed the overwhelming use of names of firearms in Scrapped Princess?

You've got Raquel, Shannon, and Pacifica Casull (casullarms.com) leaving the city of Manurhin on a cart pulled by horses named Makarov and Dragunov. Of course, Leo has a well-armed horse too, named Parabellum.

And then there's the former knight Doyle Barrett.

Meanwhile, they run into a kid named Christopher Armalite, and a Winia Chester (Winchester)

Then you've got the whole religious issue of Lord Mauser v. the Devil Lord Browning.

And of course you've got the Peacemakers,
Galil,
Cz,
Steyr,
and Socom.

(note: all links are to world.guns.ru unless specified otherwise. It's more convenient that way. And when a name applies to more than one weapon, I've only linked to one anyway. I'm lazy like that.)

Hmm, maybe I should mention that Giat is an arms manufacturer as well.

So, have I missed any? (Perhaps I should pull out the series again to make sure I remember them all.)


What can ya say the Bones guys love their firearms. In every series they've put out with guns they've always paid special attention to the guns used, the sounds, and the appropiatness of them in situations.

PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 9:16 am
by Mr. SmartyPants
gotta love H&K man

PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 12:13 pm
by Yeito
I'm not a guns person so I had no idea. o_o; Hmm...

PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 12:18 pm
by Shinja
all i have to say is giving the bad guy the name browning isnt cool, browing's are way better than any mauser

PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:57 pm
by true_noir_chloe
Interesting, I hadn't noticed that.

I'm more of a Sig Saur fan myself. ^^ They make the grips nice and small for women's hands.

PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 6:50 pm
by Anime Dad
true_noir_chloe wrote:
I'm more of a Sig Saur fan myself. ^^ They make the grips nice and small for women's hands.


Now i'm getting scared. The average person in Australia wouldn't know that! :wow!:

PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 7:13 pm
by Yojimbo
Anime Dad wrote:Now i'm getting scared. The average person in Australia wouldn't know that! :wow!:


She is from Texas.:P

Well give me a good old Glock 19, Colt M1911, or a Baby Desert Eagle, any day of the week. Reliability, accuracy, and comfort makes a good handgun.

PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 7:23 pm
by true_noir_chloe
Anime Dad wrote: Now i'm getting scared. The average person in Australia wouldn't know that! :wow!:

:lol: Frankly, I don't think the average American would know this either. I don't know any Texas mom's who would know this fact from PTA. I had to study guns and shoot them in a past life. ]please[/i], let's not get into a discussion about the viability of gun ownership and take this further off topic. -__-)\

Anyway, nice to meet you fellow anime parent. I'm sure now you think all of us Americans are just a bunch of rootin' tootin' cowboys... and girls. *laughs*

Back on topic, I thought this name, Winia Chester (Winchester), was the most creative. ^__^

PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 7:32 pm
by Gypsy
I never would have picked that up ... I hardly know a pistol from a rifle. ^^; That's cool that someone noticed, though. ^^

PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 8:05 pm
by Anime Dad
true_noir_chloe wrote: AND everyone, please, let's not get into a discussion about the viability of gun ownership and take this further off topic. -__-)\

Absolutely not! Sorry :)
true_noir_chloe wrote:
Anyway, nice to meet you fellow anime parent. I'm sure now you think all of us Americans are just a bunch of rootin' tootin' cowboys... and girls. *laughs*

You too, it seems we're about the same age too :) but no, I don't think all Americans are cowboys... just a large portion of 'em ]
Back on topic, I thought this name, Winia Chester (Winchester), was the most creative. ^__^[/QUOTE]
Very creative indeed :) even though I know very little about guns, and have never even seen a handgun up close, I did pick up on a few of those names :)

Guns in Anime

PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 8:36 pm
by Geirr
I'm gonna start a 'Guns and Gun Handling in Anime' thread.
(That way I hope it will stay on topic.) :thumb:

I am a bit of a 2nd Amendment fan myself. and I noticed the gun names in Scrapped Princess immediately. I learned a lot about the names because a couple of my older (and $$$) friends collect historically significant pieces (which are as unlikely to be fired except as a rare test or a special occasion - consider of whether you would 'test' an original Muromasa blade or a Bizen sword if you wre its owner.)

So relax.

- G

PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 9:21 pm
by true_noir_chloe
You too, it seems we're about the same age too :) but no, I don't think all Americans are cowboys... just a large portion of 'em ;)

LOL!!! I couldn't help it, but this did make me laugh out loud. ^^

PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 8:22 am
by Mr. SmartyPants
ive always likes the franchi spas-12... it being in both half-life and half-life 2, as well as one of the n64 bond games XD i just love the look of it

http://world.guns.ru/shotgun/sh14-e.htm

PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 8:51 am
by Geirr
Mr. SmartyPants wrote:ive always likes the franchi spas-12... it being in both half-life and half-life 2 ...
I don't play very many computer games, but one game I -do- like is "Fighting Steel," which is fleet-to-fleet WW2 fantasy combat. (I am a bit of a WW2 naval architectur buff ...) but I would love to try out Rally Vincent's M249SAW from Gunsmith Cats. The ol' Browning M2 .50cal is a little tricky to set up, but a kick in the pants to fire.

I have twice seen an MG42 (Gin Roh) - one in a collector's collection, and another who actually took his out to TEST. This is an 8mm Mauser x 1200 rounds/min LEAD HOSE. A few years back I saw one US-legal, NFA transferrable MG42 go for about $40K, and one M249SAW for about $18K.

I would possibly like to make a D/D using an "ATF Form-1" one day. I hope I can do so while it is still legal - and please, while we're on this, OBEY THE LAW, ( Rule #1!) and Be Careful (Rule #2.)

- G

PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 9:09 pm
by desperado
i plan on buying a .357 revolver before college. im thinking of a taurus. to bad they didnt include colt or taurus.

and i wouldnt mind owning my freind saigonov shotgun (sp?) the thing is semiautomatic and magazine fed.

PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:07 am
by termyt
Nice bit of research there, Kaligraphic.

[quote="Anime Dad"]You too, it seems we're about the same age too :) but no, I don't think all Americans are cowboys... just a large portion of 'em ]

I think it's amusing that many around the world think of us as both yankees and cowboys when here in the states no one is likely to claim to be both.

PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:53 pm
by Kaligraphic
desperado - you mean a Russian Saiga 12?

PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 11:21 am
by desperado
thats the gun except it has a normal grip instead of the rifle grip on it (my freind plans on getting that)

PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:46 am
by GhostPoet
I can't wait to watch this show...havn't seen it yet but it's on my netflix queue!! =)

The trailer I saw looked freakin awesome. I'm just finishing up Rahxephon soon..that'll be my next for sure!