Burst Angel
| Burst Angel | |
Third DVD cover, featuring (from left to right) Meg, Jo, Amy and Sei | |
| 爆裂天使 (Bakuretsu Tenshi) | |
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| Genre | |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Koichi Ohata |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Fumihiko Shimo |
| Music by | Masara Nishida |
| Studio | Gonzo |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Asahi |
| English network |
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| Original run | April 7, 2004 – September 22, 2004 |
| Episodes | 24 |
| Manga | |
| Burst Angel: Angel's Adolescence | |
| Written by | Minoru Murao |
| Published by | MediaWorks |
| English publisher |
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| Magazine | Dengeki Comic Gao! |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | January 27, 2004 – June 27, 2005 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Original video animation | |
| Burst Angel: Infinity | |
| Directed by | Koichi Ohata |
| Written by | Fumihiko Shimo |
| Music by | Masara Nishida |
| Studio | Gonzo |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | March 23, 2007 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
Burst Angel (Japanese: 爆裂天使, Hepburn: Bakuretsu Tenshi) is a Japanese anime television series directed by Koichi Ohata, from a screenplay by Fumihiko Shimo. It was produced by the Gonzo animation studio. Burst Angel takes place in the near future, after a rise in criminal activity forced the Japanese government to allow citizens to possess firearms and establish the Recently Armed Police of Tokyo (RAPT). The series follows a band of four mercenaries, named Jo, Meg, Sei, and Amy. It was broadcast for 24-episodes on TV Asahi from April to September 2004. An original video animation (OVA), titled Burst Angel: Infinity, was released in 2007.