> In article <1176515559.247773.178...@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
>
> Terrence Briggs lycos.com> wrote:

>>"IFC launches a Friday-night block of two dubbed anime features from
>>Japan. Set in Italy, the 13-part series "Gunslinger Girl" (11 p.m.,
>>TV-14, V) follows a group of orphaned children trained by a government
>>agency to become gun-wielding assassins. If you don't find this sick,
>>I don't want to know you."

>
> Really? How would he feel about "Elfen Lied"? :-) EL has a very similar
> premise to GG, except that the gore is considerably turned up, along with
> graphic nudity. No ambiguity about lolicon overtones in THAT anime.