The protagonist, Van, travels the world searching for a man with a clawed right hand who killed his bride.

[1] Despite its aesthetics in the anime's premiere, director Goro Taniguchi claimed Gun Sword is not a Western series.

Kurata wanted to play homage to the mecha genre which had been highly popular during the making of the anime.

Taniguchi expressed difficulties on the team working together to produce their own title after several discussion about the trajectory of the narrative.

In order to make Claw stand out as a villain, he was given both a polite personality that contrasts his murderous intent.

In the end, the staff believed Van's and Wendy's story were fully completed, making no need for a sequel.

[6][7] The series was licensed in June 2005 for North America by Geneon Entertainment, who produced an English dub overseen by New Generation Pictures.

[11] These are a series of 13 omake episodes of Gun Sword tied in very loosely to the plot with the characters as chibi puppets.