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(Summary based on the entry on [[That Other Wiki]])
 
'''''Burst Angel''''', also known as ''[[Bakuretsu Tenshi]]'', takes place [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future|in the near future]]. A rise in criminal activity after a devastating earthquake has forced the Japanese government to allow citizens to possess firearms, while establishing the Recently Armed Police Taskforce (RAPT), essentially [[Law Enforcement, Inc.]]. The series follows an [[Amazon Brigade]] of mercenaries, who have recently hired [[Ordinary High School Student]] Kyohei Tachibana as their cook. The team's missions put them against [[Body Horror|mutated monsters with glowing brains]], [[Humongous Mecha]] with glowing brains, and a corrupt RAPT (which is, naturally, involved with the whole "glowing brains" issue).
 
Notable for being directed by [[MD Geist|Koichi]] [[Genocyber|Ohata]], although it shares relatively little of the [[Gorn|qualities]] of his other [[So Bad It's Good|(in)]]famous works.
 
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=== ''Burst Angel'' contains examples of the following tropes: ===
 
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* [[Accent Adaptation]] - In the English dub, Osaka is pretty much Texas. In the DVD commentary, this was explained as almost being out of necessity because of the strong Western influences of the story. And frankly the Osaka arc seems like it was actively written with Texas in mind.
** Also of note is the fact that up until this point [[FUNimation]] had tried as hard as possible to avoid doing this in any other shows.
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* [[Captain Ersatz]] - Visually, Jo; Meg and Kyohei resemble Rei; Asuka and Shinji from ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''.
* [[Chained Heat]] - Jo does this to herself and Kyohei when she takes him hostage to try to trade him for a yet-again-kidnapped Meg.
* [[The Chick]] - Meg, both in the social interaction sense and the [[Distressed Damsel in Distress]] sense. Kyohei, in the [[Non-Action Guy]] sense.
* [[Close-Call Haircut]] - Meg gets a hole ''shot through her hair'' in one episode.
* [[The Comically Serious]] - A good deal of humor in the series comes from Jo's deadpan reactions to the absurd stuff around her
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* [[Cool Old Guy]] - Leo, who designed, built, and performs [[Mr. Fixit]] duties for Django.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]
* [[Cross DresserCrossdresser]] - Kyohei has to in order to sneak food (and equipment) to Meg during a few episodes when the latter is infiltrating an all-girls' school.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]] - Subverted during an episode where Meg has her "hunger" switched around with her will to fight. She spends the rest of the episode mopping up gangsters with impossibly cool kung-fu moves... And then later claims to have no memory of what happened at all.
* [[Cultural Cross-Reference]] - Jo's [[Humongous Mecha|Cybot]] [[Django]] is a [[Shout-Out]] to the [[Spaghetti Western]] film of the same name.
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* [[Decoy Protagonist]]: A first it ''looks'' like Kyohei's the lead but then it very quickly shifts away to the point where he barely appears at all in later episodes.
* [[Disposable Woman]] - Meg, except that she doesn't expire.
* [[Distressed Damsel in Distress]] - Meg ''all the damned time''. To the point that she [[Lampshade Hanging|hangs a lampshade]] on this.
* [[Easter Egg]] - The hidden [[DVD Commentary]] (for the infamous [[Beach Episode]]) in the English version.
* [[Evil Twin]] - {{spoiler|Maria}}
* [[Fan Service]]
* [[Fan Service Pack]] - Sei and Meg go up several cup sizes about halfway through the series; the [[Beach Episode]] actually uses both character designs in different parts of the episode.
* [[Faux Action Girl]] - Meg. She gets a [[Small Girl, Big Gun]] shot in the opening sequence, and another during the Osaka arc, but is otherwise firmly entrenched in the [[Distressed Damsel in Distress]] role.
** Averted in a small segment of the OVA that takes place [[Flash Forward|five years after the end of the series]], showing a [[Took a Level Inin Badass|more competent and more badass Meg]].
* [[Fetish Fuel Station Attendant]] - Takane Katsu wears [[Sailor Fuku]], wields a [[Hot Chick with a Sword|wooden sword]], and drives a [[Biker Babe|motorcycle]]. And she's a police officer who snags Jo's arm with a thrown cuff on a chain.
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]] - Jo is Choleric, Meg is Sanguine, Sei is Melancholic, Amy is Phlegmatic.
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* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]] - ''Genocide'' Angels.
* [[Non-Action Guy]] - Kyohei, while talented in the kitchen, is a serious coward.
* [[One-Winged Angel]]{{context}}
* [[Phlebotinum Rebel]] - {{spoiler|Jo}}
* [[Playful Hacker]] - Amy
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* [[Sixth Ranger]] - Leo, Takane
* [[Smart Mark]] - Parodied in the first episode of the Dai-Osaka arc, during the "Mega-Rider" show.
* [[Spiritual Successor]] - The plot has certain similarities to ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]''.{{context}}
* [[Street Urchin]] - {{spoiler|Meg, during her younger years}}
* [[Storming the Castle]]
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* [[Talkative Loon]] - Wong is affected this way by the Hanode drug.
* [[Theme Naming]] - The three younger characters [[Shout-Out Theme Naming|share names with characters from]] ''[[Little Women]]''. Sei is the [[Odd Name Out]].
* [[Token Mini-MoeLoli]] - Amy
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]] - Jo and Meg
* [[The Triads and the Tongs]] - Bai-Lan{{context}}
* [[Tsundere]] - Meg
* [[Underboobs]] - Sei
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