Get Backers

I started watching this show by accident but fell in love with it soon enough. Every episode is a revelation.

The GetBackers are Ban Midou and Ginji Amano. They are retrieval experts, getting back lost things... for a fee...which they never manage to get. But these are no ordinary guys. Ginji can generate electricity with his body like an electric eel and Ban has an extremely powerful grip called the SnakeBit and he can make a person hallucinate with his 'Evil Eye' or 'Jagan'. Their past is very mysterious and although you get to learn something of Ginji's, Ban's is still shrouded in mystery.

Along with Ginji's friends (all of whom hate Ban. Actually almost everyone who meets Ban hates him. Unless you're one of his countless fans watching and sighing over him in front of your TV) from his younger days when he was part of a gang called the volts, the GetBackers have a lot of adventures.

The animation is very beautifully done, with some scenes having breathtakingly detailed art. There is, of course, a lot of BL slash fanfiction based on the show and the show itself does have enough fan service to warrant it. What is interesting is that when I tried reading the manga (there was too much of it and I did not have the time), the fan service always seemed more heavy on the T&A, targeting male fans. The show, on the other hand, while featuring several well-endowed women, clearly prioritizes slashy service more.

The series may start off slow, but picks up quick enough. Every episode gets funnier and funnier. My fav. would have to be the Venus Di Milo ones (or should I call them the Statue of Liberty ones?!!).

Anyway, I hope I've made everyone who has read this want to see it at once. And I hope the Animax version of the series (and NOT the ADV version) will get released soon in my country.

So, how long will it take you to like this show? Just a minute!

Like sowbi, I too came across this series completely by accident. I turned on the TV one day and started channel surfing, and suddenly saw a new channel -- "Animax" -- with these two guys with cool powers fighting off a few thugs. The voice acting was pretty laughable, but the series captured my imagination. I started watching from the "Venus di Milo" episodes, missed quite a bit, then watched around 47 of the 49 episodes almost religiously! As I said, the voice acting was pretty laughable. However, it wasn't because the actors were bad. It was laughable for the simple reason that Animax appears to use the same three or four actors to do the voices for every single character in every single series. The actors themselves are extremely talented -- they'd have to be, in this situation! -- but it's a little weird to hear one of the villains being voiced by the same guy who gives the voice for one of the heroes (no, they're not supposed to be related or anything like that).

Get Backers is, as mentioned earlier, one of my favourite anime series. The cast of characters is amazing. Every single character encountered is fascinating. The animation isn't all that great; the art is quite inconsistent. However, far from dragging the series down, it actually improves on it by lending it personality. Also, the series ending (which has a fairly long buildup) is probably the most well-executed ending I've ever seen.

In closing, let me voice my only complaint: Get Backers only lasted for one season of 49 episodes. I want more!

This get-backer agency needs better backers. While they usually get the job done, they don't usually get paid. It just never works out with them and 💰.

This is sorta like a show about avatars from the classic video game Street Fighter (all with special powers or capabilities), if they were really great guys, always hustling and always defending the needy, while scraping to eke a living with their repo service. They get things back for clients, but does the title have a double meaning? A triple meaning?

From the first episode in which they are hired to recover a kitty cat from a crooked cop, the series is pithy and fun. It's on a kid level that adults can enjoy, too. Based on a manga, GB is a 2002 release rated 7.58 on MAL. It is 1 season consisting of 49 24-minute English dubbed episodes. The first third of the show is mostly self-contained episodes. It branches out in the late teens to follow an extended battle which takes us through ep28 and then the ultimate story arc forms.

The GB are Midou Ban & Amano Ginji. Ban has the more "forceful" personality. His power is called Jagan. Once he makes eye contact with someone he can alter their perception of reality for a short period. He makes them see what he wants them to see. They never know it's happening. "Jagan can be placed inside a time-warp zone via the illusion created by the technique, meaning that to them, one minute in real life could last up to several hours," per MAL. He comes over as surly and stingy, but the truth is that he feels deeply. He often wears a half-shirt, which is odd, but he's still 🆒.

Ginji has shocking power - he's electric. Friendly, open, and generous, he says things like: "Holy moly on a sourdough rolly." In the Limitless Fortress Ginji is the most limitless one, because the LF amplifies is power. He was the Lightning Emperor; but he /left/ with Ban. From the back they have Ginji looking like a Midwestern farm wife. His body shape is strangely bottom heavy.

So far, every Ban I've seen in an anime is cool and extremely powerful, but haunted by a painful past. This Ban is no different. Ginji is the soul of the show. Life is hard. Survival is hard, but Ginji, who cares about others and wants to help them, has the key to /living/ as opposed to merely surviving.

Fuyuki Shido, the Beastmaster, controls animals. It's actually more like they're friends and animals are happy to do his bidding. Once The Volts of the Limitless Fortress disbanded, Shido felt betrayed by Ginji - Gingji LEFT them. Most from the LF feel the same way. Shido doesn't like that "snake b@$t@rd," Ban, either. He really hates the way Ban calls him "Monkey Boy." So, Shido becomes the GB's professional competition and opens his own repo service.

Kudou Himiko has the eyes of "someone who spent their life being pounded by a cold hard rain," says Ginji. Ban fills her emotions ↪ She wants to kill him. An independent contractor, she takes jobs like transporter in hopes that she'll get the opportunity to do so. Perfumes are her poison. Potions would be a better description ··· just🌬··· her potions are airborne. She can make a body burn from the inside, install trackers, shut down brain function or make puppets of people; she can do even scarier stuff. She can dose herself. Acceleration scent, for example, doubles her speed.

MakubeX is the genius hacker. Found abandoned as a baby, the pouch he was in had "Makube" written on it. He became Makube, and then adopted the title MakubeX. He was raised by Gen, ("Grandfather"), but left home to join the VOLTS. After Ginji left, he took over, but he's no Gingi. His nickname was "young demon king."

Akabane, or "Dr. Jackal" is a fun character, much like Hisoka in Hunter × Hunter-10. He's a bad guy because he's moralless, but he's not mean or cruel as a goal unto itself. Everything he does is for his own enjoyment. What he enjoys is domination and winning. As a Transporter he's often in opposition to Ban and Ginji's goals. Soon he sees them as primary targets for beheading, his personal preference for disposing of enemies, which makes him feared and hated. He don't care. Always all in black, Chupalla included, he's arguably debonaire with his polite manners, but he'll as soon chop your head off as shake your hand. He feels nothing for others.

Natsumi is the first client we meet. She's Ban & Ginji's biggest devotee. That cat was hers. After the guys recover it from the rotten cpp, she decides to work at the Honky Tonk. Ban & Ginji are always hungry, and the Honky Tonk is the sole place that will let them run a tab. Hevn is for the b👀by brothers. A buxom blonde, she procurs work for them from prospective clients. Paul owns the Honky Tonk. He's halfway between supportive and antagonistic. At least he feeds them. Most days.

The author must be an art lover because there's a few episodes that revolve around works of art. Their discussion of Van Gogh in ep9 is fantastic. In the way of animation art, GB is from the transition years when styles were moving from the late 20th century to the more polished (digital) look of today. People have medium heavy outlining, basic features and a wide variety of coloring, shapes and bigness: big bosums, big eyes, big muscles, big colorful hair, big color-palette of skin tones & old-style round eyes, etc. Some characters aren't as big as they are long and lean, like Dr. Jackal. Backgrounds are simplified lines with minimal detail. The opening song ROX. Naomi Tamura wails with guitar gitting-it-on in the background.

They get into other fun subjects, not just art. They need to recover rare blood that was stolen in order to save a young girl's life. She has "Bombay blood," which per Wiki, "is a rare blood type... first discovered in Bombay... a blood type that reacted to other blood types in a way never seen before. The serum contained antibodies that attacked all red blood cells of normal ABO phenotypes. The red blood cells appeared to lack all of the ABO blood group antigens and to have an additional antigen that was previously unknown." That's truly fascinating. Then, its: "Watch out, Ban. His hair is made of an alloy created in zero gravity... in zero gravity, metals that have completely different densities, like lead & aluminum, can be blended together." Cooooool. Right?

That's sciensy. The LF is an imposing and mysterious place with phenomenal phenomena beyond scientific description. The LF also reeks of evil government or master-villian programs (which aren't mutually exclusive w/ relig¡on). They answer most of the questions before the end. They roll it out slowly, but the LF is a major player. In the LF, Ginji reigns supreme, and some seem to have forgotten how powerful the affable goof is in there. Why did he leave? The show explains things in due time. Why did he return? To clean house and set things right⚡. Eps39 & 40 are mostly for fun. There's a hot tub scene with 🐒🐵 🐒 that seems borrowed from Blue Seed 2 - in a fun way. Before we get to the hot tub 🐵 🐒 🙉 , though, things are going to get really rowdy.

〰🖍 IMHO

📣6.8 📝7 🎭7.5 🌞6 🎨7 ⚡6.7 🎵/🔊7 😅3.3 😭3 😱4 😯3.3 😖3 🤔4 💤3 🔚? The manga Goes on. As the show closes, the true villains have just been revealed.

Age 12+ GB is actually most suitable for kids. There's a simplicity to the plot, dialogue and relationships. Please note the following cautions: Language b@$+ard he!! There's a creepy dude that does creepy human experiments and there's an attempted human sacrifice. In one episode they have a day with the B's: Beach, bods, bosoms, butts, bikinis, bimbos and finally, bros watching the sun to close out the day. They had a ball. Rated PG-13: Parental Cautioned.

Re-📺? Why mixed feelings? GB is marginal for adults - in the good-to-pass-the-time category, but I may never pass this way again. I would only recommend it to a young teen.

Recs: Solo Leveling-9.5 Tokyo Revengers-8.2, Akame ga Kill! 8.6, Assassination Classroom-9, Chaika The Coffin Princess 8.4, Reincarnated as a Sword 8, Hunter × Hunter-10, Invincible-8.5, Jujutsu Kaisen-9.5, Made in Abyss 9, The Eminence in Shadow 8.8,

This anime series hasn't aged well like the fight scenes are rather glitchy and slow enough to be wowed about. The two main characters have like a Saitama and Genos kind of relationship, even though each pair have different personalities totally lol.

If this anime was rebooted again, I'd totally watch it but it was a shame that episode one was enough for me to realise it just didn't click with me well enough to watch more.....

This anime, along with Cowboy Bebop, revived my love of anime. It is original, full of great characters, has a healthy portion of humour, and superb animation. I cannot find more words than that to describe it, but it truly is one of the very best animeshows of all-time. The characters of Mido Ban, and Amano Ginji... it is rare to find characters that feel as if they truly are best friends. There are a few irritations though, such as a slight 'DBZ'/'Naruto'-syndrome on some of the fights, that is, they last for several episodes, and consists mostly of back flashes and silent contemplation of the various things moving through the fighters heads. It makes up for this though, with a very colourful array of characters, such as the two main characters, and of course, the personal favourite; Akabane Kurodou. This truly is, a must-see anime, for all who love the great and original.