Taking place in Japan modern days, somewhere in the middle of Tokyo there is a forsaken building which inhabitants are people who are forgotten and cast away by the society.



Somewhere outside the building, lives two young man known as the Get Backers. These young men, Amano Ginji and Midou Ban, will look for youe missing item, whatever it is. They usually hang around in a bar named Honky Tonk where their client find them, or most of the time a woman named Hevn brings them their clients.



At first, their job is only to look for missing cats, or other ordinary items, but as the story unfolds, they are brought closer to the forbidden city, the name of the forsaken building, where Ginji came from.



Later on they have to enter the forbidden city to unveil the secret behind the outcast place, where they met Ginji's old aquaintances. Unfortunately, anyway they are not the same person Ginji used to know.....



Credits: niomea

Story & Characters

This is a story about two guys, Midou Ban and Amano Ginji, living the life as "Getbackers", retriever agents who will retrieve anything that you have lost. They helped clients to get what they had lost in exchange for money (yet they are always broke all the time, sometimes cannot even eat for days ^_^). Ban and Ginji are special in a way, Ban with his Jagan which can induce illusional pictures that look real to his opponent and he is a genius in martial arts himself, while Ginji is somewhat of an electric eel ^^ which can produce electricity from his body.
The story then unfold slowly, showing Ginji's dark past, and how he battle the Raitei (Thunder Emperor) that he tried to conceal within himself. New characters that is linked to Ginji's past were introduced, including new retriever agent and transporter agents (transport goods for the clients). The whole story would concentrate a lot on Ginji and Ban's relationships, with a lot of fighting scene in between. It would then mainly revolve around the Mugenjou (Infinite Castle) and the battles that Ginji and Ban went through inside it, trying to solve its puzzle and mystery while at the same time saving the friends Ginji had there. A lot of philosophy about existence would surface later (wow, seems so deep)

Rating: 7

Art

The drawing of the character is good, although sometimes the composition is a bit off (Ban's shoulder seems bigger than usual, Ginji's body seems 'fatter'). I especially like the tareginji (you know tarepanda right?Sometimes Ginji looks like one in his kawaii mode) drawing, it is so cute ^^. For clothes design I really cannot give a very good comment as the characters wears almost the same clothes everytime (especially Ginji and Ban), but clothes design is okay in my opinion, and the characters looks cool ^^
Background plays big part here, especially in the fighting scenes, although normally there is no background characters in the scenes, but I think the background design is quite nice.
Other than that, the design is consistent enough throughout the whole series.

Rating: 8

Sound

Music matches the whole anime well, though I do not think that the opening and ending song quite matched the series but I like one of the theme song, Ichibuyou No Refrain, it is really nice.
About seiyuu, I think Ginji's seiyuu suits him well, showing his emotion nicely and also his mood swings (from normal Ginji, to Raitei, to tareginji). Ban seiyuu is also quite good in showing his emotions.
Other than that, other theme songs suits the anime well, I should think, especially the Mugenjou's theme and Honky Tonk one. I also like tareginji victory dance and song ^^

Rating: 6

Presentation

I want to clarify that this is not a yaoi anime, though I said Ginji and Ban's relationship earlier, it is more of friendship kind of relation ^^
The presentation of the whole anime is quite nice and the story is presented nicely. The character development is good and well thought up. Sometimes it steers off a bit out of the focus, but it does not change the storyline flow much. There are a lot of flashbacks here and there in the anime that gives you idea about the focus of the story.
There is a lot of humor considering that this is actually more of a fighting anime, and the humor is good, placed nicely in between scenes and all. I like humors that involved tareginji the best ^^ I am sure that you would get a good laugh watching this anime
One thing that I am not really satisfied about is how they concluded the whole anime, other than that, I think the whole presentation is done nicely and it is highly enjoyable to watch.
I think this anime is suited for 13 years old and above (violence in fighting scenes)

Rating: 8

Final Verdict

7.33 (above average)

Reviewed by tareren, Feb 24, 2005

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