Episode list

Get Backers

Get Back the Rusted Bonds
Ban and Ginji are out on the streets trying to raise money to pay off their tab at the Honky Tonk when a sickly old homeless man takes pity on them and shares his food.
6.7 /10
Operation: Recover the Platinum!
Ginji and Ban's new case involves recovering a box for their client. They agree on the condition that they are to receive 1/10th of the contents as payment.
7.7 /10
The Animal Transformation of the Beastmaster
Ban and Shido fight it out, and we see Shido's animal transformations for the first time as he goes on to battle former co-worker Kurobe after Akutsu decides to change his plans and destroy the violin and Madoka.
0 /10
Timbre of Life, Resound!
All of Akutsu's men are vanquished but the violin is still missing. Shido has ordered Madoka's dog to bring it to him as an act of anger against Ban.
0 /10
The Unknown Boy, Makubex
The group has been split off into pairs after the incident with the poisoned smoke. Ban and Shido are attacked by a pair of assassins.
0 /10
The New Four Kings
Himiko and Hevn escape from captivity. Kazuki is found alive and treated by a pair of pharmacists. Elsewhere, an old rival of Ban's named Takuma Fudou attacks Ban and Shido.
0 /10
Explosion! The Lightning Emperor Angry
Ginji is beginning to come unglued as Akabane starts to kill more people. Ginji's powers have begun to increase as he gets angrier. When Akabane and Ginji get too close to Makubex too soon, Juubei and Kagami go to fight them.
0 /10
Recovery Team, Rendevous!
Fudou is angry at Makubex and says he will only wait 20 minutes for Makubex to get all the recovery team in place before going out to kill Ban without orders.
0 /10
Crash! Shido vs. Emishi
Emishi fights Shido in a battlefield that looks like the Grand Canyon. The organization behind the construction of the Limitless Fortress is revealed.
0 /10
Attack! Virtual Corps
Shido saves Ban from Fudou and tells him to go after Makubex. Meanwhile, Makubex has started up an intruder interception program which makes virtual armies go after Shido and the Akabane-Ginji team.
0 /10
The Final Fight! Ginji vs. Makubex
The recovery team tries in vain to reason with Makubex. When that doesn't work, Ginji fights him in a virtual space of Makubex's own making. Ban figures out one of the secrets of the Limitless Fortress and reveals it.
0 /10
Get Back the Limitless Future!
The atom bomb is ready, but Ban uses his Jagan on Makubex before he can push the switch. The vision Makubex sees makes him realize that he doesn't want to destroy the L.M., nor does he want to turn back time.
0 /10
Steam Recovery: The Hot Springs Travel Diary?!
Hevn gets Ginji and Ban a job recovering a stolen ring at a hot springs. In their investigation/girl-watching, the Get Backers come across Kazuki and Juubei, who are on an eye-healing mission, and Juubei slays Ginji with bad puns.
0 /10
Get Back the Arms of the Goddess!
Clayman returns and hires Ginji and Ban to recover the recently-discovered arms of the Venus de Milo. Meanwhile, Hevn has hired Shido and Emishi to do a recovery.
0 /10
Hera and Kait

Fri, May 16, 2003
Shide and Emishi rescue the half-dead Ban.Yukihiko convinces Hera and friends to let Ginji live so that they can use him as a hostage later. Hera's back story is revealed and we discover why she's taken the arms.
0 /10
Get Back the Eternal Goddess!
Ban beats Akabane by tricking him. Both teams manage their recoveries, but on the way home their boat's gas tank springs a leak, and as they're throwing ballast overboard, Ginji gets carried away.
0 /10
Get Back the Flame of Life!
Hevn commissions Ban and Ginji to recover the blood for a little girl's transfusion. She has the rare Bombay phenotype, so it's the only blood in the country that can be given to her, and it's been stolen.
0 /10
Children of Destiny
The Get Backers and Himiko are commissioned to get back a kidnapped child and transport it to its parents. Ban is uneasy about Himiko's involvement since he doesn't think she'll keep her cool; after all, she was a kidnapped child, too.
0 /10
A Recital Just for You
On his way to a recital of Madoka's, Shido runs into an old enemy. Hevn is taken hostage. Luckily, the Get Backers have dirty minds that prompt them to stalk Shido and Hevn.
8 /10
Monkey Counterattack!
Ban, Ginji, and Natsumi visit Madoka and Shido at Madoka's vacation home in the mountains, and run into the monkeys from episode 26 again. It doesn't go any better this time.
0 /10
Farewell, My Beloved!
Now Paul's past is exposed. Paul used to work as a negotiator for a thieves for hire ring. Now Paul wants Ban and Ginji to recover what was stolen from him long ago.
0 /10
The Cost of Betrayal
The "Paul's past" episode. We discover that Paul used to be a negotiator and info man for a three-person team of thieves-for-hire. However, one of his group turned betrayer, and after that he retired from the thieving world. When his other partner comes back with new data on the whereabouts of the betrayer, Paul brings Ban and Ginji on a mission to recover what was stolen from him long ago.
0 /10
The Brain Trust
Akabane delivers his data to the Limitless Fortress, and Ban convinces Gen to finish the project Makubex started.
0 /10
Get Backers

Fri, Sep 19, 2003
Ginji knocks out Masaki and then Masaki confesses that this whole plot has been a desperate strategy to save Makubex.
8.7 /10

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Beyond the Heavens

Beyond the Heavens

Souten Kouro's story is based loosely on the events taking place in Three Kingdoms period of China during the life of the last Chancellor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao (155 - March 15, 220), who also serves as the main character. The Three Kingdoms period has been a popular theme in Japanese manga for decades, but Souten Kouro differs greatly from most of the others on several points. One significant difference is its highly positive portrayal of its main character, Cao Cao, who is traditionally the antagonist in not only Japanese manga, but also most novel versions of the Three Kingdoms period, including the original 14th century version, Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong. Another significant difference from others is that the storyline primarily uses the original historical account of the era, Records of Three Kingdoms by Chen Shou, as a reference rather than the aforementioned Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel. By this, the traditional hero of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei, takes on relatively less importance within the story and is portrayed in a less positive light. Yet, several aspects of the story are in fact based on the novel version, including the employment of its original characters such as Diao Chan, as well as anachronistic weapons such as Guan Yu's Green Dragon Crescent Blade and Zhang Fei's Viper Blade. A consistent theme throughout the story is Cao Cao's perpetual desire to break China and its people away from its old systems and ways of thinking and initiate a focus on pragmatism over empty ideals. This often puts him at odds with the prevalent customs and notions of Confucianism and those that support them.

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