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Betterman (TV)

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Alternative title:
ベターマン (Japanese)
Themes: mecha
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: A deadly virus known as "Algernon" has attacked humanity with vicious meaning. At the forefront of the battle is the mystifying Akamatsu Industries – disguised as a heavy machine factory in Tokyo, this undercover organization uses neural enhanced weapons known as NeuroNoids to battle Algernon. Also helping with their secret efforts is the mysterious mutant who is only known as "Betterman".
User Ratings: 436 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 22 votes (sub:13, dub:8, edit.dub:1)
 Excellent: 40 votes (sub:21, dub:16, edit.dub:2, ?:1)
 Very good: 65 votes (dub:37, sub:24, edit.dub:2, ?:1, raw:1)
 Good: 107 votes (dub:67, sub:34, edit.dub:3, ?:1, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 64 votes (dub:41, sub:21, edit.dub:2)
 So-so: 41 votes (dub:23, sub:16, ?:1, raw:1)
 Not really good: 32 votes (dub:18, sub:12, edit.dub:2)
 Weak: 33 votes (dub:18, sub:12, edit.dub:3)
 Bad: 15 votes (dub:8, edit.dub:4, sub:2, ?:1)
 Awful: 9 votes (dub:7, sub:2)
 Worst ever: 8 votes (dub:3, sub:3, edit.dub:1, ?:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1184 users, rank: #1026 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.202 (Decent+), std. dev.: 2.2869, rank: #6622 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 6.109 (Decent), rank: #6841 (of 9642) (seen all: 6.54 / seen some: 5.50 / won't finish: 3.38)
Bayesian estimate: 6.151 (Decent), rank: #6107 (of 7243)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 1999-04-01 to 1999-09-30
Opening Theme:
"Yume no Kakera" by Uyontana
Ending Theme:
#1: "Chin~requiem~" by *~mai~ (eps 1-25)
#2: "Dou~revelation~" by *~mai~ (ep 26)
Official website:
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 3
Reviews:
Betterman DVD 3 (Apr 3, 2003)
News: Show:
Tech TV Staff Laid Off (May 7, 2004)
Yet More Anime at Metreon (Mar 26, 2003)
A-Kon loses Guest (Apr 24, 2002)
New Guests for A-Kon (Apr 8, 2002)
Lots of Bandai News (Apr 5, 2001)
Otakon 2000 Report (Aug 8, 2000)
Anime Expo 2000 Day 2/3 (Jul 8, 2000)
Upcoming Bandai Releases (Jun 29, 2000)
May TV and OAV roundup (May 10, 1999)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Betterman - The Awakening (DVD 1) 2002-06-04 (from $17.50)
    Betterman - The Awakening (DVD 1) 2004-04-13 (from $47.77)
    Betterman - Metamorphosis (DVD 2) 2002-08-06 (from $4.95)
    Betterman - Metamorphosis (DVD 2) 2004-04-13
    Betterman - Seeds of Death (DVD 3) 2002-10-08 (from $9.00)
    Betterman - Seeds of Death (DVD 3) 2004-04-13
    Betterman - Inhuman Nature (DVD 4) 2002-12-03 (from $23.99)
    Betterman - Inhuman Nature (DVD 4) 2004-04-13 (from $59.92)
    Betterman - Despair (DVD 5) 2003-02-04 (from $14.00)
    Betterman - Despair (DVD 5) 2004-04-13 (from $49.92)
    Betterman - Finality (DVD 6) 2003-04-01
    Betterman - Finality (DVD 6) 2004-04-13 (from $49.92)
    Betterman - Complete Collection (DVD 1-6) 2004-09-28 (from $149.99)
    Betterman - Complete Collection [Anime Legends] (DVD 1-6) 2006-10-17 (from $149.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Yoshitomo Yonetani
Script:
Hiroaki Kitajima (6 episodes
eps 9, 13-14, 18, 23-24
)

Hiroshi Yamaguchi (12 episodes
eps 1-3, 6-7, 10, 15-16, 19-20, 25-26
)

Yuichiro Takeda (8 episodes
eps 4-5, 8, 11-12, 17, 21-22
)

Storyboard:
Akira Kusune (ep 5)
Hiroshi Nishikiori (ep 3)
Kazuyoshi Katayama (ep 6)
Koji Masunari (ep 9)
Kunihisa Sugishima (ep 4)
Mamoru Hamatsu (ep 17)
Masamitsu Hidaka (eps 7, 12, 14)
Shinichi Watanabe (ep 10)
Shinichiro Watanabe (ep 23)
Shinji Higuchi (ep 24)
Sumio Watanabe (ep 19)
Tsuyoshi Yoshimoto (eps 8, 13)
Umanosuke Iida (ep 22)
Yasuchika Nagaoka (ep 18)
Yoshitomo Yonetani (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 11, 15, 20, 25-26
)

Yukio Nishimoto (eps 16, 21)
Episode Director:
Akihiko Nishiyama (ep 14)
Akira Yoshimura (6 episodes
eps 3, 7, 12, 15, 20, 25
)

Hirokazu Yamada (eps 10, 16, 22)
Ikurō Satō (5 episodes
eps 6, 9, 11, 17, 21
)

Jun Takada (eps 18, 23)
Kunihisa Sugishima (ep 4)
Sumio Watanabe (eps 13, 19, 24)
Tsuyoshi Yoshimoto (eps 2, 8)
Yasuhiro Minami (ep 5)
Yoshitomo Yonetani (eps 1, 26)
Music: Kōhei Tanaka
Original creator: Hajime Yatate
Character Design: Takahiro Kimura
Animation Director:
Iwao Teraoka (8 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 12, 14, 17, 20, 23
)

Michinori Chiba (ep 11)
Tōru Yoshida (worms; ep 10)
Mechanical design: Kunio Okawara
Assistant producer: Takashi Kochiyama
Character Animation Director:
Masahiko Itojima (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 19, 24
)

Megumi Kadonosono (ep 25)
Takahiro Kimura (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 15, 21, 26
)

Tetsuya Yanagisawa (eps 4, 8, 16)
Yūji Yanase (ep 22)
Chief Writer: Hiroshi Yamaguchi
Color setting: Akiko Shibata
Creature Design: Takayuki Takeya
Design: Rei Nakahara
In-Between Animation:
Hideaki Fujita (Nakamura Production; ep 7)
Kenichi Takase (Nakamura Production; ep 7)
Kenichiro Kasuya (Nakamura Production; ep 7)
Kenji Imanishi (Nakamura Production; ep 7)
Mitsuru Nakata (Nakamura Production; ep 7)
Takaaki Yamaguchi (Nakamura Production; ep 7)
Yoshitoshi Ikeda (AD Cosmo; 9 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 12, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26
)

Yukihiro Miyaji (Nakamura Production; ep 7)
Key Animation:
Asako Nishida (Studio Mu; ep 4)
Chiyuki Tanaka (Studio Mu; ep 4)
Etsushi Mori (ep 5)
Hirofumi Masuda (ep 2)
Hisashi Saito (ep 11)
Iwao Teraoka (AD Cosmo; eps 3, 6)
Jun Nakai (Studio Wanpack; ep 6)
Keiichi Ishida (Studio Wanpack; ep 6)
Keiji Gotō (ep 25)
Keizou Ichikawa (eps 1, 6)
Kenji Fukazawa (AD Cosmo; eps 3, 6)
Kōji Kawaguchi (eps 2, 5)
Masahiko Itojima (ep 2)
Minoru Okabe (eps 2, 5)
Misao Abe (eps 2, 5)
Munetaka Abe
Naoko Nakamoto (Anime R; eps 1, 5)
Naoya Horikawa (ep 1)
Noboru Jitsuhara (5 episodes
eps 13, 16, 18, 22, 25
)

Nobuyoshi Sasakado
Rie Fujiwara (Studio Mu; ep 4)
Rika Kanno (AD Cosmo; eps 3, 6)
Rion Kujo (ep 26)
Satomi Kitahara (ep 1)
Satomi Matsuura (AD Cosmo; eps 3, 6)
Seiichi Nakatani (Studio Mu; ep 4)
Shinya Uchida (ep 2)
Takaaki Fukuyo (5 episodes
eps 1, 8, 13, 16, 24
)

Takahiro Kimura (Anime R; eps 1, 5)
Takahiro Yamada (ep 6)
Takashi Honda (AD Cosmo; eps 3, 6)
Takayoshi Hashimoto (Studio Mu; eps 4, 8, 13)
Takenori Tsukuma (Anime R; eps 1, 5)
Takeshi Matsuda (eps 2, 5)
Tomoaki Sakiyama (Anime R; eps 1, 5)
Tomohiro Kawahara (ep 1)
Tōru Yoshida (Anime R; ep 5)
Toshiyuki Kono (Anime R; eps 1, 5)
Tsutomu Suzuki (ep 2)
Yasuzō Iino (eps 2, 5)
Yoko Kikuchi (ep 2)
Yoshikatsu Inoue (AD Cosmo; eps 3, 6)
Yuka Takemori (AD Cosmo; eps 3, 6)
Yukari Watanabe (Studio Mu; ep 4)
Mechanical animation Director:
Masahiro Yamane (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 16, 22, 26
)

Seiichi Nakatani (5 episodes
eps 4, 8, 13, 19, 24
)

Tōru Yoshida (6 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 15, 21, 25
)

Music producer: Shiro Sasaki
Photography:
Akio Kanazawa (Trans Arts)
Chisato Asai (Trans Arts)
Haruhiko Tsumura (Trans Arts)
Hiroki Sekido (Trans Arts)
Kenji Kuwahara (Trans Arts)
Kunihiko Sakai (Trans Arts)
Kunihiro Uchiyama (Trans Arts)
Saori Kibe (Trans Arts)
Takashi Takeuchi (Trans Arts)
Tomohiro Baba (Trans Arts)
Yasuhisa Endo (Trans Arts)
Planning Chief: Koutaro Nakayama
Setting Production: Kazuho Hyodo
Sound Effects: Mitsuru Kageyama
Special Concept: Toru Nozaki
Theme Song Performance:
Wuyontana (OP)
Yoshitomo Yonetani (ED, credited as "*~mai~")
Kappei Yamaguchi as Keita Aono
Kyōko Hikami as Hinoki Sai
Takehito Koyasu as Betterman Lamia

Chafūrin as Shigeru Akamatsu
Houko Kuwashima as
Chandy
Miyako Asami
Junko Iwao as Sakura
Shinichirō Miki as Shō Yanagi
Takehito Koyasu as Yamajii
Tomoko Kawakami as
Ritsuko Fuchu (Li-Chan)
Seeme
Yūko Minaguchi as Kaede Kurenai

Hiroaki Ishikawa as Tsuguo "Usshi" Ushiyama
Hiroki Takahashi as Cactus Prickle
Hiroomi Sugino as Drang (ep 12)
Hitoshi Bifu as
flight crewmember (ep 3)
male voice (ep 5)
Man (eps 19-21)
Houko Kuwashima as Kazuho Heichi
Katsumi Suzuki as Chika-chan
Kazuhiko Nishimatsu as
principal (ep 1)
Professor (ep 11)
Kazuhiro Nakata as Pakila
Kazuki Yao as Bodaiju
Kazuo Oka as Dr. Mikio Sai
Kazuyuki Baba as Hinoki's father (ep 7)
Kenji Nojima as man (ep 4)
Konami Yoshida as
Announcer (ep 23)
Reporter (eps 1, 21)
Kyōko Kaneko as
Doctor (ep 8)
illusion's voice (ep 5)
Laurier Noir
teacher (ep 4)
Maiko Itō as Mako "Hasechin" Hasegawa
Masaya Takatsuka as
Detective (eps 1-2, 21)
man (eps 15-16)
Shin-chan (ep 10)
Sturm (ep 12)
Miho Yamada as Kei
Mugihito as
Brahman
Mugito Mamon
Naoki Bandō as
Employee (ep 2)
Guide (eps 6-8)
Officer (eps 17, 23-25)
Narumi Tsunoda as Nurse (ep 8)
Nobuyuki Tanaka as Mario Sai
Osamu Ichikawa as Umezaki
Sayuri as Woman (eps 15, 17)
Takurō Kitagawa as Man (ep 18)
Tarou Masuoka as
Crewmember (ep 12)
flight crewmember (ep 3)
Umi Tenjin as
Itoshino Kaori-chan 17-sai (ep 10)
Yoko "Yaanto" Yamamoto
Yuki Kaida as Hinoki's mother (ep 7)
Yūsaku Yara as Yakusugi
Japanese companies
Broadcaster: Bandai Channel
CG Animation: Digimation
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Key Animation:
AD Cosmo (8 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 12, 14, 20, 23, 26
)

Anime R (6 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 15, 21, 26
)

Nakamura Production (11 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 16, 18-19, 21-22, 24-26
)

Studio Dub (eps 18, 25)
Studio Mu (eps 4, 24)
Studio Wanpack (eps 6, 16)
Music Cooperation: TV Tokyo Music
Photography: Trans Arts Co.
Sound Production: Cruise, Inc.
Sound Studio: Seion Studio
special effects: Marix
Titles: Maki Production
English cast
English staff
Executive producer: Ken Iyadomi
Producer: Charles McCarter

Engineering Assistant:
Cam Desmond
Conor Whiteley
Production Coordination:
Diana Gage
Patricia Murray
Warren Opheim
Production Support/Translation: Tatsuhiro Nishiuchi
Re-Recording Mixing:
Jan Deny
Mark M. Pinder
Recording engineer:
Brad Belden
Ryan Manning
Script Adaptation: Lucia Frangione
Voice Direction: Teri Snelgrove
Jonathan Love as Betterman Lamia
Matthew Erickson as Keita Aona
Onalea Gilbertson as Hinoki Sai

Dave Pettitt as Shigeru Akamatsu
David Kelly as Yakusugi 
Jonathan Love as Shou Yanagi
Mariette Sluyter as Sakura
Onalea Gilbertson as Chandy

Byron Close as Mode Warp Officer
Carol-Anne Day as
Hinoki's Friend
Kaori Sweet Seventeen
Christy Greene as Li-chan
Doug McKeag as Dr. Mamon
M.J. McCann as Seeme/Lume
Mark Gatha as Cactus
Steve Olson as Dr. Umezaki

English companies
Adaptation: The Ocean Group
Broadcaster: TechTV (Anime Unleashed)
Distributor:
Bandai Entertainment
Geneon Entertainment Inc. (North America; 2002-2003)
Licensed by:
Bandai Entertainment (Expired)
Sentai Filmworks (2013)
Recording Studio: Blue Water Studios
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director: Mariana Gómez
Benjamin Rivera as Keita Aono

Mariana Gómez as Seeme
Martha Ceceña as Miyako Asami
Mayra Arellano as Sakura
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Televisa Canal 5 (Mexico)

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