Betterman (TV)
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:
438 ratings have been given [details]
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)
Betterman DVD 1 - The Awakening (May 20, 2002)
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| DVD (Region 1) |
| Betterman - The Awakening (DVD 1) 2002-06-04 (from $23.99) |
| Betterman - The Awakening (DVD 1) 2004-04-13 (from $11.60) |
| Betterman - Metamorphosis (DVD 2) 2002-08-06 (from $7.50) |
| Betterman - Metamorphosis (DVD 2) 2004-04-13 |
| Betterman - Seeds of Death (DVD 3) 2002-10-08 (from $11.97) |
| 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 (from $58.02) |
| Betterman - Finality (DVD 6) 2004-04-13 (from $99.95) |
| Betterman - Complete Collection (DVD 1-6) 2004-09-28 (from $1217.00) |
| Betterman - Complete Collection [Anime Legends] (DVD 1-6) 2006-10-17 (from $108.14) |
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) Shinichirō 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 Art: Ariaki Okada 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 Ōkawara Assistant producer: Takashi Kochiyama CG Production: Kōjirō Hayashi (Digimation; eps 8-16, 18-26) 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) Keiko Abu (eps 2, 13) 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) Kazuhiro Sasaki (Anime R; OP2; 4 episodes eps 10, 15, 21, 26 )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) Yōko 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: Shirō 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 Endō (Trans Arts) Planning Chief: Koutaro Nakayama Setting Production: Kazuho Hyodo Sound: Sadayoshi Fujino Sound Effects: Mitsuru Kageyama Special Concept: Tōru Nozaki | Kappei Yamaguchi as Kyōko Hikami as Takehito Koyasu as Chafūrin as Junko Iwao as Shinichirō Miki as Takehito Koyasu as Yūko Minaguchi as Hiroaki Ishikawa as Hiroki Takahashi as Hiroomi Sugino as Houko Kuwashima as Katsumi Suzuki as Kazuhiro Nakata as Kazuki Yao as Kazuo Oka as Kazuyuki Baba as Kenji Nojima as Maiko Itō as Miho Yamada as Narumi Tsunoda as Nobuyuki Tanaka as Osamu Ichikawa as Sayuri as Takurō Kitagawa as Yuki Kaida as Yūsaku Yara as | |||
Broadcaster: Bandai Channel CG Animation: Digimation Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory In-Between Animation: AD Cosmo Anime R Anime World Osaka APPP Buyuu (5 episodes eps 1, 5, 10, 18-19 )FAI Last House MI Nakamura Production Oh! Production Studio Bogey Studio Dub Studio March Studio Mu Studio Wombat 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 | ||||
Executive producer: Ken Iyadomi Dialogue Editors: Aaron MacDonald Bryan Rennie Christopher Cleator Cisco McLaren Eric LeBlanc Timur Katyuzhnyy Production Support/Translation: Tatsuhiro Nishiuchi Script Adaptation: Lucia Frangione Voice Direction: Teri Snelgrove | Jonathan Love as Matthew Erickson as Onalea Gilbertson as Dave Pettitt as Jonathan Love as Mariette Sluyter as Onalea Gilbertson as Byron Close as Christy Greene as Colleen Blackmore as Doug McKeag as M.J. McCann as Mark Gatha as Meredith Taylor-Parry as Steve Olson as | |||
Adaptation: The Ocean Group Broadcaster: TechTV (Anime Unleashed) Casting: Chinook Animation Productions Recording Studio: Blue Water Studios | ||||
Dubbing Director: Mariana Gómez | Benjamin Rivera as Ismael Larumbe as Mariana Gómez as Martha Ceceña as Mayra Arellano as | |||
Broadcaster: Televisa Canal 5 (Mexico) Dubbing Studio: Intertrack S.A. de C.V. Mexico | ||||
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