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:
432 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 $15.80) |
| Betterman - The Awakening (DVD 1) 2004-04-13 |
| Betterman - Metamorphosis (DVD 2) 2002-08-06 (from $23.99) |
| Betterman - Metamorphosis (DVD 2) 2004-04-13 |
| Betterman - Seeds of Death (DVD 3) 2002-10-08 (from $12.95) |
| 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 $79.99) |
| Betterman - Despair (DVD 5) 2003-02-04 (from $17.00) |
| Betterman - Despair (DVD 5) 2004-04-13 (from $15.98) |
| Betterman - Finality (DVD 6) 2003-04-01 (from $65.00) |
| Betterman - Finality (DVD 6) 2004-04-13 |
| Betterman - Complete Collection (DVD 1-6) 2004-09-28 (from $298.99) |
| Betterman - Complete Collection [Anime Legends] (DVD 1-6) 2006-10-17 (from $357.00) |
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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
Art: Ariaki Okada
Animation Director:
Iwao Teraoka (8 episodes eps 3, 6, 9, 12, 14, 17, 20, 23 )Michinori Chiba (ep 11) Toru 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) Hiroshi 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 Gotoh (ep 25) Keizou Ichikawa (eps 1, 6) Kenji Fukazawa (AD Cosmo; eps 3, 6) Kouji 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) 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) Toru 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 )Toru 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: Sadayoshi Fujino
Sound Effects: Mitsuru Kageyama
Special Concept: Toru Nozaki
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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 )MI FAI Last House 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
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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
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Adaptation: The Ocean Group
Broadcaster: TechTV (Anime Unleashed)
Casting: Chinook Animation Productions
Recording Studio: Blue Water Studios
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Dubbing Director: Mariana Gómez |
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Broadcaster: Televisa Canal 5 (Mexico)
Dubbing Studio: Intertrack S.A. de C.V. Mexico
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