GetBackers (2002) is a animation, action & adventure, mystery, sci-fi & fantasy web series in Japanese. On New MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch GetBackers online in HD.
GetBackers — Storyline
Ban Mido and Ginji Amano run a freelance business of recovering anything lost or stolen. They call themselves the GetBackers, and they're a super powered duo.
Cast & Crew
- Starring: Showtaro Morikubo, Nobutoshi Canna, Natsuko Kuwatani, Soichiro Hoshi, Takanori Hoshino, Takehito Koyasu, Nobuo Tobita, Mitsuki Saiga
GetBackers — Series Details
| First Air Date | 2002-10-05 |
| Seasons | 2 |
| Episodes | 49 |
| Genre | Animation, Action & Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
| Language | Japanese |
| Network | TBS |
| Status | Ended |
| Rating | 7.6/10 (45 votes) |
GetBackers — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: The Initials are G & B (2002-10-05) — A schoolgirl named Natsumi Mizuki loses a kitty key chain from her mother when a cop thinks she took a picture of him giving information to the yakuza henchmen. Paul Wan, owner of
- E2: Get Back the Rusted Bonds! (2002-10-12) — Ban and Ginji are out of jobs and are starving to death. However, a homeless man, named Yamamura, gives them food as well as shelter. He later reveals that he used to be a factory
- E3: Operation: Recover the Platinum! (2002-10-19) — Hevn, a negotiator, tells The GetBackers of an job. They meet Haruo Ohtaki, who informs them to reclaim the box from a group called The Transporters. They, in turn, ask to have a p
- E4: Recovery Service vs. Transport Service (2002-10-26) — As the GetBackers prepare to battle The Transporters, Ginji plans to fight Akabane, while Ban plans to retrieve the box. Not long after, the GetBackers are in a bind when Akabane a
- E5: Death Match at Sunrise: The Lightning Emperor vs. Doctor Jackal (2002-11-02) — The Transporters face off with The GetBackers in an abandoned shrine. Ginji and Akabane battle while Himiko and Ban fight. Ban surprises Himiko with his grip, defeating her, before
- E6: Get Back the Divine Melody! (2002-11-09) — A blind and prodigious violinist, named Madoka Otowa, and her guide dog, named Mozart, are bullied by a group of street thugs. Ginji arrives to save Madoka and Mozart, but they all
- E7: The Animal Transformation of the Beast Master (2002-11-16) — Just when Ban attempts to kill Shido with his grip, Kazuki arrives to aid Shido. Ban escapes as Ginji, Hevn, and Madoka go encounter a Protector, named Ryuudou Hishiki. Ginji then
- E8: Timbre of Life, Resound! (2002-11-23) — Ginji electrifies himself, shocking Hishiki until leaving him unconscious. Ginji apologizes to Ban for causing Shido to attack the group, as he blames himself for abandoning Shido.
- E9: Get Back the Phantom Sunflowers! (Part One) (2002-11-30) — Hachisu, an art dealer, and Abukawa, the museum curator, ask the GetBackers to from a peculiar thirteen painting of Sunflowers by Van Gogh. Ban and Ginji decide to accept the case,
- E10: Get Back the Phantom Sunflowers! (Part Two) (2002-12-07) — The GetBackers are taken to Clayman's art gallery, displaying many masterpieces. Clayman offers to be a "replacement" client for The GetBackers, since Ban and Ginji were in awe of
- E11: Breach the Limitless Fortress • Operation: Recover IL (2002-12-14) — Hevn hires Ban, Ginji, Shido, Kazuki, Akabane, and Himiko to work as a team. They are brought to an abandoned building near the Limitless Fortress, a place familiar to Ginji, Shido
- E12: The Unknown Boy, Makubex (2002-12-21) — Akabane waits for Ginji to wake up after being unconscious from the effects of Horii's poisonous gas. Akabane tells Ginji that the rest of the team went out to search for the IL, w
- E13: Explosion! Fuchouin-School Thread Technique (2002-12-28) — As Makubex spyes the recovery team with cameras, Himiko and Kazuki are fighting off several men. Kazuki reveals himself to Himiko to be the traitor in the team, as he wraps her up
- E14: The New Four Kings (2003-01-11) — Ginji sees an image of himself when he was younger, and goes berserk when Akabane kills it. Akabane then sees multiple copies of Ginji, later revealed as projections, and he easily
- E15: The Loulan Dance Whip That Whirls in the Night (2003-01-18) — Emishi takes Ban and Shido to his safe house where Ban gets acquainted with many girls residing there. Later, Emishi attacks Shido with his Loulan Death Whip, making him unconsciou
- E16: Explosion! The Lightning Emperor Angry (2003-01-25) — Ginji and Akabane battle against several men, but Ginji disagrees with Akabane ruthless attacks. Kagami sets out to look for Ginji and Akabane, while Juubei follows him. Makubex re
- E17: Gathering, Retrieval Team! (2003-02-01) — As Makubex plans out the next move, Fudou becomes impatient with him, longing to have another battle with Ban; kazuki, Himiko, and Hevn face children under the wire doll system. Re
- E18: Crash! Shido vs. Emishi (2003-02-08) — It is revealed that the four will fight on the Grand Canyon as their battlefield. After one hit from his whip, Shido begins to seriously focus on the match with Emishi. Emishi admi
- E19: Oh, My Friend… Kazuki vs. Juubei (2003-02-15) — At the Honky Tonk cafe, an informant asks about the whereabouts of Ginji. Paul and Natsumi says that he is with the GetBackers in the Limitless Fortress. Meanwhile at the Grand Can
- E20: The Man From Babylon City (2003-02-22) — Akabane reveals his transporting assignment to give Makubex a box of plutonium. And he then says that he still has a recovery assignment to retrieve the IL, keeping the promise to
- E21: Blades of Revenge • Ban vs. Fudou (2003-03-01) — Fudou says that he wants Ban to feels limitless pain and suffering as a way to avenge the loss of his real arm. The battlefield where hey will be face off is in the Roman Coliseum.
- E22: Awakening! The Advent of the Lightning Emperor (2003-03-08) — It is revealed that Teshimine was an illusion to Ginji, as the real Teshimine is still in the Honky Tonk cafe. Ginji finds Sakura, and then injures her with his lightning. As Akaba
- E23: Attack! Virtual Corps (2003-03-15) — Fudou attacks Ban head-on, but Shido manages to come just in time to save him. All of a sudden, multiple clones of Fudou appear out of nowhere in front of Shido, and multiple clone
- E24: The Final Fight! Ginji vs. Makubex (2003-03-22) — Ginji pleads with Makubex to give back the IL to the GetBackers, but to no avail. After confrontation with Makubex fails, Ginji volunteering to fight him face-to-face. Ginji attemp
- E25: Get Back the Limitless Future! (2003-04-05) — With the intruder interception program active, none of GetBackers there can stop Makubex. Makubex says that he was aware why Ginji left the Limitless Fortress in the first place. H
Season 2
- E1: Stream Recovery: The Hot Springs Travel Diary!? (2003-04-12) — Ban and Ginji are sent to recover a stolen ring at a hot springs resort, but Paul, Natsumi, Hevn tag along. Just there, the thief steals a female's necklace, hearing her scream out
- E2: High School Girl vs. Recovery Service (2003-04-19) — Ban and Ginji are hired to recover a stolen briefcase by a man, named Mr. Sasakida, who explains that he thinks a group of teenage girls took it. To find it they must deal with a h
- E3: The Man Who Lost His Past (2003-04-26) — Ban and Ginji are approached by a man, named Yuuji Takamura, who wants them to recover his memories. He explains that he lost his memories three months in the past when he and Mido
- E4: Get Back the Arms of the Goddess! (2003-05-03) — Clayman returns to hire Ban and Ginji to recover the arms of the Venus de Milo, a famous sculpture of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Clayman explains that a Frenc
- E5: Mystery Assassins • The Miroku Brothers (2003-05-10) — Ginji encounters Akabane, as the two face off once again. Akabane warns him, telling him that there more than one person pursuing him. Ginji evades from Akabane, wandering through
- E6: Hera and Kait (2003-05-17) — Shido and Emishi are intrigued to know that the art auction will be held in a secluded island. Ban appears, and the two of them face off against him. However, Ban doesn't have the
- E7: The Mission Starts! Ginji vs. Miroku (2003-05-24) — Ban, Ginji, Shido, and Emishi split up as they take on the bodyguards. Meanwhile, Ryuu eagerly anticipates the art auction as he expects to earn a lot of money from it, and plans t
- E8: Get Back the Eternal Goddess! (2003-05-31) — As Ban hears the implosion caused by Miroku, he uses Jagan on Akabane to escape, causing him to see multiple images of Ban, which were diverted from balloons. It turns out that the
- E9: The GetBackers Break Up?! The Enemy is Ban Midou! (2003-06-07) — Ban and Ginji are seen fighting each other. Hevn arrives just in time to stop them. Ban walks away from them, breaking up their partnership. He visits the estate of Daitetsu Mahoro
- E10: Get Back the Flame of Life! (2003-06-14) — Hevn asks Ban and Ginji to recover a rare blood type, known as Bombay Blood, for Yumiko Imai, the granddaughter of Shigeyuki Imai, who needs blood transfusional surgery in order to
- E11: Children of Destiny (2003-06-21) — Ban and Ginji, as well as Himiko are hired to obtain a kidnapped baby. The clients are Yuuichiro Nagano and his wife, Maki Nagano. It is believed that Yuuichiro's father, Takao Kiy
- E12: Do Your Best, Natsumi! (2003-06-28) — Ban and Ginji go to the beach, supposedly on a business trip, though it seems to be a vacation trip. Meanwhile in the Honky Tonk cafe, an old woman shows up, asking to retrieve a m
- E13: A Recital Just For You (2003-07-05) — Ginji lost a bet with Natsumi at shogi, forcing Ban and Ginji to wash the dishes. Shido arrives at the Honky Tonk cafe, who waits for Hevn to show up. Hevn arrives in formal attire
- E14: Ginji's Hospitalized? It's a Hospital! Everyone Assembled (2003-07-12) — While Ban and Ginji are on a mission on a rooftop, Ginji decides to eat his dinner. He accidentally drops some food, as it starts rolling off the rooftop. Ginji chases after it, bu
- E15: Monkey Counterattack! (2003-07-19) — As Ban, Ginji, and Natsumi drive up to visit the summer house of Madoka, they encounter a monkey, who then steal their food. Ban and Ginji chase the monkey into a nearby forest, bu
- E16: Farewell, My Beloved (2003-07-26) — Ban and Ginji are asked to recover a stolen government object. They record a sighting of a strange phenomenon, and they present it to Hevn the following day. Hevn sees a familiar p
- E17: The Cost of Betrayal (2003-08-02) — At the Honky Tonk cafe, Ban and Ginji are out of a job and are still unable to pay their tab for Paul. Azuma, later recognized, enters the Honky Tonk cafe, as he was an old acquain
- E18: The Man Who Came Back… The Limitless Fortress, Once More (2003-08-09) — Kagami witness the return of Masaki Kurusu, master of light, in the Limitless Fortress. Sakura is seen being attacked by Kaoru Ujiie, master of fire. Himiko sees her injured and ta
- E19: The Last of the Four Kings (2003-08-16) — Kaoru, Uryuu, and Kanou are in a monitoring room. However, Ren has joined up with them. Ren is looking through the surveillance of Lower Town, and she has spotted The GetBackers wa
- E20: Demon of Revenge: Fudou Passes Away Dies (2003-08-23) — It is revealed in the past that Teshimine spoke to Masaki about the use of Ginji's superhuman power. He first wanted to use that power to obtain peace in the Limitless Fortress, bu
- E21: The Brain Trust (2003-08-30) — Sarai claims to know Ginji very well. Ginji, being lost, asks Sarai for directions. Sarai, in response, tells him to go to Babylon City, and then suddenly exits. Akabane enters Low
- E22: Storm the Beltline! Ginji vs. Masaki (2003-09-06) — As Ban, Kazuki, Juubei, and Akabane try to find Ginji in the virtual reality room, an imaginary door appears, seemingly leading to Makubex. Masaki is beating Ginji up, as Ginji tri
- E23: Fated Showdown • Ban vs. Akabane (2003-09-13) — It is revealed that Makubex is an illusion, just like Ren. Masaki leaves Makubex in the Archive, ignoring him. Ban and Ginju leave Kaoru, hoping she will make the right decision to
- E24: GetBackers (2003-09-20) — Ginji defeats Masaki, and then questions his actions. Kanou interrogates Ren, realizing than she is assisting in rescuing Makubex. Kanou, however, is stopped by Shido and Emishi. M
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does GetBackers have? 2 season(s) with 49 episodes.
Where can I watch GetBackers? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.
