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GetBackers: Season 1

25 episodes · first aired Oct 5, 2002

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1 The Initials are G & B Oct 5, 2002 · 24m 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 the…
2 Get Back the Rusted Bonds! Oct 12, 2002 · 24m 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 owner…
3 Operation: Recover the Platinum! Oct 19, 2002 · 24m 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 portion…
4 Recovery Service vs. Transport Service Oct 26, 2002 · 24m 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 attempts…
5 Death Match at Sunrise: The Lightning Emperor vs. Doctor Jackal Nov 2, 2002 · 24m 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 he…
6 Get Back the Divine Melody! Nov 9, 2002 · 24m 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…
7 The Animal Transformation of the Beast Master Nov 16, 2002 · 24m 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 creates…
8 Timbre of Life, Resound! Nov 23, 2002 · 24m 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. As Ban…
9 Get Back the Phantom Sunflowers! (Part One) Nov 30, 2002 · 24m 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, and…
10 Get Back the Phantom Sunflowers! (Part Two) Dec 7, 2002 · 24m 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 all the…
11 Breach the Limitless Fortress • Operation: Recover IL Dec 14, 2002 · 24m 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, and…
12 The Unknown Boy, Makubex Dec 21, 2002 · 24m 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, which…
13 Explosion! Fuchouin-School Thread Technique Dec 28, 2002 · 24m 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 in…
14 The New Four Kings Jan 11, 2003 · 24m 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 defeats…
15 The Loulan Dance Whip That Whirls in the Night Jan 18, 2003 · 24m 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 unconscious…
16 Explosion! The Lightning Emperor Angry Jan 25, 2003 · 24m 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 reveals…
17 Gathering, Retrieval Team! Feb 1, 2003 · 24m 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…
18 Crash! Shido vs. Emishi Feb 8, 2003 · 24m 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 admits that…
19 Oh, My Friend... Kazuki vs. Juubei Feb 15, 2003 · 24m 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 Canyon…
20 The Man From Babylon City Feb 22, 2003 · 24m 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 both…
21 Blades of Revenge • Ban vs. Fudou Mar 1, 2003 · 24m 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. As Gen…
22 Awakening! The Advent of the Lightning Emperor Mar 8, 2003 · 24m 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 Akabane…
23 Attack! Virtual Corps Mar 15, 2003 · 24m 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 clones of…
24 The Final Fight! Ginji vs. Makubex Mar 22, 2003 · 24m 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 attempts to…
25 Get Back the Limitless Future! Apr 5, 2003 · 24m 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. He…