"The Big O" (1999)TV series

Director:

Kazuyoshi Katayama

Writers:

Masanao Akahoshi (writer)
Kei'ichi Hasegawa (writer)
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Seasons:

1

Release Date:

2 April 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Action

Tagline:

Good guys still wear black

Plot:

A futuristic city with lost memories, an expert negotiator fights threats to the city with the help of an android and his own giant robot.

Plot Keywords:

Domed City | Anime | Android | Artificial Intelligence | Futuristic

Cast

Mitsuru Miyamoto	...	Roger Smith (3 episodes, 1999)
Steven Jay Blum	...	Roger Smith (3 episodes, 1999)
Akiko Yajima	...	R-D / ... (3 episodes, 1999)
Lia Sargent	...	R-D / ... (3 episodes, 1999)
Motomu Kiyokawa	...	Norman Burg (3 episodes, 1999)
Ethan Murray	...	Norman Burg / ... (3 episodes, 1999)
Tesshô Genda	...	Major Dan Dastun (3 episodes, 1999)
Peter Lurie	...	Major Dan Dastun (3 episodes, 1999)

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Series Directed by
Ikuro Sato		(2 episodes, 1999)
Kazuyoshi Katayama		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Chiaki Konaka		(3 episodes, 1999)
Masanao Akahoshi		(unknown episodes)
Kei'ichi Hasegawa		(unknown episodes)
Hajime Yatate		(unknown episodes)
Shin Yoshida		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Sawako Furuya	....	co-producer (unknown episodes)
Ken Iyadomi	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Haruyo Kanesaku	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Satoshi Kanuma	....	co-producer (unknown episodes)
Yutaka Maseba	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Charles McCarter	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Chieo Ohashi	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Eiji Sashida	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Tsutomu Sugita	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Toshihiko Sahashi		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Tomoaki Tsurubuchi		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Design by
Kei'ichi Sato		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Masaru Ota		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Kazuyoshi Katayama	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1999)

Series Sound Department
Michael McCarty	....	adr engineer / sound mixer (unknown episodes)
Yota Tsuruoka	....	sound director (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Yutaka Hoshiba	....	special effects (unknown episodes)

Series Animation Department
Kenji Hayama	....	animator / animation director (3 episodes, 1999)
Atsushi Aono	....	animator (2 episodes, 1999)
Takashi Hyôdô	....	animator (2 episodes, 1999)
Yasuzô Iino	....	animator (2 episodes, 1999)
Tetsu Inoue	....	animator (2 episodes, 1999)
Eiji Komatsu	....	animator (2 episodes, 1999)
Tsunenobu Nozaki	....	animator (2 episodes, 1999)
Yukie Sako	....	animator (2 episodes, 1999)
Tsutomu Suzuki	....	animator / assistant animation director (2 episodes, 1999)

Series Other crew
David Fleming	....	translator: English dub (unknown episodes)
Mary Mason	....	adr script: English dub (unknown episodes)
Lia Sargent	....	adr script: English dub (unknown episodes)
Kevin Seymour	....	adr director (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Animaze
• Bandai Visual Company
• Sunrise
• ZRO Limit Productions

Distributors

• Bandai Entertainment Inc. (USA)
• Bandai Visual Company (Japan)
• Cartoon Network
• Sun TV (2003) (Japan) (TV) (season 2)
• WoWow (1999) (Japan) (TV) (season 1)

Other Companies

• Animaze Inc.  English voice recording
• ZRO Limit Productions  English voice recording

Also Known As:

Big O (USA) (cable TV title)
The Big O II (Japan) (second season title)

Runtime:

30 min (26 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M (DVD rating) | Singapore:PG

Company:

Animaze

Trivia:

Dorothy wears a size 3 dress. ("Daemonseed")

Quotes:

R. Dorothy Wayneright: What exactly are you? A human? An android just like me? I'm unable to determine what you are.
Alan Gabriel: I'm the boogeyman!

Cast in the name of God, ye not Guilty

The Big O is one of the most creative efforts to ever come out of Japan. Combining the rather dark style of Batman: The Animated Series in animation, the giant robot action of yesteryear, and combining some really surrealistic elements, it manages to entertain such people. It is not your fast paced show with action at every minute, but it has rather impressive fight sequences with cleverly designed mechs I might add. Then you add the rather interesting characters that somehow develop during it's 13 episode run, and you've got a rather impressive series.

It's not for everybody, but I'd recommend Big O to even the most avid fan of animation.

The only bad part is that it's only 13 episodes and it stops rather abruptly, so let's hope it can get more soon.