GetBackers · Episode 5
Deathmatch at Sunrise: The Lightning Emperor vs. Doctor Jackal
2002-11-0225 min
As The GetBackers return with the package, the semi comes charging through the alleyways, eventually being cornered at a shrine. After a big battle, Ban renders Himiko unconscious and Genji pulls all the knifes out of Jackal using electromagnetic powers and then they take off with the package. As they near their destination, Ban realizes, a little to late, the Himiko used timed perfume on them to paralyze them. As Genji lays stunned, the semi comes rolling in and as all hope seems lost, Ban uses the Jagan on a flock of birds to make them swerve away. After they return the package, they are…
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1The Initials Are "G" (Ginji) And "B" (Ban)2002-10-0525 minThis episode introduces Ban Midou and Ginji Amano, aka the GetBackers. Their recovery service is "a near 100% rate", meaning they can't fail at recovering things. Things get wild when a schoolgirl named Natsumi loses her toy kitty when a cop sees her in the alleyway. The cop was giving "information" to some gangsters and he thought she took a picture of him (she was really taking a picture of an alley cat). Ban and Ginji accept the case. After failed plans, car tows, and parking tickets, the Getbackers finally retrieve the stolen object, but Natsumi has been captured by the cop and gangsters…2Get Back the Rusted Bonds!2002-10-1225 minGinji and Ban are out of jobs and are starving to death but are rescued by a hobo who feeds and shelters them, later revealing he use to be a factory owner but due to continuous recessions and pressure from the yakuza his daughter is kidnapped. He then asks Ginji and Ban to get back his daughter from the yakuza. After breaking into the mansions to save her, the daughter betrays Ginji and Ban admitting that she has every thing she needs from the yakuza. However, the yakuza admit that they planned on taking her and that they forced her father to sell her. After a short battle with help from the…3Operation: Recover the Platinum!2002-10-1925 minThe Getbackers are ordered to get back a box that's being guarded by a mysterious group of professional transporters. Three new characters are introduced: Kuroudou Akabane (Dr. Jackal), Himiko Kudo (Lady Poison), and Maguruma Gouza (Mr. No Brakes).4Recovery Service vs. Transport Service2002-10-2625 minThe Get Backers fight it out with Doctor Jackal, Mr. No Brakes and the mysterious girl from Ban's past, Himiko. We find out that Ban killed her older brother. Ginji is captured and the professional transporters escape in their truck. In a flashback, we find that Ban, Himiko and her brother, Yamato, were a former recovery service. Ban goes to rescue the captured Ginji.5Deathmatch at Sunrise: The Lightning Emperor vs. Doctor Jackal2002-11-0225 minAs The GetBackers return with the package, the semi comes charging through the alleyways, eventually being cornered at a shrine. After a big battle, Ban renders Himiko unconscious and Genji pulls all the knifes out of Jackal using electromagnetic powers and then they take off with the package. As they near their destination, Ban realizes, a little to late, the Himiko used timed perfume on them to paralyze them. As Genji lays stunned, the semi comes rolling in and as all hope seems lost, Ban uses the Jagan on a flock of birds to make them swerve away. After they return the package, they are…6Get Back the Divine Melody!2002-11-0925 minAfter a morning incident with a blind violinist, she seeks the help of the get backers, one of whom saved her! Ginji and Ban are asked to retrieve a valuable violin. Later they realize they pretty much have no choice!7The Animal Transformation of the Beastmaster2002-11-1625 minSoon after the get backers infiltrate the mansion to the one who took their clients violin every thing goes to chaos! Ban fights one Ginji's old friends. One of the former Four Kings of the VOLTS - Shido Fyuuki, the Beastmaster - while the others look for the violin.8Timbre of Life, Resound!2002-11-2325 minGinji 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 and Ginji try to find Shido, Hevn and Madoka help out as well. Ginji tries to help Shido who asks him to fight alone. After defeating Kurobe, Shibo discreetly commands Mozart to steal the Stradivarius violin and return it to the estate. Madoka, in turn, says that she will allow herself to play a regular violin during her performance in the evening. Later on, Shido returns the Stradivarius to Madoka. In…9Get Back the Phantom Sunflowers! Part One2002-11-3025 minThey receive a job by a mysterious person named Clayman and are to take back the painting of Van Gogh's sunflowers as there is believed to be a thirteenth sunflower upon it!10Get Back the Phantom Sunflowers! Part Two2002-12-0725 min11Breach the Limitless Fortress Operation: Recover IL2002-12-1425 minHevn calls Ginji, Ban, Shido, Kazuki, Himiko, and Dr. Jackal to work as a team to retrieve something from inside the Limitless Fortress. Apparently, it is a deadly program called the IL built by the FBI and apparently they weren't to good at protecting it them selves.12The Unknown Boy, Makubex2002-12-2125 minAkabane 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 upsets Ginji. Meanwhile, Ban and Shido are in another route in the Limitless Fortress, as Ryouma Magami and Ayame Magami, two former members of The VOLTS, show up to face off against them. Ban and Shido notice that Ryouma and Ayame modify their body as their weapon source. Ayame leads Ban into a trap door. The lights are turned on to revealed that the basement is really an abandoned laboratory. He reveals that…13Explosion! Fuchouin-School Thread Technique2002-12-2825 minKazuki Fuuchouin gets hurt in an explosion after fighting a student who learned at the West Fuuchouin school. He disguised himself until as Kazuki and tried to do away with Himiko. Himiko becomes a Wire Doll and attacks Kazuki. After Himiko is rescued, Juubei shows up and injures Kazuki. Kazuki's out for awhile, but is found by a doctor's granddaughter. (who confuses him for a girl) She takes him to her father who helped build the Limitless Fortress.14The New Four Kings2003-01-1125 minThe New Four Kings of MakubeX's group are revealed to everyone. Shido and Ban fight MakubeX's "Wire Dolls" - humans controlled by fiber optic wires. Ban fights Fudou. Fudou escapes when Ban and Shido are found by a supposed "ally", Haruki Emishi.15The Loulan Dance Whip That Whirls in the Night2003-01-1825 minBan and Shido are lead, by Emishi, to a "safehouse", which is really a house full of drunken girls. Emishi attempts to finish off Shido with his Rouran Death Whip. He then turns on Ban, angered that Shido, Kazuki and Ginji would associate with someone like Ban. He then attempts killing Ban. Ban had used the Jagan on Emishi when they first met - Emishi runs. Kazuki receives some help from Pharmacist Gen. Ban and Shido find out what the IL really is - they fight more Wire Dolls. Kazuki departs from Gen's. Akabane and Ginji find out where the IL is located.16Explosion! The Lightning Emperor Angry2003-01-2525 minGinji 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 how the Limitless Fortress is divided into three sections: Lower Town, The Beltline, and Babylon City. His objective therefore is to obtain absolute power from Lower Town. Juubei and Kagami encounter Ginji and Akabane, but Ginji is enraged when Juubei tells him he killed Kazuki. Ginji unleashes a huge amount of lightning, which both exhausts them as well as separates them. Akabane and Kagami also engage in…17Recovery Team, Rendezvous!2003-02-0125 minThe group of Ban, Ginji, Himiko, Shido, Kazuki, Akabane and Hevn are reunited - only to be separated once again. There are 6 doors, and a die. The group rolls the die to see who goes through which door. Oddly, out of the six numbers on the die, none get repeated. Hevn stays behind.18Crash! Shido vs. Emishi2003-02-0825 minShido and Emishi face off against each other.19Oh, My Friend... Kazuki vs. Juubei2003-02-1525 minKazuki must battle against his childhood friend, Juubei.20The Man from Babylon City2003-02-2225 minHimiko's showdown with Kagami Kyoji in a Virtual Reality version of a Mayan temple.21Blade of Revenge: Ban vs. Fudou2003-03-0125 minBan faces off with Fudou while Ginji begins transforming into Raitei once more.22Awakening! The Advent of the Lightning Emperor2003-03-0825 minGinji completely transforms into Raitei and is unable to so much as tell friend from foe. Can Ban reach him in time to stop him?23Attack! Virtual Corps2003-03-1525 minMakubeX creates many virtual clones of people and the GetBackers must fight them in order to get to MakubeX.24The Final Fight! Ginji vs. Makubex2003-03-2225 minGinji faces off against MakubeX25Get Back the Limitless Future!2003-04-0525 minWill Ginji and Ban be able to stop MakubeX from detonating the bomb? Ren finds out that she cannot leave the Infinity Fortress.26Steam Recovery: The Hot Springs Travel Diary?!2003-04-1225 min27High School Girl vs. Recovery Service2003-04-1925 min28The Man Who Lost His Past2003-04-2625 min29Get Back the Arms of the Goddess!2003-05-0325 min30Mystery Assassins: The Miroku Siblings2003-05-1025 min31Hera and Kait2003-05-1725 min32The Mission Starts! Ginji vs. Miroku2003-05-2425 min33Get Back the Eternal Goddess!2003-05-3125 min34The Get Backers Break Up?! The Enemy Is Ban Midou!2003-06-0725 min35Get Back the Flame of Life!2003-06-1425 min36Children of Destiny2003-06-2125 min37Natsumi Does Her Best!2003-06-2825 min38A Recital Just for You2003-07-0525 min39Ginji Hospitalized? It’s the Hospital! Everyone Assembled2003-07-1225 min40Monkey Counterattack!2003-07-1925 min41Farewell, My Beloved2003-07-2625 min42The Cost of Betrayal2003-08-0225 min43The Man Who Came Back... The Limitless Fortress, Once Again2003-08-0925 min44The Last of the Four Kings2003-08-1625 min45Demon of Revenge: Fudou Passes Away2003-08-2325 min46The Brain Trust2003-08-3025 min47The Storm in the Beltline! Ginji vs. Masaki2003-09-0625 min48Fated Showdown: Ban vs. Akabane2003-09-1325 min49Get Backers2003-09-2025 min
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