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GetBackers: Season 1

25 episodes Premiered Oct 5, 2002 Updated Jul 24, 2026
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Episodes

S1·E1

The Initials are G & B

Oct 5, 2002 · 24 min

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

S1·E2

Get Back the Rusted Bonds!

Oct 12, 2002 · 24 min

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

S1·E3

Operation: Recover the Platinum!

Oct 19, 2002 · 24 min

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

S1·E4

Recovery Service vs. Transport Service

Oct 26, 2002 · 24 min

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

S1·E6

Get Back the Divine Melody!

Nov 9, 2002 · 24 min

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

S1·E7

The Animal Transformation of the Beast Master

Nov 16, 2002 · 24 min

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

S1·E8

Timbre of Life, Resound!

Nov 23, 2002 · 24 min

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.

S1·E9

Get Back the Phantom Sunflowers! (Part One)

Nov 30, 2002 · 24 min

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,

S1·E10

Get Back the Phantom Sunflowers! (Part Two)

Dec 7, 2002 · 24 min

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

S1·E12

The Unknown Boy, Makubex

Dec 21, 2002 · 24 min

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

S1·E13

Explosion! Fuchouin-School Thread Technique

Dec 28, 2002 · 24 min

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

S1·E14

The New Four Kings

Jan 11, 2003 · 24 min

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

S1·E15

The Loulan Dance Whip That Whirls in the Night

Jan 18, 2003 · 24 min

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

S1·E16

Explosion! The Lightning Emperor Angry

Jan 25, 2003 · 24 min

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

S1·E17

Gathering, Retrieval Team!

Feb 1, 2003 · 24 min

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

S1·E18

Crash! Shido vs. Emishi

Feb 8, 2003 · 24 min

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

S1·E19

Oh, My Friend... Kazuki vs. Juubei

Feb 15, 2003 · 24 min

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

S1·E20

The Man From Babylon City

Feb 22, 2003 · 24 min

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

S1·E21

Blades of Revenge • Ban vs. Fudou

Mar 1, 2003 · 24 min

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.

S1·E22

Awakening! The Advent of the Lightning Emperor

Mar 8, 2003 · 24 min

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

S1·E23

Attack! Virtual Corps

Mar 15, 2003 · 24 min

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

S1·E24

The Final Fight! Ginji vs. Makubex

Mar 22, 2003 · 24 min

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

S1·E25

Get Back the Limitless Future!

Apr 5, 2003 · 24 min

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