GetBackers: Season 1
Episodes
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
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
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
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
Death Match at Sunrise: The Lightning Emperor vs. Doctor Jackal
Nov 2, 2002 · 24 min
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
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
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
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.
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,
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
Breach the Limitless Fortress • Operation: Recover IL
Dec 14, 2002 · 24 min
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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