About GetBackers
"If it's stolen, get it back! Almost 100% success rate. The Repossession Service: Getbackers." - so say Mido Ban and Amano Ginji, the duo who can help their clients retrieve anything - literally! This anime and manga series follows their adventures while "getting back" these various objects, from valuable items to people and even memories.
Set in the near future, many of the characters have their own unique powers. Ban has powers such as the Snake Bite -- the ability to grip weights up to 200kg -- and the Jagan -- which creates an illusion for up to a minute. Ginji, the former Raitei -- Thunder Emperor -- of the Volts, can conduct electrical energy. Despite their almost 100% success rate, the duo are perpetually broke. Somehow, they seem to lose out on their earnings -- fines to retrieve Ban's Ladybug when it gets towed away, clients that don't pay up, and other misadventures. Hence, they're usually running up tabs at the Honky Tonk Cafe where they hang out with (or work for, to pay off those neverending tabs) the owner, Paul Wan, and Mizuki Natsumi, a high school student who works there part-time. Throughout the course of the story, they meet up with many more friends, rivals and enemies.
GetBackers is originally a manga (Japanese comic) created by Yuya Aoki (writer) and Rando Ayamine (artist), serialised in Shounen Magazine since 1999. The individual tankoubon (manga books) are currently up to volume 24, while the commercial English translations are licensed by TokyoPop.
Its popularity resulted in GetBackers being made into an anime series (produced by TBS) with 49 episodes which aired in Japan from October 2002. The anime has been subbed by a few fansub groups listed at AnimeSuki before the English license was announced by ADV Films. And of course, there's a whole slew of merchandise, including games for various platforms, trading cards, shijitaki, stickers, mugs and cosplay items ^^ Some places where you can find them are listed on the links page.
Site Information
Definition: A fanlisting is a place for all the fans of a particular book, movie, singer, etc. to come together and build a listing of people all around the world who are fans of that subject, regardless of whether they own a website or not :D Go to TheFanlistings.org for more information.
While that is the main feature of this site, over time I hope to include more media, character information and reviews, etc to give the site a bit more content. Feel free to email me if you have any further questions :)
The GetBackers Fanlisting was created on April 27, 2003 by Jac & Rene, before being "adopted" by Desiree on August 30, 2004. On September 6, 2005, the fanlisting was handed over to Pershin, who just about died from receiving it. This might probably the permanent home of this much loved anime and manga!
The current layout was created by the wonderful Desiree S. It features Ban and Ginji and was made using the nifty tools below. It is best viewed using Mozilla Firefox and 800x600 resolution with CSS support.
Awards
Credits & Disclaimer
- Angela for the Enthusiast script.
- Paint Shop Pro 8 was used in making the layout.
- The HTML was manually written in Araneae.
- The images used are taken from anime art and screencaps from Dakkanya.net.
- Jac & Rene for the pretty image codes, the explanation of Ban & Ginji's powers
- Desiree S. for the beautiful layout, and for handing over the fanlisting to me. I am forever grateful!
GetBackers is the property of Yuya Aoki, Rando Ayamine, Kodansha, TBS, Konami, TokyoPop, ADV and others who can claim copyright to the series. This site is completely non-profit and exists only to entertain and unite fellow fans. However, layout design and other content is © Desiree Harp Girl, unless otherwise stated. Do not steal.