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Title (English) Heat Guy J

Title (Japanese) Heat Guy J

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Fantasy Novel

Notes Each episode is 50 minutes long.

Classification -

Synopsis

Review Wow! What a breath of fresh air after the previous collection of "mouse droppings"! I just saw the first two episodes of "Heat Guy J" on the TBS/Bandai Emotion R2 DVD, #BCBA-1462, 52 minutes, 16:9 aspect ratio, 5000 Yen. This is another late night anime from last fall that I didn't get to see during the original broadcast, but decided to chance with the DVD release.
What we have here is a very lively cross between ( homage to? ) "Blade Runner" and "The Godfather", set in a far distant future city in the sea that looks a lot like San Francisco without any zoning controls. Daisuke Aurora is a 21 year old private eye of sorts, who teams up with a very large, very strong ( think the original Terminator ) android called Jay to investigate the increasing number of crimes that are proceeding from the death of a Mafia boss. But Daisuke and Jay are working for themselves as much as for any "common good", and there is a subtly done sense of irony and alienation in the entire setting.
As an action show should be - action is the center of "Heat Guy J", and it is done with capital "S" style. The show oozes "Tres Cool", which is emphasized by the music and particularly by the animation. We have grand background animation, matched with great 2-D animation and well integrated 3-DCG. There are a few additional goodies with the two episodes - the de rigure rendition of the opening theme without the credits, a music video of the opening theme, and a fold out pamphlet with background material on the show. But for detailed character and seiyuu info, you have to go to one of the two official sites :
http://www.heat-guy.com/
http://www.tbs.co.jp/heat-guy/index-j.html
This show will obviously have a number of cross-currents in its plot and characterizations, which always appeals to me, so I will be ordering more of the R2's very soon.
(Dave Baranyi)

Credits Series dir: Kazuki Akane
http://www.heat-guy.com/
http://www.tbs.co.jp/heat-guy/index-j.html

Episodes 25

Release Jap:DVD

TV Showing See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.

Date 2002 October 2 -

Production Tokyo Broadcast System, Heatguy-J Project

Broadcaster Tokyo Broadcast System (TBS)

Animation Satelight

References & Help Look up the latest data on this title at:
Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or
Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) ,
or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001).
Help & further information.

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Title (English)	Heat Guy J
Title (Japanese)	Heat Guy J
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes	Each episode is 50 minutes long.
Classification	-
Synopsis
Review	Wow! What a breath of fresh air after the previous collection of "mouse droppings"! I just saw the first two episodes of "Heat Guy J" on the TBS/Bandai Emotion R2 DVD, #BCBA-1462, 52 minutes, 16:9 aspect ratio, 5000 Yen. This is another late night anime from last fall that I didn't get to see during the original broadcast, but decided to chance with the DVD release. What we have here is a very lively cross between ( homage to? ) "Blade Runner" and "The Godfather", set in a far distant future city in the sea that looks a lot like San Francisco without any zoning controls. Daisuke Aurora is a 21 year old private eye of sorts, who teams up with a very large, very strong ( think the original Terminator ) android called Jay to investigate the increasing number of crimes that are proceeding from the death of a Mafia boss. But Daisuke and Jay are working for themselves as much as for any "common good", and there is a subtly done sense of irony and alienation in the entire setting. As an action show should be - action is the center of "Heat Guy J", and it is done with capital "S" style. The show oozes "Tres Cool", which is emphasized by the music and particularly by the animation. We have grand background animation, matched with great 2-D animation and well integrated 3-DCG. There are a few additional goodies with the two episodes - the de rigure rendition of the opening theme without the credits, a music video of the opening theme, and a fold out pamphlet with background material on the show. But for detailed character and seiyuu info, you have to go to one of the two official sites : http://www.heat-guy.com/ http://www.tbs.co.jp/heat-guy/index-j.html This show will obviously have a number of cross-currents in its plot and characterizations, which always appeals to me, so I will be ordering more of the R2's very soon. (Dave Baranyi)
Credits	Series dir: Kazuki Akane http://www.heat-guy.com/ http://www.tbs.co.jp/heat-guy/index-j.html
Episodes	25
Release	Jap:DVD
TV Showing	See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.
Date	2002 October 2 -
Production	Tokyo Broadcast System, Heatguy-J Project
Broadcaster	Tokyo Broadcast System (TBS)
Animation	Satelight
References & Help	Look up the latest data on this title at: Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) , or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001). Help & further information.