1. The Initials Are 'G' (Ginji) and 'B' (Ban) ⭐ 8

05 Oct, 2002 · 26 votes

Ginji and Ban take on a new case-rescue a toy kitten from a crooked policeman! The client is Natsumi Mizuki, and the kitten is her last remaining scrap of her mother.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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2. Get Back the Rusted Bonds ⭐ 7.1

12 Oct, 2002 · 19 votes

Ban and Ginji are out on the streets trying to raise money to pay off their tab at the Honky Tonk when a sickly old homeless man takes pity on them and shares his food.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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3. Operation: Recover the Platinum! ⭐ 8

19 Oct, 2002 · 14 votes

Ginji and Ban's new case involves recovering a box for their client. They agree on the condition that they are to receive 1/10th of the contents as payment.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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4. Recovery Service vs. Transport Service ⭐ 8

26 Oct, 2002 · 16 votes

While still trying to recover the box, Ginji is kidnapped. While captive, Ginji learns that Ban killed Himiko's older brother a couple of years ago.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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5. Deathmatch at Sunrise: The Lightning Emperor vs. Dr. J ⭐ 8.9

02 Nov, 2002 · 15 votes

This is the final showdown as the transport service shows up to fight for the box. Ginji wears himself out fight Dr. Jackal.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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6. Get Back the Divine Melody ⭐ 7.2

09 Nov, 2002 · 10 votes

Madoka Otowa's violin has been stolen, and she asks the Get Backers to help her get it back before her concert the next day.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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7. The Animal Transformation of the Beastmaster ⭐ 7.9

16 Nov, 2002 · 9 votes

Ban and Shido fight it out, and we see Shido's animal transformations for the first time as he goes on to battle former co-worker Kurobe after Akutsu decides to change his plans and destroy the violin and Madoka.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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8. Timbre of Life, Resound! ⭐ 7.6

23 Nov, 2002 · 11 votes

All of Akutsu's men are vanquished but the violin is still missing. Shido has ordered Madoka's dog to bring it to him as an act of anger against Ban.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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9. Get Back the Phantom Sunflowers: Part 1 ⭐ 7.4

30 Nov, 2002 · 9 votes

The GetBackers are asked to retrieve a stolen painting; the duo head off to face a mysterious art thief.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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10. Get Back the Phantom Sunflowers: Part 2 ⭐ 8.2

07 Dec, 2002 · 8 votes

Ban and Ginji begin working for Clayman; they return all the stolen paintings to Hachisu in front of his insurance company.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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11. Breach the Limitless Fortress: Operation - Recover IL ⭐ 7.6

14 Dec, 2002 · 9 votes

Hevn calls in Ban, Ginji, Himiko, Kazuki, Shido, and Akabane to do a big job in the Limitless Fortress, recovering something called Ã'ILÃ" for a mysterious group of men.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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12. The Unknown Boy, Makubex ⭐ 7.4

21 Dec, 2002 · 9 votes

The group has been split off into pairs after the incident with the poisoned smoke. Ban and Shido are attacked by a pair of assassins.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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13. Explosion! Fuchouin: School Thread Technique ⭐ 7.6

28 Dec, 2002 · 9 votes

An imposter who studied the same martial art as Kazuki impersonates him and then attacks Himiko.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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14. The New Four Kings ⭐ 7.7

11 Jan, 2003 · 9 votes

Himiko and Hevn escape from captivity. Kazuki is found alive and treated by a pair of pharmacists. Elsewhere, an old rival of Ban's named Takuma Fudou attacks Ban and Shido.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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15. The Loulan Dance Whip That Whirls in the Night ⭐ 7.3

18 Jan, 2003 · 9 votes

Fudou is extremely angry that Makubex sent Emishi in and forced him to postpone his fight with Ban. However, Makubex has another plan for Ban and Shido.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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16. Explosion! The Lightning Emperor Angry ⭐ 8.3

25 Jan, 2003 · 9 votes

Ginji is beginning to come unglued as Akabane starts to kill more people. Ginji's powers have begun to increase as he gets angrier. When Akabane and Ginji get too close to Makubex too soon, Juubei and Kagami go to fight them.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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17. Recovery Team, Rendevous! ⭐ 7.7

01 Feb, 2003 · 9 votes

Fudou is angry at Makubex and says he will only wait 20 minutes for Makubex to get all the recovery team in place before going out to kill Ban without orders.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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18. Crash! Shido vs. Emishi ⭐ 8

08 Feb, 2003 · 9 votes

Emishi fights Shido in a battlefield that looks like the Grand Canyon. The organization behind the construction of the Limitless Fortress is revealed.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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19. Oh My Friend... Kazuki vs. Juubei ⭐ 8.6

15 Feb, 2003 · 9 votes

Kazuki and Juubei's battler is interspersed with scenes from their childhood friendship.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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20. The Man from Babylon City ⭐ 7.4

22 Feb, 2003 · 9 votes

Makubex stages a battle between Himiko and Kagami set against a virtual Mayan sacrificial rite.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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21. Blade of Revenge: Ban vs. Fudou ⭐ 7.6

01 Mar, 2003 · 9 votes

Ban and Fudou's showdown is once again cutshort when Ban senses that Ginji is in trouble.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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22. Awakening! The Advent of the Lightning Emperor ⭐ 8.1

08 Mar, 2003 · 10 votes

Ginji is so far gone that Natsumi and Paul can see lightning hitting the Limitless Fortress from their caf?. He's destroyed the fake Teshimine, and now injures Sakura, whom he suspects of being a fake also.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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23. Attack! Virtual Corps ⭐ 7.7

15 Mar, 2003 · 8 votes

Shido saves Ban from Fudou and tells him to go after Makubex. Meanwhile, Makubex has started up an intruder interception program which makes virtual armies go after Shido and the Akabane-Ginji team.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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24. The Final Fight! Ginji vs. Makubex ⭐ 7.9

22 Mar, 2003 · 8 votes

The recovery team tries in vain to reason with Makubex. When that doesn't work, Ginji fights him in a virtual space of Makubex's own making. Ban figures out one of the secrets of the Limitless Fortress and reveals it.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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25. Get Back the Limitless Future! ⭐ 8

05 Apr, 2003 · 8 votes

The atom bomb is ready, but Ban uses his Jagan on Makubex before he can push the switch. The vision Makubex sees makes him realize that he doesn't want to destroy the L.M., nor does he want to turn back time.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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26. Steam Recovery: The Hot Springs Travel Diary?! ⭐ 8.8

12 Apr, 2003 · 7 votes

Hevn gets Ginji and Ban a job recovering a stolen ring at a hot springs. In their investigation/girl-watching, the Get Backers come across Kazuki and Juubei, who are on an eye-healing mission, and Juubei slays Ginji with bad puns.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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27. High School Girl vs. Recovery Service ⭐ 8

19 Apr, 2003 · 7 votes

A businessman named Sasakida commissions the Get Backers to recover a briefcase that a pack of high school girls stole the night before.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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28. The Man Who Lost His Past ⭐ 9

26 Apr, 2003 · 8 votes

Yuuji, a man with amnesia, approaches Ginji and Ban and asks them to recover his lost memories.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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29. Get Back the Arms of the Goddess! ⭐ 7.3

03 May, 2003 · 8 votes

Clayman returns and hires Ginji and Ban to recover the recently-discovered arms of the Venus de Milo. Meanwhile, Hevn has hired Shido and Emishi to do a recovery.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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30. Mystery Assassins: The Miroku Siblings ⭐ 7.3

10 May, 2003 · 7 votes

Ginji eludes Akabane and then wanders the ship in hopes that Ban is somehow still there. While doing this, he strikes up a friendship with Yukihiko Miroku.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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31. Hera and Kait ⭐ 6.7

17 May, 2003 · 8 votes

Shide and Emishi rescue the half-dead Ban.Yukihiko convinces Hera and friends to let Ginji live so that they can use him as a hostage later. Hera's back story is revealed and we discover why she's taken the arms.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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32. The Mission Starts! Ginji vs. Miroku ⭐ 7.5

24 May, 2003 · 7 votes

Shakuryuu and Hyouko fight Emishi and Shido. Ginji fights Miroku; Ban fights Akabane. The Miroku secret is revealed.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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33. Get Back the Eternal Goddess! ⭐ 7.6

31 May, 2003 · 8 votes

Ban beats Akabane by tricking him. Both teams manage their recoveries, but on the way home their boat's gas tank springs a leak, and as they're throwing ballast overboard, Ginji gets carried away.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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34. The Get Backers Break Up?! The Enemy Is Ban Midou! ⭐ 7.5

07 Jun, 2003 · 7 votes

Ban and Ginji get assigned to recover a diamond. They stage a public fight and Ã'break upÃ"; then Ban pretends to go over to the bad guys to fight against Ginji when he comes for the recovery.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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35. Get Back the Flame of Life! ⭐ 8.5

14 Jun, 2003 · 7 votes

Hevn commissions Ban and Ginji to recover the blood for a little girl's transfusion. She has the rare Bombay phenotype, so it's the only blood in the country that can be given to her, and it's been stolen.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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36. Children of Destiny ⭐ 7

21 Jun, 2003 · 7 votes

The Get Backers and Himiko are commissioned to get back a kidnapped child and transport it to its parents. Ban is uneasy about Himiko's involvement since he doesn't think she'll keep her cool; after all, she was a kidnapped child, too.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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37. Natsumi Does Her Best! ⭐ 7

28 Jun, 2003 · 7 votes

An elderly lady comes into the Honky Tonk asking for help recovering the memento of a dead loved one.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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38. A Recital Just for You ⭐ 7.8

05 Jul, 2003 · 9 votes

On his way to a recital of Madoka's, Shido runs into an old enemy. Hevn is taken hostage. Luckily, the Get Backers have dirty minds that prompt them to stalk Shido and Hevn.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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39. Ginji Hospitalized? It's a Hospital! Everyone Assembled ⭐ 7.9

12 Jul, 2003 · 8 votes

Ginji falls off a building chasing a rice ball and is hospitalized. Everyone comes to pay him a visit, and chaos ensues.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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40. Monkey Counterattack! ⭐ 7.2

19 Jul, 2003 · 6 votes

Ban, Ginji, and Natsumi visit Madoka and Shido at Madoka's vacation home in the mountains, and run into the monkeys from episode 26 again. It doesn't go any better this time.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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41. Farewell, My Beloved! ⭐ 6.8

26 Jul, 2003 · 9 votes

Now Paul's past is exposed. Paul used to work as a negotiator for a thieves for hire ring. Now Paul wants Ban and Ginji to recover what was stolen from him long ago.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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42. The Cost of Betrayal ⭐ 7

02 Aug, 2003 · 7 votes

The "Paul's past" episode. We discover that Paul used to be a negotiator and info man for a three-person team of thieves-for-hire. However, one of his group turned betrayer, and after that he retired from the thieving world. When his other partner comes back with new data on the whereabouts of the betrayer, Paul brings Ban and Ginji on a mission to recover what was stolen from him long ago.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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43. The Man Who Came Back... The Limitless Fortress, Once Again ⭐ 7.3

09 Aug, 2003 · 7 votes

Sakura turns up bearing a wound and a message: Makubex has been kidnapped.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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44. The Last of the Four Kings ⭐ 7.3

16 Aug, 2003 · 7 votes

The GB group meets up with Juubei and Emishi at Gen's and discover that Masaki is behind the whole plot.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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45. Demon of Revenge, Fudou Passes Away ⭐ 7.2

23 Aug, 2003 · 7 votes

Ban fights a newly-armed Fudou and kills him. Kaoru escapes Himiko.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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46. The Brain Trust ⭐ 8.5

30 Aug, 2003 · 7 votes

Akabane delivers his data to the Limitless Fortress, and Ban convinces Gen to finish the project Makubex started.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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47. Storm the Beltline! Ginji vs. Masaki ⭐ 8.3

06 Sep, 2003 · 7 votes

Makubex hacks a door into Ren's VR and everyone rushes to the wounded Ginji's side. Ginji half-heals himself by sucking in electricity.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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48. Fated Showdown: Ban vs. Akabane ⭐ 8

13 Sep, 2003 · 8 votes

Makubex decides to erase his own data rather than pit Masaki and Ginji against each other

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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49. Get Backers ⭐ 8.7

20 Sep, 2003 · 28 votes

Ginji knocks out Masaki and then Masaki confesses that this whole plot has been a desperate strategy to save Makubex.

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Keitarô Motonaga

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