GetBackers (ゲットバッカーズ -奪還屋 - Gettobakkazu Dakkan'ya) is a manga series written by Yuya Aoki and illustrated by Rando Ayamine. The series was serialized in is published by Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine from 1999 until 2007, totaling 39 volumes.
The manga was adapted into an animated television series in 2002. The Studio Deen production aired on the Tokyo Broadcasting System from October 5, 2002 until September 20, 2003, for a complete run of 49 episodes. It was also broadcast by the anime television network Animax across its respective networks worldwide, including East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and South America.
The North American version of the manga, currently in its 23rd volume, is published by Tokyopop. The anime is licensed by ADV Films.
The series tells the story of Ginji Amano and Ban Mido, a pair of superpowered individuals known as the GetBackers. The duo operates a freelance repossession service (奪還屋 dakkanya) out of one of the seedier areas of Shinjuku, Tokyo. For a fee, they will recover any lost or stolen item for a client with an "almost 100% success rate".
The GetBackers' job often leads them into bizarre and dangerous situations in order to "get back what shouldn't be gone". Their targets range from lost video games to misplaced components of an atomic bomb. The plot mostly revolves around the their adventures, often complicated by the pair's convoluted, individual pasts and a mysterious place known as the Infinity Fortress (無限城 Mugenjo).
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