Tetsuwan Birdy (Video 1996)

A Tokyo teenager's world is turned upside down when he is accidentally killed by a Federation officer. In order for Tsutomu to live, he must share a body with the female officer, Birdy. ... See full summary »

Director:

Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Writer:

Masami Yûki (comic)

Stars:

Scott Cargle, Kim Carrell, Cory Carthew

Cast

Credited cast:
Scott Cargle	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Kim Carrell	...	Father
Cory Carthew	...	Gomez
Peter Cascone	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Tom Foral	...	Meguis
Keiji Fujiwara	...	Masakubo
Tetsuya Iwanaga	...	Senkawa Tsutomu
Ted Lewis	...	Hikawa
Doug Markley	...	Yamazaki
Alex McCord	...	Birdy
Mary Alice McGuire	...	Christella Revi / Additional Voices (voice)
Kotono Mitsuishi	...	Birdy Cephon Altirra
Matty O'Shea	...	Natsumi
Debora Rabbai	...	Hazumi (as Debbie Rabbai)
Brian Schneider	...	Geega

Storyline

A Tokyo teenager's world is turned upside down when he is accidentally killed by a Federation officer. In order for Tsutomu to live, he must share a body with the female officer, Birdy. While Tsutomu tries to live his life as a normal kid, Birdy must hunt down intergalactic criminal Christella Ravi.

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Plot Keywords:

anime | based on comic

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Genres:

Short | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Animation | Comedy

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

25 July 1996 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Birdy the Mighty

Company Credits

Production Co:

Madhouse Studios, Shogakukan

Technical Specs

Runtime:

40 min 40 min (4 episodes)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

One of the best animes I've seen (Includes Spoilers)

Tetsuwan Birdy/Birdy the Mighty is pretty good. The story: An intergalactic police officer called Birdy accidentally killed a boy named Tsutomu, while trying to capture a criminal. To keep Tsutomu alive, Birdy's boss has her merged with Tsutomu. Needless to say, this make Tsutomu's life a nightmare. An excellent mixture of science fiction, drama, action, and humor makes this one of the best anime I've seen. There's a Batman-esquire tragic element to it as a flashback shows a someone close to Birdy getting killed as she was protecting Birdy as a kid, hence her motivation to see that Chirstella Revi (The main villainess of the anime and the boss who robot killed Violeen, the person close to Birdy). I'd give it 9.8 out of 10.