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The Big O

  • TV Series
  • 1999–20031999–2003
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Motomu Kiyokawa, Mitsuru Miyamoto, and Akiko Yajima in The Big O (1999)
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In a futuristic city with lost memories, an expert negotiator fights threats to the city with the help of an android and his own giant robot.In a futuristic city with lost memories, an expert negotiator fights threats to the city with the help of an android and his own giant robot.In a futuristic city with lost memories, an expert negotiator fights threats to the city with the help of an android and his own giant robot.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
2.1K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
13,365
1,722
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    • Creator
      • Hajime Yatate
    • Stars
      • Mitsuru Miyamoto
      • Steve Blum
      • Akiko Yajima
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    • Creator
      • Hajime Yatate
    • Stars
      • Mitsuru Miyamoto
      • Steve Blum
      • Akiko Yajima
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    • 14User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews

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    Mitsuru Miyamoto
    • Roger Smith
    26 episodes26 eps • 1999–2003
    Steve Blum
    Steve Blum
    • Roger Smith
    26 episodes26 eps • 1999–2003
    Akiko Yajima
    Akiko Yajima
    • R. Dorothy Wayneright…
    25 episodes25 eps • 1999–2003
    Motomu Kiyokawa
    • Norman Burg
    25 episodes25 eps • 1999–2003
    Tesshô Genda
    Tesshô Genda
    • Dan Dastun
    25 episodes25 eps • 1999–2003
    Lia Sargent
    Lia Sargent
    • R. Dorothy Wayneright…
    25 episodes25 eps • 1999–2003
    Peter Lurie
    Peter Lurie
    • Dan Dastun
    25 episodes25 eps • 1999–2003
    Emi Shinohara
    Emi Shinohara
    • Angel
    19 episodes19 eps • 1999–2003
    Wendee Lee
    Wendee Lee
    • Angel…
    19 episodes19 eps • 1999–2003
    Unshô Ishizuka
    Unshô Ishizuka
    • Alex Rosewater
    16 episodes16 eps • 1999–2003
    Michael Forest
    Michael Forest
    • Alex Rosewater
    16 episodes16 eps • 1999–2003
    Alan Oppenheimer
    Alan Oppenheimer
    • Norman Burg
    13 episodes13 eps • 2003
    Milton James
    Milton James
    • Norman Burg
    12 episodes12 eps • 1999–2000
    Jamieson Price
    Jamieson Price
    • Big Ear…
    12 episodes12 eps • 1999–2003
    Shinpachi Tsuji
    • Big Ear
    11 episodes11 eps • 1999–2003
    Ezra Weisz
    • Additional Voices…
    11 episodes11 eps • 1999–2003
    Hôchû Ôtsuka
    Hôchû Ôtsuka
    • Jason Beck
    9 episodes9 eps • 1999–2003
    Issei Futamata
    Issei Futamata
    • Alan Gabriel
    9 episodes9 eps • 2003
    • Creator
      • Hajime Yatate
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    • Trivia
      Originally a thirteen-episode series, positive fan response internationally resulted in a second season co-produced by Cartoon Network, Sunrise, and Bandai Visual. The full 26-episode series re-aired from the beginning starting October 1, 2002 in Japan.
    • Quotes

      Roger Smith: We have choices. Some people like to stand in the rain without an umbrella. That's what it means to live free.

    • Crazy credits
      During the closing credits at the end of the first episode, Roger is shown sitting alone on a large hourglass. After R. Dorothy joins his household, subsequent episodes show them sitting together.
    • Connections
      Featured in Toonami: Advanced Robotics (2001)
    • Soundtracks
      BIG-O!
      Opening theme (first season)

      Performed by Rui Nagai

      Lyrics, music and arrangement by Rui Nagai

    User reviews14

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    10/10
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    Big O is not like any other show I have ever seen. The writers clearly have extensive knowledge concerning Greek mythology and even Christianity. It is a cartoon sure, but the depth of the show is very subjective. The show itself gives the viewer just enough clues to allow one to believe that all of the other unending parade of questions will somehow be answered, but apparently, they won't. The show walks a profound balance of story and probability and divine vagueness.

    I saw a few episodes of this show and became hooked like no other show I have ever seen. The overall themes are far from light. Two of them being memories and ultimately attempting to define life. What is the value of one's life without memories? What separates humans from androids in a futurist world without knowing which actually came first? And that is assuming who and what each character actually is, which is far from a given. My obsession with the show did eventually wane, largely because the show itself is rather slow at times. There are plenty of action scenes with enormous robots, also representing something I'm sure, to balance the pace, but those battles rarely excited me.

    The truly strange aspect of this show is that the majority of it for me is window dressing. It's the symbolism that is scattered throughout each episode that elevates this show to atmospheric levels. This show is just smart enough and just open ended enough for each little mysterious detail to have some profound meaning. This show has everything within it to be the basis of a new religion in and of itself, seriously. The fact that all the answers can plausibly be answered, but aren't, makes Big O that much more life-like in nature.
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    • Release date
      • April 2, 2001 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Languages
      • Japanese
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Big O
    • Production companies
      • Animaze
      • Bandai Visual Company
      • Sunrise
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