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The Big O

  • TV Series
  • 1999–2003
  • TV-PG
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7.5/10
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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.

  • Creator
    • Hajime Yatate
  • Stars
    • Mitsuru Miyamoto
    • Steve Blum
    • Akiko Yajima
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    2.2K
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    • Creator
      • Hajime Yatate
    • Stars
      • Mitsuru Miyamoto
      • Steve Blum
      • Akiko Yajima
    • 15User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
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    Mitsuru Miyamoto
    • Roger Smith
    Steve Blum
    Steve Blum
    • Roger Smith
    Akiko Yajima
    Akiko Yajima
    • R. Dorothy Wayneright…
    Motomu Kiyokawa
    • Norman Burg
    Tesshô Genda
    Tesshô Genda
    • Dan Dastun
    Lia Sargent
    Lia Sargent
    • R. Dorothy Wayneright…
    Peter Lurie
    Peter Lurie
    • Dan Dastun
    Emi Shinohara
    Emi Shinohara
    • Angel
    Wendee Lee
    Wendee Lee
    • Angel…
    Unshô Ishizuka
    Unshô Ishizuka
    • Alex Rosewater
    Michael Forest
    Michael Forest
    • Alex Rosewater
    Alan Oppenheimer
    Alan Oppenheimer
    • Norman Burg
    Milton James
    Milton James
    • Norman Burg
    Jamieson Price
    Jamieson Price
    • Big Ear…
    Shinpachi Tsuji
    • Big Ear
    Ezra Weisz
    • Additional Voices…
    Hôchû Ôtsuka
    Hôchû Ôtsuka
    • Jason Beck
    Issei Futamata
    Issei Futamata
    • Alan Gabriel
    • 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

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    Cast in the name of God, ye not Guilty
    The Big O is one of the most creative efforts to ever come out of Japan. Combining the rather dark style of Batman: The Animated Series in animation, the giant robot action of yesteryear, and combining some really surrealistic elements, it manages to entertain such people. It is not your fast paced show with action at every minute, but it has rather impressive fight sequences with cleverly designed mechs I might add. Then you add the rather interesting characters that somehow develop during it's 13 episode run, and you've got a rather impressive series.

    It's not for everybody, but I'd recommend Big O to even the most avid fan of animation.

    The only bad part is that it's only 13 episodes and it stops rather abruptly, so let's hope it can get more soon.
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    • JohnnyJohnHildegaard
    • Aug 5, 2001

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    • Release date
      • October 13, 1999 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Languages
      • Japanese
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Big O
    • Production companies
      • Animaze
      • Bandai Visual Company
      • Sunrise
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