Heat Guy J


Heat Guy J is a Japanese anime television series created and directed by Escaflowne director Kazuki Akane and animated by Satelight.
Heat Guy J was licensed and distributed in the U.S. in 2003 by Pioneer. It was re-released by Funimation in the fall of 2009. The first 13 episodes of the show were also broadcast on the cable channel MTV2. A one volume manga was created based on the series, and was licensed and distributed by Tokyopop. The show was picked up for a UK DVD release by Manga Entertainment starting in March 2006. It was packaged in double DVD sets to make up for the long delayed release of the series.

Plot

Heat Guy J chronicles the adventures of a young Special Services officer named Daisuke Aurora and his android partner known simply as "J". The pair live and work in the fictional, futuristic Metropolis of "Judoh", where the understaffed and underfunded Special Services Division of the Bureau of Urban Safety has its headquarters.

Characters

Special Services

Special Services, a division of the Bureau of Urban Safety, is tasked in investigating and preventing criminal activity from happening in Judoh. Their headquarters is designed after the Flatiron Building in Manhattan, New York.Daisuke Aurora - Department of Security, Central Headquarters Special Services Employee, age 21J - Special Services Android, 3, appearance of a 40-year-old manKyoko Milchan - Department of Security, Central Headquarters Special Services Auditor/Accountant, age 21Shun Aurora - Government Investigative Office of Department of Security, Central Headquarters General Manager, age 27Phia Oliveira - Central Headquarters, General Manager's Secretary, age 27

Friends

Antonia Belucci - Sect Employee, age 24Ken Edmundo - Galea Police Investigation Inspector, age 33Monica Gabriel - Photographer, age 10Kia Freeborn - Guitarist, age 21Cynthia, Janis, and VivianTom Yunk - Cook, age unknownRumie - Nurse, age unknownRhine Junius - Celestial, age unknownPrincess - Siberbian, age unknown

Enemies

Clair Leonelli - Current leader, or "Vampire", of the Company Vita Crime Syndicate, age 19Giobanni Gallo - Clair's bodyguard, age 27Mauro - Advisor to the Leonelli family, age 63Mitchal Rubenstein - Clair's bodyguard, age 25
Ian Nulse - Clair's bodyguard, age 21Noriega - age 41Serge Echigo - age unknown
  • '''Beastmaster'''

Other

Shogun - Dry goods store owner, age 72Boma - Mercenary, age unknownRomeo Visconti - Galea Police Investigation Inspector, age unknown

Manga

Coinciding with the anime series in 2002, a manga version of Heat Guy J was released. It was eventually distributed in the U.S. by Tokyopop in 2005. It was written and drawn by Chiaki Ogishima. While the main characters and general setup were similar to the anime, the manga has its own unique storyline and supporting characters. There is only one volume in the series, and it includes several pages of bonus material related to the show.

Theme songs

Opening
  • "Face" by Try Force
Ending