Geobreeders
Geobreeders is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akihiro Ito. It was serialized in Shōnen Gahōsha's manga magazine Young King OURs from 1993 to 2009, before entering indefinite hiatus. Its chapters were collected in sixteen volumes. A three-episode original [video animation] adaptation, subtitled Get Back the Kitty, was released in 1998, followed by another OVA, subtitled Breakthrough, released from 2000 to 2001. In North America, the manga and the OVAs were formerly licensed by Central Park Media.
Plot
Ayagane City has a phantom cat problem. A young and overzealous group of entrepreneurs called Kagura Total Security can be hired to combat this problem for the right price when Hound, the official government arm, isn't enough. However, there are plots and subplots floating beneath the surface, both involving Kagura, and the were-cats, led by Kuro-Neko, themselves. Both the manga and the OVAs are heavily action-driven, with gunfights appearing every few chapters.Characters
;Yuka Kikushima;Maki Umezaki
;Eiko Randou
;Takami Sakuragi
; Yuu Himehagi
;Yoichi Taba
;Kuro-Neko
;Maya
;Vashuka
;Socks
;Taki
;Captain Hirokuni Yajima
;Squad Leader Kaoru Yoda
;Ayumi Narusawa
;Yuma Kikushima
;Shozou Irie, the 3rd
;Kotoi
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Akihiro Ito, Geobreeders started in Shōnen Gahōsha's manga magazine Young King OURs in 1993. Its latest chapters was published on June 30, 2009, and the series has been on indefinite hiatus since. Shōnen Gahōsha has collected its chapters into individual volumes. Sixteen volumes were released from May 24, 1995, to December 10, 2010.In North America, the manga was licensed by CPM Manga, which only released the first five volumes, from January 2000 to January 2003.
Original video animation
A three-episode original video animation by Chaos Project, titled in Japan as Geobreeders: File-X – Get Back the Kitty, was released from May 21 to October 21, 1998.Another OVA, of four episodes, titled Geobreeders 2: Breakthrough, was released from July 26, 2000, to March 23, 2001.
In North America, both OVAs were licensed by Central Park Media. The first OVA was released on May 16, 2000, and the second on August 13, 2002.