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Heat Guy J

Heat Guy J
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UK DVD box set
ヒートガイジェイ
(Hīto Gai Jei)
Genre Science fiction noir
Anime television series
Directed by Kazuki Akane
Studio Satelight
Licensed by
Original network TBS
English network
Original run 1 October 200225 March 2003
Episodes 26 (List of episodes)
Manga
Written by Chiaki Ogishima
Published by Kodansha
English publisher
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Magazine Z
Published 2003
Volumes 1
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Heat Guy J (ヒートガイジェイ Hīto Gai Jei?) is a 26 episode science fiction anime series created by Escaflowne director Kazuki Akane and Satelight.

Heat Guy J was licensed and distributed in the U.S. in 2003 by Pioneer (which subsequently became Geneon Entertainment). It was re-released by Funimation Entertainment in the fall of 2009. The first 13 episodes of the show also was 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.

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" (Jewde), where the understaffed and underfunded Special Services Division of the Bureau of Urban Safety has its headquarters.

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.


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