Cover art for The Big O Complete Collection North American DVD release by Bandai Entertainment
THE ビッグオー (Za Biggu Ō)
Genre
Mecha[1][2]
Neo-noir[1][2]
Tech-noir[1][2]
Created by
Hajime Yatate
Kazuyoshi Katayama
Manga
Written by
Hitoshi Ariga
Published by
Kodansha
English publisher
NA:Viz Media
Magazine
Monthly Magazine Z
Demographic
Seinen
Original run
July 1999 – October 2001
Volumes
6 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by
Kazuyoshi Katayama
Produced by
Tsutomu Sugita
Eiji Sashida
Ohashi Chieo
Written by
Chiaki J. Konaka
Kazuyoshi Katayama
Music by
Toshihiko Sahashi
Studio
Sunrise
Licensed by
AUS:Madman Entertainment
NA:Sentai Filmworks
UK:Beez Entertainment
Original network
Wowow
English network
US:Cartoon Network (Toonami), Adult Swim
Original run
October 13, 1999 – January 19, 2000
Episodes
13 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
The Big O II
Directed by
Kazuyoshi Katayama
Produced by
Charles McCarter
Atsushi Sugita
Chieo Ohashi
Eiji Sashita
Written by
Chiaki J. Konaka
Kazuyoshi Katayama
Music by
Toshihiko Sahashi
Studio
Sunrise
Licensed by
AUS:Madman Entertainment
NA:Sentai Filmworks
Original network
SUN, Wowow
English network
US:Adult Swim
Original run
January 2, 2003 – March 23, 2003
Episodes
13 (List of episodes)
Manga
The Big O: Lost Memory
Written by
Hajime Yatate
Illustrated by
Hitoshi Ariga
Published by
Kodansha
Magazine
Magazine Z
Demographic
Seinen
Original run
November 2002 – September 2003
Volumes
2 (List of volumes)
The Big O (Japanese: THE ビッグオー, Hepburn: Za Biggu Ō) is a Japanese mecha-anime television series created by designer Keiichi Sato and director Kazuyoshi Katayama for Sunrise. The writing staff was assembled by the series' head writer, Chiaki J. Konaka, who is known for his work on Serial Experiments Lain and Hellsing. The story takes place forty years after a mysterious occurrence causes the residents of Paradigm City to lose their memories. The series follows Roger Smith, Paradigm City's top Negotiator. He provides this "much needed service" with the help of a robot named R. Dorothy Wayneright and his butler Norman Burg. When the need arises, Roger calls upon Big O, a giant relic from the city's past.
The television series was designed as a tribute to Japanese and Western shows from the 1960s and 1970s. The series is presented in the style of film noir and combines themes of detective fiction and mecha anime. The setpieces are reminiscent of tokusatsu productions of the 1950s and 1960s, particularly Toho's kaiju movies, and the score is an eclectic mix of styles and musical homages.
The Big O aired on Wowow satellite television from October 13, 1999, and January 19, 2000. The English-language version premiered on Cartoon Network's Toonami on April 2, 2001, and ended on April 23, 2001.[3] Originally planned as a 26-episode series, low viewership in Japan reduced production to the first 13. Positive international reception resulted in a second season consisting of the remaining 13 episodes, co-produced by Cartoon Network, Sunrise, and Bandai Visual. Season two premiered on Japan's Sun Television on January 2, 2003, and the American premiere took place seven months later. Following the closure of Bandai Entertainment by parent company Bandai (owned by Bandai Namco Holdings) in 2012, Sunrise announced at Otakon 2013 that Sentai Filmworks acquired both seasons of The Big O.
^ abcOtaku USA Staff (May 30, 2017). "The Big O Anime Heads Back to Paradigm City on Blu-ray!". Otaku USA. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
^ abcBarder, Ollie (June 8, 2017). "'The Big O Complete Collection' Blu-Ray Review: Ye Not Guilty". Forbes. Archived from the original on June 8, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
^Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 138–139. ISBN 978-1476665993.
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