Get Backers Review

The series tells the story of Ginji Amano and Ban Mido, a pair of superpowered individuals known as the GetBackers. The duo operates a freelance repossession service (奪還屋, dakkanya?) out of one of the seedier areas of Shinjuku, Tokyo. For a fee, they will recover any lost or stolen item for a client with an "almost 100% success rate".

The GetBackers' job often leads them into bizarre and dangerous situations in order to "get back what shouldn't be gone". Their targets range from lost video games to misplaced components of an atomic bomb. The plot mostly revolves around the their adventures, often complicated by the pair's convoluted, individual pasts and a mysterious place known as the Infinity Fortress (無限城, Mugenjō?).

[edit] Limitless Fortress

The Limitless Fortress is a conglomeration of disused, condemned buildings that have, through chance or design, clustered together to form a self-contained habitat. Many smaller buildings surround its ground level, serving as the entrance to the fortress, while the core is formed of one especially tall tower that is said to have originally been planned to be a highly-advanced domicile, only to have construction abandoned mid-way. The Fortress was soon subdivided into three specific tiers – Lower Town, the Beltline and Babylon City.

Lower Town is the lowest portion of the fortress, with several layers extending below ground level. It is populated by a vast number of society’s disenfranchised and destitute, those who have come to Limitless Fortress because they have nowhere else to go. The inhabitants are subject to bizarre electromagnetic waves under the control of the "God", which subtly manipulate and control the electrical brain impulses of the fortress’s inhabitants and warp their perceptions of reality.

The Beltline, the most dangerous area of the Limitless Fortress, is ruled by Der Kaiser, a mysterious man and Ban's father. The citizens of the Beltline are said to be immortal and imperishable, and they 'will rise back from the dead everytime they are attacked'. Every single person from the Beltline has a hideous death-like appearance and a frightening strength.

[edit] Characters

Main article: List of GetBackers characters

The main characters of the series is a rescue team called GetBackers. The team is primary composed by Ban Mido and Ginji Amano but as the series progresses supporting members are added to the team. Each member of the team possesses individual mysterious abilities that aid them in their many recovery missions.

* Ban Mido (美堂蛮, Midō Ban?) is a primary member of the rescue team. He used to belong to a gang composed by Himiko Kudo and Yamato. At some moment, Ban killed Yamato without a reason given and later when entering into the Infinity Fortress, he fought against Ginji Amano, who would later become his best friend. Ban's powers include the "Snakebite", a skill which gives his hands a grip of 200 kilograms-force, and the "Evil Eye" (邪眼, Jagan?), an ability to induce minute-long hallucinations on the target of his choosing.

* Ginji Amano (天野銀次, Amano Ginji?) is primary member of the rescue team and also the former leader of a gang called "The VOLTS" in the Infinity Fortress. He received the title "Lightning Lord" (雷帝, Raitei?) because of his ability to control electricity. Amano can also generate enormous amounts of electrical energy. When Ginji left the Infinity Fortress by unknown reasons, the group was divided and some of the member try to survive without Ginji.