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34-480: This television mecha-genre anime is loosely based on the 1976 Mars ( マーズ , Māzu ) manga from Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine by Mitsuteru Yokoyama . God Mars is named as such to represent the mythological Roman god of war . In 1999, humanity begins to advance beyond the known Solar System . The small planet Gishin, led by Emperor Zul, who aims to conquer the galaxy, runs into conflict with Earth which he targets for elimination and to do this, he sends

68-488: A "Game Over" whenever God Mars is destroyed, due to the God Mars storyline for the first 25 episodes with a special game-over screen only in ' Z2: Hakai-hen for when this happens. Discotek Media announced its license to the series and its post-television presentations at Otakon 2018 on August 12 and the entire series was released on a SDBD 2-disc set on December 18 - throughout the included discs combined, it contained

102-567: A love for humanity and refuses to detonate the bomb as ordered by his sender, Zul. However, if Takeru was to die, the bomb within Gaia would explode destroying Earth. Takeru possesses psychic powers ( ESP ) and also pilots the series' title super robot with mentality. He decides to join the Earth defense forces and becomes a member of the Crasher Squad (an elite space-defense force) where he and

136-452: A male baby named Mars to live among humanity. Accompanying the baby is a giant robot named Gaia, which utilizes a new power source strong enough to destroy an entire planet. As planned, Mars is expected to grow up, where he will activate the bomb within Gaia to fulfill the mission of destroying the Earth. However, when Mars arrives on Earth he is adopted into a Japanese family and renamed Takeru. 17 years later after arrival, Takeru matures with

170-399: A variety of different opponents in deadly, no-rules hand-to-hand combat. The series was followed by five sequels in the same magazine; Baki ( バキ , officially romanized as New Grappler Baki: In Search of Our Strongest Hero ) , which was serialized from 1999 to 2005 and collected into 31 volumes, Baki Hanma ( 範馬刃牙 , Hanma Baki , officially romanized as Baki: Son of Ogre ) , which

204-514: Is "Ai Believe" ( 哀 believe ) , while its closing theme is "Reborn". For the second series, "All Alone" is used as the opening and "Loved..." as the closing. Baki the Grappler: Original Soundtrack was released on March 27, 2003. Both series were licensed for a North American English release by Funimation Entertainment . They released both series as one on 12 DVDs, each with four episodes, beginning on June 14, 2005, with

238-404: Is "Beastful" by Granrodeo and its ending theme "Resolve" is performed by Azusa Tadokoro with lyrics by Miho Karasawa . Sentai Filmworks released it on Blu-ray on May 25, 2021, with a new English dub. Netflix renewed the series for a second season on March 19, 2019. On March 5, 2020, it was announced that the main staff TMS Entertainment would be returning to produce the second season with

272-438: Is able to summon the five other secretly created units to combine with Gaia to assemble the title Six-God Combination God Mars. The five other robots are Sphinx, Uranus, Titan, Shin and Ra. A compilation theatrical feature was released in 1982 called God Mars: The Movie . Later in 1988 (6 years after the television series' final airing in 1982), an OVA was released under the title God Mars: The Untold Legend which focused on

306-405: Is killed by Yujiro, causing Baki to hate him. After being beaten, Baki travels around the world continuing his training. Years later, he finds an underground fighting arena where he fights some of the most powerful fighters of various styles of martial arts . It is here he truly begins to hone his martial arts skills. He intends to get stronger, surpass his father and continue to endure and survive

340-429: Is raised by his wealthy mother, Emi Akezawa, who also funds his training in the hopes that he can be a powerful warrior like his father, Yujiro Hanma. Around the start of the series, Baki outgrows traditional training and heads out to follow the path of his ruthless father's training and meets many powerful fighters along the way. Eventually, Baki fights his father and is beaten without a challenge. Emi who tries to save him

374-730: The Baki the Grappler TV series. It was licensed and released under the title Grappler Baki: The Ultimate Fighter in North America by Central Park Media on VHS on December 1, 1996, and on DVD on December 1, 1998. Manga Entertainment later released it in Australia and the United Kingdom. A 15-minutes original animation DVD (OAD), referred to as Baki: Most Evil Death Row Convicts Special Anime ( バキ 最凶死刑囚編SP(スペシャル)アニメ ) ,

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408-551: The Grappler Baki the Grappler ( Japanese : グラップラー刃牙 , Hepburn : Gurappurā Baki ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keisuke Itagaki . It was originally serialized in the shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion from 1991 to 1999 and collected into 42 tankōbon volumes by Akita Shoten . The story follows teenager Baki Hanma as he trains and tests his fighting skills against

442-856: The United Kingdom during 2003. Baki the Grappler: Ultimate Championship was released for Android in 2017. A card game for web browsers called Typing Grappler Baki was created. Another browser game, Hanma Baki - Baki , was for Yahoo! Mobage. Yujiro Hanma appears as an unlockable character in the PlayStation 2 game, Garōden: Breakblow – Fist or Twist . By May 2021, the various Baki series had over 85 million collected volumes in circulation; it had over 100 million copies in circulation by May 2024. The Baki Gaiden: Scarface spin-off series had 3.5 million copies in print by February 2019. Allen Divers and Jason Thompson , both writing for Anime News Network , briefly described

476-476: The addition of a new character designer and art director. The 13 episode second season covering the "Great Chinese Challenge" and the Alai Jr. arcs was released exclusively on Netflix on June 4, 2020. Its opening theme is "Jounetsu wa Oboete Iru" performed by Granrodeo and its ending theme is "Dead Stroke" performed by Ena Fujita . In September 2020, it was announced Hanma Baki: Son of Ogre will be adapted as

510-455: The character designs were not particularly memorable. She also wrote that the volume "succeeds in identifying the stakes, but it completely fails in anchoring the reader with characters to care about." Rebecca Silverman and Teresa Navarro both gave it a 2 and noted its status as a "set-up book," with each new character introduced in the same manner. Both Hopper and Silverman said that Baki reminded them of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure . Reviewing

544-493: The final 24 episodes, and "mildly recommended" the series. While he started to enjoy this set more thanks to its more action focus, he stated that not showing Baki's final fight with Yujiro, which was built up the entire show, really ruined it for him. The 2012 comedy film Graffreeter Toki is based on the March 2011 play of the same name, which in turn was inspired by Grappler Baki . Sociologist Junko Kaneda interpreted Baki

578-412: The first 24 episodes of the 2001 anime, Mark Thomas of Mania Entertainment gave it a B− rating, stating that fans of shōnen and fight series would enjoy it, but others should look elsewhere. He felt it had plenty of good, realistic fight scenes, but fell short on the story. Explaining that despite a lot of story arcs, it ultimately feels like a setup for the second season. Thomas gave the same rating to

612-462: The friends he makes in his life on Earth take a last stand against his true home world Gishin's attack. The relationship of Takeru with his brother Marg, which as fate would have it, pits them against each other in the war. Unknown to the Gishin, five other mecha were created in secrecy alongside and then sent with Gaia by Takeru's father... ...to safeguard his boy. Whenever Earth is in danger, Takeru

646-417: The last released on February 27, 2007. Two box sets were released on January 23, 2007, and March 25, 2008, the first included volumes 1-6 (1st series), while the second included 7-12 (2nd series). A set including every episode was released on September 2, 2008. Funimation's English version was one of the launch-shows on their own television channel, Funimation Channel , which debuted on June 19, 2006. Baki

680-516: The life of Marg, Mars' twin brother. Gaia, God Mars, and the Gishin's robot Zeron receive redesigns although the OVA mostly focuses on an alternate telling of Marg's life on Gishin up until the events of the series' 19th television episode. God Mars would go on to make guest appearances in games like entries of the Super Robot Wars series. In Destiny and Z 2: Hakai-hen , the player gets

714-476: The numerous hurdles he encounters in his journey. A 45-minutes original video animation (OVA) created by Knack Productions and directed by Yuji Asada was released in 1994. The story is a close adaptation of the first few volumes of the original manga, adapting the Karate Tournament arc (not adapted in the later TV series) and Baki's fight with Shinogi Koushou , later adapted in the episode 18 of

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748-579: The same year. In March 2024, it was announced that the Baki-Dou manga will receive an anime adaptation by TMS Entertainment. There have been a few video games based on the series. A fighting game developed by Tomy was released for the PlayStation 2 as Grappler Baki: Baki Saikyō Retsuden ( グラップラー刃牙 バキ最強列伝 , Gurappurā Baki - Baki Saikyō Retsuden ) in Japan in 2000 and as Fighting Fury in

782-447: The second manga series, the 26-episode series is directed by Toshiki Hirano at TMS Entertainment with character designs handled by Fujio Suzuki and scripts overseen by Tatsuhiko Urahata. It began streaming on Netflix on June 25, 2018, in Japan, and started streaming on December 18, 2018, outside Japan. The series then started airing on several Japanese television channels beginning with Tokyo MX1 on July 1. Its opening theme song

816-445: The series as "very compelling" and a "demented fighting manga", respectively. Anime News Network had four different writers review the first volume of the second manga series. Faye Hopper scored it the highest, four out of five, and wrote that she was captivated the entire read with its appeal lying in "its absurdity held up by its absolutely incredible artistry." Amy McNulty gave it a 2.5 rating and also praised Itagaki's art, but felt

850-498: The series, the movie and the OVA. God Mars came out very early in the super robot animation era of the 1980s, having been created by Mitsuteru Yokoyama and did very well in airing. In 1982 it won the Anime Grand Prix . Weekly Sh%C5%8Dnen Champion Weekly Shōnen Champion ( 週刊少年チャンピオン , Shūkan Shōnen Champion ) is a Japanese shōnen manga magazine published by Akita Shoten . Shōnen Champion

884-468: The third series and the sequel to the second season of the Netflix series. The 12-episode series was released on Netflix on September 30, 2021, as Baki Hanma . The show's opening theme is "Treasure Pleasure" performed by Granrodeo while its ending theme is "Unchained World" performed by Generations from Exile Tribe . A second season was announced on March 24, 2022. The first half of the second season

918-540: Was broadcast on weekends at 11:30pm, switching to the 10:00pm slot on September 4, 2006. Dubbed in English, the episodes were edited for time but do not appear to have been edited for content. The opening theme is the song "Child Prey" by Japanese metal band Dir En Grey , that is signed to Free-Will. In December 2016, it was announced that the "Most Evil Death Row Convicts" arc of the second manga series would be receiving an anime television adaptation. Titled Baki , like

952-674: Was first published on July 15, 1969. It has had numerous popular series by manga artists such as Osamu Tezuka , Go Nagai , Shinji Mizushima , Masami Kurumada , Keisuke Itagaki . The magazine is published every Thursday. It had a circulation of 250,000 from 1 October 2018 to 30 September 2019. A digital supplement manga magazine titled Champion Buzz began publication on October 5, 2023. There are currently 22 manga titles being serialized in Weekly Shōnen Champion . Out of them, Saint Seiya: Next Dimension and Baki Gaiden: Scarface are published on an irregular basis. Baki

986-469: Was included with the limited edition of the 14th volume of Baki-Dou on December 6, 2016. However, it adapts the arc of the same name from the second manga series, which is titled simply Baki . Created by Telecom Animation Film , it was directed by Teiichi Takiguchi and focuses on five inmates who break out of prison from around the world and travel to Japan. A 24-episode anime series aired on TV Tokyo between January 8, 2001, and June 25, 2001. The anime

1020-401: Was produced by Free-Will , a music record label . A second 24-episode series, titled Grappler Baki: Maximum Tournament ( グラップラー刃牙 最大トーナメント編 ) as it tells the story from that part of the manga, aired from July 23, 2001, to December 24, 2001. All of the series' music was written and composed by "Project Baki", and all the theme songs performed by Ryōko Aoyagi . The first anime's opening theme

1054-487: Was released in 1994. A 24-episode anime aired on TV Tokyo between January 8 and June 25, 2001, and was quickly followed by a second 24-episode series from July 22 to December 24, 2001. An original net animation (ONA) was released on Netflix between June 25 and September 24, 2018, followed by a second season that was released on June 4, 2020. A third series was released from September 30, 2021 to August 24, 2023, and anime adaptation of Baki-Dou has been announced. The OVA

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1088-489: Was released on July 26, and the second half on August 24, 2023. The second season has two openings and two endings. The first part opening theme is "The Beast" by Wagakki Band , while Upstart performs its closing theme "Wilder". The second part opening is "Sarracenia" by Sky-Hi , while Be:First performs its closing theme "Salvia". At AnimeJapan 2024, Netflix announced a crossover anime with Kengan Ashura , titled Baki Hanma vs. Kengan Ashura , which premiered on June 6 of

1122-518: Was serialized from 2005 to 2012 and collected into 37 volumes, Baki-Dou ( 刃牙道 , Baki Dō , lit. "Baki's Style") , which was serialized from 2014 to 2018 and collected into 22 volumes, a fifth series, also named Bakidou ( バキ道 ) but with Baki's name written in katakana instead of kanji , serialized from 2018 to 2023 and collected into 17 volumes, and Baki Rahen ( 刃牙らへん , Baki Rahen , lit. "Baki and Others") , serialized from 2023. A 45-minute original video animation (OVA)

1156-524: Was the first to be licensed and released in North America, in 1998 by Central Park Media , followed by the original manga series in 2002 by Gutsoon! Entertainment (incomplete), and finally both anime series in 2005 by Funimation Entertainment . Media Do International began releasing the second manga series digitally in August 2018. The Baki series is one of the best-selling manga series of all time, with over 100 million copies in circulation. Baki Hanma

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