B’T X

Synopsis:

Episodes:

• Episode 1: Miracle! The Revival of B't X! (Aired: 04/06/1996)
• Episode 2: Rebirth! The Sun Battler (Aired: 04/13/1996)
• Episode 3: Confrontation! The Machine Empire (Aired: 04/20/1996)
• Episode 4: Appearance! The Legendary Spirit Knight (Aired: 04/27/1996)
• Episode 5: Departure! Desperate Battle Road (Aired: 05/04/1996)
• ... and 20 more episodes

Characters:

• B'T X (Main) - Voice Actors: Dulcie, Greg, Horikawa, Jin, Colin, Erik, Iovino, Sandro, Inman, Jeremy
• Takamiya, Teppei (Main) - Voice Actors: Hiyama, Nobuyuki, Vale, Eric, Manfredi, Fabrizio, Reignoux, Donald, Donati, Gemma, McGuire, Kristen
• Amigo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tsuji, Shinpachi, Colin, Erik, Rager, Chris
• Aramis (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yuuya, Atsuko, Green, Jennifer, Glass, Caitlin, Darah, Marie-Christine
• B'T Groupie (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Cho, Huber, Chuck
• B'T L'Amour (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Houki, Katsuhisa, Marnocha, Jason
• B'T Larenya (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fujiki, Seiko
• B'T Rosemary (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Soumi, Youko
• B'T Savannah (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kanao, Tetsuo, Tua, Lionel, Bolton, Zach
• B'T Je t'aime (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Savage, Carrie, Guadagno, Francesca, Dodo, Asako, Ballard, Tia, Darah, Marie-Christine
• B'T Madonna (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Watanabe, Misa
• B'T Max (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takashima, Gara, Acerbo, Rossella, Desplaces, Catherine, Harp, Clarine
• B'T Mirage (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Okamoto, Maya, Latini, Laura, Sternenberg, Melissa
• B'T Raffaello (Supporting)
• B'T Raidou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mizuno, Ryuji, Mondini, Stefano, Stimac, Marcus D.
• B'T Shadow X (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shinohara, Emi
• Balzac (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Senda, Mitsuo, Stoddard, Mark
• Bem (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Umezu, Hideyuki, Saab, Alejandro
• Camilla (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamaguchi, Kappei, McCollum, Kristin, Dragani, Pinella
• Captain Hook (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsuo, Matsuo, Colin, Erik, McCollum, Robert
• Gaku (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takimoto, Fujiko, Connors, Amber Lee
• Hokuto (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Cason, Chris, Sakuta, Osamu, Bevins, Christopher, Laustriat, Denis
• Juggler (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Futamata, Issei, McFarland, Mike
• Kaos (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kobayashi, Osamu, Nicotra, Angelo, Carey, Bruce, Colin, Erik
• Karen (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ogata, Megumi, Young, Stephanie, Desplaces, Catherine, Garrett, Morgan
• Karin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yokoyama, Chisa
• Lafine, Fou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Williams, Kent, Ichijo, Kazuya, Colin, Erik, Rossi, Riccardo, Crisari, Simone, Tatum, J. Michael
• Leon (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ishii, Kouji, Potter, Brandon
• Marcello (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tatsuta, Naoki, Briner, Justin
• Maria (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hidaka, Noriko, Tipton, Alexis
• Metalface (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Huber, Chuck, Horiuchi, Kenyuu, Mori, Simone, Rinehart, Tyson, Laustriat, Denis
• Mira (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Koyasu, Takehito, Matragrano, Gianni
• Misha (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Christian, Luci, Orikasa, Ai, De Bortoli, Federica, Viktorin, Alison, Darah, Marie-Christine
• Myslim (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kosugi, Juurouta, Arnott, Curtis
• Nasha (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hikami, Kyouko, Desplaces, Catherine, Hoover, Natalie
• Nitzin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kiyokawa, Motomu, Wang, Howard
• Rai (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hayami, Show, Elliott, R. Bruce
• Ron (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fujiwara, Keiji, Mete, Marco, Sinclair, Ian, Tua, Lionel
• Shinigami (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Miyamoto, Mitsuru
• Takamiya, Koutarou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sasaki, Nozomu, Connolly, Kevin M., De Angelis, Vittorio, Tiberi, Alessandro, Grelle, Jessie James, Tua, Lionel, Alexander, Roberto
• Zaji (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsumoto, Yasunori, Landis, Nick

Staff:

• Matsumoto, Tadahito (Producer)
• Hamatsu, Mamoru (Director)
• Fukumoto, Kiyoshi (Episode Director, Storyboard)
• Isako, Kiyotaka (Episode Director, Storyboard)
• Matsui, Hitoyuki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
• Okazaki, Yukio (Episode Director, Storyboard)
• Takahashi, Yukio (Episode Director, Storyboard)
• Yano, Atsushi (Episode Director, Storyboard)
• Hirano, Yasushi (Script)
• Vale, Eric (Script, ADR Director)
• Shirato, Takeshi (Storyboard)
• FENCE OF DEFENSE (Theme Song Performance)
• Muroi, Miki (Theme Song Lyrics)
• Fukazawa, Manabu (Key Animation)
• Hashimoto, Hideki (In-Between Animation)
• Higashide, Futoshi (Animation Director)
• Inman, Jeremy (ADR Director)
• Kaneko, Masakuni (Animation Director)
• Kikuchi, Youko (Key Animation)
• Kurumada, Masami (Original Creator)
• Lenti, Marissa (ADR Director)
• Motohashi, Hideyuki (Character Design, Animation Director)
• Saitou, Hisashi (Key Animation)
• Senju, Akira (Music)
• Seyama, Takeshi (Editing)
• Suga, Yoshiyuki (Screenplay)
• Takahashi, Eikichi (Animation Director)
• Takaya, Hirotoshi (Mechanical Design)
• Tanaka, Ryou (Key Animation)
• Tomioka, Takashi (Key Animation)
• Tomita, Sukehiro (Screenplay)
• Ueda, Minoru (Key Animation)
• Watson, Barry (Executive Producer)
• Yokoyama, Masakazu (Sound Effects)
• Yokoyama, Kazuo (Planning)

Reviews:

• User jmoriarty84 (Score: 8/10):
  If you are very familiar with Kurumada Masami, many of the plot and character elements share a lot in common with some of his earlier works, specifically Saint Seiya and Ringu ni Kakero. For example, family bond and longing to reunite with a lost sibling is once again an emphasized theme in this series. It gives Teppei a strong motivation to go on an initial one man mission to fight an empire to save his brother. Though in Saint Seiya, Seiya wanting to find his sister gets sidetracked until nearly the end, this element is consistent throughout the series. Another Kurumada-sensei characteristic is a femalementor to the main character who is serves as a sister figure. In Saint Seiya, Seiya is taught my Marin who he assumes to be his sister. In Ringu ni Kakero, Ryuji is trained by his sister Kiku. While in B’t X, Teppei is trained by Karen who you can say is like a big sister figure to Teppei though they don’t out right say it and its interesting to note that their relationship isn’t really that 100% explored in this series but the series shows the full picture with very little. nnHowever, this story does feel darker compared to those other works and has little to no comedic elements. Teppei very rarely smiles in comparison to Seiya who share a 100% similar design and is always dead serious and has more of a I wanna kick some ass kind of look. So it works in consistent with the atmosphere. nnAnother element is mythological influences. While Saint Seiya has uses Greek, B’t X uses Asian mythologies though some elements of Greek and other European sources will be present later on. nnBut really drives this series is the relationship between Teppei and X and the theme of unlocking your own potential. Like how Saint Seiya had this theme of “making miracles happen,” this anime also brings those qualities in this series and works in its own way with Teppei and X. At first, X wants nothing to do with Teppei but when Teppei proves his determination to X, X becomes loyal to Teppei and you do see this relationship develop to the point where all things are possible. nnThe remaining cast such as Hokuto, Fou, and Ron do bring a shade of gray. Despite being warriors of the machine empire, they understand what needs to be done and its not because of lack of loyalty, but a matter of personal principle and understanding they don’t want an everybody loses situation. Even though they don’t acknowledge themselves as Teppei’s friends throughout the series, they encourage him to reach his fullest potential which makes you question why they want that. Do they want to fight him at his best? Or do they want him to defeat the machine empire? nnUnfortunately, this series ends where things are about to really get started but thankfully there is an ova series to continue which I will review at a later date. nnnNaturally,…
• User TheSakurax (Score: 8/10):
  I'm a bit of a sucker for mecha-with-a-plot, so this one was a favourite of mine while growing up. It was like my shounen balance to my love of Sailor Moon at the time. --Which pretty much means it ...was almost the opposite of Sailor Moon (which is a good thing for shounen). Story: 8/10 Big baddy versus talented youth SOUNDS cliche, but what really sets this story apart is the world and how dark it eventually gets. The world-building is done wonderfully here. It's a wonderful mesh between what we consider the 'real world' and a dark, dystopian world of mecha. The real joy in this storyis the eventual unfolding of the plot. The writers took a cliche story and gave it a pretty dark backstory. There are some points where you sort of have to stop and take in how absolutely terrible the scenario is for some of these people. You have wars, friends and families who die right in front of them, an overtone of supernatural evil etc etc. nnIn a way, I found it really depressing. I actually couldn't see how on Earth the heroes were going to win. In the end, that's the genius of this anime. Usually when a semi-powerful Hero goes up against an all-powerful Villain, it's pretty obvious the hero's going to win. n--Not in this case. This Villain is one mysterious bad-ass with an army of crazy (and crazily strong) minions whose numbers feel like they could swallow our heroes whole.nnArt: 8/10nNot bad, typical 90s shounen style. I had a crush on Teppei as a kid so I'm a little biased. ...And I also wanted a B'T because they're just so awesome. If you look at them, their actually very intracately designed!nnSound: 10/10nI loved the OST. I absolutely loved it. It was exciting, moving, and completely fitting to the anime.nnCharacter: 8/10nThey're a little cliche, but somehow still loveable. There's always an extra something in their personalities that sets them apart from other characters of the same cliche. It's one of those things you can't really put your finger on.nnEnjoyment: 8/10n...I really...REALLY liked this lol.n(Not as much as the OVA though.)nnOverall: 8/10nnRecommended --highly even. It's a good story, and I might even call it 'classic' more than cliche because it really has depth to it. It's not as well known as other animes of the same type and genre, but I still think it's better than most of them by FAR. Like I said, the good ones always have you wondering how it'll end. It's no fun when the Hero's already won the battle...before he's even gone into the battle.
• User Shura-shurato (Score: 8/10):
  And i never thought that another 90´s anime serie would catch my eye like this one, the goddamn happiness will never end :). This was an famous anime serie in italy in the 90's asnd spain, what i heard from friends so i checked it out and was hooked from the start! its starts strong and it ends simple AND STRONG!For me the best overall was the socalled reincarnation- of -magical creatures- into -mechaform or sort of, well done for handdrawing. Ok its one of those serie's that start with an flashy superhero intro and stuff, but its getting therewith a good and potent buildup throug the serie's, unlike most but not all, most newskool anime does'nt have or rush it.Chara wise it has some interesting villians and heroe's , each with an backstory of its own were NO PUSSIES have been bred in! MANLY!!! the main chara is maybe like a pissing in the pants brat in the beginning, but get more mature later on. Good random music action scenes but not too special although it soo damn flashy, but believe me it enjoyed it like in a way i missed this sort of anime hanging on a life and death threat..... yep i enjoyed this , onto the OVA i guess :)
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• B'T X Neo (anime - Sequel)
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