Series synopsis
You're Under Arrest!, also known as 逮捕しちゃうぞ is a Japanese animation action & adventure comedy television series that premiered on TBS on October 5, 1996. It ended on March 27, 2008. It stars Etsuko Kozakura, Akiko Hiramatsu, Sakiko Tamagawa and Bin Shimada.
Tokyo Highway Patrolwomen Natsumi and Miyuki get off to a bad start when Miyuki busts Natsumi for reckless moped driving on her way to work. Things get worse when they find out they're going to be partners!
Premise
Tokyo Highway Patrolwomen Natsumi and Miyuki get off to a bad start when Miyuki busts Natsumi for reckless moped driving on her way to work. Things get worse when they find out they're going to be partners!
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Etsuko Kozakura as Yoriko Nikaido (voice)
- Akiko Hiramatsu as Miyuki Kobayakawa (voice)
- Sakiko Tamagawa as Natsumi Tsujimoto (voice)
- Bin Shimada as Nakajima Ken (Voice)
- Rica Matsumoto as Futaba Aoi (Voice)
- Issei Masamune as Chief (Voice)
- Kinryu Arimoto as Fox/Buddhist priest (Voice)
- Takeshi Watabe as Arizuka Takao (Voice)
Supporting cast
- Hideyuki Hori as Strike Man (Voice)
- Kaneta Kimotsuki as Kanno Takaya (Voice)
- Takeshi Aono as Nakajima Daimaru (Voice)
- Hiroko Konishi as Sena (Voice)
- Michiko Neya as Chie Sagami-Ono (Voice)
- Tomokazu Seki as Shouji Tokairin (Voice)
- Sakura Tange as Saori Saga
- Akira Ishida as Saki Abdusha (Voice)
Guest cast
- Bin Shimada as Nakajima Ken (Voice)
- Rica Matsumoto as Futaba Aoi (Voice)
- Issei Masamune as Chief (Voice)
- Kinryu Arimoto as Fox/Buddhist priest (Voice)
- Takeshi Watabe as Arizuka Takao (Voice)
- Hideyuki Hori as Strike Man (Voice)
- Kaneta Kimotsuki as Kanno Takaya (Voice)
- Takeshi Aono as Nakajima Daimaru (Voice)
- Hiroko Konishi as Sena (Voice)
- Michiko Neya as Chie Sagami-Ono (Voice)
- Tomokazu Seki as Shouji Tokairin (Voice)
- Sakura Tange as Saori Saga
Episodes
This series spans 4 seasons with 123 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 23 | March 30, 1999 | August 22, 2008 |
| Season 1 | 51 | October 5, 1996 | September 20, 1997 |
| Season 2 | 26 | April 7, 2001 | September 29, 2001 |
| Season 3 | 23 | October 4, 2007 | March 27, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mini Special - Don't Tear Up the Tickets! The spoilt daughter of a famous society figure believes her father’s money gives her the right to drive like a maniac, and although the police chiefs would agree and orders from the top mean Natsumi and Miyuki must apologise, they do so with gusto and a little twist that puts a smile on the male passers by. |
March 30, 1999 |
| 2 |
Mini Special - Driver Safety Workshop Natsumi has long been smitten by the Chief and fails to see through his ploy which lands her and Miyuki on bike safety duty in the local high school. With twenty drooling teens at their feet the girls employ their own brand of tough schooling that endears them to the boys for all the wrong reasons. |
March 31, 1999 |
| 3 | Mini Special - Dash into Fire | April 1, 1999 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
And So They Met Running late for work, Natsumi Tsujimoto makes the attempt to avoid being busted by her soon-to-be partner. A short time later, she's stopped dead in her tracks, trying to avoid hitting a small kitten with her motorized bike. Thinking her decision through, she tells her assigned partner, Miyuki Kobayakawa, that she doesn't think the partnership is going to work because they're two different people. Before she comes to a decision over this a strange, wreckless driver causes some havok with these two new officers as the \"Fox\" gives them a little more than they bargained for. After defusing the situation, Natsumi agrees to give their partnership a chance. All of this, on Officer Tsujimoto's first day of work. |
October 5, 1996 |
| 2 |
Tokyo Typhoon Rally With a severe storm about to hit the Bokuto Precinct, Natsumi and Miyuki have their hands full with a reckless driver terrorizing the city streets. It seems to happen everytime a typhoon hits the Tokyo area. Dedicated to helping a very sick kitten, whom Natsumi has named chibi, the two policewomen try to figure out why she's sick. Then Miyuki discovers that chibi is pregnant. Meanwhile, Nakajima asks Miyuki for some help which happens to send Yoriko's gossip mill racing into overtime. That help he asks for is to enhance his motorcycle to it will work better in the rain-storm. Miyuki happens to enlist the aid of the gossip-mill, Yoriko and Natsumi into enhancing Nakajima's bike. While Nakajima is racing against the reckless driver, Miyuki and Natsumi are left cleaning up the accidents that the driver is leaving behind. This also has left the two young officers to attend to a pregnant chibi as they attempt to get the small kitten to a vet while Nakajima is left to the driver. |
October 12, 1996 |
| 3 |
Love's Highway Stars Confusion and gossip collide in Ken and Miyuki's relationship. While Ken's inability to ask Miyuki out continue to surface, the women of Bokuto plot and scheme to get Ken and Miyuki together. Unbeknownst to the women of Bokuto Station, Miyuki is on her way to a reunuion so their plans to get her together with Ken have been crushed. While Miyuki is dealing with her reunion, Natsumi convinces Ken and they both ride after Miyuki. After Natsumi gets herself drunk and decides to spend the rest of the night with Ken, the gossip-mill runs into overtime as the rumors about Natsumi, Miyuki and Ken start flying. This forces the captain to order Ken and Miyuki on a date after the tension between this love triangle to rage. |
October 19, 1996 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Order to Be Assigned to the Bokutou Traffic Department Saori realizes her dream of being a cop, and joins the Bokutou traffic department |
April 7, 2001 |
| 2 |
Goukon Victory's Equation Goukon is a group date thing that Yoriko gets the gang to try out for a night. Saori doesn’t think it’s appropriate, so the gang spins it around and convince her to go along as an “undercover cop”. It turns out there’s been a purse stealer who’s been frequenting those events. Will Saori be able to do her duty and still have some fun? |
April 14, 2001 |
| 3 |
Tokyo Wild-Beast Dragnet A beast has been wreaking havoc by the waterside and the Bokutou station is assigned to chase him. It’s a monkey that Natsumi’s boyfriend has been befriending. They eventually, with his help, are able to find the monkey. |
April 21, 2001 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Intense Chase Prologue On the airplane flight back to Tokyo, Miyuki meets and befriends a young boy who seems to be traveling alone. Natsumi has been training with the JSDF Rangers and is on her way back to Tokyo as well. But when Miyuki arrives at Tokyo, a man tries to take the boy, and given the boy’s reaction, it looks like abduction. Miyuki gets the boy back, and makes a run for it by car, but the guy pursues in a black sedan representative of the Yakuza mafia. |
October 4, 2007 |
| 2 |
The Little Samurai As Miyuki and Natsumi get settled back at Bokuto Station, they have to deal with Randy, a billionaire’s 12-year old son who has been pursued by the Yakuza. |
October 11, 2007 |
| 3 |
Strong Arm! Parking Violation Wrestler Bokuto station gets excited after Detective Tokuno brings over some taiyaki from a popular shop. But the shop is having trouble as someone has been moving cars off the road and stacking them against the wall. |
October 18, 2007 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TBS |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 5, 1996 |
| Last aired | March 27, 2008 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Saturday at 20:00:00 |