Series synopsis
The Big O, also known as THE ビッグオー is a Japanese animation drama action & adventure television series that premiered on WOWOW Prime on October 13, 1999. It ended on March 27, 2003. It stars Mitsuru Miyamoto, Akiko Yajima, Emi Shinohara and Gorō Naya.
Forty years ago, the minds of Paradigm City's inhabitants were wiped clean of all recollections of the past. Now, ruled by a powerful corporation and cut off from the rest of the world by desolate wastelands, Paradigm has become a virtual police state where Negotiators like Roger Smith keep the wheels of progress, commerce, and society turning.
Premise
Forty years ago, the minds of Paradigm City's inhabitants were wiped clean of all recollections of the past. Now, ruled by a powerful corporation and cut off from the rest of the world by desolate wastelands, Paradigm has become a virtual police state where Negotiators like Roger Smith keep the wheels of progress, commerce, and society turning.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Mitsuru Miyamoto as Roger Smith (voice)
- Akiko Yajima as R. Dorothy Wayneright (voice)
- Emi Shinohara as Angel (voice)
- Gorō Naya as Gordon Rosewater (voice)
- Katsunosuke Hori as Michael Seebach (voice)
- Motomu Kiyokawa as Norman Burg (voice)
- Shinpachi Tsuji as Big Ear (voice)
- Unsho Ishizuka as Alex Rosewater (voice)
Supporting cast
- Sayuri as Vera Ronstadt (voice)
- Tessyo Genda as Dan Dastun (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 26 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 26 | October 13, 1999 | March 27, 2003 |
| Season 2 | 0 | August 3, 2003 | November 2, 2003 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Roger the Negotiator In the pilot episode, Roger Smith is introduced as Paradigm City's top negotiator. As the episode begins, he is delivering the ransom for a girl named Dorothy, who had been kidnapped from her father, a rich industrialist named Saldano. After the exchange, Saldano arrives and reveals that the Dorothy Roger they had obtained was actually an android fake. When Roger realizes Beck isn't playing fair, he activates the briefcase carrying the ransom and it flies out of Beck's car. |
October 13, 1999 |
| 2 |
Dorothy, Dorothy In the previous episode, Major Dastun and Dorothy looked like they were going to be crushed by Dorothy One as it fell. However, when the dust cleared, Dastun was fine and Dorothy had disappeared. Roger took Big O back into the subway to escape Dastun's rage over the destruction of the fight. Then, he began to search for Dorothy. He received a tip about a nightingale in the city, which led him to a club called Nightingale. There Roger found Dorothy along with a man named Waynewright who said he was her grandfather. Dorothy sang in the club after which Beck arrived, shot Waynewright, knocked out Roger and kidnapped Dorothy. |
October 20, 1999 |
| 3 |
Electric City Recently, there's been a number of power outages in Paradigm. Roger is hired by Paradigm Power Management to go to the Electric City and negotiate with the locals the reactivation of the hydroelectric power plant. They say a god lives in the water. |
October 27, 1999 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger the Wanderer | August 3, 2003 |
| 2 | Negotiations with the Dead | August 10, 2003 |
| 3 | Day of the Advent | August 17, 2003 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | WOWOW Prime |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 13, 1999 |
| Last aired | March 27, 2003 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Sunday at 23:00:00 |