The chapters of the Japanese manga series GetBackers were written by Yuya Aoki and illustrated by Rando Ayamine. The series ran in Kodansha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1999 to 2007. The series follows the GetBackers, a team that recovers lost items. Its two main members are Ban Mido, who possesses 200 kg of force in his right hand and an illusion technique called the Evil Eye, and Ginji Amano, the former leader of the gang The VOLTS from the dangerous Infinity Fortress, who can control electricity.
The series is divided into twelve main story arcs called "Acts", along with a few side stories titled "Interludes". Kodansha collected its individual chapters in 39 volumes, released from August 17, 1999, to April 17, 2007. An additional one-shot chapter was published in Magazine Special on February 20, 2009.
GetBackers was licensed for English release in North America by Tokyopop, who first announced the acquisition in the Anime Expo 2004 in July 2003. Tokyopop divided the manga in two parts: GetBackers featuring the first twenty-five and GetBackers: Infinity Fortress the following ones. The volumes were published from February 10, 2004, to July 7, 2008; only the first two volumes of Infinity Fortress were released. On August 31, 2009, Tokyopop announced that the rights to the series had expired.
Volumes GetBackers
GetBackers: Infinity Fortress
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