Yatterman () is a Japanese anime television series which serves as a remake to 1977's Yatterman and is the ninth television series in the Time Bokan franchise, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Yatterman television series. Produced by Yomiuri TV and Tatsunoko Production, the series premiered on Yomiuri TV, Nippon Television and their affiliates on January 14, 2008 and ended on September 27, 2009.
Characters Heroes
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Production The series was announced on October 10, 2007 alongside the announcement of a live-action film around the same time. Unlike the previous series, which aired on Fuji Television, the series would air on Yomiuri TV, Nippon Television and other NNS stations.
The show's cast was revealed via a press conference on December 12th of that year. The show marked the last time that Noriko Ohara, Jôji Yanami and Kazuya Tatekabe reprised their roles as their characters from the original 1977 show.
Music The show's theme song, is performed by for episodes 1-10. For episodes 11-17, the song is performed by . From episode 18-28, the song is performed by . From episodes 29-35, the song is performed by Fudanjuku and from episodes 36-59, the song is performed by . Episode 60 features the original audio from the original 1977 series.
The show uses six different ending themes for each episode. For episodes 1-10, the ending theme is titled Diverge by Mihimaru GT, for episodes 11-17, the ending theme is titled by , for episodes 18-24, the ending theme is titled by Manami Kurose, for episodes 25-28, the ending theme is titled by ET-KING, for episodes 29-35, the ending theme is titled Give Me Up by Nami Tamaki, for episodes 36-48, the ending theme is titled, by Fudanjuku, and the final ending theme is titled by used until episode 60.
Release The series premiered on Yomiuri TV, Nippon Television and their affiliates on January 14, 2008 as part of the programming block, airing alongside Case Closed. As a result of the premiere of NTV's on April 6, 2009, the show moved to an early Sunday morning timeslot which would remain until its conclusion.
In North America, the series streamed on Anime Sols, a service and video distributor mainly backed by the Yomiuri Shimbun Group. However, Anime Sols was closed by May 1, 2015.
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