Saru Get You -On Air-

Ape Escape -On Air-
サルゲッチュ 〜オンエアー〜
(Saru Getchu -On Eā-)
GenreAdventure, fantasy, comedy, romance
Anime television series
Directed byNobuyoshi Habara
Written byNaruhisa Arakawa
Music byYouichi Sakai
StudioXebec
Original networkTV Tokyo, QTV 11
Original run April 8, 2006 October 1, 2006
Episodes26
Anime television series
Ape Escape -On Air- 2nd
Directed byJun Kamiya
Written byNaruhisa Arakawa
Music byYouichi Sakai
StudioXebec
Original networkTV Tokyo, QTV 11
Original run October 7, 2006 September 29, 2007
Episodes51

Ape Escape -On Air- (サルゲッチュ 〜オンエアー〜, Saru Getchu -On Eā-) is a CGI anime television series produced by Xebec based on Sony's Ape Escape video game franchise. The series and its sequel (Ape Escape -On Air- 2nd) aired on TV Tokyo between April 8, 2006 and September 29, 2007, and loosely adapt storylines from Million Monkeys, Ape Escape 3, and SaruSaru Big Mission.[1][2]

Storyline

When Specter gets ahold of a Pipo Helmet, he becomes intelligent and starts using monkeys to spread chaos around the world. Using their teleporter and gadgets, Kakeru, Hiroki, Natsumi, and the Professor work to capture the monkeys and stop Specter's plans. Spike and friends are later joined by virtual girl, Charu, and mech genius, Haruka. It is eventually revealed that Specter's true identity is Natsumi's pet monkey, Kuuta, who was transformed into Specter by a group called the Pipotrons. The Pipotrons host a game in virtual space, challenging Kakeru and his friends for Specter's freedom, but Specter escapes before they get there. The Pipotrons then challenge Kakeru and co. to a tournament. Specter eventually learned about the kind things humans have done for monkeys, protects Kakeru, and returns to being Kuuta.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Saru Getchu: On Air (Animation), Chika Sakamoto, Shizuka Ishikawa, Hideyuki Umezu, Xebec, 2006-04-08, retrieved 2023-09-30{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ "Saru Getchu ~On Air~ 2nd (TV) - Anime News Network". www.animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 2023-09-30.