Baki the Grappler (2001)
7.3/10
Action
Adventure
Anime
Quick Facts
- Premiered
- Jan 2001
- Runtime
- 30 mins
- Language
- Japanese
- Status
- Ended
Networks
TV Tokyo
Storyline
The 24 episode anime aired in Japan between January 8, 2001 and June 25, 2001. A second 24 episode series called Grappler Baki Maximum Tournament aired from July 22, 2001 to December 24, 2001. The story revolves around Baki Hanma and his quest to proclaim himself as the strongest grappler in the world, thus taking the title from his father. Baki also fights to gain the trust of his overly psychotic mother. The anime was licensed and distributed by FUNimation Entertainment in the US. The OVA was released by Manga Entertainment in Australia and the UK and previously released by Central Park Media in the US. Gutsoon! Entertainment released the first 46 chapters of the original manga in English in the pages of Raijin Comics, their anthology magazine.
Episodes
Cast
Masami Kikuchi
Baki Hanma
Katsuhiro Kitagawa
Keechi Ando
Kazuhiro Nakata
Kosho Shinogi
Kenji Nomura
Yujiro Hanma
Kouichi Sakaguchi
Jack Hammer
Masaya Takatsuka
Yuri Chakovsky
Masayuki Nakata
Kaoru Hanayama
Masayuki Omoro
Hitoshi Kuriyagawa
Mugihito
Doppo Orochi
Naomi Kusumi
Tokugawa Mitsunari
Sachiko Kojima
Kozue Matsumoto
Takehiro Murozono
Kyosumi Katou
Takuo Kawamura
Kitazawa
Yukie Maeda
Kureha Shinogi
Yurika Hino
Emi Akezawa
Yurika Hino
Kinuyo Matsumoto
Yūsaku Yara
Oliva Biscuit
Motoko Kumai
Kaoru Hanayama