Betterman

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Episode Number: 1 Season Num: 1 First Aired: Monday February 10, 2003 Prod Code: n/a

Keita Aono goes to school one day, and his class happens to have a new student. That student is a girl named Hinoki Sai, Keita's childhood friend.

Later, Keita gets himself lost in an amusement park where many people have mysteriously died.

Keita catches up with Hinoki, and the two are attacked by a large monster. Who will save them? The being known as Betterman.

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Star:	Matthew Erickson (Keita Aono), Mariette Sluyter (Sakura), Jonathan Love (Betterman Lamia; Yanagi Shou), David Pettitt (Shigeru Akamatsu), Christy Greene (Li-chan), Onalea Gilbertson (Hinoki Sai; Chandy), Meredith Taylor-Parry (Asami)

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The show first aired in America on TechTV's Anime Unleashed block. (edit)

This episode is the debut of the Betterman Nebula form. (edit)

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When the show aired on TechTV, it got edited due to time constraints. Most noticable is having the ending theme song, "Chin ~Requiem~", play at the beginning of the show, thus making the ending theme become the opening theme song. The actual opening theme was just cut out altogether. (edit)

Although never specifically stated, it has been proven that Betterman takes place in the same universe as the anime series King of Braves GaoGaiGar, proven by several cameos of minor GaoGaiGar characters. (edit)

Japanese Title: "Yami" (edit)

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In the English version, when Keita was running down the elevator shaft, he was jumping and saying "WAHOO, YEAH, HERE WE GO!". This resembles the Nintendo 64 game, Super Mario 64. (edit)

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