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Viewtiful Joe (TV series)

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Viewtiful Joe is an anime series based on the video game series of the same name.

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The characters of Viewtiful Joe.

The series follows a similar plot of the games, but there are many differences. The series was shown every Saturday on the Japanese TV station TV Tokyo from October 2004-October 2005. It has been licensed by anime distributor Geneon, and currently airs in the USA on Kids WB every Saturday at 8:00 AM.

Storyline

Following the games' storyline, movie lover Joe and his girlfriend Silvia enjoy a seemingly normal trip to the movies to see an action flick starring Joe's idol, Captain Blue, when suddenly the leader of the evil Jadow force reaches out of the screen and takes Silvia into the movie. Joe is forced to follow her by Captain Blue's mecha, Six Majin, and meets Captain Blue in the flesh who grants Joe the power to become an action movie hero in his own right, Viewtiful Joe.

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Characters

  • Joe: The hero, a superhero fanboy who gets to live his dream as Viewtiful Joe while he saves Silvia from the Jadow. He assumes his superhero outfit via the phrase "Henshin-a-Go-Go, Baby!!" Although all thats needed for him to transform is the word "henshin"
  • Silvia: The heroine, she was abducted by the Jadow for their evil plan to succeed.
  • Junior: Another self-proclaimed hero worshipper like Joe, only younger. He lived in Blue Town, which was named after Captain Blue, serving as its protector Captain Blue Jr. Despite his jealousy for Joe being Blue's successor, Junior decided to become Joe's sidekick and offered his knowledge of Movieland as a helping hand. As the series progresses into the Gedow arc, Junior received the V-Yoyos from Captain Blue, assuming his new superhero outfit via the phrase "Henshin-a-Yo-Yo, Baby!!"
  • Captain Blue: Joe's idol and guru. He gave Joe the V-Watch which enables him to use his VFX powers.
  • Alastor: An agent of the Jadow that uses the nicknames "The Midnight Thunder Boy" and "Blade Master." Though he was helping the Jadow, Alastor doesn't care about their goals, but instead seeking out the ultimate battle, and can be considered an "anti-hero" to an extent. He considers himself Joe's rival, disipte question Joe's methods. Alastor was also the one who gave Joe the inspiration for his "hero name."
  • Detective (5, 9): A reccurring character who refers to Joe as Partner. Most of them time he gives people a choice to cut the red wire or the blue wire.
  • Jefferson Buick (13): A Movie Director from the real world, he's pursued by Jadow.
  • Syrus(6, 21): An old farmer who was a big fan of Captain Blue, he kept Machine SIX safe until Joe arrived.

JADOW

The mysterious evil organization of season 1, led by the mysterious figure its member refer to as "Almighty Leader".

  • "Alimighty Leader": The leader of Jadow, who is so far a disembodied voice. Code-named "Omnipontent". It turns out the Omnipotent is Captain Blue, who is also Silvia's father. He was freed from his madness and became the director of the "movie's sequel".
  • Sprocket: Coordinator of Jadow and 2nd in command of the organization. She is annoyed with the antics and incompetence of Charles, Hulk, & Bruce.
  • Fire Leo: The strongest member of Jadow, codenamed "Inferno Lord." He was sent to fight Joe after the incompentence of the other agents. He developed a grudge on Joe for being referred to a dog when he is clearly a lion, and his fiery mane extinguished in his first defeat by Joe. He's one of few Jadow members to question Alastor's loyalities.
  • Charles the Third: A bat-like agent of Jadow, codenamed "Dark Fiend." Arrogant and snobbish with a French accent, Charles is full of tricks and has feelings for Sprocket.
  • Hulk Davidson: A rhino-like agent of Jadow, codenamed "Iron Ogre". He scarred Capt. Blue during a previous battle they had. Wields a battle axe and wears a horned helmet. Also sings and collects motorcycles.
  • Gran Bruce: A shark-like agent of Jadow, codenamed "Aquatic Terror." Is considerably lower on the intelligence scale than most of the other Jadow and speaks in an Australian accent (as perceived by Americans).

Minor JADOW members

  • Jokester (1): An Zorro-esque agent of Jadow and Joe's first opponent, he speaks with a Spanish-accent. He has a rapier and wields two revolvers as his weapons.
  • Rotten Jack (7): A jack in the box-like agent of Jadow who posed as a clown while selling his brainwashing Slugoons (Suragon) to children in a plan to recruit the preteen youth to Jadow's cause.
  • Almighty Big-Mask (9): A stone-face agent of Jadow sent to adbuct a princess under the guise of the Big Mask of Truth.
  • Bruce Davidson The Third (Grancharulk) (10): A robot created in a joint project by Charles the Third, Hulk Davidson, & Gran Bruce to take down Joe. Bruce Davidson the 3rd combines the attributes of his three creators which at first seemed a good move. But each attribute canceled the other two out so the robot was not really a threat.
  • Whiteout & Blackout (11): The two Choromotoid brothers Jadow sent to steal Digicolor Town of its color.
  • Fake Silvia (12): Posed as Silvia to steal the V-Watch from Joe. Her true form is an homage to the Jedi from the Star Wars movie series.

Biankies

The standard Jadow grunts, these robots can do anything from fighting Joe to helping Silvia redecorate her cell.

  • Bianco Billy (5, 21): A cowboy-themed, pistol-wielding Bianky who attacked Blue Town, overpowering Junior until Joe saved the day. He habored a grudge against Junior since and attempted to get his revenge while he was separated from Joe. The dub had him using laser-pistols rather then the six shooters he usually uses like in the games
  • Verdies (6): Charles' personal grunts, Biankies remodeled for flight.

GEDOW

The new mysterious evil group of season 2. It's members are:

  • The Black Emperor: Leader of the GEDOW. Pilots a battle machine. The Black Emperor is a super hero called "Jet Black", Joe's father, owner of the Movie Studio and Captain Blue's best friend. He turned evil by the Black V-watch and the black film. He was freed from the black film corruption by Joe and Silvia.
  • Dr. Cranken: The Black Emperor's right-hand man and Mad Scientist. He appears to be a half-human, half-squid being who head is half machine.
  • Miss Bloody Rachel: A golden "Serial Killer Android" created by Dr. Cranken.
  • Big John (28): A Tyrannosaurus Rex-like agent of the Gedow who is codenamed "Drill Sergeant." His debut served to introduce Captain Blue Junior's "true henshin."
  • Flinty Stone: A golem-like agent of the Gedow who is codenamed "Ancient Stone". He has a Jewish accent. He appears to have nacrolepsy and falls asleep when someone talks too much.
  • Cameo Leon (34): A Chameleon monster created by Dr. Cranken, codenamed "Cyber Phantom." Speaks incredibly quickly and appears to be rather simple-minded (in other words, he talks faster than he thinks).
  • Frost Tiger (44): A tiger-like agent of Gedow codenamed "Blizzard Hazard." He is the brother of Fire Leo and fashioned himself after archetypal samurai characters. He bears no grudge against Joe unlike his brother, but wishes to fight him to see if Joe is a worthy opponent.

Episodes

Whilst it is not noted in the list, the Japanese names of each episode had "Episode!" (の巻; no Maki) at the end of their titles (i.e.: episode one's full name was "The Man Named Joe! Episode!"). This is a trait that anime shows occasionally pick up; Sgt. Frog, for example, has "De arimasu" attached to the end of each episode title whilst Tenchi Universe had each episode title (bar the "Space and time adventures" miniarc) begin with "No need for...".

This trait has not been picked up in the US televised broadcast of the show (mostly because the episode card is cut for each episode). In addition, for reasons unknown, the U.S. broadcast began with episode 5, with the first three episodes not being shown until a month later. Episode 4 has not been broadcast.

  1. Just a Dude Named Joe (The Man named Joe) (December 16, 2005)
  2. What's-His-Name to the Rescue! (I Got It! The Legendary Special Attacks) (December 16, 2005)
  3. Dude, Did You Say "Viewtiful"? (I am...Viewtiful Joe!) (December 16, 2005)
  4. Tutus to you, too (Silvia S.O.S!) (DVD only for now)
  5. Howdy, Partner! (Introducing: Capt. Blue Junior!) (November 5, 2005)
  6. Junior Sucks It Up (Come On, Six Machine!) (November 12, 2005)
  7. Attack of the Slugoon Platoon (Fear! Suragon's Appearance) (November 19, 2005)
  8. Fire on the Mountain (What? Our Hero is Disqualified?) (November 26, 2005)
  9. Roamin' Holiday (Large Disturbance! The Hero of the Festival!) (December 3, 2005)
  10. No Kidding (Super Robo Grancharulk!) (December 10, 2005)
  11. When Pigments Fly (The Day the World Loses its Color) (December 17, 2005)
  12. Dude, Where's My V-Watch (The Stolen V-Watch) (January 7, 2006)
  13. The Fugtive From Beyond the Screen (Jadow's Fugitive) (January 14, 2006)
  14. Jadow Greatest Hits Collection (Actual Records! Jadow's Battle is Confirmed) (January 21, 2006)
  15. To Have and to Hold Captive(The Plan of Wedding Bells) (January 28, 2006)
  16. A Fairy's Tale (The Pine Tree Peninsula and the Fairy Flower) (February 4, 2006)
  17. Captain Blue vs. the Squid of Inescapable Doom?! (Captain Blue Returns) (February 11, 2006)
  18. V-Watch Out!(The V-Watch Panic) (February 18, 2006))
  19. V Is For… Veggie-Burger?! (Chin Up, You'll probably Walk!) (February 25, 2006)
  20. Express Train to Yesterday (It's Not Time to Play Around!) (March 4, 2006)
  21. Bianco Billy Rides Again (Junior: Crisis Attack!) (March 25, 2006)
  22. Cleanliness is Next to Escape-liness (Silvia's Big Escape) (April 22, 2006)
  23. Crush Hour (Climactic Battle! Joe VS Alastor!) (April 29, 2006)
  24. Revival! SFX Majin
  25. Decisive Battle! Infiltrate Jadow's Base!
  26. We Have The Tomorrow!
  27. The New Enemy! Gedow's Invasion
  28. Junior's Henshin
  29. Sylvia the Storm-Calling Woman
  30. Wild, Wild Kick!
  31. The Alien Next Door
  32. Fierceness! The Cannon Race
  33. A lot of heroes!
  34. Reclaiming the Black Daimond!
  35. A kind mysterious person from Jadow?!
  36. The target is Joe!
  37. Burning Metal Heart!
  38. Revived Black Wings!
  39. Enemy is Captain Blue!
  40. Crumbling! Movieland
  41. Courageously engraving the Earth!
  42. Raw hook-up! Joe VS Junior
  43. Sprocket's love for glasses!
  44. The Flaming Lion Returns!
  45. Gedow's Romantic Operation!
  46. Rachel's Treasured Item
  47. Actual Records! Gedow's Battle is Confirmed!
  48. Fierce Battle! Eternal Rival!
  49. Triumph! Gedow Destroyed!
  50. Exhibition! Viewtiful Film Festival!
  51. Tomorrow's Hero is You!

Cast

US

Unlike the game the show itself was based on, the cast is entirely different. Though Kevin Michael Richardson does provide his voice for the commercial breaks.

Japanese

Theme songs

Japan

  • Openings
  1. "Brighter Side" by SaGa (Ep 1-19)
  2. "Brighter Side" V.2 by SaGa (Ep 20-38)
  3. "Spirit Awake" by SaGa (Ep 39-51)
  • Endings
  1. "And You" by SaGa (Ep 1-19)
  2. "And You" V.2 by SaGa (Ep 20-38)
  3. "Shangri-La Village / Tougenkyou" by Amasia Landscape (Ep 39-51)

U.S.

  • Opening
  1. "Brighter Side" by SaGa

Trivia

The name of Joe's flying machine, Six machine was renamed to Machine Six. There is speculation that it was renamed because it's original name sounded close to the phrase "Sex machine." Also Six Majin was renamed to Robo-Six. As of this writing, there is no conclusive information as to why these changes were made.

The Rosetta enimies from the game are not present for obvious reasons.

Unlike the games Joe can actually block in the Anime.

Alastor's wedding outfit bares a resemblance to the attire worn by Sparda in the video game Devil May Cry.

There is a pair of characters who parody the Men in Black.

Even though King Blue and Jet Black are in the show, Young Captain Blue doesn't fight Joe, and Dark Hero Jet Black and Dark Kaizer never appear

Joe's middle finger was edited out in henshin.

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