Get Backers appears to be preparing for a new revival project, with the franchise’s official YouTube channel confirming that it is behind the mysterious teaser recently shared on X.
The teaser was posted by the newly created @reclaim_00 account with the message, “The strongest duo moves again.” While the video itself avoids naming the series, the official Get Backers YouTube channel has linked directly to the post and asked fans to help spread it while avoiding references to the title or character names.
In its message to fans, the channel said it is currently working toward “restarting” the property and wants to build momentum around Get Backers again. It added that further details cannot yet be revealed.
The exact nature of the project remains unknown. No new TV anime, remake, sequel, manga project, or other format has been announced at this time. You can watch the teaser video below.
Original manga artist Rando Ayamine also acknowledged the development after initially saying he was unaware of rumors surrounding a Get Backers restart. Ayamine later said that he had been contacted and asked fans to wait for the official announcement.
The teaser follows recent activity on the official Get Backers YouTube channel, which uploads a voiced comic anime using panels from the original manga. The channel recently resumed uploads after an extended break of over ten months. Its videos credit Yuya Aoki for the original story, Rando Ayamine for the artwork, and Frontier NEXT as publisher.
Get Backers, written by Yuya Aoki and illustrated by Rando Ayamine, was serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine from 1999 to 2007. The story follows Ban and Ginji, a pair of retrieval specialists who take on jobs recovering stolen or lost items. The manga previously received a 49-episode TV anime by Studio Deen, which aired from 2002 to 2003. The official YouTube comic anime currently features Taro Sakamii as Ban and Takayuki Ito as Ginji, rather than the cast of the earlier TV adaptation (Nobutoshi Canna as Ban Mido and Shotaro Morikubo as Ginji Amano).
Prime Video streams the anime, describing the story:
Ban and Ginji are on a new case recovering a box for a high-paying client, on the condition that their payment is 1/10th of the contents of the box. Ban and Ginji have to retrieve it from a transport service, but they meet a very strong opponent.
Source: @reclaim_00 X/Twitter, GetBackers Official YouTube
©Yuya Aoki / Rando Ayamine
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