A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Premiere:
July 6, 2006
# of Seasons: 1
# of Episodes: 11
Finale:
September 21, 2006
Creators:
Kitashiba Ken
Watanabe Yasuhiro
Original Title:
内閣権力犯罪強制取締官・財前丈太郎
Alternate Titles:
Naikaku Kenryoku Hanzai Kyousei Torishimarikan Zaizen Joutarou
Genres:
Action & Adventure | Animation | Crime
Production Companies:
TV Asahi
Universal Pictures Japan
Countries:
JP
After Japan's economic bubble burst the country slowly recovered, but dirty politicians still make deals with dirty businessmen so that they can both profit from the hard work of others. Keiichi Suzuki, head of Ōshika Construction, and Seijiro Matsuzaka, one of the members of parliament, have a deal going on that allows Ōshika Construction to use fewer materials in their projects while still letting their buildings get approved for business use. Unfortunately for them, the Government Crime Investigation Agency, the Japanese government-approved but independently-run equivalent to the FBI, is already on the move. Jotaro Zaizen, a long-thought-dead police officer, is the agent on the Ōshika case and gathers a group of people who have reasons to fight Suzuki and Matsuzaka. To help combat the GCIA, though, Suzuki hires the Haoukokuryu-kai, a yakuza group.
Art Designer:
Masakazu Miyake
Assistant Director:
Yoshihiro Mori
Character Designer:
Takehiko Matsumoto
Masami Suda
Editor:
Tomoki Nagasaka
Original Music Composer:
Murakami Sou
Producer:
Naomi Nishiguchi
Series Composition:
Hideki Mitsui
Series Director:
Hidetoshi Omori
Sound Director:
Akama Akiyoshi
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