The Big O

The Big O

TV-14 1999 · 1 season · 26 eps · ★ 7.2 · Animation, Drama, Action & Adventure

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Forty years ago, the minds of Paradigm City's inhabitants were wiped clean of all recollections of the past. Now, ruled by a powerful corporation and cut off from the rest of the world by desolate wastelands, Paradigm has become a virtual police state where Negotiators like Roger Smith keep the wheels of progress, commerce, and society turning.

Directed by Kazuyoshi Katayama · Written by Chiaki J. Konaka

Networks: WOWOW Prime, Tokyo MX, Chiba TV

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