The Big O
Seen it?1999 | 1 seasons | 25 min | Animation, Drama, Action & Adventure
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a short run with a modest audience, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for action fans and animation lovers. If you loved Cyberpunk: Edgerunners or Agatha Christie's Poirot, start here.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- 1 season: a few weeks of evenings, short, snackable episodes, about 11 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- Rated TV-14. Probably too much for younger kids.
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Ran for 1 season and reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 130K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
- Mitsuru MiyamotoRoger Smith (voice)
- Akiko YajimaR. Dorothy Wayneright (voice)
- Emi ShinoharaAngel (voice)
- Gorō NayaGordon Rosewater (voice)
- Katsunosuke HoriMichael Seebach (voice)
- Motomu KiyokawaNorman Burg (voice)
- Shinpachi TsujiBig Ear (voice)
- Unsho IshizukaAlex Rosewater (voice)
- SayuriVera Ronstadt (voice)
- Tessyo GendaDan Dastun (voice)