Birdy the Mighty
Seen it?1996 | 1 seasons | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a small audience and little lasting buzz, 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 anyone who wants a laugh, sci-fi fans and action fans.
- The mood
- Light and funny, feel-good.
- The pace
- One season: easy to finish in a weekend or two, short, snackable episodes, about 2 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- No age rating on record, so check it first for young kids.
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Tsutomu, an average middle school kid busy studying for the final exams to enter high school runs into a man running from someone and gets caught up in the chase. In all the confusion he gets accidentally killed. Luckily Birdy (an interplanetary agent) knows a way to save him, unfortunately that means joining bodies to become one. So now he is stuck with this officer and along for the ride capturing criminals and saving lives.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
Generally positive reviews
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
Awards data unavailable, so this isn't counted
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Limited series that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 40K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
- Kotono MitsuishiBirdy (voice)
- Tetsuya IwanagaTsutomu (voice)
- Motomu KiyokawaMegiusu (voice)
- YukanaNatsumi (voice)
- Keiji FujiwaraMasakubo (voice)
- Makoto HigoHanezawa (voice)
- Keaton YamadaKouichirou (voice)
- Tomoko MaruoHazumi (voice)
- Kotoe TaichiIzumi (voice)
- Osamu IchikawaHIkawa (voice)