Add to My List Add to Favorites Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Tetsuwan Birdy (2008), Birdy the Mighty TV Japanese: 鉄腕バーディー (2008) English: Birdy the Mighty: Decode More titles InformationType: TV Episodes: 13 Status: Finished Airing Aired: Jul 5, 2008 to Sep 27, 2008 Premiered: Summer 2008 Broadcast: Saturdays at 01:00 (JST) Producers: Aniplex, Shogakukan Licensors: Funimation Studios: A-1 Pictures Source: Manga Genres: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi Demographic: Seinen Duration: 23 min. per ep. Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older StatisticsScore: 7.411 (scored by 35,821 users) 1 indicates a weighted score. Ranked: #22902 2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #2191 Members: 99,398 Favorites: 399 Available AtResources |
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Jan 31, 2009 Archaeon Recommended I will freely admit that I'm a fan of the original Birdy the Mighty. I watched the original OVA back in 1997, and I loved the show for it's surrealistic sci-fi premise. When I heard that the show was being remade into a 13 part TV series, it goes without saying that I was looking forward to it. The original Tetsuwan Birdy manga was created by Yuuki Masami (who is more well known for his Mobile Police Patlabor series), and ran in Shounen Sunday Super magazine. However, Yuuki's work on Kyuukyoku Chojin R (The Ultimate Esper "R"), for the same magazine eventually led to the manga ... Read more Open Gift Report
Oct 4, 2008 sanimej2 Recommended Please bare with me thou this is my first review. I just finished watching Birdy - Decode and I have to say "Great series". The story itself was good in this series. Maybe they had spread it over 12 ep. instead of just 4 OVA's back then. I remembered watching the "Birdy" first OVA's many moons ago and I was like "eh" about the anime back then. When I saw they were coming out with an 12 episode series, I was willing to give it a try and happy I did. It's refreshing to see a anime thats different ... Read more Open Gift Report
May 19, 2011 itsthatguy Recommended I have never seen the original Birdy OVA so I cannot possibly compare between the two series. Therefore this version is going to be reviewed on its own merits. I actually found this show when it was recommended to me on Netflix. It looked interesting so I gave it a shot. Birdy had a pretty original premise and that was what initially got me hooked. It seemed like it was going to be mostly an action-based series with aliens thrown in, which is exactly what it is at times, but a lot of the fight scenes are pretty intense and fun to watch. ... Read more Open Gift Report
Oct 21, 2009 SamFury Mixed Feelings ================== = = = = = I was in search for breasts. I know… I know… Ecchi anime doesn’t usually leave a pleasant taste in the mouth, but I’m a man, and I live in the now! No one can tell me that alien crime fighters with swelling bosoms aren’t quality entertainment. So I sat there, legs crossed, pondering what I could watch. I took the necessary steps, asked a few of my friends who lurked in the dank recesses of their mother’s basement, desperate carnal housewives and of course, the internet. To my surprise the vast archives ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jun 23, 2013 ngohongsui Recommended Birdy the Mighty is a thoroughly enjoyable exercise of an interplay of good and okay execution. Story: 7. Birdy the Mighty is forgettable plotwise due to a tired genre of Alien superiority. The whole "Aliens are stronger than us but we must survive somehow" premise is dealt by the novels like "War of the Worlds" by H.G. Wells or even t.v. shows like "Star Trek" in a greater and more investing manner. The sharing of a body aspect however is quite interesting as it leads to clever and fun character interactions. Art: 8. The aspect of this show that really brought me in was the direction ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jul 21, 2020 Injenss Recommended 12 Years. I've had this anime sitting around for 12 years without finishing it. That was a mistake, because this anime is awesome. It has so much going for it, but I think the key thing is that while this anime is centered mostly around high school kids, it's not childish. It's a mature story, and very well told. Not a lot of plot holes, not a lot of moe, or nosebleeding, and it actually intersperses adults naturally with children. It's not like most animes today where adults are these far away uninvolved authority figures who only show up at key ... Read more Open Gift Report
Feb 3, 2009 agau4779 Recommended Note: I haven't watched the original OVA of Birdy, so I therefore am not judging the series based on its older portrayal. Tetsuwan Birdy Decode depicts the clash between two totally different people, Birdy Cephon, an agent of the alien "Federation", and Senkawa Tsutomu, an ordinary high school senior in Japan. In her chase after an interplanetary criminal, Birdy accidentally destroys Tsutomu's body in her fight with the criminal. However, through some alien power, Birdy saves Tsutomu's mind by absorbing it into her body. While Tsutomu's body is being repaired by scientists in the Federation, he must share a body with Birdy and help her protect ... Read more Open Gift Report
Oct 19, 2008 acceleratum Recommended A good watch for any occasion, Tetsuwan Birdy Decode provides some originality bringing back the open imagination to the anime, instead of the usual school plots or mechs it feels refreshing to come up with a different sci fi. Read more Open Gift Report
May 2, 2019 WeeabooHunter101 Recommended I found Birdy the Mighty through S.A.V.E. so I wasn't expecting very much from this series. I also wasn't expecting much with a premise about a high school boy sharing bodies with a hot alien super cop. Now I am so glad that I decided to buy this series and hope more people seek it out in the future. Read more Open Gift Report
Sep 23, 2018 WindSentinel Recommended Tetsuwan Birdy Decode or aka Birdy the Mighty is one of the most memorable and meaningful animes I have ever watched. This beautiful show is gorgeously rendered with stunning linework and visual aesthetics. The tone of the story matches the art very well. The fight scenes are so dynamic and the movement of the characters can be so fluid and artistic at times, that it comes alive to the viewer. The musical score is reminiscent of Cowboy Bebop, with flowing and moving musical pieces that will remain in memory long after the show is over. The characters progress and grow beyond that of a linear plane ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jul 8, 2018 OddOtaku Recommended Season 1 of Tetsuwan Birdy Decode is a stunning reboot to the old OVA and pays homage to the manga which also got rebooted but about 5 more times? Reboots aside, this is one of the best shining examples of story and character done right. With one exception. For the most part the characters are believable, you can understand why every character acts and portray themselves surprisingly realistically. But the main villain. He's almost a disappointing level of why. He's great for memes and in his own way feels like he belongs somewhere, but that place isn't here sadly. While this is a fun anime, ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jun 20, 2012 angelsreview Not Recommended Preliminary (4/13 eps) This is one of those strange shows where one of the main characters dies before the main plot is even really talked about. I can’t help feeling like I have heard this story somewhere before, where two people have to share one body for a time period. I just can’t think of the show at the moment. Many of the characters personalities bother me; Birdy’s is a little two out there in the English dub. Tsutomu’s friend is positively the nosiest person in this. She will not leave him alone for a second and buts her nose into his business constantly. Sadly, they also bring ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jun 20, 2018 ktulu007 Mixed Feelings Tetsuwan Birdy Decode is an anime from late 08 based off of a manga from the mid to late 80s. It was originally written by Yuuki Masami. The anime was handled by A-1. Yes, them again. And this one came out before Kuroshitsuji too. Which will officially make it the earliest A-1 anime I’ve reviewed. I don’t know what to expect since their quality is so variable. Let’s have a look. Story: We open with our titular Birdy in pursuit of some criminals. Turns out she’s a federation security agent and yet she doesn’t wear gold. In any case, she captures their getaway driver but they scarper. ... Read more Open Gift Report
Sep 10, 2011 ggultra2764 Recommended I must admit that I got quite a bit of enjoyment out of seeing Birdy the Mighty: Decode. While the series does seemingly set itself up as a typical space action-adventure about an alien agent stopping criminals, it does quite a bit to make itself stand out. It sets up Tsutomu having to share Birdy's body after his body accidentally gets wasted by Birdy during a fight with a thug. This sets up the entertaining chemistry between the two characters as they often get at odds with one another over who gets to snag control of Birdy's body as Tsutomu wants to retain whatever normalcy ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jan 21, 2022 lamaraptor Recommended I thought this was going to be a rehash of the original OVA, but I didn't know going into it that there are actually two versions of the manga as well. The original OVA was based on the older manga, while this one is based on the new series that fleshed out the story a bit more and added some new characters. I've got some question. Why is M. Night Shyamalan the villain? Were they trying to say that there was going to be a twist ending? Was the twist that he died? He was so convinced that he was creating a perfect society and that ... Read more Open Gift Report
Dec 18, 2008 gisele_alain Not Recommended Preliminary (2/13 eps) I tried to give this show a fair hearing. I really did. But a bigger budget, and 8 more eps to retell a rather tight story from 1996 does not a good show make. I may have NOT given the it enough of a chance,but I find it impossible to sit down and rewatch it. The art is lovely, the character design is well done. The audio is crisp and not over laden with overly dramatic themes The pacing feels very off and the story simply wanders, perhaps a gift of the extra time to fill and I didnt give a hoot about any of ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jan 17, 2015 JustGoodAnime Recommended "Tetsuwan Birdy Decode," or "Birdy the Mighty: Decode," is a smartly written show with decent production values and a good hook. It is not an ambitious show however. Birdy the Mighty is a show that proves to be quite entertaining, but its not likely to leave you with much after the credits roll. There's nothing wrong with that, but its something to keep in mind when deciding to watch it or not. Birdy's characters are likable enough, but not particularly complex. The show does provide a nice duality between public and private life though. Whether its Tuto's charming mix of effeminate charisma and straight faced ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jul 25, 2012 DrProfHectorPhD Recommended I was on my Netflix account, cruising for new and interesting anime to watch, when I noticed Tetsuwan Birdy Decode. I'm not really sure what compelled me to watch it, since I'm not usually drawn to anime with title art such as this, but I started watching and I couldn't stop. Birdy definitely surprised me with her confidence and character development. The story itself didn't feel "cookie cutter" and the music went along very well. Read more Open Gift Report
Jun 17, 2015 Cespar Mixed Feelings Birdy the Mighty: Decode, as I’ll refer it to as, isn’t what I expected based on its cover. It’s a mixed-genre show with some fun action and entertainment. However, by no means is this a terrible show, but it is fairly above average and competently made. * I will note that this is far from an ecchi anime. It's actually a reboot to the 90's 4 episode OVA. Story- 5/10 Intergalactic criminals have opposed the Federation and snuck into the backwater planet called Earth. Now ... Read more Open Gift Report
May 4, 2017 Qdew Mixed Feelings Tetsuwan Birdy Decode is a story with a great premise, that was unfortunately underutilized by the creators. I had high hopes when entering this series, it had me eagerly waiting to see how the story may develop, but it did not live up to my anticipations, and my interest was steadily dropping after 3 episodes. Let’s first look at what the first episode leaves us with. The series starts off with a flashy and entertaining introduction of the female lead - Birdy Cephon Altera an intergalactic police officer, and moves on to showcasing her earthly alter ego - a rather promising introduction. We are shown the ... Read more Open Gift Report More Reviews |
