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“Middle schooler Tsutomu dies, merges with alien agent Birdy to fight crime while sharing one body.”
Birdy the Mighty
鉄腕バーディー
7.15
4,064 rank · 36,181 viewers · 87 favorites
Action
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Sci-Fi
Shounen
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Synopsis
Middle schooler Tsutomu dies, merges with alien agent Birdy to fight crime while sharing one body.
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. (Source: ANN)
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Community consensus
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7.0
/10
What 15 viewers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 0.89
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.89 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
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Running avg · Mar 2008 → Mar 2026
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Good old fashion space alien takes over human and fights evil show. Characters are believable and interesting to watch, attention to human motion is impressive in this animation and design style is...”
- 7 “as someone who has not interacted with the manga or decode, i think its pretty good! its nothing too special, but i enjoyed watching it! i liked the artstyle, the music is real good, the characters...”
- 8 “This anime was so fun! I was pleasantly surprised! The characters were all very human and well-written, the animation was wonderful and thoughtful, and the soundtrack was cute when it needed to be...”
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Short · 53%
Medium · 7%
Long · 40%
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- Format 4 × 33′ eps × min
- Total runtime 2h 12m all episodes
- Aired Jul 1996 – Feb 1997
- Source Ova media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-0532 catalog
Produced by
- Bandai Visual Producer
Licensed by
- Central Park Media Licensor