“Alien cop Birdy accidentally kills teen Senkawa, merges bodies, juggling modeling, school, and intergalactic crime-fighting.”
Birdy the Mighty: Decode
鉄腕バーディー (2008)
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Synopsis
Alien cop Birdy accidentally kills teen Senkawa, merges bodies, juggling modeling, school, and intergalactic crime-fighting.
While pursuing an alien fugitive, Birdy Cephon Altera—a bombastic police officer from the Space Federation—finds herself on Earth. Her target, Geega, has disguised himself as a human and assimilated into the fashion industry, so Birdy follows suit and joins a modeling agency, taking on the identity "Shion Arita." Her position as a rising model has her posing for photo shoots by day and chasing intergalactic criminals by night. Meanwhile, Tsutomu Senkawa, an average high school student, explores an abandoned building with his friend, and coincidentally, Birdy has tracked down Geega to the same building. Senkawa briefly witnesses the battle before being seized as a hostage by Geega. However, Birdy, oblivious, attacks Geega and accidentally kills Senkawa. Distraught, she quickly decides to save him by integrating his consciousness into her body. Now, Birdy and Senkawa must not only cohabitate the same body, but also balance Senkawa's high school life, Shion Arita's modeling career, and Birdy's increasingly dangerous job as a Federation officer.
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Community consensus
Derived from 29 sampled reviews
What 29 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 1.88 · split reception
4.5 pts
Recommenders 8.2 · others 3.8
↓ 2.03
Running avg · Oct 2008 → Jan 2024
- 9 “Birdy surprised me with her confidence and character development, while the story felt refreshingly original and avoided "cookie cutter" tropes, complemented by music that fit the series perfectly....”
- 8 “I appreciated the interesting concept of a space cop and high school boy sharing a body while dividing their time between saving the galaxy and ordinary school life, and I found the sister-brother...”
- 7 “I appreciated that this version fleshed out the story from the newer manga rather than rehashing the original OVA, and the ending song absolutely slaps. However, the series felt like a chore to...”
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- Format 13 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 59m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2008 – Sep 2008 Summer 2008
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-3410 catalog
Produced by
- Aniplex Producer
- Shogakukan Producer
Licensed by
- Funimation Licensor