Saru Get You -On Air-

Ape Escape -On Air- (サルゲッチュ 〜オンエアー〜, Saru Getchu -On Eā-) is a CGI anime television series produced by Xebec based on Sony's Ape Escape video game franchise. The series and its sequel (Ape Escape -On Air- 2nd) aired on TV Tokyo between April 8, 2006 and September 29, 2007, and loosely adapt storylines from Million Monkeys, Ape Escape 3, and SaruSaru Big Mission.

Ape Escape -On Air-
サルゲッチュ 〜オンエアー〜 (Saru Getchu -On Eā-)
Genre	Adventure, fantasy, comedy, romance
Anime television series
Directed by	Nobuyoshi Habara
Written by	Naruhisa Arakawa
Music by	Youichi Sakai
Studio	Xebec
Original network	TV Tokyo, QTV 11
Original run	April 8, 2006 – October 1, 2006
Episodes	26
Anime television series
Ape Escape -On Air- 2nd
Directed by	Jun Kamiya
Written by	Naruhisa Arakawa
Music by	Youichi Sakai
Studio	Xebec
Original network	TV Tokyo, QTV 11
Original run	October 7, 2006 – September 29, 2007
Episodes	51

Storyline

When Specter gets ahold of a Pipo Helmet, he becomes intelligent and starts using monkeys to spread chaos around the world. Using their teleporter and gadgets, Kakeru, Hiroki, Natsumi, and the Professor work to capture the monkeys and stop Specter's plans. Spike and friends are later joined by virtual girl, Charu, and mech genius, Haruka. It is eventually revealed that Specter's true identity is Natsumi's pet monkey, Kuuta, who was transformed into Specter by a group called the Pipotrons. The Pipotrons host a game in virtual space, challenging Kakeru and his friends for Specter's freedom, but Specter escapes before they get there. The Pipotrons then challenge Kakeru and co. to a tournament. Specter eventually learned about the kind things humans have done for monkeys, protects Kakeru, and returns to being Kuuta.

Cast

• Shizuka Ishikawa as Kakeru
• Chika Sakamoto as Specter/Kuuta
• Hideyuki Umezu as Hakase
• Junko Minagawa as Hiroki
• Tomoko Kawakami as Natsumi
• Tomoe Hanba as Haruka
• Rina Satou as Charu
• Junko Takeuchi as Satoru
• Ai Nonaka as Sayaka
• Sayaka Ohara as Akie

External links

• Saru Get You -On Air- XEBEC site (Japanese) Archived 2008-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
• Saru Get You -On Air- 2nd Shogakugan site (Japanese)
• Saru Get You -On Air- (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Saru Get You -On Air- 2nd (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia