Anime
A 24-episode anime series aired on TV Tokyo between January 8, 2001 and June 25, 2001. It faithfully follows the original manga series. Notably, the anime was produced by Free-Will, a music record label. A second 24-episode series, known as Grappler Baki: Maximum Tournament as it tells the story from that part of the manga, aired from July 23, 2001 to December 24, 2001.
Both series were licensed for a North American English release by Funimation Entertainment. They released both series as one on 12 DVDs, each with four episodes, beginning on June 14, 2005 with the last released on February 27, 2007. Two box sets were released on January 23, 2007 and March 25, 2008, the first included volumes 1-6 (1st series), while the second included 7-12 (2nd series). A set including every episode was released on September 2, 2008.
All of the theme songs were performed by Project Baki, the opening "Ai Believe" was sung by Aoyagi Ryouko, and the closing themes "All Alone" and "Reborn" were also performed by Project Baki. For the second series, "All Alone" was used as the opening and "Loved" as the closing. The opening theme for the English-language version was the song "Child Prey" by Japanese metal band Dir en grey, who is signed to Free-Will.
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