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television series produced by

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based on

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'' video game franchise. The series aired on

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between April 8, 2006 and September 29, 2007, and loosely adapts storylines from '' Million Monkeys'', ''

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'', and '' SaruSaru Big Mission''.

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 , also known under the name , is a Japanese voice actress who specializes in voicing characters in adult video games. She is a member of the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society. Filmography Anime *''Cardfight!! Vanguard'' – Kamui Katsur ...

as Kakeru *

Chika Sakamoto is a Japanese voice actress who is affiliated with Arts Vision. Filmography Television animation ;1980s *''Captain Tsubasa'' (1983) – Sanae Nakazawa *'' Cat's Eye'' (1983) – Ai Kisugi *'' Nine'' (1983) – Yukimi Yasuda *'' Super Dimension C ...

as Specter/Kuuta *

Hideyuki Umezu is a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with 81 Produce. Biography Filmography Television animation ;1980s *''Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ'' (1986) – Nelmarsen *''Bravoman'' (1988) – Bravoman ;1990s *''Holly the Ghost'' (1991) – Kakaras ...

as Hakase *

Junko Minagawa is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Haikyo. Her best-known role is Ryoma Echizen, the title character in ''The Prince of Tennis'' anime series. She sang some of the show's theme songs, insert songs, and character singles, some of which h ...

as Hiroki *

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as Natsumi * Tomoe Hanba as Haruka *

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as Charu *

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as Satoru *

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as Sayaka *

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as Akie

External links

''Saru Get You -On Air-'' XEBEC site (Japanese)

* * {{Xebec Ape Escape 2006 anime television series debuts 2012 Japanese television series endings Anime television series based on video games Xebec (studio) TV Tokyo original programming Works based on Sony Interactive Entertainment video games