



Their headquarters is designed after the Flatiron Building in Manhattan, New York. Special Services ( 特務課, Tokumu-ka), a division of the Bureau of Urban Safety ( 都市安全管理局中央司令部本部長, Toshi Anzen Kanri-kyoku Chūō Shirei-bu Hon Buchō), is tasked in investigating and preventing criminal activity from happening in Judoh. The pair live and work in the fictional, futuristic Metropolis of "Judoh" (Jewde), where the understaffed and underfunded Special Services Division of the Bureau of Urban Safety has its headquarters.Ĭharacters Special Services Heat Guy J chronicles the adventures of a young Special Services officer named Daisuke Aurora and his android partner known simply as "J". It was packaged in double DVD sets to make up for the long delayed release of the series. The show was picked up for a UK DVD release by Manga Entertainment starting in March 2006. A one volume manga was created based on the series, and was licensed and distributed by Tokyopop. The first 13 episodes of the show were also broadcast on the cable channel MTV2. It was re-released by Funimation in the fall of 2009. in 2003 by Pioneer (which subsequently became Geneon Entertainment). Heat Guy J was licensed and distributed in the U.S. Heat Guy J ( Japanese: ヒートガイジェイ, Hepburn: Hīto Gai Jei ) is a Japanese anime television series created and directed by Escaflowne director Kazuki Akane and animated by Satelight.
