Saru Get You ~On Air~ (サルゲッチュ 〜オンエアー~) is a CGI-animated television anime series produced by Xebec based on Sony's Ape Escape video game franchise. The series aired on TV Tokyo between April 8, 2006 and September 30, 2006. The story loosely adapts storylines from Ape Escape, Ape Escape: Pumped & Primed and Ape Escape: Million Monkeys.
A second season named Saru Get You ~On Air~ 2nd was aired soon after.
Story[]
When a small white monkey named Kuuta is lured to put on a Pipo Helmet, he becomes the evil and intelligent Specter 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. More characters later join, such as the virtual girl Charu and the mech genius Haruka.
Characters[]
- Kakeru (Spike): An energetic fourth-grade elementary school student. He is a hero who tries to catch Pipo Monkeys with his Get Net. The Professor is his friend.
- Professor: A genius inventor who developed the Pipo Helmet and a friend of Kakeru. Although he has a sense of justice and is a wonderful person, he is also very airheaded and silly.
- Natsumi (Natalie): The Professor's granddaughter. She always treats Kakeru like a child. She has a victorious and cheerful personality, and supports Kakeru and Hikaru catching monkeys as the laboratory operator. She was the owner of Kuuta before his disappearance.
- Hiroki (Jake): Kakeru's best friend, rival and classmate in the same elementary school. He is a courteous and cool adolescent boy. He is a rich family's only son and has a very blatant crush on Natsumi.
- Kuuta: A small white monkey owned by Natsumi. He was turned into Specter by Pipotron J's plan, but turned back at the end of the season.
- Specter: A white monkey wearing a Pipo Helmet, awakened with supernatural powers and an evil heart. He can speak in human language, and will conquer the world. It's revealed he used Kuuta as a vessel before truly emerging in season 2.
- Pipo Monkeys: The monkeys who wore the Pipo Helmets and became a little bit smarter. Under the command of Specter, they cause mischiefs and messes around the world.
- Charu (Casi): A virtual AI-assistant that the Professor developed. She can create a physical body for herself, and mostly helps around the laboratory.
- Haruka (Helga): A Hi-Tech Robot Battle champion. She was touring conventions around the world, but became friends with Kakeru and the rest and began to stay around more.
- Neo Pipotrons: The Neo Pipotrons are the true antagonists, planning to use Kuuta to get Specter's DNA and create mutant forces. They were eventually defeated by Kakeru and Specter.
Episodes[]
- Frequence! Monkey Heaven
- A Good Trip! Feeling like a Monkey
- The Founder! A Navigator
- Monkeys Having Fun! The Smile Monkey Resort
- The World's Greatest Cooking Monkey
- Monkey Searching For Romance
- Monkey Shogun Rampage?
- A Special Couples Journey
- Even With Monkey Picasso
- Monkey's Roadshow
- Sudden Body Swap?!
- Recollection! A Get You Summary!
- Snowboard Spirit
- Specter Goes Too Far
- Monopoly Live Broadcast Monkey Fireworks Display
- Kakeru's Win Percentage Challenge
- Kuuta's Portrait
- Pipo Ritual Opening Bell
- Large Monkey Investigation Network
- Suddenly Living in Space?
- Suzukidoki! Remembrance
- The Side of Specter That Even The Professor Won't Tell Us About!
- Winning Monkey Maze
- Race, Shame, Embarrassment, and Monkeys
- Transformation Colosseum!
- A World of Monkeys!
Gallery[]
Saru Get You! ~On Air~
Kakeru
Hakase
Natsumi
Hiroki
Kuuta
Specter
Pipo Monkey
Kakeru with the Get Net.
A Pipo Monkey.
Kakeru and Hakase in the Lab.
Ape Escape Franchise
| Characters | Casi · Jake · Natalie · Professor · Specter · Spike |
|---|---|
| Gadgets | Dash Hoop · Magic Punch · Monkey Radar · R.C. Car · Sky Flyer · Slingback Shooter · Stun Club · Time Net · Water Net |
| Prehistoric Era/ The Lost Land | Fossil Field · Primordial Ooze · Molten Lava |
| Cenozoic Era/ Mysterious Age | Thick Jungle · Dark Ruins · Cryptic Relics |
| Dimension/Dimension X | Stadium Attack |
| Primitive Age/Oceana | Crabby beach · Coral Cave · Dexter's Island |
| Ice age/New Freezeland | Snowy Mammoth · Frosty Retreat · Hot Springs |
| Dimension/Dimension X | Gladiator Attack |
| Recent Past/Medieval Mayhem | Sushi Temple · Wabi Sabi Wall · Crumbling Castle |
| Present-Day/Futurama | City Park · Specter's Factory · TV Tower |
| Present-Day 2/Specter Land | Monkey Madness |
| Dimension/Dimension X | Peak Point Matrix |
| Characters | Haru · Hero · Specter · Tohko · Tsukushi |
|---|---|
| Gadgets | Ape Vacuum · Banannerizer · Monkey Net · Slingback Shooter · Smasher |
| Levels | Wobbly Home · Mysterious Ruins · Monkey Carousel · Monkey Road · The Hot Springs · Dinosaur Glacier · Haunted House · Asian Town · Spa Gardens · Food City · Skull Volcano · Monkeyland · Steam Castle · Battery Tower · Monkey Station |