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Director Koichi Ohata
Writer Fumihiko Shimo
Studio Gonzo
Licensor FUNimation Entertainment
MVM Films
Madman Entertainment
Network TV Asahi
Original run 6 April 2004 – 14 September 2004
Episodes 24 (List of episodes)

The Orphans
The group includes Dorothy, an African American girl who is the second oldest of the group to Meg. She usually aids Meg in her thefts. Then Charlie, a young Caucasian boy who is usually left to care for Shirley when Meg and Dorothy leave. He is the most cynical of the group. And finally, Shirley, a mute little girl and the youngest of the group. She is the one who finds an unconscious Jo and decides to take her home with them. She carries a book with a picture of an angel with silver hair; something she always points out to everyone and especially towards Jo who she shows great affection for.

Miscellaneous
Akio Voiced by: Toshihide Tsuchiya (Japanese), Johnny Yong Bosch (English)
An old friend and classmate of Kyohei who always defended him. He is found on the streets by Eiji, a Yakuza member. He takes Akio in and has a doctor convert him into a Cyberoid. He goes on a one man war against the Yakuza. Eiji agrees to a deal with the right-hand man of the Yakuza boss to kill Akio. Eiji fails and ends up being shot several times by an enraged Akio due his betrayal. He tells Kyohei what happened to him and how he became a Cyberoid. After killing off the Yakuza and the Boss, Akio battles Eiji now being converted to a Cyberoid. Akio kills Eiji though he dies in the process leaving Kyohei crying at the loss of his friend.