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Desert Punk
In the future, Japan is a wasteland. In the Great Kanto Desert, scattered humans eke out a living in the hot sand. Among them, a short-statured man they call "Sunabozu" makes a living as a bounty hunter. Like a demon of the sand, he seems unbeatable. Yet, like all men, he has a particular weakness for the opposite sex...
- Cast:
- Chihiro Suzuki, Tamio Ohki, Chiwa Saito, Tomoko Kotani
- Language:
- Japanese
- Country:
- Japan
- Network:
- CBC, MBS
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 1
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
The Demon and the Double D's
2004-10-06 · 25mDesert Punk’s got two vices: money and babes. Today both are on the line, as he tears apart the Kawazu Gang. But after a bait-and-switch, he’ll have to salvage his reputation.
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E02
Episode 2
Rock, Paper, Scissors
2004-10-13 · 25mWhen Desert Punk discovers that he and the fierce Rain Spider are after the same guy, tempers begin to boil. With egos like these, who knows what’ll happen.
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E03
Episode 3
Fire Dragon Kong
2004-10-20 · 25mAfter taking a job from Junko, Desert Punk learns he’ll have to work with the Machine Gun Brothers and face the most powerful force in the entire desert - Fire Dragon Kong.
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E04
Episode 4
An Ace in the Sand
2004-10-27 · 25mBefore Desert Punk can get in his first practice round with his awesome new M40, he finds himself targeted by the infamous Shimmer Sniper.
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E05
Episode 5
The Price of Water
2004-11-03 · 25mBefore Desert Punk can get in his first practice round with his awesome new M40, he finds himself targeted by the infamous Shimmer Sniper.
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E06
Episode 6
Wandering Lust
2004-11-10 · 25mA lust for revenge - and Mariko - keeps Desert Punk’s spirits alive as he traverses the endless sands to his final, humiliating destiny.
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E07
Episode 7
Age Before Beauty
2004-11-17 · 25mThings are looking brighter now that Desert Punk has a new apprentice. But will Kosuna become a killer mercenary? Or will she just send Desert Punk’s reputation further down the toilet?
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E08
Episode 8
A Dog in Heat
2004-11-24 · 25mAfter Desert Punk and Kosuna are hired to blow up the supposedly cursed Inumeiwa Rock, they begin to think the curse might be real. Everything that could go wrong goes wrong. Sometimes twice.
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E09
Episode 9
All That Glitters
2004-12-01 · 25mPunk and his apprentice head to a desolate city with Junko and Kaizuka. Deep within the ruins, a menacing sentinel awaits. Will they join the other souls in the Treasure Hunter’s graveyard?
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E10
Episode 10
A Little Bit of Wisdom
2004-12-08 · 25mSomething dubious is afoot when a legendary treasure hunter hires Desert Punk to help him retrieve a ghost town’s fortune.
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Compromising Positions
2004-12-15 · 25mDesert Punk takes Junko prisoner and stashes her away in a top-secret hideout. After she knocks the exit code out of his memory, they may not get out of the tin can alive.
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E12
Episode 12
A Change of Heart
2004-12-22 · 25mDesert Punk’s been hired to rescue a kidnapped young girl, but she’s more of a handful than he hoped. And with the legendary Night Mist right on his tail, escape won’t come easy.
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E13
Episode 13
Opposites Collide
2004-12-29 · 25mWith an official IOU from Stryker, Desert Punk might finally land the big stack of dough he’s always longed for - until a gang of creeps comes and messes it all up. It’s a dog eat dog world.
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E14
Episode 14
Kosuna: Fully Automatic
2005-01-19 · 25mKosuna’s out to arm herself to the teeth after a brush with death. An old arms dealer teaches her a thing or two about Desert Punk and the ways of survival in the Great Kanto Desert.
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E15
Episode 15
The Girl Next Door
2005-01-26 · 25mDesert Punk and the Machine Gun Brothers go on a very important mission - hauling human feces across the desert. While the boys complain about their load, an old enemy waits to attack.
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E16
Episode 16
A Load of...
2005-02-02 · 25mDesert Punk discovers that the load of crap he’s hauling is a weapon of mass destruction. When Rain Spider’s men attack, Desert Punk’s plan might kill everyone for miles around.
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E17
Episode 17
Perv in Pursuit
2005-02-09 · 25mJunko and Desert Punk are on the run from a sniper who’s sporting a state-of-the-art desert suit. There’s nowhere to hide and the mysterious man on their tail isn’t giving up.
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E18
Episode 18
Too Close for Comfort
2005-02-16 · 25mDesert Punk’s trying to get Junko back after she’s kidnapped by Tech. But all three end up on the same side of a fight against a group of armed mercenaries.
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E19
Episode 19
Scratching the Surface
2005-02-23 · 25mAfter Desert Punk teams up with the Machine Gun Brothers to find missing Natsuko, Ikeda takes them to a top-secret tunnel that holds many treasures.
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E20
Episode 20
A Raw Deal
2005-03-02 · 25mDesert Punk realizes that Stryker, Natsuko, and many others are all part of the Underground Mercenaries, a group bent on overthrowing the government. Punk has only one thing in mind—saving his own hide.
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E21
Episode 21
Successor of the Desert
2005-03-09 · 25mWith Desert Punk dead, it is up to Kosuna to take his place when the Kawazu Gang returns.
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E22
Episode 22
Hidden Agendas
2005-03-16 · 25mKosuna is hired to guard a secret meeting of the Underground Mercenaries Union.
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E23
Episode 23
Voices in the Wind
2005-03-23 · 25mKosuna accepts a new job from Natsuko, this time to guard a secret laboratory. On the way there, they see a mysterious cloud appearing on the horizon.
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E24
Episode 24
The Demon Revealed
2005-03-30 · 25mWith the thought of Kanta being dead quickly erased from her mind, Kosuna sets out to prove herself as a true mercenary one last time against her old master. Kanta reveals that Kaizuka may not be all that he seems to be, and the Underground Mercenaries are destroyed. Kosuna chooses to forget about her past and Desert Punk, knowing that is the only way she can truly become Kanto Desert's greatest power babe.
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Chihiro Suzuki
Desert Punk (voice)
Tamio Ohki
Narrator (voice)
Chiwa Saito
Taiko Koizumi (voice)
Tomoko Kotani
Junko Asagiri (voice)
Norio Wakamoto
Amagumo (voice)
