History Anime / HeatGuyJ

* WeaponOfChoice: Boma with his sword and Daisuke with his pistol. Clair Leonelli is also ''very'' fond of hand grenades, affectionately referring to them as ''Fireworks''.

* AdjectiveNounFred

* ArcWords: [[spoiler:''Where is my Usagi?'']] and [[spoiler:''You piss me off.'']]
* ArmchairMilitary: The other Mafia leaders.

* AxCrazy: Clair Leonelli. ''"Fireworks!"''
* BadassAdorable: Daisuke, Kyoko, Clair, Boma...just, generally, a lot of the characters are badass and cute.
* BadassLongcoat: J, Ken Edmundo, and Mishia.

* {{Bishonen}}: Shun Aurora, Clair Leonelli, Michal and [[spoiler:Serge Echigo]]. Daisuke is a borderline case.
* BlackKnight: Boma.
* BornLucky: Boma [[spoiler:during Vita Company's game of RussianRoulette]].
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Boma, though not under anyone's control. He gets crazier and crazier until Daisuke and J wake him up.]]
* BrattyHalfPint: Monica.
* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler: Daisuke & Shun]].

* CoolOldGuy: Shogun.

* DebutQueue
* TheDeterminator: Giobanni Gallo, when [[spoiler:he is helping Clair to escape]].

* {{Fangirl}}s: The three girls always hanging around Daisuke.

* GainaxEnding
* GenderBlenderName: Clair.

* GossipyHens: Dice's frequent contacts Cynthia, Janis, and Vivian.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Clair Leonelli, Giobanni Gallo and Boma.]]

* HotScientist: Antonia Bellucci.

* KickTheDog: Clair does this. A lot. [[spoiler: Shin too, toward the end]]
* MadBomber: Clair. Also, another guy, who appears in one episode.
* TheMafia: Vita Company/The Leonelli Family.

* OneLetterName: J.

* PinPullingTeeth: Done habitually by Clair Leonelli.

* RiseToTheChallenge

* {{Stripperiffic}}: Daisuke's fangirl trio.
* SuperiorSpecies: [[spoiler:The Celestials.]]

* TheSyndicate: Shop Echigo. The Leonelli Family is this, too.
* TakeThat: "Typical government office response."

* {{Yakuza}}: Shop Echigo.

* BadassNormal: Daisuke can survive a fight with an android, [[TranquilFury singlehandedly beat up]] a gang of men [[BerserkButton exploiting women]], and [[spoiler: even match Boma in a swordfight for a while]]. Clair Leonelli, though merely for the fact that he fears nothing - he lacks Daisuke's extraordinary physical prowess. Giobanni Gallo is this for [[spoiler:walking into the Vita headquarters and shooting Noriega in front of a room full of Leonelli Family mobsters. With one arm in a cast]].

The 26-episode series, which was produced by Satelight, was licensed in the United States by Creator/{{Geneon}}, in the United Kingdom by Creator/MangaEntertainment, and in Australia and New Zealand by Creator/MadmanEntertainment. It remains infamous for how much Geneon paid to license it--just as much as Creator/FUNimation paid for ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist''--and the resulting low sales in the US.

* HairColors: Clair has blue and black hair, Kia Freeborn has dark blue hair, Kyoko Milchan has pink hair and [[spoiler: Villain Serge Echigo has white hair]].
** Although in all the flashbacks we see of Clair his hair is entirely black, so his at least is probably dyed.

* NotSoDifferent: Daisuke & Clair.

* {{Conspicuous CG}}: Several {{Establishing Shot}}s, Daisuke's CoolBike, and J without his artificial skin.

* HairColors: Clair has blue and black hair, Kia Freeborn has dark blue hair, Kyoko Milchan has pink hair and [[spoiler:[[EvilAlbino Serge Echigo has white hair]]]].

*** AxCrazy Clair Leonelli ''is'' Dilandau.

''Heat Guy J'' could be described as a crime-drama anime, in the same way that ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'' could be described as a crime-drama anime. Daisuke Aurora, a laid-back Special Services officer, and his powerful android partner J, known as the Heat Guy because of the need to vent superheated air from his body after periods of action, work to solve crimes and catch the more dangerous criminals that plague the city of Judoh.

Supporting cast include Clair Leonelli, AxCrazy villain and boss ('Vampire') of the Leonelli crime family; Ken Edmundo, perpetually irritated crime scene investigator; Kyoko Milchan; accountant for the Special Services Division who briefs Daisuke on his cases, and Boma, mysterious swordsman searching for someone called 'Usagi'.

The 26-episode series was produced by Satelight. It was licensed in the United States by Creator/{{Geneon}}, in the United Kingdom by MangaEntertainment, and in Australia and New Zealand by Creator/MadmanEntertainment. Infamous for how much Creator/{{Geneon}} paid for it (as much as Creator/FUNimation paid for ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'') and how little it sold.

!!Tropes:

*** Daisuke, the height challenged hero, might as well be Van Fanel
*** Shun is a dead ringer for bishonen Allen Schezar although he also shares many plot similarities with Folken
*** AxCrazy Clair Leonelli ''is'' Dilandau

* FateWorseThanDeath: Boma's city state has no death penalty. Instead, criminals serving life-sentences are genetically and surgically altered so that they have the bodies of humans, but the heads of animals. Not only that, but they are subjected to brainwashing and other forms of torture. The idea is so they'll regret every day what they did.

* FanDisservice: At one point in the series, [[spoiler: when Clair hides out in the slums, a couple of guys approach him and start stripping off his shirt (ostensibly because it's valuable, but [[InnocentInnuendo that's probably not the impression most fans got]]). It's more heartbreaking than anything else, considering Clair just sits there and ''takes'' it.]]

* BlondGuysAreEvil: [[spoiler: Shun and Echigo]], Averted by Daisuke

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''Heat Guy J'' could be described as a crime-drama anime, in the same way that ''GhostInTheShell'' could be described as a crime-drama anime. Daisuke Aurora, a laid-back Special Services officer, and his powerful android partner J, known as the Heat Guy because of the need to vent superheated air from his body after periods of action, work to solve crimes and catch the more dangerous criminals that plague the city of Judoh.

The 26-episode series was produced by Satelight. It was licensed in the United States by Creator/{{Geneon}}, in the United Kingdom by MangaEntertainment, and in Australia and New Zealand by Creator/MadmanEntertainment. Infamous for how much Creator/{{Geneon}} paid for it (as much as {{Funimation}} paid for ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'') and how little it sold.

* {{Expy}}: It's easy to see J as one for K, the protagonist of RobotDetective
** Much of the staff came from {{Anime/VisionofEscaflowne}} and they didn't get too creative coming up with new characters. Among the more obvious:

** When a Man looks up to the sky there is an expectation of hope
** If a man has good itentions, he should not expect thanks.

* CoolShades: Daisuke's shades aren't just for show; they function as scanners as well.

* BigBadWannabe: Clair, in the early part of the show. Seems to be obsessed with ''looking'' like an all-powerful crime boss, but fails at actually ''being'' one.

* CryForTheDevil: The show invokes this trope with most of its bad guys (except [[spoiler: Noriega]]). Clair is probably the most prominent example, which plays out over the course of the entire series; but you see it with [[spoiler: Shun]] too.

* DeathByChildbirth: This was the fate of Clair's mother, if Lorenzo is to be believed. Antonia also grew up without a mother, which suggests that this trope may have been involved, but we don't get enough information to say for sure.

* AlternateCalendar: The year is JD 402.