The robot then pops out of the ground wherever Roger happens to be standing. When trouble brews, Roger calls for help from his giant robot, The Big O. His plush home is well cared for by his proper butler Alfred-, er, Norman and the most bitterly cynical and contemptuous android I've ever seen, Dorothy, who looks like a teenage girl. He never takes one, no matter how risky the scenario. Roger Smith is the top negotiator for the Paradigm Group, handling all manner of jobs in protecting the people of the city. The Paradigm Group is the puppet master, manipulating virtually every aspect of life in the city. Eventually, human nature comes back and politicians and business leaders begin to manipulate the populace. One thing they do know, before the Event mankind was making giant robots called Megadeuses and human-like androids. You'd think some clues remained behind, but I digress. I guess their libraries, computer networks and newspapers were wiped, too. Forty years prior, an event wiped the memories of every living person, leaving them with no identity or idea who they were.

It's set in the very Gotham-like Paradigm City, a city enclosed in a dome because it's believed no one can or does live outside the dome. The Series Set at an undetermined time period, The Big O wears its Batman influences openly. Those 13 new episodes were co-produced and funded by CN, and now the first four of the new shows are hitting DVD, picking up right where the action left off at the end of episode 13. The Big O ran for 13 episodes in Japan but thanks to its popularity on Cartoon Network, a second 'season' was ordered for a total of 26 episodes.

Big o anime characters roger smith.