Hero Bank · Episode 40: Frugality Is Justice! The Nagoya Cheapskate Battle!!
Frugality Is Justice! The Nagoya Cheapskate Battle!!
2015-01-1225 min
This time it`s a business trip to Nagoya. There, they are greeted by Hokosu Shachi, the member of the Seven Gods of Suits forcing everyone to cut back in rash ways. When confronted, Hokosu says, "If you beat me, I`ll let you take my daughter!" The fight proceeds with a special rule where you gain battle money by proposing good ways to be frugal. Kaito is useless this time around, so Mitsuo takes his place and joins the battle with his eye on marrying into riches!
1Clang Clang, Enter the Gold Appears!!2014-04-0725 minOn the Earth in the near future, a cyber sport which takes place in an electrical-brain airspace, "Hero Bank" has gained popularity. The protagonist, Kaito Gosho, challenges someone to a hero battle to rescue his friend Nagare Amano, and then...2Big Sniping Cleanup Nagare Amano’s Determination!!2014-04-1425 minKaito has been burdened with a ten billion yen debt in exchange for Enter the Gold. Big Money Company`s Mitsuo Zaizen and Fukuta Kanemaru, and his sister Ai Gosho are in a panic! However, Kaito declares with sunny luminance that he`ll pay back the debt. Then, Nagare makes a certain proposal. "I want to have a hero battle with you."3Aim for Ten Billion Yen! The Hero Wars Curtain Rises!!2014-04-2125 minThe prize is an astounding ten billion yen! Enthusiastic to take the championship and repay his debt in full, Kaito had planned to participate with his comrades from the Big Money Company, but cannot pay the 10,000 yen entry fee.4Perilous! Kaito’s Regent!2014-04-2825 minWith it decided that they will participate in the Big Money Hero Wars, Kaito and the others have their eyes on breaking through the preliminaries. But first, Kaito heads to his familiar barber to get some upkeep on his regent hairdo. However, a new beauty salon has stolen his customers and driven him to close shop.5Burst Angler! A Meeting with Piscesamurai!!2014-05-0525 minKaito and gang arrive at Big Money Bay to catch some fish for dinner where they meet the third heir to "The Fish Samurai Shop," the oldest shop in the Big Money Fresh Fish Market Castle: Isshin Uminari. The two of them immediately hit it off, but when they learn they are both in the Hero Wars, they clash in a Hero Battle! Whose passion will burn brightest!?6Big Detention Panic! Black Cat Shadow Kitty!!2014-05-1225 minA rival appears for Big Money Company! Lead by Hana Akinai, their name is "Money-grubbing Corporation." Hana has cultivated the girl`s "Detention Club," where they study with their clients into a huge success. Since Kaito hates to lose this gets his competitive streak all fired up. He starts the "Big Money Detention Club," but...7Big Money Company Breakup! Tea Picking Battle Royale!2014-05-1925 minBig Money Company shows up at to help pick tea at the plantation owned by Fukuta`s relatives to earn a reward. The manual labor is harder than they expect, leaving them dripping in sweat, and they experience just how hard it is to earn money. What should be a small issue turns into a huge fight due to Nagare being absent from his cram school training camp. If it`s come to this, better settle it with a Hero Battle!8Blue Impact! The Dominion Dollar!!2014-05-2625 minNagare kept quiet to Kaito and had been participating in the Hero Wars. What`s more, he closed a contract with the mysterious character calling himself the Money Ghost and obtained a mighty power. The three others in Big Money Company are shocked. Nagare vanishes and is eliminated from everyone else`s memories. This is when a mysterious email reaches Kaito...9Looks Like a Traveler in Trouble!2014-06-0225 minKaito is shocked by his parting with Nagare and loses his energy. Sennen gives him a pep talk, and Kaito commences special training to get back Nagare! Shishio Torai volunteers, but only offers useless crash courses, so Kaito heads to a seminar that states it will "teach the crux to guaranteed victory in Hero Battles!" There they find people complaining that they`ve been cheated...10Protect It! Steamy Hot Springs Job Switch Shock!!2014-06-0925 minKaito and gang hit the top prize in the shopping district lottery and go to a hot spring hotel. For some reason, Hana and her friends are there at the hotel in waitress uniforms. Also, from what they can see, a seemingly evil land prospector appears and presses the hostess to eviction. Kaito`s Bankfon has broken, but he borrows everyone`s sentiments and Hero Suits, and challenges him to a Hero Battle with the hotel on the line!11100 Bullseyes out of 100! A Big Riot at the Fortune-Telling Battle, Though!!2014-06-1625 minIsn`t there some quick and easy way to get stronger? One of Platina`s prophecies zaps in just as Kaito is thinking that. It appears a fortune teller will be instrumental to everyone getting stronger. When it comes to fortune tellers, it has to be Platina! Kaito and the others give Platina the VIP treatment, but Fukuta isn`t pleased...12Man of Steel! Kintetsu!2014-06-2325 minKaito and the others make their way to Iron Town to get a refrigerator fixed. There they meet Tetsunosuke "Kintetsu" Kanagata. Kaito adores the chivalrous and lively Kintetsu whose body is half machine, but it turns out he too is a fight leader who entered the Hero Wars to pay off Iron Town`s debt!13Flash Descent! Deborah Kizaki!!2014-06-3025 minKaito beat Kintetsu, but the debt repayment period for Iron Town has lapsed and the factory is being demolished. At the command is the president of Cyber Emperor: Deborah Kizaki. Kaito challenges Deborah to a battle waging Iron Town on a Gamble Rule. Deborah accepts and says he will take Enter the Gold if he is victorious.14Trillion Swiftness! Enter the Speed!!2014-07-0725 minKaito is defeated by Deborah and has Enter the Gold taken away. Or so he thinks, until that very moment Sennen barges in and overrides the battle. Kaito is publicly criticized and eager to have another match with him, but Sennen tells him he can`t win unless he recatalogs Enter the Gold`s hidden power.15Off-Site Sprint! Catch up, Overtake, Uproot!!2014-07-1425 minKaito is victorious against Deborah with Enter the Speed and is set to appear in the Big Money Hero Wars finals. Isshin, Hana, as well as Nagare make it through the first round. Kaito heads into his fated first round for the ten billion yen prize, the right to challenge the champion Ryouta Arashimaya, and most importantly, to get Nagare back!16Stormy Transfer Student! Li-Chi Long!!2014-07-2125 minA transfer student comes to Kaito`s class. His name is Li-Chi Long, a curt boy they met at the Big Money Hero Wars finals opening ceremony. Kaito takes a liking to him and half pushes Long into joining Big Money Company and treats him to his grandfather, Zouan Gosho`s, pickled plums. Long begins to open up to Kaito`s inherent cheerfulness bit by bit, however...17Round 2! Adults Have Their Own Big Problems!!2014-07-2825 minLong, who was accepted as Big Money Company`s Vice President, was actually a spy sent by the Money Ghost. Kaito heads into round two of the Hero Wars none the wiser. His opponent is so dull he believes he will win an overwhelming victory and uses Explosive Gold Rush right off the bat. However, an unforeseen "bug" occurs, and he might be in big trouble!18Heavy Attire! The Dostorbrewski!!2014-08-0425 minThe Money Ghost`s plan ends in failure. Long is sure the fact he`s a spy has been discovered and readies himself, but Kaito and the others don`t even suspect him! Kaito`s belief that smiles are free lights a fire in Long`s heart, and his flames of revenge flicker. All the while, Kaito`s third match begins! His opponent is the mysterious assassin, Rohan Yuri.19Merciless! The All-powerful Ura Dragon’s Rampage!!2014-08-1125 minHana advances after a favorable win, but her next opponent is none other than Li-Chi Long. Kaito isn`t sure who to cheer for knowing that he will fight the winner in the semifinals. On top of it all, Kaito is puzzled when Sennen tells him that Long is from the same circle as Deborah and Rohan. Kaito declares that Long is his friend. What decision will Long make?!20Drastic Measures! Nagare vs. Isshin!!2014-08-1825 minLong takes out Hana with overwhelming force, then bids farewell to Kaito and disappears just like Nagare had. Mitsuo and Fukuta say they`ve been tricked, but Kaito insists that`s not the case.21The Semifinal! Even If You’re Broke, Smiles Are Free!!2014-08-2525 minNagare defeats Isshin and assures himself a place in the finals. The next semifinal is Kaito VS Li-Chi Long, but Kaito is hesitant to fight Long, who he thought was his friend. Zouan can`t just watch and gives Kaito a push, saying "Don`t think, just move your body." Kaito`s doubts allayed, he decides to take on Long for real! The curtain rises on their passionate fight!22Final Round! Gold VS Dominion!!2014-09-0125 minNagare inhumanely deletes Long after Kaito defeats him. Why did Nagare change? Kaito keeps the lesson Ai learned from their father in his heart and confronts his final opponent, Nagare Amano. Will he be able to take back his close friend and member of Big Money Company? They clash in an intense battle. Who will remain standing at the end?23Battle of the Century! Challenge Segalion!!2014-09-0825 minKaito somehow manages to triumph over Nagare. He takes possession of the ten billion yen prize and the right to challenge the champion, Ryouta Arashiyama. When Nagare is taken to the hospital, Kaito swears to have such an amazing battle it will open his eyes, and finally challenges the champion! Elsewhere, Sennen and Hikari are acting vigilant behind the scenes...24Cash Extinction! The Money Ghost’s Counterattack!!2014-09-1525 minThe Money Ghost, a.k.a. Adachi, finally starts to overwrite the world with Nagare as the "key." Money disappears from Big Money District, and he declares "If you wish to stop me, come to the Underbank!" as the Megalion army digitizes the real world. Kaito breaks into the Underbank to stop the world from being overwritten and to save Nagare!25Mega Explosive Birth! Enter the Hero!!2014-09-2225 minThe Money Ghost, who laid in wait in the Underbank, torments Kaito with the strongest Hero Suit, "The End of Money." Kaito somehow seizes victory with an Explosive Gold Rush! Or so he thinks, when the Money Ghost`s Hero Suit transforms into "The Apocalypse"?! Then a miracle occurs when Enter the Gold is driven into a corner...26Conclusion! The First and Last Big Brawl!!2014-09-2925 minKaito takes down Adachi with Enter the Gold`s power and comes to Nagare`s rescue, who has been taken captive in the depths of the Underbank. Nagare loses his sense of self, evolves into Justice Dollar, and attacks Kaito!27The Money Fairy! Boochokkin Ka-ching!!2014-10-0625 minThree months have passed since the Adachi Incident. Big Money Company becomes famous overnight for saving the world. Kaito and Nagare`s best friend tag-team is a huge hit. One day, the foulmouthed piglet Boochokkin appears from Kaito`s bankfon, the Tower of Seizure falls from the sky, and a mysterious young man who carries a basketball takes the stage! Is another crisis imminent for Kaito and the others?!28Friend or Foe?! Sekito Sakuraba!!2014-10-1325 minThe mysterious young man who saves Kaito and the others arrives as a transfer student. His name is Sekito Sakuraba, and he seems to know about the black Hero Suits and the Tower of Seizure. Nagare asks him, "Who in the world are you?" Then, the Tower of Seizure once again falls from the sky, and Kaito and Nagare fight the black Hero Suits as a tag-team...29Money Is Power! Ryuuga Tennouji Makes Landfall!!2014-10-2025 minThe Tower of Seizure falls on top of Nagare and Kaito faints after he tries to save him. According to Hikari, the Tower of Seizure converts anything of monetary value into data and absorbs it, so Nagare has been digitized and taken away, but is safe. Just as Kaito becomes relieved to hear that, a grim looking man by the name of Ryuuga Tennouji makes landfall where Isshin resides: Big Money Bay!30Take Down the Seven Gods of Suits! Kaito’s a Special Agent!!2014-10-2725 minKaito is vexed about what`s happened and plants himself on the toilet. He was saved by Sekito yet again just before he was about to lose to Ryuuga. Just then, the prime minister, Musaku Nagata, and secretary of the Cyber Bureau, Asuka Yagami, appear on the scene! Massive Towers of Seizure have fallen at seven different locations all over Japan. Ryuuga`s seven man group known as "The Seven Gods of Suits" appear in a giant pirate ship and declare that Japan is now under their control!31Osaka Business Trip! That Man Is Taiga!!2014-11-0325 minKaito and gang take a business trip using the Warp Machine "Snuffed Out" to Osaka, the city of laughs, in order to beat Ryuuga of the Seven Gods of Suits! Under Ryuuga`s control, Osaka has rule where following up a joke with a retort incurs a tax and punishment.32Business Partnership! It’s Ryouma Ishin!!2014-11-1025 minKaito and the others are mistaken for enemies by Taiga and escape by warping through the toilet. They arrive in Kochi of all places! There they meet Turtle Company`s Ryouma Ishin. Big Money Company promises to defeat Hyouri Aimu, the member of the Seven Gods of Suits who controls Shikoku, on the condition Ryouma resolves their misunderstanding with Taiga.33Ultra Evolution! Enter the Prize!!2014-11-1725 minSennen installs a reinforcement program for Enter the Gold so that Kaito can overthrow Ryuuga. Kaito returns to Osaka with Ryouma and meets Taiga once again. Taiga is stubborn and doesn`t trust Kaito`s invitation to defeat Ryuuga together.34Searing Hot Revenge! Kaito vs. Ryuuga!!2014-11-2425 minThe coalition between Kaito, with his evolved Enter the Prize, and Taiga lasts very briefly before Fukuta is kidnapped by Deborah Kizaki, who has gotten in close with Ryuuga behind the scenes. Taiga proposes a Gamble Rule with Fukuta on the line.35Absolute Obedience! Do as Torai-sama Says!!2014-12-0125 minKaito and the others come back to Big Money District for the first time in ages to a big surprise: Shishio Torai has become the prime minister! Ai and Zouan follow him obediently for fear of his overbearing behavior and the punishments for disobeying his laws. When Kaito and gang learn what is going on and rebel, Torai ups the ante even further! He holds an emergency press conference and makes a startling announcement!36Okinawa Business Trip! The Money of the Dead!!2014-12-0825 minAn SOS arrives from the Okinawan resistance, and Kaito and company take a business trip to Okinawa! Everyone is in the mood to sightsee, likely because Ai has tagged along. Then, they all hear some strange sound, and Ai, Fukuta, and Mitsuo lay their desires bare and transform into money zombies! Danjirou Sastuma of the resistance movement, and the mysterious masked janitor "Justice Star" show up to help!37Strongest Tag-team Formation! Kaito and Sekito!!2014-12-1525 minKaito and Sekito escape from Bukimi and hide at the Yours Truly Company secret base while they wait for Nanten Minami to complete the anti-Resort Virus vaccine. Ai and Danjirou, brainwashed, appear there and launch an attack! Kaito and Sekito manage to get away thanks to Justice Star, but Kaito begins to show symptoms of turning into a money zombie...38Hiroshima Business Trip! Honorless Money Battle!!2014-12-2225 minAn SOS arrives from Momiji Kurenai, and Big Money Company takes a business trip to Hiroshima! Their enemy this time is the lone female member of the Seven Gods of Suits, Benten Kureha. She seems to be plotting to use the money she has ripped off from everyone for something crazy. Kaito and gang head to the Tower of Bibel to infiltrate Benten`s host computer system, but a number of traps await them inside!39Seizure Robo! King Benten!!2015-01-0525 minKaito and gang get incredibly close to capturing Benten, but ultimately fail due to Momiji Kurenai, an enemy spy. Their next strategy is an ambush on the Tower of Seizure. The group heads to Kureha Shrine, where the Tower of Seizure stands, but as they attempt to carry out their plan, the tower transforms into the giant robot, King Benten! Can they save Hiroshima from its rampage?!40Frugality Is Justice! The Nagoya Cheapskate Battle!!2015-01-1225 minThis time it`s a business trip to Nagoya. There, they are greeted by Hokosu Shachi, the member of the Seven Gods of Suits forcing everyone to cut back in rash ways. When confronted, Hokosu says, "If you beat me, I`ll let you take my daughter!" The fight proceeds with a special rule where you gain battle money by proposing good ways to be frugal. Kaito is useless this time around, so Mitsuo takes his place and joins the battle with his eye on marrying into riches!41To Tohoku! Toilet Recovery Mission!!2015-01-1925 minAn emergency develops! All of the toilets in Big Money District have been frozen. Big Money Company panics: they can`t use the toilet warp like this! Justice Star appears and tells them Himuro Touki of the Seven Gods of Suits is behind this scheme. Kaito and gang catch a ride on Ryouma`s ship and take a business trip to Tohoku, where Himuro resides!42Castaways! Big Money Company Assemble!!2015-01-2625 minDue to enemy interference, their ship explodes! Kaito and the others are expelled from cyberspace and are scattered across Tohoku. Mitsuo, Fukuta, Boochokkin, and Ryouma join up and search for Kaito. Then a mysterious ghost appears and everyone panics! Elsewhere, Nagare discovers Sekito passed out, and then Himuro appears...43A Shock! Kaito Has Amnesia!!2015-02-0225 minKaito has finally been found, but he`s lost his memory! He is taken back to Big Money District for the time being, but everyone is thrown through a loop when Kaito actually flushes the toilet, doesn`t stick his butt in people`s faces, and even starts speaking politely. Suddenly, Kyousuke Kakei, the strongest man in the Seven Gods of Suits shows up! Left with no choice, Sekito and friends accept his challenge.44Cyber Spirit World! The Kaito Rescue Mission!!2015-02-0925 minKakei`s fierce attack leaves Kaito in a tight spot, and Himuro shelters him in a rift in cyberspace. He lands in the "cyber spirit world" which is composed of the malice of money-hungry fight leaders!45Best of the Best! The Prize Yen Dragon!!2015-02-1625 minKaito is saved by Sekito and safely returns from the cyber spirit world only to be swamped by crowds of people. Mitsuo recognizes this as a business opportunity and starts "Kaito`s Supernatural Consultation Center," and it`s a big success!46Promotion! What Is Sekito the Head of?!2015-02-2325 minSekito Sakurada has just started to fit in at Big Money Company. The others prepare a matching business card for him, but his position hasn`t yet been decided.47Risky Battle! Rescue Sekito Sakurada!!2015-03-0225 minKakei destroyed the Gosho home and kidnapped Sekito! Kaito and gang head for the casino tower where Kakei awaits, but the five Seven Gods of Suits` Hero Suits they previously defeated are being pitted against Sekito.48The Last of the Seven Gods of Suits! The Risky Life!!2015-03-0925 minKaito has saved Sekito, and now he challenges Kyousuke Kakei, the last of the Seven Gods of Suits, to a Hero Battle. Kakei suggests they wager something: their lives!49Astonishing! Butt-naked in a Money Tornado!!2015-03-1625 minAsuka Yagami, the Cyber Bureau secretary, was manipulating the Seven Gods of Suits behind the scenes all along! Yagami, who has transcended the barrier between real and digital, erects the Tower of Bankruptcy at the capitol and generates "money tornadoes" which begin to transform everything in Japan into money.50Union of Friendship! The Yen-Dollar Million!!2015-03-2325 minThe Missiles of Seizure fire! While money typhoons are changing everything in the world into money, Kaito and gang head for cyberspace to stop Yagami with the legendary ten yen coins. However, the Prize Yen Dragon and Cosmic Dollar Dragon are helpless against Yagami. Just when all seems lost, the sun and moon`s priceless friendship creates a miracle!51Smiles Are Free! We Are Big Money Company!!2015-03-3025 minYagami steals and absorbs everyone`s Hero Suits including Credit Loan Wolf and transforms into his strongest form: The Phoenix Wolf! Kaito fights with everyone`s hopes planted on his shoulders, and Sekito attempts to carry out his mission.
Hero Bank★ 50%Synopsis
The anime centers around Kaito, an elementary school boy who is suddenly burdened with 10 billion yen (about US$100 million) in debt one day. The only way he can pay off the debt is to master "Hero-Gi" (downloaded off the net) and win matches in "Hero Battle," a new-generation cyber sport. The tagline of the game "Change your money with justice!" (Source: Anime News Network)
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Characters & Voice Actors
Nagare AmanoMain
Hiroshi KamiyaJP
Kaito GoushouMain
Yuuko SanpeiJP
SennenSupporting
Banjou GingaJP
Ai GoushouSupporting
Houko KuwashimaJP
Fukuta KanemaruSupporting
Kazuya NakaiJP
Mitsuo ZaizenSupporting
Miyuki SawashiroJP
Staff
Yasutaka YamamotoDirector
Atsuhiro TomiokaSeries Composition
Hikaru NaraokaKey Animation (ep 4)
Ultimate Muscle
Kinnikuman
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