Babel II

Babel II
Cover of Babel II volume 1 as published by Akita Shoten
バビル2世
(Babiru Ni-sei)
Manga
Written byMitsuteru Yokoyama
Published byAkita Shoten
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Champion
DemographicShōnen
Original runJuly 1971May 1973
Volumes12
Anime television series
Directed byKozo Morishita
Written byShun'ichi Yukimuro
Masaki Tsuji
Music byShunsuke Kikuchi
StudioToei Animation
Original networkANN (NET)
Original run January 1, 1973 September 24, 1973
Episodes39
Manga
His Name Is 101
Written byMitsuteru Yokoyama
Published byAkita Shoten
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Champion
DemographicShōnen
Original run19771979
Volumes5
Original video animation
Directed byYoshihisa Matsumoto
Produced byHiroshi Ichinohe
Hiroyuki Yonemasu
Norihisa Abe
Written byMasashi Namiki
Music byKatsunori Ishida & Takayoshi Hirano (Japanese)
Dave Tolley (International dubs)
StudioJ.C. Staff
Licensed by
ReleasedMarch 21, 1992 ― October 10, 1992
Runtime30 minutes (each)
Episodes4
Anime television series
Babel II: Beyond Infinity
Directed byTakeshi Ushigusa
Written byTakahiko Masuda
Music byTetsuya Komuro
StudioVega Entertainment
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run October 6, 2001 December 29, 2001
Episodes13
Manga
Babel II: The Returner
Written byTakashi Noguchi
Published byAkita Shoten
MagazineYoung Champion
DemographicSeinen
PublishedFebruary 23, 2010 - 2017
Volumes17

Babel II (Japanese: バビル2世, Hepburn: Babiru Ni-sei) is a Japanese 1971 manga series by Mitsuteru Yokoyama. It was translated into an animated format in 1973 as a television series, in 1992 as an original video animation series and in 2001 as a thirteen-episode television series. Yokoyama's sequel to the series, set in a parallel universe, is entitled His Name Is 101 (その名は101, Sono Na wa Wan-Zero-Wan).