the manga was adapted into an anime television series by victor entertainment, which was taglined . directed by shinichi watanabe and featuring animation from j.c.staff, the series premiered on tv tokyo in 1999. tv tokyo only aired twenty-five of the series' twenty-six episodes, with the finale having been intentionally made too violent, obscene and long for broadcast on japanese tv. as such, it was only included in the dvd release of the series, although it has since been broadcast in other markets.