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Due to his lack of popularity, Kotetsu is forced to team up with Barnaby Brooks Jr., a rookie hero with the exact same power as Kotetsu, and whose cynical and modern approach to crimefighting clashes horribly with Kotetsu's old-school sensibilities. Together, [[They Fight Crime]].
Directed by [[The Big O|Keiichi]] [[Karas|Sato]], featuring original character designs by [[Masakazu Katsura]], and animated by famed studio [[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]], ''Tiger And Bunny'' [[Spring 2011 Anime|premiered in April 2011 in Japan]], and is simulcast in North America by [http://www.vizanime.com/tiger-and-bunny Viz Media]), in France by [http://www.kzplay.fr/ KZPlay], in the UK by [http://www.anime-on-demand.com/ Anime on Demand], and in Australia by Siren Visual on [http://www.animenewsnetwork.
An English dub [http://www.animenewsnetwork.
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* [[Decon Recon Switch]]: Zig-zagged. Corporatism has successfully turned the spectacle of super-heroics into a business, grading heroes on their performance and thus making them in general more concerned with their sponsors rather than doing anything heroic. Anyone lagging behind has to adapt to the new model or be cast away. It is also implied that it behooves heroes to keep a secret identity and not let their families know of their activities, which also puts a strain on their personal lives. However, the heroic idealism itself is not made fun of, which counts as reconstruction.
** {{spoiler|The label fully applies by the end of the series; Maverick fabricated the entire conflict surrounding superheroes and Ouroboros to get ratings, and justified it as saying it reduced hate against NEXT (which to be fair is by and large true). However Ouroboros has since spiraled out of control and is more or less impossible to destroy, so superheroes are here to stay for the duration; and by series end none of the heroes seem to care that much about appeasing their sponsors and focus more on saving people, thus making both deconstruction and reconstruction tropes valid.}}
* [[Defictionalization]]: In Japan, there was enough demand for Kotetsu's [[Nice Hat]] that Sunrise decided they'd just [http://www.animenewsnetwork.
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: {{spoiler|Kriem, acting as [[Combat Commentator]] for Barnaby's fight with Jake in episode 13, refers to Barnaby as "Revenge Boy who is out for vengeance."}}
** And then there's Keith Goodman's love of repetition, [[Catch Phrase|and again, there is Keith Goodman's love of repitition]].
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** Subverted, as apparently they're fake and she uses padding to make them seem larger than they actually are.
* [[Multinational Team]]: While competitors rather than a proper team, the Hero TV superheroes run the gamut of Japanese (Kotetsu/Wild Tiger), Hispanic of possible Mexican descent (Antonio/Rock Bison), Russian (Ivan/Origami Cyclone), Chinese (Pao-Lin/Dragon Kid), and [[All-American Face|ridiculously American]] (Keith/Sky High).
* [[Multiple Demographic Appeal]]: When Viz announced that their target market for this show were [http://www.animenewsnetwork.
** According to the producers the show was specifically designed to be enjoyed by working adults who may still read manga but don't watch anime anymore for various reasons, and may be interested in foreign (mostly American) TV series.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: {{spoiler|Kotetsu, after breaking the trust Barnaby had in him by not offering him the same courtesy during an important mission}}.
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