Yukiji
Genshi-kun
TV SERIES
Flint: The Time Detective
AnimationAction & AdventureComedyMysterySci-Fi & FantasyCrime
Flint the Time Detective, known in Japan as Space-Time Detective Genshi-kun, is an animated Japanese television series directed by Hiroshi Fukutomi. It was based on a manga by Hideki Sonoda and Akira Yamauchi and was published by Kodansha in Japan. The anime aired from 1998 to 1999 in Japan and ran for 39 episodes. In USA Flint the Time Detective airs from March 5, 2000 until November 5, 2000. The series also aired in the Philippines via GMA 7 and dubbed in Filipino language which runs from late 2000 until mid-2001. Enoki Films and Sanrio hold the license to Flint the Time Detective.
Top cast
Nana Mizuki
Sora Yamato
Kiyu Morita
Tokio Yamato
MS
Masamichi Sato
Professor Yamato
Fumihiko Tachiki
Ototan
Chinami Nishimura
Puu-chan
MN
Mami Nakajima
Rei Shinguujin
Kappei Yamaguchi
Kyoichiro Narugami
Katsumi Suzuki
Toki-G
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Masked Man
Yumi Touma
Akira Aino
Chafurin
Mait
Creative team
Hiroshi Fukutomi (Director)
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Episodes
39 Episodes
011. Hammerhead Rock
The first episode of the series where Petra Fina and the gang arrived from the Stone Age year and tries to capture the first Time Shifter named Getalong, and there they meet the prehistoric caveboy named Flint Hammerhead and his father Rocky Hammerhead (in human form).
022. Jitterbug
This is the first mission of Flint, Sarah and Tony as time detectives. The team are sent back to the 2nd century A.D. Japan to retrieve and rescue the Time Shifter Jitterbug. On arrival, the group help Queen Himiko of Yamatai and her sister Nashimi to restore order after Petra Fina and her gang overthrew them and took them as prisoners.
033. Eldora
The team heads back to 16th century South America in order to rescue the Time Shifter Eldora. Upon arriving, they are captured by Spanish Conquistadors and end up as prisoners where they try to extract the location of the Golden Condor from them. In help of the leader's only son named Lucas, they escape and aim to help a group of ancient Incas to return to their village and to prevent further attacks from the Conquistador who are revealed to be acting under Petra Fina's orders.
044. Talen
The team is sent back to the Heian Period of Japan (794 A.D.) in search of the Time Shifter Talen. After confronting the villains, Petra Fina and Flint are dragged into the tale of Princess Kaguya as Talen attempts to escape. Within the story, Flint befriends Talen (who disguises herself as the titular Princess Kaguya) and all three eventually escape the story. Petra Fina subsequently captures Talen and Flint must fight to rescue his new friend.
055. Mosbee
The team is sent back to Russia in 1812 to search for the Time Shifter Mosbee. There they encounter the invading forces of the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte, as well as Mosbee who ends up being brainwashed by Petra Fina. Petra Fina secures the loyalty of Napoleon and his forces after using Mosbee-Con to freeze their Russian opponents. Flint must fight Mosbee-Con and restore order. A mysterious character also makes a first appearance to help Flint. Upon Mosbee being free, Napoleon decides that Russia is too cold to invade and has his forces retreat back to France.
066. Coconaut
The team goes back to the year 1492 to look for the Time Shifter Coconaut, where they find themselves pressed into service for the famous explorer Christopher Columbus upon being fished out of the ocean by his crew. Coconaut is revealed to be assisting Columbus in his navigation. Petra Fina uses this fact to inspire distrust for Columbus amongst the crew and also to steal Coconaut and take command of the fleet where she plans to rename America as Petra-Merica. After escaping from abandonment on a desert island, Flint and his friends rush to set things straight and free Coconaut.
077. Bubblegum
Travelling back to Japan in 1582 (during the Azuchi-Momoyama Period) in search of the Time Shifter Bubblegum, the team arrives at Azuchi Castle, where they find Bubblegum in the companionship of Oda Nobunaga and his attendant Mori Ranmaru (who is portrayed as being female in the series). When Petra Fina and her gang attack the castle and brainwash Bubblegum, the heroes and Nobunaga are subdued in battle, only to be rescued by Ranmaru and Coconaut-Master. Together the group fights Bubblegum-Con to thwart Petra Fina's plan.
088. Lynx
The team is sent back to Ancient Egypt (323 B.C.) to search for the Time Shifter Lynx. On arriving, the group find Lynx under the command of Petra Fina who styles herself as a Queen. When Flint is brainwashed by Lynx, Tony and Sarah engage Lynx in a game of riddles and beat him by using the Riddle of the Sphinx, breaking Petra Fina's spell. With the aid of Bubblegum-Master, Flint confronts Lynx-Con.
099. Artie
The team is sent back to mid 19th century Paris in France to search for the Time Shifter Artie. At the same time, Petra Fina receives a portrait of the Dark Lord. On arriving they find Artie in the company of a young Auguste Rodin, who has been using Artie's powers to animate his drawings. When Petra Fina and her gang arrive and brainwash Artie, Flint (with the peculiar "help" of Lynx) takes on Artie-Con.
1010. Go Getalong
Plotting to capture Getalong from the Time Detectives and use her power to be married to the Dark Lord, Petra Fina and her henchman set up a trap for Flint, Sarah and Tony in Baghdad in the year 1539, misleading them into searching for a Time Shifter. There they are caught, but end up engaging in battle with the cat form of Petra Fina's Catamaran, which is defeated with the help of Getalong.
1111. Batterball
The time detective team travelled back in the year 1956, where they encounter the Time Shifter Batterball and the young, rude, and cunning baseball player name Babe Ruth wherein he always uses Batterball for his prank plan on his bullies much to Tony's disappointment and confronts him to challenge to a real baseball game together with the troublemakers (which is Petra Fina and his henchmen).
1212. Bindi
The Time Detectives had to go back to 15th century in Transylvania to retrieve another Time Shifter named "Bindi" which she is in the possession of Count Vlad Dracula or just simply Count Dracula which his fellow people in his villagers believed that he is actually a vampire. Upon meeting with Vlad Dracula, the mysterious guy who helped Sara in some episodes, revealed his identity as Merlock Holmes of the Time Bureau and assigned as undercover detective to observe Flint Hammerhead in his missions. In the end of this episode, Bindi choose to side with Merlock because of her faith to him and also because Flint already sees that she wants to go with Merlock rather than their team.
1313. Caveman's Christmas
This is the only episode that Flint and the team travelled back in time not just one, but two. It started on Christmas Day where they will also meet a lonely young girl named Maria in ancient France in hopes of finding her missing mother and that is with the help of her own-believed angel which is the Time Shifter named Elfin (which he has an ability to turn anything into a toy). As Flint works to prevent the death of Maria's mother, they also must deal with Petra Fina even when she transforms Elfin to Elfin-Con. They defeat him with the help of Batterball-Master. Afterwards, Jillian Grey stated that tampering with history is illegal. Though she will overlook it.
1414. Miss Iknow Makes a Housecall
No episode synopsis is available.
1515. The Cardians
The time detectives had to go back in the year 2000, where they have to find the group of Time Shifters named The Cardians. But upon reaching the timeline, Sara and Tony surprised that the time they've gone to is the time when their uncle Dr. Goodman is a teenager and likes to smoke a lot and that explains why he doesn't have a girlfriend up to now. While witnessing the heroic deeds of the Cardians, Flint also must deal with Petra Fina when she takes control of the Cardians. After being freed by Flint, the Cardians form Cardian-Master to fight with the cat form of Petra Fina's Catamaran.
1616. Plumella
No episode synopsis is available.
1717. Wing
No episode synopsis is available.
1818. Bindi-Master
After Bindi runs away from Merlock upon being neglected, Petra Fina captures Bindi and manages to get Bindi under her control. Now Merlock and Flint must rescue Bindi from Petra Fina's control.
1919. Moah
Upon arriving on what will be Easter Island, Flint's group finds the Time Shifter Moah helping the native children. When Petra Fina arrives and Flint fights off her attempts to Petra Stamp Moah, Petra Fina has Dino and Mite fire the Petra Stamp Missile which turns Moah into Moah-Con where he causes a volcanic eruption enough for Mosbee to be called in. After Moah is freed and Petra Fina is defeated, a tidal wave threatens the island which leads to Moah becoming Moah-Master where he jumps down on the ground enough to bring up the Moai that intercept the tidal wave.
2020. Elekin
No episode synopsis is available.
2121. Muscles
Ms. Iknow has been making her students due many laps during gym class until Pterry arrives telling Flint that a Time Shifter has been sighted in Ancient Greece within the year 4 BC. Ms. Iknow uses this cover to leave and change into Petra Fina while Flint's group heads to 4 BC. Upon arrival, they find the Time Shifter Muscle helping a struggling athlete named Damon.
2222. Rocky in Love
It's Sunday, the Goodman residence had a general clean up for their homes, all of the Time Shifters helped them (except Moah which he is really big). Petra-Fina in the form of Ms. Iknow plans to capture the time shifters from Dr. Goodman's possession in order to give all of them to Dark Lord, by using or dating Flint's dad Rocky Hammerhead. After Flint and his friends realized that his dad is gone, they had to go to the city to go and look for him. Meanwhile, Merlock and Bindi sees Rocky that he is dating with Ms. Iknow, so he had to tell to Sara that Rocky and Ms. IKnow are dating only and they have to watch them secretly to find out if Ms. Iknow has feelings to Flint's dad or just using him as her guinea pig.
2323. Enter the Unicorn
Flint, Sarah, and Tony arrive in the Grand Canyon when pursuing the time-traveling Time Shifter Unita-Master. A fight between Flint and Petra Fina's group lands them in the Land of Time where Flint has his first encounter with the Old Timer and how the Time Shifters were scattered throughout time by the Dark Lord during an earlier attack on the Land of Time.
2424. Raldo
After being lost in time following the incident in the last episode, Petra Fina, Dino, and Mite are apprehended by the Time Police. When Petra Fina, Dino, and Mite make an escape during interrogation, Dino and Mite capture Dr. Goodman as Petra Fina receives an assignment from Dark Lord to search for the Time Shifter Raldo. The time period that Raldo is in happens to be Petra Fina's childhood.
2525. Leafy
Flint's group arrives in the Medieval Ages where they meet the child form of King Arthur who has befriended the Time Shifter Leafy. Because of Arthur's cowardice, Petra Fina manages to get control of Leafy.
2626. Monk
During a mission to get the Time Shifter Monk, they find him in the company of Saito Musashibo Benkei where they steal Rocky from Flint. While working to get his father back from Monk and Benkei, Flint must also contend with Petra Fina when she takes control of Monk.
2727. Nightcap
Flint's group and Talen finds the Time Shifter Nightcap in the possession of Hans Christian Andersen who is using him to fall asleep. When Petra Fina arrives with Dark Lord's minion Super Ninja, everyone is dragged into Hans Christian Andersen's dreams where they encounter Hans Christian Andersen's creations like The Little Match Girl, The Snow Queen, and The Ugly Duckling.
2828. Musey
Flint's group finds the Time Shifter Musey helping Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and also meet a younger Beethoven who is struggling to master the art of music. Thanks to Super Ninja, Petra Fina gets control of Musey as Muscles-Master helps Flint to fight him. With advice from Sarah, Beethoven plays his music enough to free Musey. Once Musey is claimed by Flint, Old Timer notices Mozart and Beethoven in the same area and will fix that later.
2929. Change
No episode synopsis is available.
3030. Snug as a Bug
No episode synopsis is available.
3131. Dipper
Lost in the desert, Flint's group finds some water and are attacked by angry travelers until the intervention of Marco Polo and the water-finding Time Shifter named Dipper stops them. Petra Fina later lies to Marco Polo about the motives of Flint's group which leads to an arena fight between Flint and Super Ninja alongside Dipper-Con. When Dipper is freed and is reunited with his brother Mosbee, he as Dipper-Master assists Mosbee-Master and Coconaut-Master in sending Super Ninja flying. As Marco Polo is reunited with his family, Dark Lord finds a defeated Super Ninja in the desert and recalls him back to the Land of Dread to recuperate while sending another one of his minions to work with Petra Fina. Petra Fina finds her Petra Stamp turning into Uglinator.
3232. Uglinator
Dark Lord sends Uglinator in the form of the Petra Stamp to Petra Fina in order to make up for Super Ninja's defeat. Uglinator takes control of a school full of children in order to capture Flint and Merlock so that they can fight for his entertainment.
3333. Knuckle
No episode synopsis is available.
3434. Doron
No episode synopsis is available.
3535. Shadow
No episode synopsis is available.
3636. The Land of Dread
Dino and Mite come to Flint for help when Dark Lord has imprisoned Petra Fina for her final failure to obtain the Time Shifters. While traveling to the Land of Dread, Flint finds the Time Shifter Orbit while Pterri and Getalong get lost in the timestream. As Flint fights the Great Four member Nascal in his maze, Dark Lord sends Uglinator to take control of Orbit in order to help Nascal-Con.
3737. Game Master
After successfully defeated Nascal of the Great Four in order to gain entrance from the Land of Dread, Flint, Pterri, Getalong, Unita, Orbit, Dino, and Mite will face more troubles and traps laid by the Great Four member Ominito especially facing his own friends (in evil look form) Sarah's rabbit girl form, Tony with wings, Merlock's Uglinator-induced form, and his own father when he was controlled by the Petra Stamp. Meanwhile, Merlock is on his way attempting to follow Flint and the others to assist them, even though, he was landed on the wrong side of the dimension which happens to be the ladies dome.
3838. The Rescue
Right after Flint and the others have been defeated, captured, and imprisoned by the Dark Lord, it's up to Dr. Goodman, Sara, and Tony to rescue them even if they face more disaster, danger and traps laid and prepared by the Dark Lord that involves using his magic to turn most of the Time Shifters into their Con forms without the use of the Petra Stamp and/or Uglinator's effects.
3939. Time of Darkness
Picked-up from the last episode, Flint had to face more danger and have to defend the world from Dark Lord's reign, and to defend the darkness, grieve, and evil to lurks from every man and woman in the world. Will Flint and his friends succeed to do this? Or he will fail?