is a CGI anime television series produced by Xebec based on Sony's Ape Escape video game franchise. The series aired on TV Tokyo between April 8, 2006 and September 29, 2007, and loosely adapts storylines from Million Monkeys, Ape Escape 3, and SaruSaru Big Mission. Storyline When Specter gets ahold of a Pipo Helmet, he becomes intelligent and starts using monkeys to spread chaos around the world. Using their teleporter and gadgets, Kakeru, Hiroki, Natsumi, and the Professor work to capture the monkeys and stop Specter's plans. Spike and friends are later joined by virtual girl, Charu, and mech genius, Haruka. It is eventually revealed that Specter's true identity is Natsumi's pet monkey, Kuuta, who was transformed into Specter by a group called the Pipotrons. The Pipotrons host a game in virtual space, challenging Kakeru and his friends for Specter's freedom, but Specter escapes before they get there. The Pipotrons then challenge Kakeru and co. to a tournament. Specter eventually learned about the kind things humans have done for monkeys, protects Kakeru, and returns to being Kuuta. Cast Shizuka Ishikawa as Kakeru Chika Sakamoto as Specter/Kuuta Hideyuki Umezu as Hakase Junko Minagawa as Hiroki Tomoko Kawakami as Natsumi Tomoe Hanba as Haruka Rina Satou as Charu Junko Takeuchi as Satoru Ai Nonaka as Sayaka Sayaka Ohara as Akie External links Saru Get You -On Air- XEBEC site (Japanese) Saru Get You -On Air- 2nd Shogakugan site (Japanese) Ape Escape 2006 anime television series debuts 2012 Japanese television series endings Anime television series based on video games Xebec (studio) TV Tokyo original programming Works based on Sony Interactive Entertainment video games