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In the future, Japan is a wasteland. In the Great Kanto Desert, scattered humans eke out a living in the hot sand. Among them, a short-statured man they call "Sunabozu" makes a living as a

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Desert Punk Season 1 Episode 16 - A Load of...
    5.9/10(20 votes)

    #1 - A Load of...

    S1:E16

    Desert Punk discovers that the load of crap he’s hauling is a weapon of mass destruction. When Rain Spider’s men attack, Desert Punk’s plan might kill everyone for miles around.

    Director:Mitsuhiro Karato
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Desert Punk Season 1 Episode 3 - Fire Dragon Kong
    6.0/10(25 votes)

    #2 - Fire Dragon Kong

    S1:E3

    After taking a job from Junko, Desert Punk learns he’ll have to work with the Machine Gun Brothers and face the most powerful force in the entire desert - Fire Dragon Kong.

    Director:Shin Itagaki
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Desert Punk Season 1 Episode 5 - The Price of Water
    6.0/10(23 votes)

    #3 - The Price of Water

    S1:E5

    Before Desert Punk can get in his first practice round with his awesome new M40, he finds himself targeted by the infamous Shimmer Sniper.

    Director:Yoshikata Nitta
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Desert Punk Season 1 Episode 13 - Opposites Collide
    6.1/10(19 votes)

    #4 - Opposites Collide

    S1:E13

    With an official IOU from Stryker, Desert Punk might finally land the big stack of dough he’s always longed for - until a gang of creeps comes and messes it all up. It’s a dog eat dog world.

    Directors:Takahiro Harada, Masaru Yasukawa
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Desert Punk Season 1 Episode 19 - Scratching the Surface
    6.1/10(19 votes)

    #5 - Scratching the Surface

    S1:E19

    After Desert Punk teams up with the Machine Gun Brothers to find missing Natsuko, Ikeda takes them to a top-secret tunnel that holds many treasures.

    Director:Shigeki Awai
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Desert Punk Season 1 Episode 22 - Hidden Agendas
    6.1/10(18 votes)

    #6 - Hidden Agendas

    S1:E22

    Kosuna is hired to guard a secret meeting of the Underground Mercenaries Union.

    Director:Shin Itagaki
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Desert Punk Season 1 Episode 23 - Voices in the Wind
    6.1/10(19 votes)

    #7 - Voices in the Wind

    S1:E23

    Kosuna accepts a new job from Natsuko, this time to guard a secret laboratory. On the way there, they see a mysterious cloud appearing on the horizon.

    Director:Mitsuhiro Karato
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Desert Punk Season 1 Episode 4 - An Ace in the Sand
    6.2/10(23 votes)

    #8 - An Ace in the Sand

    S1:E4

    Before Desert Punk can get in his first practice round with his awesome new M40, he finds himself targeted by the infamous Shimmer Sniper.

    Director:Hazuki Mizumoto
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Desert Punk Season 1 Episode 14 - Kosuna: Fully Automatic
    6.2/10(20 votes)

    #9 - Kosuna: Fully Automatic

    S1:E14

    Kosuna’s out to arm herself to the teeth after a brush with death. An old arms dealer teaches her a thing or two about Desert Punk and the ways of survival in the Great Kanto Desert.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Desert Punk Season 1 Episode 17 - Perv in Pursuit
    6.2/10(21 votes)

    #10 - Perv in Pursuit

    S1:E17

    Junko and Desert Punk are on the run from a sniper who’s sporting a state-of-the-art desert suit. There’s nowhere to hide and the mysterious man on their tail isn’t giving up.

    Director:犬川犬夫
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Desert Punk Season 1 Episode 1 - The Demon and the Double D's
    6.3/10(36 votes)

    #11 - The Demon and the Double D's

    S1:E1

    Desert Punk’s got two vices: money and babes. Today both are on the line, as he tears apart the Kawazu Gang. But after a bait-and-switch, he’ll have to salvage his reputation.

    Director:Takayuki Inagaki
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Desert Punk Season 1 Episode 9 - All That Glitters
    6.3/10(21 votes)

    #12 - All That Glitters

    S1:E9

    Punk and his apprentice head to a desolate city with Junko and Kaizuka. Deep within the ruins, a menacing sentinel awaits. Will they join the other souls in the Treasure Hunter’s graveyard?

    Director:Masaru Yasukawa
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Desert Punk Season 1 Episode 15 - The Girl Next Door
    6.3/10(19 votes)

    #13 - The Girl Next Door

    S1:E15

    Desert Punk and the Machine Gun Brothers go on a very important mission - hauling human feces across the desert. While the boys complain about their load, an old enemy waits to attack.

    Director:Kazuki Kakuta
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Desert Punk Season 1 Episode 18 - Too Close for Comfort
    6.3/10(20 votes)

    #14 - Too Close for Comfort

    S1:E18

    Desert Punk’s trying to get Junko back after she’s kidnapped by Tech. But all three end up on the same side of a fight against a group of armed mercenaries.

    Director:Hirokazu Yamada
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Desert Punk Season 1 Episode 2 - Rock, Paper, Scissors
    6.4/10(29 votes)

    #15 - Rock, Paper, Scissors

    S1:E2

    When Desert Punk discovers that he and the fierce Rain Spider are after the same guy, tempers begin to boil. With egos like these, who knows what’ll happen.

    Director:Takahiro Harada
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Desert Punk Season 1 Episode 6 - Wandering Lust
    6.4/10(23 votes)

    #16 - Wandering Lust

    S1:E6

    A lust for revenge - and Mariko - keeps Desert Punk’s spirits alive as he traverses the endless sands to his final, humiliating destiny.

    Director:犬川犬夫
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Desert Punk Season 1 Episode 7 - Age Before Beauty
    6.4/10(20 votes)

    #17 - Age Before Beauty

    S1:E7

    Things are looking brighter now that Desert Punk has a new apprentice. But will Kosuna become a killer mercenary? Or will she just send Desert Punk’s reputation further down the toilet?

    Director:Hirokazu Yamada
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Desert Punk Season 1 Episode 12 - A Change of Heart
    6.4/10(20 votes)

    #18 - A Change of Heart

    S1:E12

    Desert Punk’s been hired to rescue a kidnapped young girl, but she’s more of a handful than he hoped. And with the legendary Night Mist right on his tail, escape won’t come easy.

    Director:犬川犬夫
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Desert Punk Season 1 Episode 21 - Successor of the Desert
    6.4/10(18 votes)

    #19 - Successor of the Desert

    S1:E21

    With Desert Punk dead, it is up to Kosuna to take his place when the Kawazu Gang returns.

    Director:Masaaki Kumagai
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Desert Punk Season 1 Episode 8 - A Dog in Heat
    6.5/10(20 votes)

    #20 - A Dog in Heat

    S1:E8

    After Desert Punk and Kosuna are hired to blow up the supposedly cursed Inumeiwa Rock, they begin to think the curse might be real. Everything that could go wrong goes wrong. Sometimes twice.

    Director:Masaya Sasaki
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Desert Punk Season 1 Episode 20 - A Raw Deal
    6.5/10(19 votes)

    #21 - A Raw Deal

    S1:E20

    Desert Punk realizes that Stryker, Natsuko, and many others are all part of the Underground Mercenaries, a group bent on overthrowing the government. Punk has only one thing in mind—saving his own hide.

    Director:Shin Itagaki
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Desert Punk Season 1 Episode 24 - The Demon Revealed
    6.5/10(19 votes)

    #22 - The Demon Revealed

    S1:E24

    With the thought of Kanta being dead quickly erased from her mind, Kosuna sets out to prove herself as a true mercenary one last time against her old master. Kanta reveals that Kaizuka may not be all that he seems to be, and the Underground Mercenaries are destroyed. Kosuna chooses to forget about her past and Desert Punk, knowing that is the only way she can truly become Kanto Desert's greatest power babe.

    Directors:Takayuki Inagaki, Shin Itagaki
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Desert Punk Season 1 Episode 10 - A Little Bit of Wisdom
    6.8/10(20 votes)

    #23 - A Little Bit of Wisdom

    S1:E10

    Something dubious is afoot when a legendary treasure hunter hires Desert Punk to help him retrieve a ghost town’s fortune.

    Director:Yoshikata Nitta
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Desert Punk Season 1 Episode 11 - Compromising Positions
    7.2/10(22 votes)

    #24 - Compromising Positions

    S1:E11

    Desert Punk takes Junko prisoner and stashes her away in a top-secret hideout. After she knocks the exit code out of his memory, they may not get out of the tin can alive.

    Director:Shigeki Awai
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"A Load of..." is the worst rated episode of "Desert Punk". It scored 5.9/10 based on 20 votes. Directed by Mitsuhiro Karato and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/2/2005. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Fire Dragon Kong".