Genres: action, drama, psychological, romance, science fiction
Vintage: 2012-10-04

Plot Summary: The story centers around Ryūta Sakamoto, a NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) young man and a top-ranked player in the online combat game Btooom! One day, he wakes up on a tropical island without remembering how he got there. He sees a figure in the distance and asks for help. However, the figure responds by throwing something at Ryūta — a "BIM" bomb. In that moment, Ryūta comes to realize two things: one, his own life is in danger, and two, he is now in the world of Btooom!

Madhouse Makes TV Anime of Btooom! Survival Action Manga

posted on 2012-06-06 11:06 EDT

Junya Inoue's story of NEET young man trapped in real version of net game

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The anime studio MADHOUSE is producing a television anime adaptation of Junya Inoue's Btooom! manga. The story centers around Ryūta Sakamoto, a NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) young man and a top-ranked player in the online combat game Btooom! One day, he wakes up on a tropical island without remembering how he got there. He sees a figure in the distance and asks for help. However, the figure responds by throwing something at Ryūta — a "BIM" bomb. In that moment, Ryūta comes to realize two things: one, his own life is in danger, and two, he is now in the world of Btooom!

First-time series director Kotono Watanabe (episode director on Chihayafuru, Aoi Bungaku Series, Puella Magi Madoka Magica) is helming the project, and Yousuke Kuroda (Best Student Council, Hayate the Combat Butler, Hellsing, Highschool of the Dead, Mobile Suit Gundam 00) is writing the scripts. In addition to creating Btoom!, Inoue also created the Otogi Matsuri manga.


Update: The domain name Btooom!.com has been registered under the name of Flying Dog, the anime music label of Victor Entertainment (JVC Music).

The manga launched in Shinchosha's Weekly Comic Bunch magazine in 2009 and then moved to its current home, Monthly Comic Bunch, in 2011. Shinchosha is publishing the eighth compiled book volume this month.

Update 2: The official website launched a preview page, confirming that the character designer is Takahiro Kishida (Baccano!, Durarara!!, Puella Magi Madoka Magica).

Madhouse's Btooom! Survival Action Anime's Promo Streamed

posted on 2012-08-10 00:34 EDT

May'n, Nano perform theme songs; Kanata Hongou, Suzuko Mimori, Toru Ohkawa, Miyuki Sawashiro, Yūichi Nakamura lead cast

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Victor Entertainment's Flying Dog anime music label began streaming a promotional video for MADHOUSE's television anime adaptation of Junya Inoue's Btooom! survival action manga.

The video features Nano's opening theme song "No Pain, No game," and it reveals that May'n is contributing the ending theme song "Aozora" (Blue Skies). It also reveals part of the cast:

• Kanata Hongou as Ryūta Sakamoto
• Suzuko Mimori as Himiko
• Toru Ohkawa as Taira
• Miyuki Sawashiro as Kōsuke Kira
• Yūichi Nakamura as Oda

The story centers around Ryūta Sakamoto, a NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) young man and a top-ranked player in the online combat game Btooom! One day, he wakes up on a tropical island without remembering how he got there. He sees a figure in the distance and asks for help. However, the figure responds by throwing something at Ryūta — a "BIM" bomb.

First-time series director Kotono Watanabe (episode director on Chihayafuru, Aoi Bungaku Series, Puella Magi Madoka Magica) is helming the project, and Yousuke Kuroda (Best Student Council, Hayate the Combat Butler, Hellsing, Highschool of the Dead, Mobile Suit Gundam 00) is writing the scripts. In addition to creating Btoom!, Inoue also created the Otogi Matsuri manga.

The manga launched in Shinchosha's Weekly Comic Bunch magazine in 2009 and then moved to its current home, Monthly Comic Bunch, in 2011. Shinchosha published the eighth compiled book volume in June, and Yen Press announced that it acquired the manga for North America.

Btooom! TV Anime Slated for October 4

posted on 2012-09-11 23:31 EDT

The official website for MADHOUSE's upcoming television anime adaptation of Junya Inoue's Btooom! survival action manga has announced that the series will begin airing on television at 11 p.m. on October 4 on the Tokyo MX channel. The series is also scheduled to be streamed on the Nico Nico Douga video service beginning on October 8.

Btooom! Opening Theme's Animated Music Video Posted by Nano

posted on 2012-09-14 17:00 EDT

New York-born singer's "No pain, No game" on sale 1 week after anime's October 4 debut

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The singer Nano began streaming the full music video for "No pain, No game," the opening theme song for MADHOUSE's Btooom! television anime series.

Nano is a bilingual singer who was born in New York State and whose major label debut came just this past March. The singer's first single, "Now or Never," became the opening theme song for the second Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle anime series. As Nano's second CD single, "No pain, No game" will go on sale on October 10, one week after the October 4 premiere of the anime.

Junya Inoue's original Btooom! survival action manga centers around Ryūta Sakamoto (Kanata Hongou), a NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) young man and a top-ranked player in the online combat game Btooom! One day, he wakes up on a tropical island without remembering how he got there. He sees a figure in the distance and asks for help. However, the figure responds by throwing something at Ryūta — a "BIM" bomb.

Btooom! Survival Action Anime's TV Ads Streamed

posted on 2012-09-20 12:05 EDT

Ryōta Sakamoto narrates intro to MADHOUSE anime premiering in October

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The anime music production unit Flying Dog began streaming three commercials for the Btooom! survival action television anime series on Friday. The anime's main character Ryōta Sakamoto (as voiced by Kanata Hongou) narrates the 30-second commercial and the first 15-second commercial.

Junya Inoue's original manga centers around Sakamoto, a NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) young man and a top-ranked player in the online combat game Btooom! One day, he wakes up on a tropical island without remembering how he got there. He sees a figure in the distance and asks for help. However, the figure responds by throwing something at Ryūta — a "BIM" bomb.

The anime from the studio MADHOUSE will begin airing in Japan on October 4, after streaming on the niconico (formerly Nico Nico Douga) video service beginning on October 8.

Do we know if this online world will start out being a virtual reality device like SAO, or will it be more like a "standard" computer game that is played with conventional monitors and controls into whose world our protagonist is drawn?

Crunchyroll to Stream BTOOOM! Survival Action Anime

posted on 2012-10-02 14:48 EDT

MADHOUSE's adaptation of Junya Inoue's manga to premiere on October 4

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The media distribution service Crunchyroll announced on Tuesday that it will stream the BTOOOM! television anime series. The site will stream the series on Thursdays starting on October 4 at 10:00 p.m. EDT in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, and South Africa.

North American anime licensor Sentai Filmworks announced on Saturday that it has acquired the series, and it plans to release the series on home video in 2013.

Junya Inoue's original manga centers around Sakamoto, a NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) young man and a top-ranked player in the online combat game Btooom! One day, he wakes up on a tropical island without remembering how he got there. He sees a figure in the distance and asks for help. However, the figure responds by throwing something at Ryūta — a "BIM" bomb.

First-time series director Kotono Watanabe (episode director on Chihayafuru, Aoi Bungaku Series, Puella Magi Madoka Magica) is helming the project at the studio MADHOUSE, and Yousuke Kuroda (Best Student Council, Hayate the Combat Butler, Hellsing, Highschool of the Dead, Mobile Suit Gundam 00) is writing the scripts. In addition to creating Btooom!, Inoue also created the Otogi Matsuri manga.

The anime will begin airing in Japan on Thursday.

BTOOOM!

Ryota Sakamoto is transported from playing the hit BTOOOM! video game to being stranded on an island with a day’s provisions, a bag of bombs, a crystal embedded in his hand and a hole in his memory. It doesn’t take long to see what’s going on after the first person Ryota meets tries to kill him. SOMEONE is recreating the game, and the island is filled with unwilling players, each armed with one of many explosive weapons called BIM. Ryota’s an ace BTOOOM! player, but this version of the game has no reset switch, and there’s only one way to win: kill seven other people before they kill you! The action is ultra-violent, ultra-graphic and ultra-lethal as the ultimate blood sport is unleashed in BTOOOM!

Language: Japanese w/ English Subtitles

Schedule: Coming Soon

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