Time Patrol Bon
First tankōbon volume cover
T・Pぼん
(Taimu Patorōru Bon)
Genre
Manga
Written byFujiko Fujio[lower-alpha 1]
Published by
Magazine
  • Monthly Shōnen World
  • Monthly Comic Tom
DemographicShōnen
Original runAugust 1978 – July 1986
Volumes
  • 5 (first edition)
  • 3 (later editions)
Anime television film
Directed byKunihiko Yuyama
Written byShun'ichi Yukimuro
Music byHiroshi Tsutsui
StudioGallop
Original networkNippon TV
ReleasedOctober 14, 1989
Runtime94 minutes
Original net animation
Directed byMasahiro Ando
Music byMichiru Ōshima
StudioBones
Licensed byNetflix
Released 2024 – scheduled

Time Patrol Bon (Japanese: T・Pぼん, Hepburn: Taimu Patorōru Bon) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujiko Fujio.[lower-alpha 1] It was serialized in Ushio Publishing's Monthly Shōnen World and Monthly Comic Tom from 1978 to 1986. An anime television special, animated by Gallop, was broadcast on Nippon TV in October 1989. An original net animation (ONA) series, animated by Bones, is set to premiere in 2024 on Netflix.

The story focuses on Bon Namihira, a teenager who becomes part of a team of time-traveling agents tasked with saving people's lives during major historical events that happen across different eras and locations around the globe.

Characters

Bon Namihira (並平 凡, Namihira Bon)
Voiced by: Yūji Mitsuya (1989 special),[2] Akihisa Wakayama (2024 ONA)[1]
Ream Stream (リーム・ストリーム, Rīmu Sutorīmu)
Voiced by: Rei Sakuma (1989 special),[2] Atsumi Tanezaki (2024 ONA)[1]
Yumiko Yasukawa (安川 ユミ子, Yasukawa Yumiko)
Voiced by: Noriko Hidaka (1989 special)[2]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Fujiko Fujio,[lower-alpha 1] Time Patrol Bon was serialized in Ushio Publishing's Monthly Shōnen World (first part) and Monthly Comic Tom (second and third part); the first part was serialized from the August 1978 to the September 1979 issues; the second from the May 1980 to the June 1983 issues; and the third from the June 1984 to the July 1986 issues.[3] Ushio Publishing released five tankōbon volumes from September 1979 to August 1985.[4][5] The manga was re-published by Chūōkōron-sha in five volumes from November 1988 to January 1991,[6][7] and three volumes in June 1995.[8][9] Ushio Publishing re-published the series in three volumes from September to November 2008.[10][11] It was re-published again by Shogakukan in three volumes from September 2011 to March 2012.[12][13]

Anime

1989 special

An anime television special, animated by Gallop, was broadcast on Nippon TV on October 14, 1989.[2]

2024 ONA

In October 2023, it was announced that the manga would be adapted into an original net animation (ONA) series. It will be animated by Bones and is scheduled to be streamed for two seasons on Netflix in 2024.[14][1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Hiroshi Fujimoto alone. Fujimoto used the pen name "Fujiko F. Fujio" from 1989 onwards.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Loo, Egan (October 4, 2023). "Doraemon Co-Creator Fujio F. Fujiko's Time Patrol Bon Manga Gets BONES Anime on Netflix". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 4, 2023. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 藤子・F・不二雄のT・Pぼん. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on October 5, 2023. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  3. ↑ T・Pぼん（全3巻） (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 5, 2023. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  4. ↑ T・Pぼん 1 [潮出版社]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on October 5, 2023. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  5. ↑ T・Pぼん 5 [潮出版社]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on October 5, 2023. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  6. ↑ T・Pぼん 1 [中公コミックス / 藤子不二雄ランド]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on October 5, 2023. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  7. ↑ T・Pぼん 5 [中公コミックス / 藤子不二雄ランド]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on October 5, 2023. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  8. ↑ T・Pぼん 1 [中公文庫コミック版]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on October 5, 2023. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  9. ↑ T・Pぼん 5 [中公文庫コミック版]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on October 5, 2023. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Special Ban T P Bon 1 (Kibo Comics)". CDJapan. Archived from the original on October 5, 2023. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Special Ban T P Bon 3 (Kibo Comics)". CDJapan. Archived from the original on October 5, 2023. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  12. ↑ 藤子・Ｆ・不二雄大全集 Ｔ・Ｐぼん / １. Book Shop Shogakukan (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on November 10, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  13. ↑ 藤子・Ｆ・不二雄大全集 Ｔ・Ｐぼん / ３. Book Shop Shogakukan (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 5, 2023. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  14. ↑ 藤子・F・不二雄「T・Pぼん」2024年アニメ化 制作はボンズ、凡役は若山晃久. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. October 4, 2023. Archived from the original on October 5, 2023. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
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