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T・P BON Anime Reveals More Cast, May 2 Debut (Updated)

Update: This article previously stated the anime would debut on July 17, but that debut is for the second season. The first season will debut on May 2. The below article has been corrected. ANN regrets the error.

Netflix revealed the cast and the May 2 debut for T・P BON, the first anime series adatptation of the T・P BON (Time Patrol Bon) manga by Doraemon co-creator Fujiko F. Fujio, at its Anime Japan 2024 presentation on Saturday. The first season will debut on May 2 and the second season will debut on July 17.

The cast includes:

• Yōko Hikasa as Tetsuo Shiraishi
• Setsuo Itō as Yanagisawa
• Mamoru Miyano as Buyoyon
• Tomoyo Kurosawa Yumiko Yasukawa
• Saho Shirasu as Yoko Shiraki
• Yasuyuki Kase as Gayler

Netflix describes the science-fiction adventure story:

An ordinary high school student named Bon becomes part of a team of time-traveling agents tasked with saving people's lives during historical events that happen across different eras and locations around the globe.

Masahiro Andō (Hanasaku Iroha - Blossoms for Tomorrow, Sword of the Stranger) is directing the anime at BONES, and Michiru Ōshima (Little Witch Academia) is composing the music.

Fujio serialized the manga's first part in 1978-1979 in Ushio Publishing's Monthly Shōnen World magazine, followed by the second part in 1980-1983 and the third part in 1984-1986 in the same magazine. The manga already inspired an anime special in 1989. December 1 was the 90th anniversary of the birth of Hiroshi Fujimoto, who created manga under the pen name Fujiko F. Fujio.

Source: Netflix AJ 2024 presentation (Egan Loo)