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T・P BON Anime's Trailer Previews Theme Songs, Time Travel Scenes
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Netflix began streaming an English-subtitled trailer 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, on Monday. The video highlights the the show's time traveling story, particularly scenes from the Bronze Age, the Middle Ages, World War II, and beyond. The trailer also previews the anime's theme songs, but does not reveal the title or artists for the songs.
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.
Akihisa Wakayama plays the main character Bon Namihira and Atsumi Tanezaki plays Ream Stream, another Time Patrol member.
Other cast members include:
- 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
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's anime YouTube channel, Comic Natalie
