Btooom!

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Btooom!

Cover of the first manga volume

ブトゥーム!
(Butūmu!)

Genre Action, survival[1]

Manga

Written by Junya Inoue

Published by Shinchosha

English publisher NA

Yen Press

Demographic Seinen
Magazine Weekly Comic Bunch (June 2009 – August 2010)

Monthly Comic @BUNCH

Original run June 19, 2009 – March 2018

Volumes 26 (List of volumes)

Anime television series

Directed by Kotono Watanabe

Written by Yōsuke Kuroda

Music by Keiji Inai

Studio Madhouse

Licensed by AUS

Hanabee

NA

Sentai Filmworks[1]

UK

MVM Films

Original network Tokyo MX, AT-X, SUN, KBS, TVA, BS11

English network SEA

Animax Asia

Original run October 4, 2012 – December 20, 2012

Episodes 12 (List of episodes)

Anime and Manga portal

 Btooom! (Japanese: ブトゥーム! Hepburn: Butūmu!) is a Japanese manga series written and
illustrated by Junya Inoue. It has been serialized in Weekly Comic Bunch since 2009 and later in
Monthly Comic Bunch, with chapters collected into 24 tankōbon volumes as of
2017. Btooom! follows the adventures of Ryōta Sakamoto, an unemployed and isolated young
man who is one of the world's top players in the titular video game. After Ryōta is nominated to
participate in the real-life version of the game, he becomes trapped inside it and meets his love
interest Himiko, who was his in-game wife. With the help of their fellow players, Ryōta and
Himiko must find a way to return to the real world.
An anime adaptation covering the first 50 chapters of the manga was produced
by Madhouse and aired in Japan on Tokyo MX from October 4 to December 20, 2012 and was
streamed with English subtitles by Crunchyroll.[2] The manga series was licensed for an English-
language release in North America by Yen Press. The anime series has been licensed by Sentai
Filmworks for an English-language release in North America.

Contents
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 1Plot
 2Characters
o 2.1Main characters
o 2.2Opponents
o 2.3Other characters
 3Media
o 3.1Manga
 3.1.1Volume list
o 3.2Anime
 4Reception
 5References
 6External links

Plot[edit]
Ryōta Sakamoto is an unemployed 22-year-old young man who lives with his mother Yukie. He
is one of the world's top players of the combat video game called Btooom!. One day, he awakes
in what appears to be a tropical island, though he does not remember how or why he has been
transported there. While wandering around, Ryōta sees someone and calls out for help. The
stranger responds by throwing a bomb at him. Ryōta soon realizes that his life is in danger and
that he has somehow been trapped in a real-life version of his favorite game. In the game Ryōta
meets Himiko, who is another Btooom! player — and Ryōta's in-game wife.
As the series progress during Iida's investigation with the government agents like Matthew
Percier, along with the help from Ryōta's step-father and step-uncle Hisanobu and Mitamura, it is
revealed that Tyrannos Japan, the developer of Btoom! has been associated with the terrorist
organization called Schwaritz Foundation, in attempt to use the players as their test subject to
conquer entire world and getting rid of the evidence of their exposed crimes they are currently
committing.

Characters[edit]
Main characters[edit]
Ryōta Sakamoto (坂本 竜太 Sakamoto Ryōta)
Voiced by: Kanata Hongō (Japanese); Tyler Galindo (English)
Himiko (ヒミコ) / Emilia (エミリア Emiria)
Voiced by: Suzuko Mimori (Japanese); Brittney Karbowski (English)
Himiko is a high school girl who is also Btooom! player and was Ryōta's in-game wife,
though they did not notice this at first. Her real name is Hemilia.
Opponents[edit]
Kōsuke Kira (吉良 康介 Kira Kōsuke)
Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro (Japanese); Chelsea McCurdy (English)
Kōsuke Kira is one of the Btooom! players. He is believed to be a three-star player in the
world of Btooom!.
Masashi Miyamoto (宮本 雅志 Miyamoto Masashi)
Voiced by: Takaya Kuroda (Japanese); Jovan Jackson (English)
Masashi was a Btooom! player and a war veteran.
Nobutaka Oda (織田 信隆 Oda Nobutaka)
Voiced by: Yūichi Nakamura (Japanese); Crash Buist (English)
Oda is portrayed to be one of the most dangerous Btooom! players.
Masahito Date (伊達 雅仁 Date Masahito)
Voiced by: Ken Narita (Japanese); David Matranga (English)
Masahito was a doctor who worked at the same hospital as Shiki Murasaki.
Kiyoshi Taira (平 清 Taira Kiyoshi)
Voiced by: Tōru Ōkawa (Japanese); Andrew Love (English)
Kiyoshi is one of the Btooom! players who speaks in the Kansai dialect.
Hidemi Kinoshita (木下 秀美 Kinoshita
Hidemi)
Voiced by: Yōko Hikasa (Japanese); Shelley Calene-Black (English)
Hidemi is a selfish and frivolous Btooom! player who joins forces with Nobutaka until he
abandons her.
Yoshiaki Imagawa (今川 義
昭 Imagawa Yoshiaki)
Voiced by: Tōru Nara (Japanese); Joshua Sheltz (English)
Yoshiaki was a Btooom! player, who was killed by Ryōta after trying to chase and corner
him.[importance?]
Sōichi Natsume (夏目 壮
一 Natsume Sōichi)
Voiced by: Issei Futamata (Japanese); Patrick Poole (English)
Sōichi has a large forehead and a fair amount of wrinkles.
Yoshihisa Kira (
吉良 義久 Kira
Yoshihisa)
Voiced by: Hisao Egawa (Japanese); Christopher Ayres (English)
Yoshihisa was one of the Btooom! players and the father of Kōsuke Kira who he abused,
only to be killed by his son.
Mitsuo
Akechi (
明智 光
男 Akechi
Mitsuo)
Voiced by: Yasuhiro Mamiya (Japanese); Mark X. Laskowski (English)
Othe
r
char
 acte
rs[ed
it]
Shiki
Mura
saki (
村崎
志
紀 Mu
rasaki
Shiki)
Voiced by: Rica Fukami (Japanese); Maggie Flecknoe (English)
A player from the previous round of Btooom!, a year and a half prior to the start of the
series and a former associate of Masahito.
I
s
a
m
u
K
o
n
d
ō

(
近
藤
勇

K
o
n
d
ō
I
s
a
m
u
)
Voiced by: Yasumichi Kushida (Japanese); Parke Fech (English)
Kondō is one of the Btooom! players who constantly spoke his mind and argued with
Masashi Miyamoto.
M
i
s
a
k
o
H
ō
 j
ō

(
北
条
美
沙
子

H
ō
j
ō
M
i
s
a
k
o
)
Voiced by: Mai Tōdō (Japanese); Brittany Deans (English)
Misako was a Btooom! player. She was killed by Nobutaka Oda.[importance?]
Voiced by: Junpei Asashina (Japanese); Leraldo Anzaldua (English)
A former senpai of Ryōta's who works in Tyrannos Japan.

Voiced by: Ayumi Kida (Japanese); Shelley Calene-Black (English)

Ryōta's mother.[importance?]
Voiced by: Mitsuaki Madono (Japanese); Jay Hickman (English)
Ryōta's stepfather.[importance?]

Voiced by: Hiroyuki Iwasaki (Japanese); Johnny De La Cerda (English)

A young man Himiko knew and trusted. He was part of a band and convinced Himiko to
introduce her friends to them.
Voiced by: Shiori Mikami (Japanese); Margaret McDonald (English)
Formerly the best friend of Himiko.

Voiced by: Noriko Ueda (Japanese); Rachel Logue (English)

Formerly a friend of Himiko.

Voiced by: Yukiyo Fujii (Japanese); Brittany Deans (English)

Formerly a friend of Himiko.
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