Time Patrol Bon (
Japanese: T・Pぼん,
Hepburn: Taimu Patorōru Bon) is a Japanese
manga series written and illustrated by
Fujiko Fujio.[a] It was serialized in
Ushio Publishing [
ja]'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.
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.
Written and illustrated by
Fujiko Fujio,[a]Time Patrol Bon was serialized in
Ushio Publishing [
ja]'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.[4] Ushio Publishing released five tankōbon volumes from September 1979 to August 1985.[5][6] The manga was re-published by
Chūōkōron-sha in five volumes from November 1988 to January 1991,[7][8] and three volumes in June 1995.[9][10] Ushio Publishing re-published the series in three volumes from September to November 2008.[11][12] It was re-published again by
Shogakukan in three volumes from September 2011 to March 2012.[13][14]
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.[15][1] It will be animated by
Bones and is scheduled to stream for two seasons on
Netflix, with the first premiering on May 2, 2024, and the second premiering on July 17.[3]
Notes
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abcHiroshi Fujimoto alone. Fujimoto used the pen name "Fujiko F. Fujio" from 1989 onwards.