Time Patrol Bon
{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
|image = Time Patrol Bon 1.png
|caption = First {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume cover
|ja_kanji = T・Pぼん
|ja_romaji = Taimu Patorōru Bon
|genre = {{ubl|Adventure|Science fiction}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Fujiko Fujio{{efn|name="fujiko"|Hiroshi Fujimoto alone. Fujimoto used the pen name "Fujiko F. Fujio" from 1989 onwards.}}
| publisher = {{ubl|{{ill|Ushio Publishing|ja|潮出版社}} (former)|Chūōkōron-sha (former)|Shogakukan}}
| publisher_en =
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| imprint =
| magazine = {{ubl|Monthly Shōnen World|Monthly Comic Tom}}
| first = August 1978
| last = July 1986
| volumes = {{ubl|5 (first edition)|3 (later editions)}}
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = tv film
| director = Kunihiko Yuyama
| producer =
| writer = Shun'ichi Yukimuro
| music = Hiroshi Tsutsui
| studio = Gallop
| network = Nippon TV
| released = October 14, 1989
| runtime = 94 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| title = T・P BON
| type = ona
| director = Masahiro Ando
| producer = Naoki Amano
| writer = Yūko Kakihara
| music = Michiru Ōshima
| studio = Bones
| licensee = Netflix
| first = May 2, 2024
| last = July 17, 2024
| runtime = 26–31 minutes
| episodes = 24
| episode_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{Nihongo|Time Patrol Bon|T・Pぼん|Taimu Patorōru Bon|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by {{ill|Fujiko F. Fujio|ja|藤子・F・不二雄}}.{{efn|name="fujiko"}} It was serialized in {{ill|Ushio Publishing|ja|潮出版社}}'s Monthly Shōnen World and Monthly Comic Tom from 1978 to 1986. An anime television special, animated by Gallop, was broadcast on Nippon Television in October 1989.
An original net animation (ONA) series, animated by Bones and consisting of two seasons of 12 episodes each, premiered on Netflix in May and July 2024, respectively.
Plot
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
;{{Nihongo|Bon Namihira|並平 凡|Namihira Bon}}
:{{Voiced by|Yūji Mitsuya (1989 special), Akihisa Wakayama (2024 ONA)|Griffin Burns{{cite web|title=T・P BON (2024 TV Show)|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/TP-BON/|website=Behind the Voice Actors|access-date=May 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522051433/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/TP-BON/|archive-date=May 22, 2024|url-status=live}}}}
:
;{{Nihongo|Ream Stream|リーム・ストリーム|Rīmu Sutorīmu}}
:{{Voiced by|Rei Sakuma (1989 special), Atsumi Tanezaki (2024 ONA)|Erica Lindbeck}}
:
;{{Nihongo|Yumiko Yasukawa|安川 ユミ子|Yasukawa Yumiko}}
:{{Voiced by|Noriko Hidaka (1989 special), Tomoyo Kurosawa (2024 ONA)|Tara Sands}}
:
;{{Nihongo|Tetsuo Shiraishi|白石 鉄男|Shiraishi Tetsuo}}
:{{Voiced by|Yoko Hikasa (2024 ONA)|Ben Diskin}}
:
;{{Nihongo|Yanagisawa|柳沢}}
:{{Voiced by|Setsuo Itō (2024 ONA)|David Errigo Jr.}}
:
;{{Nihongo|Buyoyon|ブヨヨン}}
:{{Voiced by|Mamoru Miyano (2024 ONA)|David Errigo Jr.}}
:
;{{Nihongo|Yoko Shiraki|白木 陽子|Shiraki Yōko}}
:{{Voiced by|Saho Shirasu (2024 ONA)|Erin Yvette}}
:
;{{Nihongo|Gayler|ゲイラ|Geira}}
:{{Voiced by|Yasuyuki Kase (2024 ONA)|Michael Yurchak}}
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Media
=Manga=
Written and illustrated by Fujiko Fujio,{{efn|name="fujiko"}} Time Patrol Bon was serialized in {{ill|Ushio Publishing|ja|潮出版社}}'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.{{cite book|script-title=ja:T・Pぼん（全3巻）|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/pr/fzenshu/lineup/t_p_bon/|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=October 5, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=October 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005122858/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/pr/fzenshu/lineup/t_p_bon/|url-status=live}} Ushio Publishing released five {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes from September 1979 to August 1985.{{cite web|script-title=ja:T・Pぼん 1 [潮出版社]|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M224238|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=October 5, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=October 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005122929/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M224238|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:T・Pぼん 5 [潮出版社]|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M224233|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=October 5, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=October 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005122936/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M224233|url-status=live}} The manga was re-published by Chūōkōron-sha in five volumes from November 1988 to January 1991,{{cite web|script-title=ja:T・Pぼん 1 [中公コミックス / 藤子不二雄ランド]|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M315107|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=October 5, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=October 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005123026/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M315107|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:T・Pぼん 5 [中公コミックス / 藤子不二雄ランド]|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M224247|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=October 5, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=October 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005123014/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M224247|url-status=live}} and three volumes in June 1995.{{cite web|script-title=ja:T・Pぼん 1 [中公文庫コミック版]|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M224259|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=October 5, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=October 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005123050/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M224259|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:T・Pぼん 5 [中公文庫コミック版]|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M224256|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=October 5, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=October 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005123059/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M224256|url-status=live}} Ushio Publishing re-published the series in three volumes from September to November 2008.{{cite web|title=Special Ban T P Bon 1 (Kibo Comics)|url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOBK-59290|website=CDJapan|access-date=October 5, 2023|archive-date=October 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005123102/https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOBK-59290|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Special Ban T P Bon 3 (Kibo Comics)|url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOBK-63100|website=CDJapan|access-date=October 5, 2023|archive-date=October 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005123102/https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOBK-63100|url-status=live}} It was re-published again by Shogakukan in three volumes from September 2011 to March 2012.{{cite web|script-title=ja:藤子・Ｆ・不二雄大全集 Ｔ・Ｐぼん / １|url=https://www.bookshop-ps.com/bsp/bsp_detail?isbn=9784091434715|website=Book Shop Shogakukan|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=October 5, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=November 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110053528/http://www.bookshop-ps.com/bsp/bsp_detail?isbn=9784091434715|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:藤子・Ｆ・不二雄大全集 Ｔ・Ｐぼん / ３|url=https://www.bookshop-ps.com/bsp/bsp_detail?isbn=9784091434883|website=Book Shop Shogakukan|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=October 5, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=October 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005123152/https://www.bookshop-ps.com/bsp/bsp_detail?isbn=9784091434883|url-status=live}}
=Anime=
==1989 special==
An anime television special, animated by Gallop, was broadcast on Nippon TV on October 14, 1989.{{cite web|script-title=ja:藤子・F・不二雄のT・Pぼん|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C8575|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=October 5, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=October 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005122913/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C8575|url-status=live}}
==2024 ONA==
In October 2023, it was announced that the manga would be adapted into an original net animation (ONA) series.{{cite web|script-title=ja: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|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/543651|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=October 5, 2023|language=ja|date=October 4, 2023|archive-date=October 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005024636/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/543651|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Doraemon Co-Creator Fujio F. Fujiko's Time Patrol Bon Manga Gets BONES Anime on Netflix|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-10-04/doraemon-co-creator-fujio-f-fujiko-time-patrol-bon-manga-gets-bones-anime-on-netflix/.203117|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 5, 2023|date=October 4, 2023|archive-date=October 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004192601/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-10-04/doraemon-co-creator-fujio-f-fujiko-time-patrol-bon-manga-gets-bones-anime-on-netflix/.203117|url-status=live}} It is animated by Bones and was streamed for two seasons on Netflix, with the first premiering on May 2, 2024, and the second premiering on July 17 of the same year.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=T・P BON Anime Reveals More Cast, July 17 Debut|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-03-23/t-p-bon-anime-reveals-more-cast-july-17-debut/.209080|website=Anime News Network|access-date=March 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323050527/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-03-23/t-p-bon-anime-reveals-more-cast-july-17-debut/.209080|archive-date=March 23, 2024|date=March 23, 2024|url-status=live}} The opening theme, "Bon Bon Bon", is performed by Ryan Brahms,{{cite web|last1=Beveridge|first1=Chris|title=Netflix Streams The 'Time Patrol Bon' Anime Opening Sequence|url=https://www.fandompost.com/2024/05/13/netflix-streams-the-time-patrol-bon-anime-opening-sequence/|website=The Fandom Post|access-date=May 22, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240513171336/https://www.fandompost.com/2024/05/13/netflix-streams-the-time-patrol-bon-anime-opening-sequence/|archive-date=May 13, 2024|date=May 13, 2024|url-status=live}} while the ending theme, "Tears in the Sky", is performed by Lena Leon.{{cite web|last=Beveridge|first=Chris|title=Netflix Streams The 'Time Patrol Bon' Anime Ending Sequence|url=https://www.fandompost.com/2024/05/17/netflix-streams-the-time-patrol-bon-anime-ending-sequence/|website=The Fandom Post|access-date=May 22, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240522051526/https://www.fandompost.com/2024/05/17/netflix-streams-the-time-patrol-bon-anime-ending-sequence/|archive-date=May 22, 2024|date=May 22, 2024|url-status=live}}
===Episodes===
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| airdate =
| released = y
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{{Episode table/part|c=#FF623B|subtitle=Season 1}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 1
|Title = I Won't Be Erased!
|TranslitTitle =
|NativeTitle = 消されてたまるか
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|5|2}}
|ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 2
|Title = T・P Apprentice
|TranslitTitle =
|NativeTitle = 見ならいT・P
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|5|2}}
|ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 3
|Title = The Secret of the Pyramid
|TranslitTitle =
|NativeTitle = ピラミッドの秘密
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|5|2}}
|ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 4
|Title = An Ancient Man Crosses the Pacific
|TranslitTitle =
|NativeTitle = 古代人太平洋を行く
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|5|2}}
|ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 5
|Title = Witch Hunt
|TranslitTitle =
|NativeTitle = 魔女狩り
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|5|2}}
|ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 6
|Title = The Mountain of the Roaring White Dragon
|TranslitTitle =
|NativeTitle = 白竜のほえる山
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|5|2}}
|ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 7
|Title = The Dark Labyrinth
|TranslitTitle =
|NativeTitle = 暗黒の大迷宮
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|5|2}}
|ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 8
|Title = The Beautiful Girl on the Battlefield
|TranslitTitle =
|NativeTitle = 戦場の美少女
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|5|2}}
|ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 9
|Title = Riding a Dinosaur on Vacation
|TranslitTitle =
|NativeTitle = バカンスは恐竜に乗って
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|5|2}}
|ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 10
|Title = Gunfight on the O.K. Corral
|TranslitTitle =
|NativeTitle = OK牧場の近所の決闘
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|5|2}}
|ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 11
|Title = The Marathon Battle
|TranslitTitle =
|NativeTitle = マラトン大会戦
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|5|2}}
|ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 12
|Title = Hyperspace Castaway
|TranslitTitle =
|NativeTitle = 超空間の漂流者
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|5|2}}
|ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode table/part|c=#FF623B|subtitle=Season 2}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 1
|Title = The Random Murders
|TranslitTitle =
|NativeTitle = 通り魔殺人事件
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|7|17}}
|ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 2
|Title = The Sacrifice to Chacmool
|TranslitTitle =
|NativeTitle = チャク・モールのいけにえ
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|7|17}}
|ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 3
|Title = The Heike Fugitive
|TranslitTitle =
|NativeTitle = 平家の落人
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|7|17}}
|ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 4
|Title = The Sumerian Boy
|TranslitTitle =
|NativeTitle = シュメールの少年
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|7|17}}
|ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 5
|Title = The First American
|TranslitTitle =
|NativeTitle = 最初のアメリカ人
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|7|17}}
|ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 6
|Title = The T・P Agent's Crime
|TranslitTitle =
|NativeTitle = Ｔ・Ｐ隊員の犯罪
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|7|17}}
|ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 7
|Title = The Beast Delb
|TranslitTitle =
|NativeTitle = 魔獣デルブ
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|7|17}}
|ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 8
|Title = The Day Troy Fell
|TranslitTitle =
|NativeTitle = トロイが亡びた日
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|7|17}}
|ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 9
|Title = The Grim Reaper's Horde
|TranslitTitle =
|NativeTitle = 死神の大軍
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|7|17}}
|ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 10
|Title = The Wrath of the Gods
|TranslitTitle =
|NativeTitle = 神の怒り
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|7|17}}
|ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 11
|Title = The Ruins Submerged in Rain
|TranslitTitle =
|NativeTitle = 雨に沈む遺跡
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|7|17}}
|ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 12
|Title = Time Patrol Bon
|TranslitTitle =
|NativeTitle = タイムパトロールぼん
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|7|17}}
|ShortSummary =
}}
}}
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{Netflix title|id=81497635}}
- {{Anime News Network|manga|15049}}
{{Fujiko Fujio}}
{{Gallop (studio)}}
{{Bones (studio)}}
{{Netflix original animated series and films}}
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