Shinsetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
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North American cover of Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo volume 1 featuring the main characters.
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ボボボーボ・ボーボボ (Bobobōbo Bōbobo) |
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| Genre | Action, parody, surreal comedy, satire |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yoshio Sawai |
| Published by | Shueisha |
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| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Imprint | Jump Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Original run | February 2001 – November 14, 2005 |
| Volumes | 21 |
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| Directed by | Hiroki Shibata |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
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| Original network | TV Asahi, Animax |
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| Original run | November 8, 2003 – October 29, 2005 |
| Episodes | 76 |
| Manga | |
| Shinsetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo | |
| Written by | Yoshio Sawai |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Imprint | Jump Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Original run | December 19, 2005 – July 2, 2007 |
| Volumes | 7 |
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Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (Japanese: ボボボーボ・ボーボボ Hepburn: Bobobōbo Bōbobo) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshio Sawai, published by Shueisha, and serialized in the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine. Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo is a comedy influenced by Japanese manzai humor that uses puns, double-talk, breaking of the fourth wall, non-sexualized cross-dressing, visual gags, and satirical and pop-culture references. The manga series lasted from 2001 through 2007, divided into two separate sections with a distinct difference in humor and plotting.
In the year 300X, the entire world is under the tyrannical rule of the Maruhage Empire, and their ruler, Tsuru Tsurulina IV (Baldy Bald the 4th). His Hair Hunt troop captures innocent bystanders' hair, leaving the people bald and their villages in ruins. Standing against this evil regime is the heroic, but bizarre, rebel, Bobobo-Bo Bo-Bobo, who fights the Hair Hunt Troop with his powerful Hanage Shinken (Fist of the Nose Hair). His team consists of the normal teen girl Beauty, the smelly teen warrior Heppokomaru (Gasser) and the Hajike leader Don Patch (Poppa Rocks). Bo-bobo is on an exciting, gag-filled quest in which he uses his hair as a weapon in many locales.
Shueisha published the manga of Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo and serialized it in Weekly Shōnen Jump. The original manga story ended in 2005, and in January, 2006 a sequel manga replaced it in Weekly Shōnen Jump, now entitled Shinsetsu Bobobō-bo Bō-bobo (True Theory : Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo) which ended in July, 2007.
In North America, the manga is licensed by Viz Media and was published in a one shot graphic novel form in October 2005 and was later published monthly in Shōnen Jump from July 2007 to June 2009. A report by Viz at the 2008 New York Anime festival reported that graphic novels would be released sometime in 2008, the first (covering volume 11 (the one-shot covers part volumes 9 and 10) yet released as "Volume 1") having been released on August 5, 2008. A total of six volumes of Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo were published by Viz before they ceased publication with Volume 15. When asked about why the previous volumes were not being published at Anime Expo 2008, Viz said it was due to the "content". While earlier chapters did run in Shonen Jump to promote the airing of the anime on Toonami, the majority of the first 8 volumes were never officially released.
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