Barom-1
| Barom-1 | |
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Cover of Barom One volume 1 as re-edited in May 1998 | |
| バロム・1 (Baromu wan) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Supernatural |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Takao Saito |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Bokura Magazine |
| Original run | 1970 – 1971 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Television drama | |
| Chōjin Barom-1 | |
| Studio | Toei Company |
| Network | Nippon TV |
| Original run | April 2, 1972 – November 26, 1972 |
| Episodes | 35 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Tsuneo Tominaga |
| Licensed by | |
| Network | AT-X |
| Original run | December 7, 2002 – March 22, 2003 |
| Episodes | 13 |
Barom-1[1][2] (Japanese: バロム・1 Hepburn: Baromu Wan) is a Japanese manga series written by Takao Saito. Original story was serialized for about a year from 1970 in Weekly Bokura Magazine (週刊ぼくらマガジン Shukan Bokura Magajin). It was available online in English through Jmanga.com, but is now on Crunchyroll.[3]
In 1972, the manga was adapted into a TV tokusatsu series titled Chōjin Barom-1 (超人バロム・1) by Toei, and broadcast by Yomiuri TV every Sunday 19:30–20:00 from April 2 to November 26. In this TV series, the original story and character designs by Saito were widely changed.
An anime version was created and broadcast from December 2002 to March 2003 by Anime Theater-X. In this version the plot and story were also changed from its original version.
Plot
One night, a monster comes out from a lake and starts attacking the childhood and born-on-the-same-day friends Takeshi Kido and Kentaro Shiratori. When the monster is about to kill both of them, a being called Kopu calls and tells them that they are the chosen to protect the world from the evil creature Doruge.[4] Kopu gives a radar to Kentaro and Takeshi and the ability to transform into the powerful monster Barom-1 by joining their hands. Now both boys must destroy the monsters possessed by Goumon.
References to Barom-1 in other media
In Battle Royale manga during Yumiko Kusaka and Yukiko Kitano's flashbacks in the second volume (Shuuya Nanahara illustrates a point by mentioning the two main characters of the story).
After being their bodies swapped, Excel and Hyatt from Excel Saga return to normal after Nabeshin's instructions to fusion themselves as a monster that is very similar to Barom-1 (even Excel says she wanted to be Takeshi).
References
- ↑ "９／１５（土）AM10時～13時 強化稽古！！：友情のバロムクロス？？？". kuranari.blog37.fc2.com. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ↑ "バンダイ ソフビ魂 Ｖｏｌ−11超人バロム1 エネルギーダウン初期Ｖｅｒ". rakuten.co.jp. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ↑ http://www.jmanga.com/list/search/title?q=Barom
- ↑ "グロキモい (4)". rakuten.co.jp. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
External links
- Barom One—Official site at Enoki Films
- Barom One (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Barom One (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia