Bomberman Jetters


Bomberman Jetters is a 2002 Japanese anime television series produced by NAS and TV Tokyo and animated by Studio Deen. It has also spawned two manga series and three video games, one of which was localized and given an English dub. It is based on the popular Bomberman video game series created by Hudson Soft.

Plot

The Jetters are a highly trained intergalactic police force for keeping unique items safe from the Hige-Hige bandits. Mighty, an expert Bomberman and the leader of the Jetters, disappears while on a mission. Dr. Ein accepts Mighty's younger brother, White Bomber, into the Jetters because they need a Bomberman for the team. White Bomber is clumsy and childish, but idolizes his older brother. White Bomber and the rest of the Jetters have many adventures, foiling Doctor Mechadoc and Mujoe's plans to steal one-of-a-kind objects, facing off against the Hige-Hige Bandits, and returning antiques to their rightful owners.
Early episodes of Bomberman Jetters started out with the "monster of the week" formula, where Dr. Mechadoc and Mujoe would send in one of their "Super Combined" Bombermen one at a time to attack the Jetters.
Eventually the format shifted from light-hearted comedy "monster of the week" to a more dramatic, darker action story dealing with the themes of death, betrayal, and revenge, but still retaining some of the lighter aspect. Plots include characters going through trials with character development such as Shout learning the truth about her mother, how Bagular first met Mujoe, and White Bomber dealing with learning the truth of what happened to his older brother Mighty.

Characters

Jetters

;White Bomber
;Shout
;Gangu
;Bongo
;Birdy
;Mighty
;Dr. Ein

Hige-Hige

;Professor Bagular
;Mujoe
;Dr. Mechadoc / Dr. Mechard
;MAX /
;Hige-Hige Bandits
;Mama

Combination bombers

;Bat Bomber
;Kamome Bomber
;Dolphin Bomber
;Bear Bomber
;Coma Bomber
;Dark Force Bomber

Bomber Shitennou

;Flame Bomber
;Mermaid Bomber
;Grand Bomber
;Thunder Bomber

Other Bombermen

;Oyabon
;Kobon
;Daibon
;Momo / Granny Bomber
;Bomber Silver

Bombermen from older video games

;Pretty Bomber
;Bomber Kid
;Bomber Ninja

Charabom

;Pox
;Shell / Kaiman
;Sharkun
;Pomyu / Pommy
;Pomyu Dragon / Pomyu Dragon
;Hiroshi

Other characters

;Rui
;Misty
;Twist
;Nightly

Media

A manga series was created by Tomofumi Matsubara, which was published by Shogakukan and began serialization by CoroCoro Comic in May 2002. Another manga series, titled Let's Go!! Bomberman Jetters, was created by Takeshi Tamai and it was published and serialized by the same company and magazine. It began serialization in September 2002, and both manga series' ended in March 2003.
A 52-episode anime series was produced by Nihon Ad Systems amd TV Tokyo, animated by Studio Deen, and broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 2, 2002 to September 24, 2003.
A video game, titled Bomberman Jetters: The Legendary Bomberman was created by Hudson Soft and released on October 24, 2002 for the Game Boy Advance.
Another video game, simply titled Bomberman Jetters, was created by Hudson Soft and released for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube in Japan on December 19, 2002. Majesco Entertainment released the Nintendo GameCube version in North America on March 10, 2004.
A third video game, titled Bomberman Jetters Game Collection was created by the same company for the same platform, but was released on October 16, 2003.
A Mobile game, titled Bomberman Jetters Mobile was created for same platform and was released on April 10, 2003.

Theme songs

  1. "I'm at the Edge of a Cliff"
  2. *October 2, 2002 – July 9, 2003
  3. *Lyricist: Hideo Suwa / Composer: Tatsuya Furukawa / Arranger: Tatsuya Furukawa / Singers: Hideo Suwa
  4. *Episode Range: 1-41
  5. "Hop! Skip! Jump!"
  6. *July 16, 2003 – September 24, 2003
  7. *Lyricist: Hideo Suwa / Composer: Tatsuya Furukawa / Arranger: Masahiro Iuchi / Singers: Hideo Suwa
  8. *Episode Range: 42-52
  1. "Little Memories of When I Was Small"
  2. *October 2, 2002 – June 4, 2003
  3. *Lyricist: Asuka Matsumoto / Composer: Maruyama Kazunori / Arranger: Tatsuya Furukawa / Singers: Asuka Matsumoto
  4. *Episode Range: 1-36
  5. "love letter"
  6. *June 11, 2003 – September 17, 2003
  7. *Lyricist: Manami Fujino / Composer: Tsugumi Kataoka / Arranger: Tsugumi Kataoka / Singers: PARQUETS
  8. *Episode Range: 37-51
  9. "I'm at the Edge of a Cliff"
  10. *September 24, 2003
  11. *Lyricist: Hideo Suwa / Composer: Tatsuya Furukawa / Arranger: Tatsuya Furukawa / Singers: Hideo Suwa
  12. *Episode Range: 52

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