Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
Eleventh tankōbon volume cover
ボボボーボ・ボーボボ
(Bobobōbo Bōbobo)
Genre
Manga
Written byYoshio Sawai
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
English magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runFebruary 20, 2001November 14, 2005
Volumes21 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byHiroki Shibata
Written byYoshio Urasawa
Music byKōichirō Kameyama
StudioToei Animation
Licensed by
Original networkTV Asahi
English network
Original run November 8, 2003 October 29, 2005
Episodes76 (List of episodes)
Manga
Shinsetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
Written byYoshio Sawai
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
DemographicShōnen
Original runDecember 19, 2005July 2, 2007
Volumes7 (List of volumes)
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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. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from February 2001 to November 2005, with its chapters collected in 21 tankōbon volumes. It was followed by a sequel titled Shinsetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, serialized from December 2005 to July 2007, with its chapters collected in seven tankōbon volumes. In North America, Viz Media published some volumes of the manga.

A 76-episode anime television series adaptation by Toei Animation was broadcast on TV Asahi from November 2003 to October 2005. The anime series aired in the United States on Cartoon Network from 2005 to 2007.

A spin-off, Fuwari! Don Patch, was serialized from December 2011 to June 2014, with its chapters collected in three tankōbon volumes, with a second part, Honnori! Don Patch, being serialized from October 2014 to August 2015 and collected as a single tankōbon volume.

By January 2021, the Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo manga had over 7 million copies in circulation.

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