Btooom!

Btooom!
Cover of the first manga volume
GenreAction, survival[1]
Manga
Written byJunya Inoue
Published byShinchosha
English publisher
MagazineComic Bunch
DemographicSeinen
Original runJune 19, 2009March 20, 2018
Volumes26 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byKotono Watanabe
Written byYōsuke Kuroda
Music byKeiji Inai
StudioMadhouse
Licensed by
Original networkTokyo MX, AT-X, Sun TV, KBS, TV Aichi, BS11
English network
Original run October 4, 2012 December 20, 2012
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Manga
Btooom! U-18
Written byHiroki Ito
Published byShinchosha
MagazineComic Bunch
DemographicSeinen
Original runApril 2018December 2022
Volumes6

Btooom! (stylized as BTOOOM!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Junya Inoue. It was serialized in Shinchosha's seinen manga magazine Comic Bunch, where it ran from 2009 until 2018, with its chapters collected into 26 tankōbon volumes. Btooom! follows the adventures of Ryōta Sakamoto, an unemployed and isolated young man who is one of the world's top players in the titular video game. After Ryōta is nominated to participate in the real-life version of the game, he becomes trapped inside it and meets his love interest Himiko, who was his in-game wife. With the help of their fellow players, Ryōta and Himiko must find a way to return home.

An anime adaptation covering the first 50 chapters of the manga was produced by Madhouse and aired in Japan on Tokyo MX from October 4 to December 20, 2012 and was streamed with English subtitles by Crunchyroll.[2] The manga series was licensed for an English-language release in North America by Yen Press. The anime series has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks for an English-language release in North America.

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