Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger (爆上戦隊ブンブンジャー, Bakuage Sentai Bunbunjā, Explosive Squadron Boonboomger) is a Japanese Tokusatsu television series, the 48th installment in Toei Company's Super Sentai series, and the fifth produced in the Reiwa era. The series is based on vehicles and explosions and is the seventh sentai themed after vehicles, following Kousoku Sentai Turboranger, Gekisou Sentai Carranger, Gogo Sentai Boukenger, Engine Sentai Go-Onger, Ressha Sentai ToQger and Mashin Sentai Kiramager.
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| Developed by | Atsuhiro Tomioka |
| Directed by | Shojiro Nakazawa |
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| Opening theme | "Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger" performed by Masaaki Endoh |
| Ending theme | "Kotsukotsu-Pon-Pon" performed by Rica Matsumoto |
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| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 38 |
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| Production location | Tokyo, Japan (Greater Tokyo Area) |
| Running time | 24–25 minutes |
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| Network | ANN (TV Asahi) |
| Release | March 3, 2024 – February 23, 2025 |
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The series premiered on March 3, 2024, joining Kamen Rider Gotchard and later, Kamen Rider Gavv in the Super Hero Time lineup on TV Asahi following the finale of Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger.
Plot
editTaiya Hando is a courier who befriends an alien machine life form named Bundorio Bunderas, helping him develop equipment for an important intergalactic race known as the "Big Bang Grand Prix". Enlisting freelance spy Ishiro Meita and supplier Genba Bureki, Taiya and Bundorio establish the Boonboomgers and moonlight as a high stakes freelance deliver service. But when Earth is invaded by a criminal group known as the Hashiriyan, Taiya recruits two new members: Mira Shifuto, a girl who becomes involved with them after they rescue her from an unwanted marriage, and Jyo Akuse, a police officer who serves as the group's liaison with the authorities. The assembled Boonboomgers balance their lives between accomplishing missions from various clients and fighting off the Hashiriyan, later gaining the assistance of the interstellar traveller Sakito Homura and his alien companion, Byun Diesel and the occasional help from members of other Super Sentai.
The series is divided into four episode arcs called "Laps", true to its racing car theme.[1]
- 1st Lap (Episodes 1-9): It introduces the main characters and the Sanseaters, a group of low-ranked Hashiriyan. After successive failures, the Sanseaters are assisted by their leader Team Captain Madrex, who develops an obsession in defeating Taiya, but ends up getting destroyed by the Boonboomgers instead.
- 2nd Lap (Episodes 10-25): Cannonborg, another team leader, is dispatched to Earth to help the Sanseaters against the Boonboomgers, using his ability to upgrade the monsters created by them and even create his own, evil version of the Boonboomgers' giant robot. After a short meeting with Sōsuke Esumi of the Go-ongers and his Engine partners, the Boonboomgers gain inspiration to develop additional mecha to their arsenal. Meanwhile, Sakito Homura and Byun Diesel arrive to Earth to make a delivery to Cannonborg and meets the Boonboomgers, eventually joining the team and together, they foil Cannonborg's plans and destroy him.
- 3rd Lap (Episodes 26-35): Following Madrex and Cannonborg's failures, the Hashiriyans send another captain, Disrace, who restores Madrex as his brainwashed minion. The other Boonboomgers learn that Genba is an alien whose planet was taken over by Disrace and Genba decides to leave the team to not involve the others in his revenge. Genba confronts Disrace by himself and is defeated, but is encouraged by Akira Nijino of the ToQgers to rely on his friends again and rejoin the Boonboomgers. Together, they defeat Madrex and free him from Disrace's control, but Madrex ends up dying again because of Disrace's modifications in his body. Disrace discovers that Bundorio was once a Hashiriyan and attempts to use this info to seed distrust among the team, which backfires once Bundorio reveals that he was decieved into joining by their leader, Waruido Spindo, before he learned all the truth about the organization and fled, faking his death after setting a trap that led to Spindo being arrested. Together, the Boonboomgers help Genba enact his revenge and destroy Disrace using the Champion Carrier, a massive trailer developed upon inspiration from the ToQgers' Ressha.
- Final Lap (Episodes 36-present): Having learned that Bundorio is still alive, Waruido Spindo arrives on Earth, along his right-hand man, Grantu Risk in order to get revenge on Bundorio for his imprisonment.
Production
editThe Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger trademark was registered by Toei Company on September 1, 2023, and published on September 11, 2023.[2]
Boonboomger was officially announced on December 22, 2023.[3] An online production announcement conference introducing the main cast and characters and the artist for the show's ending theme song was held on February 18, 2024.[4]
Episodes
edit| # | English title Original Japanese title |
Director | Writer | Original airdate |
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| 1 | "Deliverer's Handle" Transliteration: "Todokeya no Handoru" (Japanese: 届け屋のハンドル) | Shojiro Nakazawa | Atsuhiro Tomioka | March 3, 2024 |
| 2 | "The Informer Does Not Approve" Transliteration: "Jōhōya wa Mitomenai" (Japanese: 情報屋は認めない) | Shojiro Nakazawa | Atsuhiro Tomioka | March 10, 2024 |
| 3 | "The Motorist Won't Stop" Transliteration: "Unten'ya ga Tomaranai" (Japanese: 運転屋が止まらない) | Shojiro Nakazawa | Atsuhiro Tomioka | March 17, 2024 |
| 4 | "A Voice Calling for a Hero" Transliteration: "Hīrō o Yobu Koe" (Japanese: ヒーローを呼ぶ声) | Katsuya Watanabe | Atsuhiro Tomioka | March 24, 2024 |
| 5 | "The Police Officer Will Not Falter" Transliteration: "Keisatsuya wa Kujikenai" (Japanese: 警察屋はくじけない) | Katsuya Watanabe | Hiroshi Yamaguchi | March 31, 2024 |
| 6 | "White and Black" Transliteration: "Shiro to Kuro" (Japanese: シロとクロ) | Hiroyuki Katō | Tatsuto Higuchi | April 7, 2024 |
| 7 | "Procurer's Brake" Transliteration: "Chōtatsuya no Burēki" (Japanese: 調達屋のブレーキ) | Hiroyuki Katō | Natsumi Morichi | April 14, 2024 |
| 8 | "Runaway and Divide" Transliteration: "Bōsō to Bunretsu" (Japanese: 暴走と分裂) | Shojiro Nakazawa | Atsuhiro Tomioka | April 21, 2024 |
| 9 | "Deliverers' Handles" Transliteration: "Todokeya-tachi no Handoru" (Japanese: 届け屋たちのハンドル) | Shojiro Nakazawa | Atsuhiro Tomioka | April 28, 2024 |
| 10 | "An Exciting Mission" Transliteration: "Ukiuki na Misshon" (Japanese: ウキウキなミッション) | Jun Watanabe | Hiroshi Yamaguchi | May 5, 2024 |
| 11 | "What the Boy Wants" Transliteration: "Shōnen ga Hoshii Mono" (Japanese: 少年がほしいもの) | Jun Watanabe | Atsuhiro Tomioka | May 12, 2024 |
| 12 | "Bakuage Engine" Transliteration: "Bakuage Enjin" (Japanese: 爆上エンジン) | Katsuya Watanabe | Kenji Konuta | May 19, 2024 |
| 13 | "Treacherous Procurement" Transliteration: "Uragiri no Chōtatsu" (Japanese: 裏切りの調達) | Katsuya Watanabe | Tatsuto Higuchi | May 26, 2024 |
| 14 | "Cool and Wild" Transliteration: "Kūru to Wairudo" (Japanese: クールとワイルド) | Katsuya Watanabe | Natsumi Morichi | June 2, 2024 |
| 15 | "Lock and Key" Transliteration: "Jō to Kī" (Japanese: 錠とキー) | Koichiro Hayama | Hiroshi Yamaguchi | June 9, 2024 |
| 16 | "Violet Settler" Transliteration: "Murasaki no Shimatsuya" (Japanese: ムラサキの始末屋) | Koichiro Hayama | Atsuhiro Tomioka | June 16, 2024 |
| 17 | "Bun and Byun" Transliteration: "Bun to Byun" (Japanese: ブンとビュン) | Hiroyuki Katō | Atsuhiro Tomioka | June 23, 2024 |
| 18 | "The Settler Can't Stand It" Transliteration: "Shimatsuya wa Ki ni Kuwanai" (Japanese: 始末屋は気に食わない) | Hiroyuki Katō | Atsuhiro Tomioka | June 30, 2024 |
| 19 | "Amanogawa and the Path of Heaven" Transliteration: "Amanogawa to Ten no Michi" (Japanese: アマノガワと天の道) | Noboru Takemoto | Tatsuto Higuchi | July 7, 2024 |
| 20 | "Yesterday Once More" Transliteration: "Iesutadei Wansu Moa" (Japanese: イエスタデイ 椀ス モア) | Noboru Takemoto | Natsumi Morichi | July 14, 2024 |
| 21 | "Flaming Delivery" Transliteration: "Honō no Todokemono" (Japanese: 炎の届け物) | Hiroyuki Katō | Hiroshi Yamaguchi | July 21, 2024 |
| 22 | "Lion's Flaming Fury" Transliteration: "Honō no Shishifunjin" (Japanese: 炎の獅子奮迅) | Hiroyuki Katō | Hiroshi Yamaguchi | July 28, 2024 |
| 23 | "Flaming Adversity Baseball" Transliteration: "Honō no Gyakkyō Yakyū" (Japanese: 炎の逆境野球) | Hiroyuki Katō | Kenji Konuta | August 4, 2024 |
| 24 | "The Song I Want to Deliver" Transliteration: "Todoketai Uta" (Japanese: 届けたい歌) | Koichiro Hayama | Natsumi Morichi | August 11, 2024 |
| 25 | "Six Fireworks" Transliteration: "Rokurin no Hanabi" (Japanese: 六輪の花火) | Koichiro Hayama | Tatsuhito Higuchi | August 18, 2024 |
| 26 | "Secrets of the Universe" Transliteration: "Uchū no Himitsu" (Japanese: 宇宙の秘密) | Shojiro Nakazawa | Atsuhiro Tomioka | August 25, 2024 |
| 27 | "Not an Easy Choice" Transliteration: "Amakunai Sentaku" (Japanese: 甘くない選択) | Shojiro Nakazawa | Atsuhiro Tomioka | September 1, 2024 |
| 28 | "Shaking Off the Light" Transliteration: "Hikari o Furikitte" (Japanese: 光を振り切って) | Katsuya Watanabe | Atsuhiro Tomioka | September 8, 2024 |
| 29 | "Spy and Family" Transliteration: "Supai to Famirī" (Japanese: スパイとファミリー) | Katsuya Watanabe | Atsuhiro Tomioka | September 15, 2024 |
| 30 | "The Rampage Is Mine" Transliteration: "Bōsō wa Ore no Mono" (Japanese: 暴走は俺の物) | Noboru Takemoto | Hiroshi Yamaguchi | September 22, 2024 |
| 31 | "A Magnificent Challenge" Transliteration: "Karei naru Chōsen" (Japanese: 華麗なる挑戦) | Noboru Takemoto | Kenji Konuta | September 29, 2024 |
| 32 | "Hell's Train" Transliteration: "Jigoku no Densha-gokko" (Japanese: 地獄の電車ごっこ) | Shojiro Nakazawa | Natsumi Morichi | October 6, 2024 |
| 33 | "The Procurer Won't Give In" Transliteration: "Chōtatsuya wa Yuzuranai" (Japanese: 調達屋は譲らない) | Shojiro Nakazawa | Tatsuto Higuchi | October 13, 2024 |
| 34 | "Cars That Carry Dreams" Transliteration: "Yume wo Hakobu Kuruma" (Japanese: 夢を運ぶクルマ) | Katsuya Watanabe | Atsuhiro Tomioka | October 20, 2024 |
| 35 | "Blue Champion" Transliteration: "Aoki Ōja" (Japanese: 碧き王者) | Katsuya Watanabe | Atsuhiro Tomioka | October 27, 2024 |
| 36 | "The Road to Dreams" Transliteration: "Yume e to Hashiru Michi" (Japanese: 夢へと走る道) | Katsuya Watanabe | Atsuhiro Tomioka | November 10, 2024 |
| 37 | "Two Spies" Transliteration: "Futari no Supai" (Japanese: 二人のスパイ) | Koichiro Hayama | Atsuhiro Tomioka | November 17, 2024 |
| 38 | "Vow of the Underlings" Transliteration: "Sanshita no Chikai" (Japanese: 三下の誓い) | Koichiro Hayama | Tatsuto Higuchi | November 24, 2024 |
| 39 | "Screaming Stars" Transliteration: "Himei no Hoshi" (Japanese: 悲鳴の星) | Shojiro Nakazawa | Atsuhiro Tomioka | December 1, 2024 |
Films
editPromise the Circuit
editBakuage Sentai Boonboomger GekijōBoon! Promise the Circuit (爆上戦隊ブンブンジャー 劇場BOON！ プロミス・ザ・サーキット, Bakuage Sentai Bunbunjā Gekijōbūn! Puromisu Za Sākitto) is a film released in Japanese theaters on July 26, 2024, double-billed with Kamen Rider Gotchard: The Future Daybreak.[5][6] The events of the film take place between episode 20 and 21.[7]
Manga
editBakuage Sentai Boonboomger Formation Lap: Your-Eyes-Only of the Informer (爆上戦隊ブンブンジャー formation lap 情報屋の秘密, Bakuage Sentai Bunbunjā Fōmēshon Rappu Jōhōya no Yua Aizu Onrī) is a manga released on Toei Tokusatsu Fan Club on October 27, 2024.[8]
Cast
edit- Taiya Hando (範道 大也, Handō Taiya): Haruhi Iuchi (井内 悠陽, Iuchi Haruhi)[9]
- Ishiro Meita (鳴田 射士郎, Meita Ishirō): Yuki Hayama (葉山 侑樹, Hayama Yūki)[9]
- Mira Shifuto (志布戸 未来, Shifuto Mira): Miu Suzuki (鈴木 美羽, Suzuki Miu)[9]
- Jyo Akuse (阿久瀬 錠, Akuse Jō): Ryu Saito (齋藤 璃佑, Saitō Ryū)[9]
- Genba Bureki (振騎 玄蕃, Bureki Genba): Satoru Soma (相馬 理, Sōma Satoru)[9]
- Sakito Homura (焔 先斗, Homura Sakito): Yu Miyazawa (宮澤 佑, Miyazawa Yū)[10]
- Shirabe Saibu (細武 調, Saibu Shirabe): Hashiyasume Atsuko (ハシヤスメ・アツコ, Hashiyasume Atsuko)
- Eiichiro Tokoyari (常槍 鋭一郎, Tokoyari Eiichirō): Keisuke Horibe (堀部 圭亮, Horibe Keisuke)
- Raita Naito (内藤 雷汰, Naitō Raita): Katsuhiko Nagato (長戸 勝彦, Nagato Katsuhiko)
- Bundorio Bunderas (ブンドリオ・ブンデラス, Bundorio Bunderasu, Voice), Boonboom Changer (ブンブンチェンジャー, Bunbun Chenjā, Voice), Boonboom Booster (ブンブンブースター, Bunbun Būsutā, Voice): Rica Matsumoto (松本 梨香, Matsumoto Rika)[9]
- Byun Diesel (ビュン・ディーゼル, Byun Dīzeru, Voice), Boonboom Controller (ブンブンコントローラー, Bunbun Kontorōrā, Voice): Natsuki Hanae (花江 夏樹, Hanae Natsuki)[10]
- Decotrade (デコトラーデ, Dekotorāde, Voice): Junichi Suwabe (諏訪部 順一, Suwabe Jun'ichi)[9]
- Itasha (イターシャ, Itāsha, Voice): Nana Mizuki (水樹 奈々, Mizuki Nana)[9]
- Yaiyai Yarucar (ヤイヤイ・ヤルカー, Yaiyai Yarukā, Voice): Sumire Morohoshi (諸星 すみれ, Morohoshi Sumire)[9]
- Madrex (マッドレックス, Maddorekkusu, Voice), Hashiriken (ハシリ犬, Voice):[11] Hiroshi Kamiya (神谷 浩史, Kamiya Hiroshi)
- Cannonborg (キャノンボーグ, Kyanonbōgu, Voice): Kujira (くじら)
- Disrace (ディスレース, Disurēsu, Voice): Showtaro Morikubo (森久保 祥太郎, Morikubo Shōtarō)
- Waruido Spindo (ワルイド・スピンドー, Waruido Supindō, Voice): Koji Yusa (遊佐 浩二, Yusa Kōji)
- Grantu Risk (グランツ・リスク, Gurantsu Risuku, Voice): Tsutomu Isobe (磯部 勉, Isobe Tsutomu)
- Zoonzoom Shoka Blaster (ズンズンショウカブラスター, Zunzun Shōka Burasutā, Voice): Masaaki Endoh (遠藤 正明, Endō Masaaki)[12]
Guest cast
edit- Muscular man (6, 17): Hayate Kajihara (梶原 颯, Kajihara Hayate)
- Sōsuke Esumi (江角 走輔, Esumi Sōsuke, 12): Yasuhisa Furuhara (古原 靖久, Furuhara Yasuhisa)
- Engine Speedor (炎神スピードル, Enjin Supīdoru, Voice, 12, 38): Daisuke Namikawa (浪川 大輔, Namikawa Daisuke)
- Engine Bus-on (炎神バスオン, Enjin Basuon, Voice, 12): Hisao Egawa (江川 央生, Egawa Hisao)
- Engine BearRV (炎神ベアールV, Enjin Beārubui, Voice, 12): Miki Inoue (井上 美紀, Inoue Miki)
- Woman (19): Mizuho Hata (秦 瑞穂, Hata Mizuho)
- Man (19): Kei Kagaya (加賀谷 圭, Kagaya Kei)
- Mahiro Kamishige (上重 まひろ, Kamishige Mahiro, 24, 37): Arisa Matsunaga (松永 有紗, Matsunaga Arisa)
- Manga artist (27): Kazuhiko Shimamoto (島本 和彦, Shimamoto Kazuhiko)
- Reika Edogawa (江戸川 レイカ, Edogawa Reika, 31): Kaoru Hirata (平田 薫, Hirata Kaoru)
- Right (ライト, Raito, 32): Jun Shison (志尊 淳, Shison Jun)
- Akira Nijino (虹野 明, Nijino Akira, 32): Shin Nagahama (長濱 慎, Nagahama Shin)
- Ticket (チケット, Chiketto, Voice, 32): Kappei Yamaguchi (山口 勝平, Yamaguchi Kappei)
- Aki Nogi (野木 秋, Nogi Aki, 36): Hinami Mori (森 日菜美, Mori Hinami)
- Store manager (36): Kohtaro Taki (滝 晃太朗, Taki Kōtarō)
- Stir (ステア, Sutea, 37): Konomi Naito (内藤 好美, Naitō Konomi)
Songs
edit- Opening theme
- "Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger" (爆上戦隊ブンブンジャー, Bakuage Sentai Bunbunjā)[13]
- Lyrics & Composition: Masahiro Takeda (武田 将弥, Takeda Masahiro)[13]
- Arrangement: Yusuke Shirato (白戸 佑輔, Shirato Yūsuke)[13]
- Artist: Masaaki Endoh[13]
- Ending theme
- "Kotsukotsu-Pon-Pon" (コツコツ-PON-PON)[13]
- Lyrics, Composition, & Arrangement: Kentaro Sonoda (園田 健太郎, Sonoda Kentarō)[13]
- Artist: Bundorio Bunderas (Rica Matsumoto)[13]
References
edit- ^ "爆上戦隊ブンブンジャー バクアゲ10 ウキウキなミッション" (in Japanese). Toei Company. May 5, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
- ^ "商標ウォッチ" (in Japanese). Chizai Watch. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
- ^ "『爆上戦隊ブンブンジャー』 2024年3月3日（日）午前9時30分 放送スタート！ 【毎週日曜 午前9：30〜10：00放送】" (in Japanese). Toei Company. December 22, 2023. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
- ^ "2024年の新スーパー戦隊『爆上戦隊ブンブンジャー』 ポスタービジュアル解禁 ２月18日（日）、制作発表会見の配信が決定!!" (in Japanese). Toei Company. January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
- ^ "『仮面ライダー THE SUMMER MOVIE 2024 ／仮面ライダーガッチャード＆爆上戦隊ブンブンジャー』公開情報 解禁！！" (in Japanese). Toei Company. April 21, 2024. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
- ^ "『爆上戦隊ブンブンジャー』 タイトル&単独メインビジュアル解禁！" (in Japanese). Toei Company. June 16, 2024. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
- ^ "イエスタデイ 椀ス モア | エンタテインメント | 東映株式会社". www.toei.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ "『ブンブンジャー』オリジナルコミック誕生！ 『爆上戦隊ブンブンジャー ｆｏｒｍａｔｉｏｎ ｌａｐ 情報屋の秘密』 東映特撮ファンクラブにて配信！ 本日１０／２７（日）10時より第1話スタート！" (in Japanese). Toei Company. October 27, 2024. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "爆上戦隊ブンブンジャー What is Bakuage?" (in Japanese). Toei Company. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
- ^ a b "第16話より新キャラクターの登場が決定!!ブンバイオレット／焔先斗役に宮澤佑が決定！相棒の声を花江夏樹が担当!!" (in Japanese). TV Asahi. May 26, 2024. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
- ^ "調達屋のブレーキ" (in Japanese). Toei Company. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
- ^ "爆上戦隊ブンブンジャー 玩具「DXズンズンショウカブラスター」声担当！" (in Japanese). Masaaki Endoh Official Website. June 28, 2024. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g "爆上戦隊ブンブンジャー 主題歌特設サイト" (in Japanese). Nippon Columbia. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
External links
edit- Official website at TV Asahi (in Japanese)
- Official website at Toei Company (in Japanese)
- Official website for Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger GekijōBoon! Promise the Circuit (in Japanese)