Late last year, it was announced that Fujiko F. Fujio’s classic manga Time Patrol Bon would be getting a full-length anime adaptation for the first time, courtesy of Studio BONES. This weekend at AnimeJapan 2024, Netflix dropped more news about the upcoming adaptation, including a new key visual and extended cast list.
Titled T・P BON, this will technically be the manga’s second adaptation—the first being a 95-minute NTV special aired in 1989.
A new key visual locks in a premiere date of May 2 for season 1, with season 2 to follow on July 17.
A full cast list, including the previously announced leads, was also released:
Top Row (left to right):
Bon Namihira: Akihisa Wakayama (Ryuji Kanzaki in Classroom of the Elite)
Ream Stream: Atsumi Tanezaki (Frieren in Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End)
Buyoyon: Mamoru Miyano (Osamu Dazai in Bungo Stray Dogs)
Yumiko Yasukawa: Tomoyo Kurosawa (Kumiko Omae in Sound! Euphonium)
Bottom Row (left to right):
Tetsuo Shiraishi: Yoko Hikasa (Utahime Iori in JUJUTSU KAISEN)
Yanagisawa: Setsuo Ito (Mob in Mob Psycho 100)
Yoko: Saho Shirasu (Mio Kofune in Summer Time Rendering)
Gayler: Yasuyuki Kase (Kankurou in Naruto)
T・P BON is being directed by Masahiro Ando (Hanasaku Iroha) with music by Michiru Oshima (Little Witch Academia). This marks the first new anime adaptation of a Fujiko F. Fujio work in approximately 30 years.
Source: @NetflixAnime on X (formerly Twitter)
