Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo is an anime television series based on the manga series of the same name. The series was directed by Hiroki Shibata and produced by Toei Animation. It ran for 76 episodes, from November 8, 2003, to October 29, 2005, on TV Asahi.
Joy Tashjian Marketing Group, a licensing representative named by Toei Animation, licensed the anime in North America. Preview clips of the series were aired during Cartoon Network's "Summer 2005 Kick-Off Special" in May 2005, and the series premiered on September 30. The series also aired on Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block on Saturdays at 9–10 p.m., starting on October 1. Additionally, it was available on Cartoon Network's broadband service, Toonami Jetstream, from November 5, 2007 until the service's closure in January 2009. In the United Kingdom, it premiered on Jetix on April 16, 2007.
Theme Music For episodes 1–32, the opening theme is "Wild Challenger" by the Japanese rock band Jindou, and the ending themes are by artist Mani Laba and by Freenote. For episodes 33–76, the opening theme is by Ulfuls, and the ending theme is "H.P.S.J." by urban pop duet Mihimaru GT. __TOC__
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Home media release English The series was originally licensed for home video release in North America by Illumitoon Entertainment in 2006, who released only two volumes on bilingual DVD in 2007. All further volumes were canceled when their distribution deal with Westlake Entertainment fell through. S'more Entertainment announced on January 16, 2012, that they would release the series with English subtitles as well as dubbed versions on DVD on April 10 of the same year. This release however, lacked an English subtitle track. Despite a fully translated script being present on a PDF file on disc 4 and indications on the box and in the pre-release information that there would be a subtitle track. S'more Entertainment released a statement claiming the packaging was wrong, and that there was never an intention to subtitle the release due to costs. In August 2018, Discotek Media announced their licensing of the series and released an SD Blu-ray disc set of all 76 episodes on January 28, 2020.
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