“Unemployed gamer Ryouta is trapped on an island, forced to play a deadly real-life version of Btooom! with bombs.”
BTOOOM!
BTOOOM!
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Synopsis
Unemployed gamer Ryouta is trapped on an island, forced to play a deadly real-life version of Btooom! with bombs.
Ryouta Sakamoto is unemployed and lives with his mother, his only real achievement being that he is Japan's top player of the popular online video game Btooom! However, his peaceful life is about to change when he finds himself stranded on an island in the middle of nowhere, with a small green crystal embedded in his left hand and no memory of how he got there. To his shock, someone has decided to recreate the game he is so fond of in real life, with the stakes being life or death. Armed with a bag full of unique bombs known as "BIM," the players are tasked with killing seven of their fellow participants and taking their green crystals in order to return home. Initially condemning any form of violence, Ryouta is forced to fight when he realizes that many of the other players are not as welcoming as they may seem. Teaming up with Himiko, a fellow Btooom! player, they attempt to get off of the island together, coming closer and closer to the truth behind this contest of death.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 191 sampled reviews
What 191 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 1.95 · split reception
5.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 3.1
↓ 0.02
Running avg · Dec 2012 → Aug 2025
- 7 “Really sad to see such a promising anime be pretty much canceled by the networks. Wished they could have given this anime a real ending but I guess I'll have to read the manga to find out. The...”
- 7 “Guilty pleasure....Btoom!! does really well in all the departments. The characters are neither flowery nor unbelievably psychotic, they seem just apt for the story, their integrity holds all...”
- 10 “Btooom! is one definitely one of my favorite anime's I'm even going to start reading the manga soon. It was so good the being to the ending love this the main characters all of them are so good...”
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- Format 12 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 48m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2012 – Dec 2012 Fall 2012
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-7100 catalog
Produced by
- Sotsu Producer
- KlockWorx Producer
- flying DOG Producer
- Studio Mausu Producer
- Showgate Producer
- Shinchosha Producer
Licensed by
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor