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Btooom!

★ 7.0 6K votes 2012–2012 1 season · 12 episodes Ended Tokyo MX
SurvivalStaying alive against nature, scarcity or pursuit.This show: 9/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 9/10Graphic violenceExplicit, unflinching violence.This show: 8/10TenseSustained suspense and pressure from start to finish.This show: 8/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 8/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Tyler GalindoBrittney KarbowskiKanata HongôSuzuko MimoriAndrew LoveToru Okawa
Written by
Junya Inoue
Starring
Tyler GalindoBrittney KarbowskiKanata HongôSuzuko MimoriAndrew LoveToru Okawa
Written by
Junya Inoue
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
03875113150

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S17.37.17.27.27.67.17.17.57.27.77.37.07.3

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About

"Battle royale tension with a bomb-throwing twist"

A washed-up video-game champion wakes up on a seemingly deserted tropical island with no memory of how he got there, only to discover he's now a pawn in a lethal live-action version of the mobile game he used to dominate. Armed with bomb-like orbs, he must hunt or be hunted by other stranded players. The show leans hard into survival-thriller tension, mixing psychological cat-and-mouse with explosive set-piece violence. Pace is brisk and grim in the first stretch, though it noticeably rushes and thins out its ideas as it barrels toward a truncated ending.

Watch it for

the tense, inventive bomb-based survival duels that turn simple objects into psychological warfare.

Maybe skip if

you dislike unresolved plotting or gratuitous fan-service undercutting the story's darker stakes.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

▼
Season 12012
7.31K125h 12m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Start7.1
14326 min
▶2The Bloody High School Girl7.2
12426 min
▶3Survival7.2
11826 min
▶4Best in the World7.6
12226 min
▶5Attack7.1
11226 min
▶6Night of Sacrifice7.1
11426 min
▶7Virtual Bride7.5
11426 min
▶8White Ghost7.2
11326 min
▶9The Strongest Player7.7
12526 min
▶10High Level7.3
11226 min
▶11Revival7.0
11626 min
▶12Bonds7.3
12926 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Tyler Galindo Ryota Sakamoto, Ryouta Sakamoto
Brittney Karbowski Himiko
Kanata Hongô Ryouta Sakamoto
Suzuko Mimori Himiko
Andrew Love Kiyoshi Taira
Toru Okawa Kiyoshi Taira
Meijin Takahashi Takanohashi
David Matranga Masahito Date
Rob Mungle Takanohashi
Shelley Calene-Black Hidemi Kinoshita, Yukie Sakamoto

Crew

Junya Inoue

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