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バロムワン

Barom One

Unranked — only 275 ratings (needs 400)

Takeshi Kido and Kentaro Shiratori are a pair of friends who have been together for almost their entire life. One night, a strange being comes out from the lake and starts attacking them. When Takeshi and Kentaro are almost eliminated, a strange being named Kopu calls them and tells them that they are the chosen ones to inherit the power to protect the world from an evil being named Goumon. Now, they join their hands to transform into Barom One, a being with superior skills, who will fight to protect the city. (Source: Anime News Network)

Names

Originalバロムワン (japanese)
RomajiBarom One
EnglishBarom One
Chinese巴狼1号 (simplified · via wikidata)
Also known asBaromu One · Barom 1

Facts

FormatTV series · 13 ep · 24 min · 5h total
Aired2002-12-07 → 2003-03-22 (Autumn 2002)
StatusFINISHED
StudioE&G Films
SourceManga
OriginJapan (Anime)
DemographicShounen
GenresActionSci-FiSupernatural
ThemesShounenHenshinGoreDissociative IdentitiesSuperhero

Reception

Community score4.98 / 10
Bayesian score— / 10
Composite
On lists1,070
Favourited4 (0.4%)
Completion71.4%
Drop rate11.8%
In backlog50.3%
Score spread σ2.76

Score distribution

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Key staff

DirectorTsuneo Tominaga, Hidenori Nakahara, Hideo Takahashi, Hironobu Saitou
Series compositionShigemitsu Taguchi
Character designManabu Nakatake
MusicHiroshi Motokura
Original creatorTakao Saitou

AniList id 1667 · MAL id 1667 · record updated 2026-08-25