BTOOOM!
BTOOOM!
In the blink of the mind's eye, Ryouta Sakamoto suddenly finds himself transported from playing the hit Btoom! video game to being stranded on a mysterious island, equipped with a day's worth of provisions, a bag of bombs, a strange crystal embedded in his left hand and a huge gaping hole in his memory. But it doesn't take long to figure out what's going on, especially after the first person Ryouta meets tries to kill him. Someone is attempting to recreate the ultra-violent Btoom! game in real life, and the island has been filled with an army of other unwilling players, each armed with one of the multiple variants of explosive weapons called BIM. Fortunately, Ryouta's an ace Btoom! player, but this insane version of the game has no reset switch or second lives, and there's only one way off the island: kill seven other people before they can kill you! Can Ryouta repurpose his game based skills fast enough to survive? (Source: Sentai Filmworks)
Names
| Original | BTOOOM! (latin) |
|---|---|
| Romaji | BTOOOM! |
| English | BTOOOM! |
| Chinese | 惊爆游戏! (simplified · via bangumi) |
Facts
| Format | TV series · 12 ep · 24 min · 5h total |
|---|---|
| Aired | 2012-10-04 → 2012-12-20 (Autumn 2012) |
| Status | FINISHED |
| Studio | MADHOUSE |
| Source | Manga |
| Origin | Japan (Anime) |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Genres | ActionPsychologicalSci-Fi |
| Themes | Battle RoyaleSurvivalDeath GameVideo GamesBody HorrorWildernessCoastalHeterosexualFemale ProtagonistHikikomoriSeinenGoreMale Protagonist |
| Streaming | Hulu · Amazon Prime Video · Netflix · Crunchyroll |
Reception
| Community score | 6.90 / 10 |
|---|---|
| Bayesian score | 6.92 / 10 |
| Composite | 50.6 |
| On lists | 164,038 |
| Favourited | 1,861 (1.1%) |
| Completion | 90.2% |
| Drop rate | 3.8% |
| In backlog | 23.3% |
| Score spread σ | 1.72 |
| MyAnimeList | 7.26 / 10 |
Score distribution
Where it places
| Cohort | Value | Tier | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadcast season | Autumn 2012 | C | 46 of 106 |
| Studio | MADHOUSE | D | 120 of 229 |
| Year | 2012 | C | 127 of 350 |
| Genre | Psychological | D | 262 of 416 |
| Demographic | Seinen | D | 424 of 775 |
| Genre | Sci-Fi | C | 548 of 1,409 |
| Era | Early 2010s | C | 582 of 1,627 |
| Season (all years) | Autumn | C | 850 of 1,921 |
| Length | Single-cour | C | 1,161 of 2,668 |
| Genre | Action | C | 1,331 of 2,765 |
| Source material | Manga | D | 1,535 of 3,025 |
| Format | TV series | C | 1,572 of 3,322 |
| Origin | Japan | C | 2,975 of 7,157 |
Key staff
| Director | Kotono Watanabe, Yasunori Ebina |
|---|---|
| Series composition | Yousuke Kuroda |
| Character design | Takahiro Kishida |
| Music | Keiji Inai |
| Original creator | Junya Inoue |
AniList id 14345 · MAL id 14345 · Bangumi 41529 · record updated 2026-08-27

