Бомбермен Джеттерс: Приключения галактических полицейских

Japanese anime television series
the video game of the same name

Bomberman Jetters (ボンバーマンジェッターズ) is a 2002 Japanese anime television series produced by NAS and TV Tokyo and animated by Studio Deen. It has also spawned two manga series and three video games, one of which was also localized and given an English dub. It is based on the popular Bomberman video game series created by Hudson Soft.

The Jetters are a highly trained intergalactic police force for keeping unique items safe from the Hige Hige bandits. Mighty, an expert Bomberman and the leader of the Jetters, disappears while on a mission. Dr. Ein accepts Mighty's younger brother, White Bomber, into the Jetters because they need a Bomberman for the team. White Bomber is clumsy and childish, but idolizes his older brother. White Bomber and the rest of the Jetters have many adventures, foiling Doctor Mechado and Mujoe's plans to steal one of a kind objects, facing off against the Hige Hige Bandits, and returning antiques to their rightful owners. Early episodes of Bomberman Jetters started out with the "monster of the week" formula, where Dr. Mechado and Mujoe would send in one of their "Super Combined" Bombermen one at a time to attack the Jetters. Eventually the format shifted from light hearted comedy "monster of the week" to a more dramatic, darker action story dealing with the themes of death, betrayal, and revenge, but still retaining some of the lighter aspect. Plots include characters going through trials with character development such as Shout learning the truth about her mother, how Bagular first met Mujoe, and White Bomber dealing with learning the truth of what happened to his older brother Mighty.

A manga series was created by Tomofumi Matsubara, which was published by Shogakukan and began serialization by CoroCoro Comic in May 2002. Another manga series, titled Let's Go!! Bomberman Jetters (それいけ！！ボンバーマンジェッターズ), was created by Takeshi Tamai and it was published and serialized by the same company and magazine. It began serialization in September 2002, and both manga series' ended in March 2003. A 52 episode anime series was produced by Nihon Ad Systems (NAS) and TV Tokyo, animated by Studio Deen, and broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 2, 2002, to September 24, 2003. The anime was intended to be localized for other countries, but these plans were quietly cancelled for unknown reasons. A video game, titled Bomberman Jetters: The Legendary Bomberman (ボンバーマンジェッターズ〜伝説のボンバーマン〜), was created by Hudson Soft and released on October 24, 2002, for the Game Boy Advance. Another video game, simply titled Bomberman Jetters, was created by Hudson Soft and released for the PlayStation 2 and GameCube in Japan on December 19, 2002. Majesco Entertainment released the GameCube version in North America on March 10, 2004. A third video game, titled Bomberman Jetters Game Collection (ボンバーマンジェッターズゲームコレクション), was created by the same company for the same platform, but was released on October 16, 2003. A mobile game, titled Bomberman Jetters Mobile, was created for same platform and was released on April 10, 2003.