Barom One

Infobox animanga/Header
name = Barom One


caption =
ja_name = バロム・1
ja_name_trans = Baromu wan
genre = SupernaturalInfobox animanga/Manga
title =
author = Takao Saito
publisher =
publisher_other =
demographic = Shōnen
magazine = Weekly Bokura Magazine
first = 1970
last = 1971
volumes = Infobox animanga/Drama
title = Chojin Barom 1
director =
network = flagicon|Japan Yomiuri TV
first = April 2 1972
last = November 26 1972
slot = Saturday 19:30-20:00pm
episodes = Infobox animanga/Anime
title = [ann anime|id=1968, retrieved on 2007-07-27]
director = Tsuneo Tominaga
studio =
licensor = flagicon|USA Enoki Films flagicon|Spain Ledafilms
network = flagicon|Japan AT-X
network_other = flagicon|Brazil Animax
flagicon|Philippines Hero TV
first = December 7 2002
last = March 22 2003
episodes = 13
episode_list =

Nihongo|"Barom One"|バロム・1|Baromu Wan is a Japanese manga series written by Takao Saito. Original story was serialized for about a year from 1970 in Nihongo|"Weekly Bokura Magazine"|週刊ぼくらマガジン|Shukan Bokura Magajin.

In 1972, TV drama series were created titled "Chojin Barom 1" by Toei, and broadcasted by Yomiuri TV in every Saturday 19:30-20:00pm from April 2 to November 26. In this TV series, original story and its design by Saito were widely changed.

And an anime version was created and broadcasted from December 2002 to March 2003 by Anime Theather-X. Also in this version the plot and story were changed from its original version.

Plot

One night, a monster comes out from a lake and starts attacking the childhood and born-in-the-same-day friends Takeshi Kido and Kentaro Shiratori. When the monster is about to kill both of them, a thing called Kopu calls and tells them that they are the chosen to protect the world from the Evil creature Goumon. Kopu gives a radar to Kentaro and Takeshi and the ability to transform into the powerful monster "Barom One" by joining their hands. Now both boys must destroy the monsters possessed by Goumon.

References to Barom One in other media

In "Battle Royale" manga during Yumiko Kusaka and Yukiko Kitano's flashbacks in the second volume (Shuuya Nanahara illustrates a point by mentioning the two main characters of the story).

After being their bodies swapped, Excel and Hyatt from Excel Saga return to normal after Nabeshin's instructions to fusion themselves as a monster that is very similar to Barom One (even Excel says she wanted to be Takeshi).

References

External links

* [http://www.enokifilmsusa.com/library/baromone_new.htm "Barom One"] Official site from Enoki Films.