Bomba!

Japanese manga

Bomba!

ボンバ!
(Bonba!)
Genre| Horror
Manga
Written by| Osamu Tezuka
Published by| Kodansha
English publisher|

* NA: Kodansha USA

Magazine| Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine
Original run| September 1970 – December 1970
Volumes| 1

Bomba! (ボンバ!, Bonba!) is a manga by Osamu Tezuka that began serialization in 1970.

## Plot

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Tetsu Otani is a junior high school student with a weak heart. Despite the hardships of being so meek at school, he has an intense crush on one of his teachers: Reiko Mizushima. However, one of his least favorite teachers, Kito, intends to propose to her. Since Kito is very violent and often pushes Tetsu around, the thought of him and Reiko together infuriates Tetsu. Before him appears a ghostly white horse, and the next day, Kito is found dead.

Tetsu realizes that this horse is the ghost of Bomba, a horse Tetsu's father told him he was charged to take care of during the Pacific War. Now, whenever Tetsu feels intense hatred for someone, Bomba will appear and cause that person to die.

## Characters

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* Tetsu Otani: A young boy who discovers that he can summon the phantom horse, Bomba, whenever he feels intense hatred towards someone, causing that person to die.
* Shunzo Otani: Tetsu's father who was ordered to take care of Bomba back during the Pacific War. He is weak hearted, just as Tetsu is.
* Mrs. Otani (known as Tetsu's mother): Tetsu's mother who has a large and overbearing physical appearance.
* Bomba: A horse who died many years ago and was cared for by Shunzo Otani when he was alive. His spirit appears as a phantom whenever Tetsu feels intense hatred towards someone.
* Reiko Mizushima: Tetsu's favorite teacher in junior high school, and who he has an intense crush on.
* Kito: A violent teacher in Tetsu's junior high school who has hopes of proposing to Reiko Mizushima.
* Captain Monobe
* Shigure

## Publication

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Kodansha USA published the manga in North America.[1]

## See also

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* List of Osamu Tezuka manga
* Osamu Tezuka
* Osamu Tezuka's Star System

## References

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1. ^ "Fall 2021 New Licensing Announcements". Kodansha USA. March 24, 2021. Retrieved March 24, 2021.

## External links

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* "Bomba!" manga page at TezukaOsamu@World (in English)
* "Bomba!" manga page at TezukaOsamu@World (in Japanese)
* "Bomba!" manga publications page at TezukaOsamu@World (in English)
* "Bomba!" manga publications page at TezukaOsamu@World (in Japanese)

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Manga

1940s|

* Diary of Ma-chan (1946)
* Shin Takarajima (1947)
* Lost World (1948)
* Angel Gunfighter (1949)
* Metropolis (1949)

1950s|

* Faust (1950)
* Kimba the White Lion (1950–1954)
* Nextworld (1951)
* Age of Adventure (1951–1953)
* Ambassador Atom (1951–1952)
* The Fossil Island (1951)
* The Adventure of Rock (1952–1954)
* Astro Boy (1952–1968)
* Crime and Punishment (1953)
* Princess Knight (1953–1956)
* Chief Detective Kenichi (1954–1956)
* The Devil of the Earth (1954)
* Lion Books (1956–1957)
* Biiko-chan (1957)
* The Curtain is Still Blue Tonight (1958)
* The Film Lives On (1958–1959)
* Peacock Shell (1958)
* The Twin Knights (1958)
* Dr. Thrill (1959)
* The Merchant of Venice (1959)
* Song of the White Peacock (1959)

1960s|

* Angel's Hill (1960–1961)
* Captain Ken (1960–1961)
* Brave Dan (1962)
* Big X (1963–1966)
* Princess Knight (1963–1966)
* The Amazing 3 (1965–1966)
* Ambassador Magma (1965–1967)
* The Vampires (1966–1967)
* Dororo (1967–1969)
* Gum Gum Punch (1967–1969)
* Phoenix (1967–1988)
* Princess Knight (1967–1968)
* Activist Student (1968)
* Grand Dolls (1968)
* Swallowing the Earth (1968–1969)
* The Crater (1969–1970)
* Triton of the Sea (1969–1971)

1970s|

* Alabaster (1970–1971)
* Apollo's Song (1970)
* Bomba! (1970)
* The Book of Human Insects (1970–1971)
* Marvelous Melmo (1970–1972)
* Ode to Kirihito (1970–1971)
* Birdman Anthology (1971–1975)
* Lion Books II (1971–1973)
* Little Wansa (1971–1972)
* Serenade of a Pig's Navel (1971)
* Ayako (1972–1973)
* Buddha (1972–1983)
* Lay of the Rhine (1972)
* Lord Iechika Mogami (1972)
* The Moon and Wolves (1972)
* Old Folk's Home (1972)
* Black Jack (1973–1983)
* Microid S (1973)
* The Record of Peter Kürten (1973)
* Sensual Nights (1973)
* Son of Godfather (1973)
* The Three-Eyed One (1974–1978)
* Boy Detective Zumbera (1975)
* Rainbow Prelude (1975)
* MW (1976–1978)
* Unico (1976–1979)
* Don Dracula (1979)
* Insect Collector (1979)
* Insect Collector – The Butterfly Road Smells of Death (1979)
* The Thief Akikazu Inoue (1979)

1980s|

* Hidamari no Ki (1981–1986)
* Rainbow Parakeet (1981–1983)
* Spaceship Ringel Rock (1982)
* Suspicion (1982)
* Volcanic Eruption (1982)
* Message to Adolf (1983–1985)
* Peace Concert (1984)
* Duke Goblin (1985–1986)
* Gringo (1987–1989)
* Ludwig B (1987–1989)

Anime

1960s|

* Alakazam the Great (1960)
* Astro Boy (1963–1966)
* Big X (1964–1965)
* The Amazing 3 (1965–1966)
* Kimba the White Lion (1965–2009)
* Leo the Lion (1966–1967)
* Gokū no Daibōken (1967)
* Princess Knight (1967–1999)
* Dororo (1969)
* A Thousand and One Nights (1969)

1970s|

* Cleopatra (1970)
* Marvelous Melmo (1971–1972)
* Triton of the Sea (1972–1979)
* Belladonna of Sadness (1973)
* Little Wansa (1973)
* Microid S (1973)
* Jetter Mars (1977)
* Undersea Super Train: Marine Express (1979)
* Unico (1979–1983)

1980s|

* Astro Boy (1980–1981)
* Fumoon (1980)
* Phoenix 2772 (1980)
* Don Dracula (1982)
* The Green Cat (1983)
* Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature (1984)
* Lunn Flies into the Wind (1985)
* The Three-Eyed One (1985–1991)
* Phoenix (1986–2004)
* Yamataro Comes Back (1986)
* Blue Blink (1989–1990)
* The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion (1989–1990)
* Rain Boy (1989)

1990s|

* Adachi-ga Hara (1991)
* Akuemon (1993)
* Ambassador Magma (1993)
* Black Jack (1993–2011)
* In the Beginning: The Bible Stories (1997)
* Jungle Emperor Leo (1997)

2000s|

* Hidamari no Ki (2000)
* Metropolis (2001)
* Astro Boy (2003–2004)
* Phoenix (2004)
* Astro Boy (2009)
* Ravex in Tezuka World (2009)

2010s|

* Buddha (2011–2014)
* Dororo (2019)

2020s|

* Phoenix: Eden17 (2023)

Characters

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* Black Jack
* Unico
* Hosuke Sharaku
* Rock
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Related

* Makoto Tezuka
* Animerama
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* Mushi Production
* Star System
* Tezuka Award
* Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
* Tezuka Productions
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