Summary
T·P Bon is a darker, more mature film based on the underrated Cartoon Network series Time Squad. T·P Bon is based on an original comic book series that predates Time Squad by about 25 years. The first season of T·P Bon will premiere on Netflix on May 2.
One of Cartoon's cult classic series is getting a dark spin in a new installment Netflix cartoon. Cartoon Network has produced some of the most iconic children's shows since it launched in the 1990s. However, one of the most overlooked series is Time Squad, a follows a boy named Otto, a robot named Larry, and a hero named Buck as they travel through time and meet important figures in world history to solve various problems. While the series garnered a cult following, Time Squad came and went without much fanfare.. However, its interesting premise will return in a new anime.
The trailer posted by YouTube channel Netflix Anime introduces fans to the new movie called T·P Bon. Based on the manga Time Patrol Bon by Doremon co-creator Fujiko Fujio, the series is about a student named Bon Namihira who comes across a time-traveling duo named Ream Stream and Buyoyon. when they saved someone he saw fall and die. To keep their existence a secret, the team recruits Bon to join them on their adventure as they traverse Japanese history to save lives while preventing serious changes to the timeline.
This new series could be the ultimate successor for Time Squad fans as they both have a very similar premise. However, unlike the series on Cartoon Network, T·P Bon seems to have a more mature perspective.
T·P Bon shows the dark side of time travel
Director Masahiro Ando; Produced by studio Bones
While Time Squad is very limited in what it can do because it's limited to being a children's show, T·P Bon has shown that it will be geared towards a slightly older audience. . There's a fair amount of blood throughout the trailer, including a rather graphic image of someone dying on the street.
There are also corpses, witch burnings, wars, and other acts of violence that would never make it to Cartoon Network. However, for those who grew up on Time Squad and remember the series fondly, they may be itching to see what a more mature version of the series would be like.
Time Squad May Have Been Influenced By Original T·P Bon Manga
Fujiko Fujio's time travel adventures predate Time Squad by about 25 years
The most interesting thing about T·P Bon is that although it shares a similar premise with Time Squad, it is not actually inspired by the Cartoon Network show. Rather, it could be the other way around. Fujiko Fujio's original manga was originally published in 1978 and ran for nearly a decade, becoming a huge hit in Japan and even becoming an anime before being remade by Netflix in 1989. This series predates Dave Wasson's Time Patrol by decades, so it's entirely possible that he got the idea for the series from reading the original manga or finding a way to watch the original anime. Around the time Time Squad aired on the network, anime was becoming popular in the US with Toonami being a cult series, so the American series would not have been able to draw influence from Fujio's story.
The first season of T·P Bon is expected to air on Netflix starting May 2, and the second season will premiere shortly after on July 17. Although Time Squad never became as popular as shows like The Powerpuff Girls or Ed, Edd n' Eddy, but current fans have come to love the series as one of the most underrated series on the network. Currently, Netflix is giving the premise a chance to shine again with a darker take on the cult classic Cartoon The series could become an instant hit.
T·P Bon will begin streaming on Netflix starting May 2, 2024.
Source: Netflix Cartoons
