Jumbor Barutronica
| Jumbor Barutronica | |
Tankōbon volume cover | |
| 重機人間ユンボル (Jūki Ningen Yunboru) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Adventure, fantasy[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Hiroyuki Takei |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Imprint | Jump Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Original run | December 18, 2006 – March 5, 2007 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Manga | |
| Jumbor | |
| Written by | Hiroyuki Takei |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Imprint | Jump Comics |
| Magazine | Ultra Jump |
| Original run | July 17, 2010 – May 19, 2015 (on hiatus) |
| Volumes | 8 |
Jumbor Barutronica (Japanese: 重機人間ユンボル, Hepburn: Jūki Ningen Yunboru) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei. It was serialized by Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 2006 to March 2007, with its chapters collected in a single tankōbon volume. Two one-shot chapters were published in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump in October 2009 and February 2010, and after that, Takei relaunched the series under the title Jumbor in the same magazine in July 2010; the series has been on indefinite hiatus since 2015.
Plot
The background of story revolves around the human civilization in 3002 where destruction and challenge were brought by the harsh nature. In this era of constant war against nature and havoc, construction teams were the star of economy system, the conquering force as well as a weapon themselves, because heavy robots were used in construction works to speed up efficiency.
Baru Craw was the leader of a famous construction team for the kingdom of Dorvok. One day, as their group was about to start a reconstruction work of a tunnel which was destroyed by an earthquake, a much more powerful construction team arrived and claimed the land in no time, killing Baru who tried to protect his teammates against the cruel Genber Diode.
Baru woke up in 3007, finding himself revived in his own cloned memory transplanted inside a physical body of a five years old, and in addition to that, his body was partly mechanized. His robot arms are linked up to and directly controlled by his brain's signals. He was told that the country of Dovork is now gone and the princess Rivetta and the king Tabill disappeared. He was also told he was 'last of the series' created by the Dr. Road Docult. He created eleven Jumbors with every one of them have construction related powers like a drill, crane, shovel. Baru, Nipper and Rivetta began their journey for the restoration of the Kingdom of Dovork.
Publication
Written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei, Jumbor Barutronica was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 18, 2006, to March 5, 2007.[2][a] Shueisha collected its ten chapters in a single tankōbon volume, released on May 2, 2007.[5] Between chapters, Takei put nine Jumbor Supplement Column" (ユンボル補足コラムそ, Yunboru hosoku koramu) and a setting data collection at the end of the volume. Shueisha re-released the series in two kanzenban volumes, under the title Jumbor Angzengbang (ユンボル 安全版, Yunboru Anzenban), on August 4, 2010.[6][7]
Takei released two one-shot chapters in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump on October 19, 2009,[8][1] and February 19, 2010.[9][10] After that, Takei relaunched the series, under the title Jumbor (ユンボル -JUMBOR-, Yunboru), in the same magazine on July 17, 2010.[11][12] In October 2014, Takei stated that he would end the manga sometime in 2015;[13] its 53rd and latest chapter was released on May 19, 2015, and in July of that same year, it was announced that the manga would enter indefinite hiatus.[14][15] Shueisha collected its chapters in eight volumes, released from December 3, 2010, to July 4, 2014.[16][17]
| No. | Release date | ISBN | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 2, 2007[5] | 978-4-08-874377-6 | |
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Notes
- ^ The series finished in the magazine's 14th issue (cover date March 19),[3] released on March 5 of that same year.[4]
References
- ^ a b Loo, Egan (October 19, 2019). "Shaman King's Takei, Blood's Terada Draw 1-Shot Manga (Updated)". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
- ^ 週刊少年ジャンプ 2007年3号 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on February 6, 2008. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
- ^ 週刊少年ジャンプ 2007年14号. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). National Center for Art Research. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ 週刊少年ジャンプ 2007年14号 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on February 5, 2008. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
- ^ a b 重機人間ユンボル/1 | 武井 宏之 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
- ^ ユンボル 安全版 上 | 武井 宏之 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
- ^ ユンボル 安全版 下 | 武井 宏之 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
- ^ ウルジャン11月号、武井宏之「ユンボル」が読み切りで復活. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. October 19, 2010. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
- ^ Loo, Egan (January 19, 2010). "Shaman King/Ultimo's Takei to Restart Jumbor Manga". Anime News Network (in Japanese). Retrieved August 24, 2025.
- ^ ウルジャンに武井「ユンボル」読み切り。8月号より連載化. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 19, 2010. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
- ^ 武井宏之「ユンボル」ついに連載着工!安全版も発売. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 17, 2010. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
- ^ Loo, Egan (July 17, 2010). "Tenjho Tenge, Shigurui Manga Ending in Japan". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
- ^ Nelkin, Sarah (October 20, 2014). "Shaman King's Takei Starts New Manga, Ends Ultimo, Jumbor in 2015". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
- ^ Takei Hiroyuki (May 19, 2015). 大別れ道⑧ [The Great Parting of the Ways (8)]. Ultra Jump. Jumbor (in Japanese). No. June 2015. Shueisha.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (July 16, 2015). "Hiroyuki Takei Ends Ultimo Manga this Fall, Takes Hiatus From Jumbor". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
- ^ 【12月3日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. December 3, 2010. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
- ^ 【7月4日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 4, 2014. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
Further reading
- Takato (May 24, 2013). "Jumbor Angzengbang Vol.1". Manga News (in French).
- Chris936 (December 14, 2012). "Critique Manga Jumbor Angzengbang #1". Manga Sanctuary (in French).
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External links
- Jumbor Barutronica (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia