After streaming the first series previously, Crunchyroll is back for more Time Bokan with the new sequel series The Villains’ Strike Back. The show launched its first episode earlier today with new episodes coming every Saturday at 7:00am ET for members. Availability for it is pretty good as it’s open to viewers in the U.S.A, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Netherlands, Denmark, and Central and South America including the Caribbean.
The Japanese cast includes Akihisa Wakayama as Tokio, Akari Kito as Calen, Eri Kitamura as Bimajo, Hiroaki Hirata as Tsubuyakky, Kenta Miyake as Suzukky, Takeshi Maeda as Peralino, Rikako Aikawa as Picobo, Bokanbures, Hori as Oyadama and Shigeru Chiba as Bokannare.
The project has Takayuki Inagaki as director working from the series composition by Youichi Katou with Tatsunoko Production obviously handling the animation.
Plot concept: The protagonist Tokio is a first-year middle school student living in modern Tokyo. One day to his surprise, he is suddenly appointed as a member of a 24th century organization, the Space-Time Administration Bureau. Tokio learns that, in reality, the history written in textbooks is all a lie and that the true history of the world contains amusing facts that remain hidden. For example, the beautiful woman known in history as Cleopatra is actually a stand-up comedy duo named Cleo and Patra. Additionally, the folk tale hero Momotarou is a man more demonic than all demons.
Tokio and fellow bureau member Calen use the Bokan Mecha 24, a machine which can transform and merge into various forms, to search for true history. Tokio and his friends must face three evils familiar to the Time Bokan series, Bimajo, Tsubuyakky, and Suzukky. Together, they form a group called the Akudama which has been hired by the world’s largest textbook company, History Paradise, to protect the history textbook. What true history will be revealed next?
