Idaten Jump (Japanese: IDATEN?, Hepburn: Idaten Janpu) is a manga series created by Toshihiro Fujiwara and Ko Etori serialized in Comic BonBon. The manga tells the story about a boy named Sho Yamato who loves mountain biking. It was adapted into a 52-episode anime by Aniplex, whose original name is ????. A toyline was also made by Tomy. The manga was released in America by Tokyopop, with all the sound effects in Japanese only.
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Story
Sho Yamato is a boy who enjoys MTB (short for "mountain biking") a whole lot. He's always practiced at the "X-Zone" (a place which his dad Takeshi made for MTB) with his friends Kakeru and Makoto while riding on a bike his dad has built called "Flame Kaiser". One day, he was challenged to a race by a MTB team called Team Shark Tooth and whoever won the race will get the X-Zone. For Sho, the X-Zone had always been a place of happy memories. He had spent many days there with his father who had disappeared, so he could not lose the game. During the race with Team Shark Tooth's leader Gabu Samejima, black smoke suddenly covered the ground around them, and they were sent to another world that's also called the "X-Zone."
When Sho woke up, he found Kakeru, Makoto, and his MTB Flame Kaiser were also there. Of course, they did not know where they were. While they were wondering what had happened, MTB riders came. They challenged Sho to an Idaten battle, a form of MTB race in the X-Zone. They said the only way for Sho to return is by collecting 10 gold emblems by winning Idaten battles with their emblems while making their way to X-City which is at the epicenter of the X-Zone. This is how Sho came down to compete in Idaten Battles at various courses such as ghost towns, volcanoes, ancient ruins, deserts, and snow-topped mountains. Now Sho must Idaten Battle for the sake of returning home.
Before an Idaten Battle begins, the MTB riders would put on their bike helmets while quoting "Ready, set, and go." When their bike helmets are on, a full mountain biking suit appears on them during the Idaten Battles.
Sho's group decide to go to the X-City, the main city of X-Zone so that they can get the 10 gold emblem and can return to their home. They also face off against Team Shark Tooth and their various allies even when he arrives in X-City where Gabu Samejima is their dictator. After entering X-city they defeat Gabu the black smoke takes them back to earth. But Makoto' s brother remains there. They find that only a half day has goneafter staying 3 months in X-Zone.
After returning home, Sho returned to X-Zone to find his lost father Takeshi while taking on the mysterious Team X.
Characters
Protagonists
Supporting characters
Team Shark Tooth
Team Shark Tooth is a group of MTB riders that serve as the primary antagonists of the first half of the series. Upon their invasion on X-City, they went by the name of Team ST (???ST) and gained some followers in the process. Besides a substantial number of unnamed grunts, the members of Team ST are:
Team X
Team X (??? X) is a team of mountain bikers that serve as the primary antagonists of the second half of the series. They invaded X-City and turned everyone they defeated into their slaves with the Dark Emblems they placed on their MTBs. Their base is on Imperial Island. Among the known victims are:
Minor characters
Episode guide
Episode titles:
1. This Is An MTB Battle! Kore ga MTB BATTLE da! ???MTB????!
2. Big Escape! Sand Dune Battle Daidassou! Sakyuu no tatakai ???!?????
3. Crash! The First Defeat? Shougeki! Hajimete no haiboku? ??!???????!?
4. Take Back! My MTB! Torimodose! Ore no MTB! ????!???MTB
5. Fiery Volcano Battle!! Honoo no kazan no BATTLE!! ???????!
6. A High-Tech Group's Challenge HIGH-TECH shuudan no chousen ?????????
7. Ouch! MTB's Graveyard Auu! MTB no hakaba ???!MTB???
8. Enter Neptune! NEPTUNE toujou! ????????!
9. The Identity Of The Masked Boy Kamen shounen no shoutai ???????!
10. The Strongest Rival Appears! ???????! Saikyou no teki, shutsugen
11. Onboard Battle! Team ST's Trap ?????!???ST?? Senjou BATTLE! TEAM ST no wana
12. The Admired Celeb Resort City ????????????????? Akogare no CELEB RESORT CITY
13. School Battle! Explosion, Idaten Cross! ?????!?????????! Gakkou BATTLE! Sakuretsu, Idaten CROSS!
14. The Man Who Beat Flame Kaiser? ?????????????!? FLAME KAISER o taosu otoko?
15. The Prince of MTB MTB???? MTB no oujisama
16. Struggle In The Rain, Awakened Neptune ????????????????? Ame no naka no shitou, mezameru NEPTUNE
17. Finally Understand! Team ST's Secret ???????!???ST??? Tsui ni wakatta! TEAM ST no himitsu
18. A New Assassin! The Test's Battle Between Siblings ?????!???????? Aratana shikaku! Shiren no kyoudai BATTLE
19. Showdown! Flame Kaiser VS. Thunder Emperor ??!????????VS.????????? Taiketsu! FLAME KAISER VS. THUNDER EMPEROR
20. Formidable Opponent! Ninja Rider Kokage ??!???????? Kyouteki! NINJA RIDER Kokage
21. X City's Gate Guardians X?????? X CITY no monban
22. Arrival! X City ??????!X??? Yattaze touchaku! X CITY
23. The Idaten Battle Tournament Begins! ??????????????! Idaten BATTLE TOURNAMENT kaimaku!
24. Crash! Flame Kaiser VS. Neptune ??!????????VS.?????? Gekitotsu! FLAME KAISER VS.NEPTUNE
25. Hammerhead! The 6th Idaten Bike ???????!6????????? HAMMERHEAD! 6daime no Idaten BIKE
26. Certain Kill! Shido Special ??! ??????? Hissatsu! Shido SPECIAL
27. Battle! Hammerhead VS. Aero Scissors! ??!???????VS. ??????? Gekitou! HAMMERHEAD VS. AERO SCISSORS
28. The Final Showdown's Conspiracy ?????? Inbou no kesshousen
29. Final Battle! Who Will Be The Victor? ????????!???????? FINAL BATTLE! Yuushou wa dare no te ni?
30. Charge! X Tower ??! X??? Totsunyuu! X TOWER
31. Decisive Battle! Flame Kaiser VS. Bloody Fang ????!????????VS????????? Saishuu kessen! Flame Kaiser VS. Bloody Fang
32. Farewell X Zone ????X??? Sayonara, X ZONE
33. A New, Formidable Enemy - The Name Is Team X ??????????????X Aratanaru kyouteki, sono na wa TEAM X
34. To X Zone Again! ??X????! Matatabi X ZONE e!
35. Shock! Sho's Father Is Alive ??!???????? Shougeki! Ikite ita Shou no chichi
36. Roar! Imperial Dragon!! ??!??????DG!! Baksou! IMPERIAL DG!!
37. The Feared Dark Emblem ??????????? Kyofu no DARK EMBLEM
38. Gabu's Allure, Flame Kaiser's In A Pinch! ??????????????????! Gabu no yuuwaku, FLAME KAISER dai pinch!
39. Climax! Imperial Dragon VS. Aero Scissors Hakunetsu! IMPERIAL DG VS. AERO SCISSORS ??!??????DG VS. ???????
40. The Nameless Forest's Vermin ????????? Nanashi no mori no akudamakin
41. Arthur's Challenge! The Road To The Island Of Illusion ARTHUR no chousen! Maboroshi no shima e no michi ???????!??????
42. Idaten Bike's Big Gathering! The Showdown With Team X! Idaten BIKE no daishuugou! TEAM X to no kessen! ?????????!???X????!
43. Sho VS. Shido! Battle Of Life Or Death! ?VS.??!????????! Sho VS. Shido! Tamashii o kaketa BATTLE!
44. Shocking Reunion! Imperial X Appears ?????!??????X??! Shougeki no saikai! IMPERIAL X shutsugen!
45. The Second Island Appears! The Beginning Of The World's Collapse ??????!???????? Daini no shima arawaru! Sekai houkai no hajimari
46. Charge! Team X VS. Imperial Dragon Daishuugeki! TEAM X VS. IMPERIAL DG ???! ???X VS. ??????DG
47. The Legendary Training Grounds, Sho's Special Training! ???????????! Densetsu no renshoujou, Sho no tokkun!
48. The Miracle Power! New Secret Move Explosion Kiseki no chikara! Shin hissatsu waza sakuretsu ????!??????
49. Flame Kaiser Vs Team Idaten! ????????VS.??????????
50. The Battle for Imperial Island ! ??!???????????!
51. The Battle of Destiny,The Final Battle! ????????? ??????!
52. Awakening the World ????????????!
Changes
For unknown reasons, the entire 52 episode series was edited into a total of 37 episodes. In most cases, 1 English episode was actually two Japanese episodes, however two episodes were kept in their entirety. This was similar to the first episode of Shinzo (except Episode #2 of that show was reaired separately). Additionally, Idaten ("EE-da-ten") is regularly pronounced "eye-DAHT-en" in the English dub.
Cast
Japanese cast
- Akeno Watanabe - Sho Yamato
- Sawa Ishige - Makoto Shido
- Makoto Tsumura - Kakeru Sakamaki
- Yuuichi Nagashima - Hosuke
- Daisuke Namikawa - Kyoichi Shido
- Risa Mizuno - Yuki
- Akiyo Kaneda - Gabu Samejima
- Toshiyuki Kusuda - Taiga Samejima
- Chiro Kanzaki - Ayumu Yamato
- Akira Nakagawa - Rin
- Ben Takada - Mr. Teacher
- Chihiro Suzuki - George
- Eiji Takemoto - Koei, Terry
- Fuyuka Oura - Akira
- Hidenobu Kiuchi - Zentaro
- Hideyuki Umezu - Gen
- Hozumi Gôda - Narration, Takeshi Yamato
- Jin Domon - Shin
- Kentarou Itou - Takuma
- Kunihiro Kawamoto - Tasuku
- Norihisa Mori - Ken
- Noriko Namiki - Rika
- Rio Natsuki - Yoko
- Ryo Naitou - Jun
- Yoshiaki Matsumoto - Jackal
- Yuuki Masuda - Masa
English cast
- Brian Beacock - Seiji, Kiyoshi (of The Four Kings), Arthur, Jero
- Steven Blum - Takeshi Yamato, Koei, Terry the Megaton, Zentaro, Poison Spider Team Member, Gen, Boris, Peter, Crewman A, Go, Townsfolks, Guards, Additional Voices
- Dorothy Elias-Fahn - Mokoto Shido
- Megan Hollingshead - Bonnie C.
- Yuri Lowenthal - Sho Yamato
- Mona Marshall - Ayumu Yamato, Jun, Prince Ryota, Nostradamus Saiyaka
- Paul St. Peter - Mayor of X-City, Shadow
- Jamieson Price -
- Michelle Ruff - Yuki, Rin
- Philece Sampler - Kakeru Sakamaki, Sho's Mom, Rika
- Michael Sorich - Hosuke, Rogue MTB Team Leader, Rogue MTB Team Member, Crewman B, Villager, Sebastian, Danny, Four Kings Member #3, Sunset Reiu, Captain Masagi, Germ Man
- Steve Staley - Taiga Samejima, Ken
- Kirk Thornton - Gabu Samejima, X-Zone Police Captain, Shin the Shadow, Takuma, Tasuku, Captain Jackal, Mr. Teacher, Pete,
- Dave Wittenberg - Kyoichi Shido.
Crew
English cast
- Michael Sorich - Voice Director
Adaptations
Takara Tomy produced a plug and play bike racing video game on 2005-10-27 for 7329 yen. The plug and play system came from SSD Company Limited (as XaviX).
Taito published an Idaten Jump bike racing game for Nintendo DS on 2006-9-7.
International broadcast
Animax Asia is also still airing this anime in English dub replacing Samurai Champloo. In 2010, Q Channel 11 aired the anime in Tagalog dubbed replacing Olympus Guardian.
Global TV aired the anime in Indonesian dub and Animax aired it in the original Japanese version.
Etc...TV is also still airing the anime in Spanish dub.
Extra TV 42 aired the anime also in Spanish dub in May 25, 2009.
ZAZ aired the anime in Spanish dub from September 1, 2009 to January 2, 2012.
Telecadena 7 y 4 aired the anime in Spanish dub from October 10, 2008 to December 2 of the same year.
Televen aired the anime in Spanish dub in June 25, 2011.
Italia 1 aired the anime in Italian dub from September 8, 2008 to January 15, 2009 and repeated from January 18, 2009 to April 29, 2009 every Sunday morning. In April 5, 2009, it was replaced by The Batman. Hiro had re-runs of this anime.
Canal Panda is airing the anime in Portuguese dub since June 18, 2012.
Sonic-Nickelodeon is airing the anime in Hindi dub since January 2014.
Toys
Takara Tomy produced miniature bikes, parts, and courses based on the show. The toys were also sold by Hasbro.
A life-sized version of Flame Kaiser and the matching helmet were also sold by Keiyo D2 and Toys R Us stores in Japan.
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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