Kodoani.com – Hishio Itami will release a manga adaptation of the series bullbusters, and the manga is being published in the next issue of Kadokawa’s Comic Flapper magazine on October 5. Director Hiroyuki Nakao and PICS are both credited for the original work, and the manga will have a color opening page.
Project Bullbuster began as a concept book, released at events such as Comic Market (Comiket) and COMITIA. This project involved many staff members, including Hiroyuki Nakao, manga creator Esaku Kubonouchi, science fiction writer Yūya Takashima, and illustrator Junji Okubo.
Bullbuster will also have an upcoming television anime on October 4. The anime’s story revolves around a young engineer named Tetsurō Okino, who develops the new robot Bullbuster and is transferred to work at Hato Industries, a The company specializes in exterminating harmful animals. There, they are confronted by a mysterious life form known as “Kyojū.” As a small business always facing the problem of lacking cash, Hato Industries must consider every cost, from fuel to pilot labor. And using heavy weapons is not always an option. This company always faces a struggle between the ideal of destroying Kyōju and the reality of the economy.
Kadokawa published two novels in the series, with Nakao as the author of the original work and Seiji Ebihara as the novelist.