A 26-minute anime where Bomberman teaches disaster victims that enemies can become family.
The elementary school student Rieko lives with her parents who are deaf and mute, and her younger sister. Rieko wishes to draw cartoons and comics that make people happy, and doodles comics of Bomberman and friends in her notebooks. An earthquake strikes during the night and ravages the city, leaving their neighbourhood a shambles. They travel to a shelter, but their parents' inability to hear and speak causes misunderstandings and conflict among the workers; Rieko helps resolve the situation while also keeping an eye on her younger sister. With support from volunteer worker Kyoko, an older girl from Tokyo, the community within the shelter begin to grow and understand one another. Rieko helps keep the younger ones amused with her drawings of Bomberman characters, including a comic of the heroes and villains putting their differences aside to help each other when the battle arena comes down on top of them.
Writing
Bomberman villains becoming allies hits harder than it should.
Direction
Kajima treats 26 minutes like a feature, not a cash grab.
Director
Norio Kajima
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released months after the 1995 Kobe earthquake, this was Hudson Soft's attempt at genuine disaster-response media—corporate charity anime with actual heart.
This is the only Bomberman title where no character actually explodes; the 'bombs' are entirely metaphorical, which marketing must have loved explaining.
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