Botamo

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Botamo
ボタモ (Botamo)
Anime Botamo (Anime) Manga Botamo (Manga)
English Name(s)	Botamo (Toei) Botamo (FUNi) Botamo (Viz) Botamo (Bandai Namco)
Manga Debut	Dragon Ball Super Chapter 7
Anime Debut	Dragon Ball Super Episode 32
Created by	Akira Toriyama
Japanese VA	Yasuhiro Takato
Funimation VA	Cris George
Universe	Universe 6

Botamo is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball franchise, debuting as a fighter from Universe 6 in the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball Super and its companion manga series written by Toyotarō.

Biography

TBD

Name

Botamo's name (ボタモ botamo) is likely taken from the Japanese confectionery botamochi (ぼたもち botamochi).

Production

Akira Toriyama's designs for the various Universe 6 competitors as revealed in the March 2016 issue of Shueisha's V-Jump magazine.

A "Dragon Ball Super Completion Announcement Event" was held 01 July 2015 in Tokyo to promote the then-upcoming debut (and effective production completion of the first episode) of the Dragon Ball Super television series. Following a brief introductions from producer Atsushi Kido at the event, a message from Akira Toriyama was displayed onscreen; while the latter portion of his message had been previously published in V-Jump and was available on the series' official website, the former portion of his comments revealed new details of the series' plot:

"Dragon Ball Super" is a complete continuation of the Majin Boo story arc. It's got a bit of post-battle aftermath, continues with the "Battle of Gods" arc where the God of Destruction Beerus appears and the "Resurrection 'F'" arc where Freeza comes back to life, and then, I've written a strange new story where they finally depart from this universe. They're fighting against their neighbors, Universe 6! They'll yell at me if I give away too many spoilers, so I'll keep the rest a secret, but they're chasing after giant Super Dragon Balls; I think things will unfold in a bright and simple way, that will be really fun and exciting!
— Akira Toriyama

Alongside other Universe 6 characters Cabba, Hit, Frost, and Magetta (as well as Universe 7 "competitor" Monaka), Botamo was designed by Akira Toriyama himself.

In the brief period of time in which the Dragon Ball Super manga was ahead of its television series counterpart, Botamo initially debuted in the series' seventh chapter, released 19 December 2015 in the February 2016 issue of Shueisha's V-Jump magazine; the corresponding television episode content aired 21 February 2016.

Ahead of the character's television series debut, Toei's official Dragon Ball Super website shared social media icons for the various Universe 6 team members, serving as the debut revelation of the character's name as "Botamo"; the character would not be named in the manga until the following chapter, released just a few days later in the March 2016 issue of V-Jump, which also contained Toriyama's designs and brief write-ups for all five Universe 6 fighters:

With his ursine features, you can tell at a glance that Botamo is confident in his strength!! All we know right now is that his entire body is smooth and hairless!!

Additional details TBD.

Performance

Botamo is played by Yasuhiro Takato in the Dragon Ball Super television series; he would later go on to also play Ag, the Kaiōshin of Universe 12. Takato previously played Gurd and Yamu in the Dragon Ball Kai television series.

In FUNimation's English dub, Botamo is played by Cris George.

Notable Appearances

Botamo as a "Z-Assist" character in the 2015 Nintendo 3DS video game Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butōden.

Thus far, Botamo appears exclusively in the Dragon Ball Super series.

In terms of video game appearances, Botamo has appeared as a fully playable character in the 2016 Nintendo 3DS video game Dragon Ball Fusions, the smartphone video game Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle, and various Dragon Ball Heroes games beginning with the... (check which mission he initially appeared in). In the 2015 Nintendo 3DS video game Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butōden, Botamo was added as a "Z-Assist" character alongside Frost in the game's 1.4.0 update.

Notes

Akira Toriyama's design for Botamo.

Akira Toriyama's original design for Botamo was featured as an entry in the Dragon Ball Official Site's The Nearly Complete Works of Akira Toriyama ongoing weekday column in November 2019.