Marukubi Boon

Also known as 丸首ブーン (Marukubi Būn)

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Distinguishing Features

Modelled after French actor, Lino Ventura, Marukubi Boon is easily recognizable by his thick bull neck, thick black eyebrows and the dark semicircles under his large eyes.

Status: Major Star (★★★★)

He is one of Tezuka’s most often-used stars, typically playing a thug or gangsters and commonly appearing as a secondary antagonist or supporting character rather than villain. He is a frequent cohort of Tezuka’s other rogues, such as Skunk Kusai, Acetylene Lamp and/or Hamegg, though generally less intelligent and more prone to direct violence – a trait which often leads to him being used by the others.

Notable Roles

Marukubi Boon kicked off his impressive career after making his debut appearance in the Astro Boy (1952-68) chapter “Robot Bombs”. Over the course of that career – which only ended after Tezuka’s death and the release of his unfinished Ludwig B (1987-89) – Marukubi Boon as appeared in almost every major Tezuka series, including 14 appearances over the course of Black Jack (1973-83) alone.

Manga Appearances

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1956

Astro Boy (“Robot Bombs”) as “one of Mason’s men”
Chief Detective Kenichi (“The Case of the Martian Land Titles”) as “the head of the jewel smuggers”

1957

Pink Angel as “Marukubi Boon”

1958

The Ghosts of the Jet Base as “the Captain”

1959

Mr. Akebono as “the gang boss”
Flowers and the Barbarian as “Ryu”
The Devil Garon

1960

Angel’s Hill as “the murderer”
I am Sarutobi! as “Sakazaki”

1961

White Pilot as “Minister Siegfried”

1963

Big X as ”

1964

Dove, Fly Up To Heaven

1965

Astro Boy (“Slippery Catfish in Imminent Danger”) as “an Agent of Spector”
Wonder 3 as “a member of Phoenix”

1966

Vampires as “the wealthy Oniishi Taizo”

1967

Dororo (“The Misery Chronicles”) as “Hibukuro”

1968

Under the Air (“The Cliff of Death”) as “Pierre Ortan”
Burunga I as “Dr. Katagiri”

1969

The Crater (“Double Drama”) as “Mr. Niwa, Second Secretary from Foreign Affairs”
The Crater (“The Bell Tolls”)
Triton of the Sea as “”

1970

Gachaboi’s Biography
Apollo’s Song as “Shogo’s father”

1971

The Transparent Brain as “Yumi’s father”

1972

Lion Books (“The March Covered with Mud”) as “a reporter”
Dust 8 as “Omoneisago Midori’s younger brother”

1973

Lion Books (“A Distant Planet”) as “a New York City police detective”
Microid S as “a man in the crowd”
Black Jack (“Is there a Doctor?”) as “the prosecutor”
Black Jack (“Strangers at Sea“) as “the head crook”

1974

Black Jack (“Twice Dead”) as “Inspector Harry”
Black Jack (“Finger“) as “a Parisean Police Officer”
Black Jack (“Baby Blues”) as “Maggie’s father”
Black Jack (“Two Loves”) as “a police officer”
Melody of Iron as “Detective Igata”

1975

Black Jack (“Call Sign”) as “Jun’s father”
Black Jack (“Two Loves”) as “a police officer”
Black Jack (“Con Man, Aspiring”) as “the father”
The Lower Angel as “a labourer”
Astro Boy (“Astro Boy II”) as “a government official”
The Story of Stone as “Richard Waterman”

1976

Black Jack (“The One That Remains”) as “the public security officer”
The Three-eyed One (“The Seven Wonders of Seven-Snake Temple”) as “the detective”
Metamorphosis (“Woobit”) as “the police inspector”

1977

Black Jack (“There Were Two Films”) as “a Nozaki staff member”
Black Jack (“To Each his Own”) as “Kato Kiyomasa”
Black Jack (“Random Killer”) as “a police officer”
The Three-Eyed One (“The Underground City”) as “Kezunehiko”

1978

Black Jack (“Helping Each Other”) as “a passerby”
Black Jack (“The Man Who Threw up Capsules”) as “a gangster”
Black Jack (“Imprint”) as “a Paresean Police Officer”
Phoenix (“Civil War”) as “Master Shunkan”

1981

The Rainbow Parakeet (“Hamlet“) as “a shooting target”
The Rainbow Parakeet (“The Inspector-General“) as “Garcia”

1985

Yamanashi as “Yamashita’s Second Lieutenant”
Destination: 1985 as “President Kazuo”

1987

Ludwig B as “Colonel Boon”