Jumbor Barutronica
Jumbor Barutronica is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei. It was serialized by Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 2006 to March 2007, with its chapters collected in a single volume. Two one-shot chapters were published in Shueisha's manga magazine Ultra Jump in October 2009 and February 2010, and after that, Takei relaunched the series under the title Jumbor in the same magazine in July 2010; the series has been on indefinite hiatus since 2015.
Plot
The background of story revolves around the human civilization in 3002 where destruction and challenge were brought by the harsh nature. In this era of constant war against nature and havoc, construction teams were the star of economy system, the conquering force as well as a weapon themselves, because heavy robots were used in construction works to speed up efficiency.Baru Craw was the leader of a famous construction team for the kingdom of Dorvok. One day, as their group was about to start a reconstruction work of a tunnel which was destroyed by an earthquake, a much more powerful construction team arrived and claimed the land in no time, killing Baru who tried to protect his teammates against the cruel Genber Diode.
Baru woke up in 3007, finding himself revived in his own cloned memory transplanted inside a physical body of a five years old, and in addition to that, his body was partly mechanized. His robot arms are linked up to and directly controlled by his brain's signals. He was told that the country of Dovork is now gone and the princess Rivetta and the king Tabill disappeared. He was also told he was 'last of the series' created by the Dr. Road Docult. He created eleven Jumbors with every one of them have construction related powers like a drill, crane, shovel. Baru, Nipper and Rivetta began their journey for the restoration of the Kingdom of Dovork.
Publication
Written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei, Jumbor Barutronica was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 18, 2006, to March 5, 2007. Shueisha collected its ten chapters in a single volume, released on May 2, 2007. Between chapters, Takei put nine Jumbor Supplement Column" and a setting data collection at the end of the volume. Shueisha re-released the series in two volumes, under the title Jumbor Angzengbang, on August 4, 2010.Takei released two one-shot chapters in Shueisha's manga magazine Ultra Jump on October 19, 2009, and February 19, 2010. After that, Takei relaunched the series, under the title Jumbor, in the same magazine on July 17, 2010. In October 2014, Takei stated that he would end the manga sometime in 2015; its 53rd and latest chapter was released on May 19, 2015, and in July of that same year, it was announced that the manga would enter indefinite hiatus. Shueisha collected its chapters in eight volumes, released from December 3, 2010, to July 4, 2014.