Btooom!(2012)
Overview
Sakamoto, an unemployed young man, is one of the world's top players of an online fighting game called Btooom! One day, he wakes up on what appears to be a tropical island, although he doesn't remember how or why he got there.
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Top 6 Billed Cast
Himiko (voice)
Ryota Sakamoto (voice)
Masahito Date (voice)
Kousuke Kira (voice)
Nobutaka Oda (voice)
Kiyoshi Taira (voice)
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