Taboo Tattoo
| Taboo Tattoo | |
 Cover of the first Japanese volume | |
| タブー・タトゥー | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Action, Adventure |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Shinjirō |
| Published by | Media Factory |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Monthly Comic Alive |
| Original run | November 2009 – present |
| Volumes | 11 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Takashi Watanabe |
| Written by |
Mayori Sekijima Masateru Ohtake |
| Music by | Shinji Hosoe |
| Studio | J.C.Staff |
| Original run | July 2016 – scheduled |
Taboo Tattoo (タブー・タトゥー) is an ongoing Japanese action adventure seinen manga series written and illustrated by Shinjirō.[1] It has been published by Media Factory in its Monthly Comic Alive magazine since November 2009. Nine compiled volumes have been released so far. The series is published in French by Bamboo Édition's Doki-Doki imprint. An anime adaptation was greenlit and scheduled to begin airing in July 2016.[2] The manga has been licensed for release in English by Yen Press.[3]
Plot
Seigi, a martial arts trained middle schooler, often feels driven to protect the weaker people around him. One day, he defends a homeless man against some punks, and the man gives him a strange tattoo on his palm in return. The tattoo is a secret weapon produced in the arms race between America and the Selinistan Kingdom.
Seigi finds himself in over his head when a powerful girl, using the same secret weapon, violently pursues him in order to retrieve it. His skill at martial arts may not be enough to keep him alive, but will he be able to learn how to trigger the power of his tattoo in time?
Characters
- Masayoshi Akatsuka (赤塚正義 Akatsuka Masayoshi)
- Voiced by: Makoto Furukawa[4]
- Seigi has a strong sense of justice and ends up receiving a mysterious, cursed brand on the palm of his hand after rescuing a homeless man. Seigi has trained in the Akatsuka-style of jujitsu since childhood under the supervision of his enthusiastic grandfather.
- Bluesy Fluesy (ブリージィ・フルージィ Burīji~i furūji~i)
- Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu[4]
- Bluesy, aka "Izzy", a mysterious girl who appears before Seigi. Izzy has overwhelming physical power.
- Tōko Ichinose (一ノ瀬桃子 Ichinose Toko)
- Voiced by: Chika Anzai[4]
- Touko, aka "Touko", Seigi's classmate and childhood friend.
- Tom (トム)
Media
Manga
Volume list
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 23, 2010[5] | ISBN 978-4-84-012989-3 | January 19, 2016[6] | ISBN 978-0-316268-90-5 |
| 2 | August 23, 2010[7] | ISBN 978-4-84-013365-4 | April 26, 2016[8] | ISBN 978-0-316310-47-5 |
| 3 | February 23, 2011[9] | ISBN 978-4-04-066536-8 | — | — |
| 4 | September 22, 2011[10] | ISBN 978-4-04-066537-5 | — | — |
| 5 | May 23, 2012[11] | ISBN 978-4-04-066538-2 | — | — |
| 6 | February 23, 2013[12] | ISBN 978-4-04-066539-9 | — | — |
| 7 | October 23, 2013[13] | ISBN 978-4-84-015334-8 | — | — |
| 8 | June 23, 2014[14] | ISBN 978-4-04-066586-3 | — | — |
| 9 | January 23, 2015[15] | ISBN 978-4-04-067242-7 | — | — |
| 10 | June 23, 2015[16] | ISBN 978-4-04-067537-4 | — | — |
| 11 | March 23, 2016[17] | ISBN 978-4-04-068204-4 | — | — |
Anime
An anime adaptation produced by J.C.Staff was announced. It was initially slated to premiere in 2015, though it was postponed to July 2016.[18]
References
- ↑ "Taboo Tattoo vo". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved January 25, 2015.
- ↑ "Taboo-Tattoo's French Publisher: Anime Will Air in 2015". Anime News Network. January 24, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
- ↑ "Yen Press Licenses My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong As I Expected, How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend, Baccano!, More". Anime News Network. July 5, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Taboo Tattoo Anime Unveils Main Cast, Character Designs". Anime News Network. May 6, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
- ↑ "タブー・タトゥー 1 (MFコミックス アライブシリーズ)". Amazon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ↑ "Taboo Tattoo, Vol. 1". Amazon.com. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- ↑ "タブー・タトゥー 2 (MFコミックス アライブシリーズ)". Amazon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- ↑ "Taboo Tattoo, Vol. 2". Amazon.com. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
- ↑ "タブー・タトゥー 3 (MFコミックス アライブシリーズ)". Amazon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- ↑ "タブー・タトゥー 4 (MFコミックス アライブシリーズ)". Amazon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- ↑ "タブー・タトゥー 5 (MFコミックス アライブシリーズ)". Amazon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- ↑ "タブー・タトゥー 6 (MFコミックス アライブシリーズ)". Amazon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- ↑ "タブー・タトゥー 7 (MFコミックス アライブシリーズ)". Amazon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- ↑ "TABOO TATTOO 08 (MFコミックス アライブシリーズ)". Amazon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- ↑ "タブー・タトゥー 9 (MFコミックス アライブシリーズ)". Amazon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- ↑ "タブー・タトゥー １０ (MFコミックス アライブシリーズ)". Amazon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- ↑ "タブー・タトゥー (11) (MFコミックス アライブシリーズ)". Amazon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2016.
- ↑ "J.C. Staff debuts battle action tv anime in July". Anime News Network. March 22, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
External links
- Official website (Japanese)
- Taboo Tattoo (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia