Tokyo Tribes

Tokyo Tribes
トウキョウ トライブ トゥー
(Tōkyō Toraibu Tū)
Genre Drama
Manga
Written by Santa Inoue
Published by Shōdensha
English publisher
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Boon
Original run 19972005
Volumes 12
Anime television series
Directed by Tatsuo Satō
Studio Madhouse
Network WOWOW
Original run November 11, 2006 February 17, 2007
Episodes 13
Manga
Tokyo Tribe2: Spin Off!
Written by Santa Inoue
Published by Shōdensha
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Various
Published March 22, 2008
Volumes 1
Live-action film
Tokyo Tribe
Directed by Sion Sono
Released
  • August 30, 2014 (2014-08-30)
Runtime 116 minutes

Tokyo Tribes, known in Japanese as Tokyo Tribe2 (トウキョウ トライブ トゥー Tōkyō Toraibu Tū), is a seinen manga series by Santa Inoue. Tokyo Tribes was originally serialized from 1997 to 2005 in the urban fashion magazine boon. It is a continuation of the plot in Tokyo Tribe, although many of the characters from that story do not appear in this series. A live action film adaptation directed by Sion Sono was released in Japan on August 30, 2014.

Plot

Five years after the Shibuya riots, the Tribes of Tokyo have been enjoying a period of relative peace, until Kim and two other members of the Musashino Saru intrude on the territory of the Wu-Ronz in Bukuro. Mera, the leader of Wu-Ronz kills the three Saru, under the assumption that they were members of the Shibuya Saru.

Two days later, after searching for who killed his friends, Musashino Saru member Kai runs into Mera. Old friends in their high school days, the two get into a confrontation that ends up leaving Tera, the leader of Musashino Saru, dead and setting the stage for violence between the Tribes.

Media

Anime

The show was originally planned as a movie which would be distributed by MTV.[1]

Film

A live action film adaptation directed by Sion Sono was released in Japan on August 30, 2014.[2][3][4]

Reception

The film earned ¥144.3 million at the Japanese box office by September 14, 2014.[5]

References

  1. "MTV licenses Tokyo Tribes Anime" (ICv2)
  2. "Live-Action Tokyo Tribe Film's Trailer Features a Rap Battle". Anime News Network. August 20, 2014. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  3. "Tokyo Tribe (2014)". allcinema.net (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  4. Tokyo Tribe at the Internet Movie Database
  5. "Japanese Box Office, September 13–14". Anime News Network. September 22, 2014. Retrieved June 3, 2015.

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