Taboo Tattoo (manga)

Taboo Tattoo (タブー・タトゥー) is a Japanese action seinen manga series written and illustrated by Shinjirō. It was serialized by Media Factory in its Monthly Comic Alive magazine between November 2009 and June 2017. The series was compiled into thirteen volumes between 2010 and 2017. The series is published in French by Bamboo Édition‘s Doki-Doki imprint. An anime adaptation was greenlit and aired from July 2016 to September 2016. The manga has been licensed for release in English by Yen Press.

Plot

After saving a homeless man from some thugs, Seigi receives a strange tattoo from the man as a gift. This act leads to a series of events that will pull Seigi into the middle of a conflict between a special U.S. Army unit and the Kingdom of Selinistan as they scramble to collect “Power Crests”, weaponized ancient artifacts with the ability to shift the balance of power in the world.

Anime

An anime adaptation produced by J.C.Staff was announced. It was initially slated to premiere in 2015, but it broadcast between July 4, 2016 and September 19, 2016. The anime was released across six Blu-ray volumes. The opening theme is “Belief” by May’n, while the ending theme is “EGOISTIC EMOTION” by idol unit TRIGGER, which is composed of Izzy’s and Tōko’s voice actors, Mikako Komatsu and Chika Anzai respectively. Crunchyroll has licensed the series in North America, while Funimation released it on home video as part of the two companies’ partnership.

 

Taboo Tattoo
Taboo-Tattoo volume 1.jpg

Cover of the first Japanese volume
タブー・タトゥー
Genre Action, dark fantasy
Manga
Written by Shinjirō
Published by Media Factory
English publisher
Magazine Monthly Comic Alive
Demographic Seinen
Original run November 2009 – June 2017
Volumes 13 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by Takashi Watanabe
Produced by Hiroyuki Tanaka
Yosuke Takabayashi
Mika Shimizu
Taro Iwahana
Shunsuke Matsumura
Jun Fukuda
Yasuhiro Iwasawa
Written by Mayori Sekijima
Masamitsu Ōtake
Music by Shinji Hosoe (SuperSweep)
Studio J.C.Staff
Licensed by
Original network TV TokyoAT-XBS Japan
Original run July 4, 2016 – September 19, 2016
Episodes 12 (List of episodes)

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