Tokko (manga)

Tokko
First tankōbon volume cover
特公
(Tokkō)
GenreAction, horror,[1] supernatural[2]
Manga
Written byTooru Fujisawa
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineMonthly Afternoon
DemographicSeinen
Original run2003 – 2004
Volumes3
Anime television series
Directed byMasashi Abe
Produced by
  • Daisuke Katagiri
  • Yoshihiro Iwasaki
Written byMitsuhiro Yamada
Music by
  • NO MILK
  • Aoki Takamasa
  • Dachambo
  • DJ Baku
  • heprcam
  • Kōji Sekiguchi
  • Kankawa
  • DJ Kensei
  • Numb
Studio
Licensed by
Original networkWowow
English network
Original run April 15, 2006 – July 29, 2006
Episodes13
Manga
Tokko Zero
Written byTooru Fujisawa
Illustrated byYukai Asada
Published byHero's Inc.
MagazineMonthly Hero's
DemographicSeinen
Original runJuly 1, 2013[2] – March 1, 2016[3]
Volumes4[4]

Tokko (特公, Tokkō) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tooru Fujisawa, the creator of Great Teacher Onizuka. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from 2003 to 2004, with its chapters collected in three tankōbon volumes.

A 13-episodes anime television series adaptation animated by AIC Spirits and Group TAC aired from April to July 2006. The manga was licensed in North America by Tokyopop, who released the first volume on July 15, 2008. The anime was licensed in the United States and United Kingdom by Manga Entertainment, with its first DVD released on March 20, 2007, and in Australasia by Madman Entertainment.[5] In the United States, Sci Fi aired the series in 2007.

  1. ^ Ellingwood, Holly (September 3, 2008). "Tokko Vol. 1". activeAnime. Archived from the original on December 2, 2011. Retrieved January 7, 2020. From the creator of GTO and Rose Hip Rose comes an impressive action horror series in the manga TOKKO.
  2. ^ a b Loo, Egan (June 8, 2013). "GTO's Fujisawa to Launch Tokko Zero Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 7, 2020. Retrieved January 7, 2020. Yukai Asada draws new manga based on Tohru Fujisawa's supernatural police story
  3. ^ ジャミラとトーイがユニット結成？上條淳士描いたコラボイラスト、ヒーローズに. Natalie (in Japanese). March 1, 2016. Archived from the original on September 7, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  4. ^ 特公 零 TOKKO ZERO 4 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on September 7, 2020. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  5. ^ Anchor Bay Entertainment's Tokko Page, Anchor Bay Entertainment, archived from the original on 27 December 2008. Accessed 19 October 2016.