Tekkonkinkreet

Tekkonkinkreet
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Black
鉄コン筋クリート
(Tekkonkinkreet)
Genre
Manga
Written byTaiyō Matsumoto
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
MagazineBig Comic Spirits
English magazine
DemographicSeinen
Original runJuly 5, 1993March 21, 1994
Volumes3
Anime film
Pilot
Directed byKōji Morimoto
Produced byHiroaki Takeuchi
StudioStudio 4°C
ReleasedJanuary 1, 1999
Runtime4 minutes
Anime film
Directed byMichael Arias
Produced by
  • Eiko Tanaka
  • Eiichi Kamagata
  • Masao Teshima
  • Fumio Ueda
Written byAnthony Weintraub
Music byPlaid
StudioStudio 4°C
Licensed bySony Pictures[6]
ReleasedDecember 22, 2006
Runtime110 minutes

Tekkonkinkreet (Japanese: 鉄コン筋クリート, Hepburn: Tekkonkinkurīto),[a] also known as Black & White, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Taiyō Matsumoto, originally serialized from 1993 to 1994 in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits. The story takes place in the fictional city of Takaramachi (Treasure Town) and centers on a pair of orphaned street kids – the tough, canny Black and the childish, innocent White, together known as the Cats – as they deal with yakuza attempting to take over Treasure Town.

A pilot film directed by Kōji Morimoto was released in January 1999. A feature-length anime film directed by Michael Arias and animated by Studio 4°C premiered in Japan in December 2006.

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