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New Taboo Tattoo Cast, Broadcast Info, & Visuals Unveiled


So if the taboo of the tattoo is true, the tattoo taboo revolves around the taboo tattoo!

Sorry. I’ll stop now.

Earlier today, the official Taboo Tattoo anime website updated with new visuals, casting details, and broadcast information. The site revealed that the series will air on TV Tokyo, AT-X, and BS Japan with the schedule being as follows:

  • TV Tokyo: 4/4/2016 at 26:05 (4/5/2016 at 2:05AM)
  • AT-X: 4/6/2016 at 24:30 (4/7/2016 at 12:30AM)
  • BS Japan: 4/9/2016 at 24:00 (4/10/2016 at midnight)

Three new members will join the show’s cast:

  • Aryabahta (“Arya”): Akari Kito
  • Iltutmish (“Il”): Shiori Izawa
  • R.R. Lurker (“Lurker”): Kenjiro Tsuda

Visuals for the new characters were unveiled, which you can check out below.

The new cast members join a trio of previously confirmed cast members:

  • Justice “Seigi” Akatsuka: Makoto Furukawa
  • Tōko Ichinose: Chika Anzai
  • Bluesy = Fluesy (also known as “Easy”) : Mikako Komatsu

In addition to the cast and première schedules, the site added a new key visual:

Taboo Tattoo Visual 002 - 20160528

Taboo Tattoo is based on Shinjirō’s manga of the same name. The series will be helmed by Takashi Watanabe (The Slayers, Boogiepop Phantom) at J.C. Staff, with Shinya Hasegawa (Golden Time, Revolutionary Girl Utena) providing character designs. The team of Mayori Sekijima (Saber Marionette J, Pandora Hearts) and Masateru Ohtake will be in charge of series composition, while Shinji Hosoe scores the soundtrack.

The original Taboo Tattoo manga is an ongoing series, which began in the pages of Media Factory’s Monthly Comic Alive in November 2009. Yen Press currently releases the title in North America. They describe the title as:

By all accounts, middle schooler Seigi is pretty unremarkable except for his martial arts prowess and a desire to protect the weak. But when his good intentions are put to the test by saving an old homeless man from some street thugs, the mysterious man shows his gratitude by…burning a tattoo onto Seigi’s palm?!

It turns out, the tattoo is a powerful secret weapon that everyone–including a formidable girl with a tattoo of her own–is after. With his life on the line and his martial arts skills alone no match against super-powered foes, will Seigi be able to unlock the latent potential of his tattoo and live to fight another day?!

Several visuals, as well as a 38-second teaser trailer have been released to promote the series. You can check these out below:

Promo Video

Visuals

 

Source: MoCa News

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