Series synopsis
Taboo Tattoo, also known as タブー・タトゥー is a Japanese animation mystery action & adventure television series that premiered on TV Tokyo on July 5, 2016. It ended on September 20, 2016. It stars Makoto Furukawa, Mikako Komatsu, Chika Anzai and Tomokazu Sugita.
The story follows Justice Akazuka (a.k.a. Seigi), a young man who is good at martial arts. One day, Seigi rescues a homeless old man from some thugs, and the man gives him an object that imprints a tattoo on his palm. However, it is not an ordinary tattoo, but a special weapon that gives Seigi supernatural powers such as warping space-time. Seigi then meets a female American agent named Izzie, whose duty is to recover the tattoos. He decides to help her and gets wrapped up in a cross-national co ...
Premise
The story follows Justice Akazuka (a.k.a. Seigi), a young man who is good at martial arts. One day, Seigi rescues a homeless old man from some thugs, and the man gives him an object that imprints a tattoo on his palm. However, it is not an ordinary tattoo, but a special weapon that gives Seigi supernatural powers such as warping space-time. Seigi then meets a female American agent named Izzie, whose duty is to recover the tattoos. He decides to help her and gets wrapped up in a cross-national conspiracy.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Makoto Furukawa as Justice Akatsuka
- Mikako Komatsu as Bluesy Fluesy
- Chika Anzai as Tōko Ichinose
- Tomokazu Sugita as Tom Shredfield
- Eri Kitamura as Lisa Lovelock
- Tessyo Genda as Colonel Sanders
- Nobuyuki Hiyama as Souha Tamaki
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as Blood Blackstone
Supporting cast
- Show Hayami as Aryabhata
- Shiori Izawa as Cal Shekar
- Kenjiro Tsuda as R.R. Lurker
- Ai Kayano as Kujuri
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 12 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 12 | July 5, 2016 | September 20, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Tattoo One day Akatsuka Justice (nicknamed Seigi), a boy with a strong sense of justice, saves a man from some street punks. But the moment he touches the stone given as a token of the man's gratitude, a strange pattern shows up on the palm of his hand. The next day, when Seigi is baffled to notice that the pattern won't disappear, a mysterious girl appears before him and demands to know where he got the tattoo before suddenly attacking him. |
July 5, 2016 |
| 2 |
Surprise Attack When Seigi awakes in his own room after losing consciousness in the battle with Theodore, Izzy and Tom are there with him. They tell him that they're on a mission to retrieve the tattoos that were stolen from America and scattered around Japan. After explaining how the tattoo works, they ask Seigi to join them, but Seigi is unable to grasp the situation. Meanwhile, two unknown figures begin to make their move... |
July 12, 2016 |
| 3 |
Misery Loves Company As he's visiting Izzy and Tom's secret home, Justice is attacked by Il, an assassin from the Kingdom who has possessed Touko's body. Meanwhile at the school, another assassin, Lakha, attacks Izzy. Now that Princess Aryabhata has taken over the rule of the Kingdom of Selinistan, the race to claim the "triggerless tattoo" has been set in motion. |
July 19, 2016 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TV Tokyo |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 5, 2016 |
| Last aired | September 20, 2016 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Tuesday at 02:05:00 |