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Tekkonkinkreet (manga)

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Alternative title:
Amer béton (French)
Black & White
Preto e Branco (Portuguese)
惡童當街 (Chinese (Taiwan))
鉄コン筋クリート (Japanese)
Genres: psychological
Plot Summary: In Treasure Town, orphans Black and White rule the mean streets through violence and terror. These lost boys are direct opposites: Black being a streetwise punk who embodies everything wrong about the city, while White is a innocent dope, out of touch with the world around him. Together, they're unstoppable as they take on petty thugs, religious fanatics and brutal yakuza. But when a corporation called "Kiddy Kastle" tries to tear down and rebuild Treasure Town to fit its own goals, the boys must save the soul of their beloved city, that is if they can save themselves from inner demons.
User Ratings: 97 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 29 votes (Eng:16, sub:10, dub:2, raw:1)
 Excellent: 24 votes (Eng:11, sub:6, dub:5, others:2
1 French
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 17 votes (Eng:8, sub:5, dub:3, ?:1)
 Good: 10 votes (Eng:7, dub:1, sub:1, others:1
1 French
)
 Decent: 5 votes (Eng:3, ?:1, dub:1)
 So-so: 4 votes (Eng:4)
 Not really good: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Weak: 2 votes (Eng:1, dub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:2, Eng:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 144 users, rank: #609 (of 6719)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.010 (Very good), std. dev.: 2.3353, rank: #824 (of 7450)
Weighted mean: 8.029 (Very good), rank: #1027 (of 7450) (seen all: 8.24 / seen some: 6.69 / won't finish: 4.39)
Bayesian estimate: 8.016 (Very good), rank: #421 (of 3485)
Number of tankoubon: 3
Number of pages: 208
Vintage: 1993 to 1994 (serialized in Big Comic Spirits)
Release dates: We have 9
Review:
Tekkonkinkreet: Black & White 30th Anniversary Edition Manga Review (Mar 7, 2024)
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Ponyo Wins Tokyo Anime Fair's Animation of the Year (Feb 19, 2009)
New York Comic Con - Viz Media (Feb 8, 2009)
Viz Adds Yu-Gi-Oh! R, Boys over Flowers Epilogue (Feb 8, 2009)
Tekkonkinkreet Wins Eisner Award (Jul 26, 2008)
Manga Listed Among Eisner Award Nominees for 2008 (Apr 14, 2008)
Manga Nominated for Awards at Angouleme Festival (Jan 22, 2008)
Belgium to Screen Ghost in the Shell, TokiKake, Tekkon (Dec 26, 2007)
Anime Expo 2007 - Viz Entertainment (Jun 29, 2007)
5 Centimeters, Freedom, Ping Pong to Screen at AX 2007 (Jun 22, 2007)
Viz to Ship Tekkonkinkreet, Kurohime, Muhyo & Roji's, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (May 3, 2007)
Tekkon Kinkreet's NA Home Video and Manga This September (Apr 26, 2007)
LA Times Article on Tekkon Kinkreet (Feb 5, 2007)
Black and White Anime (Oct 17, 2005)
Viz Announces "No. 5" (Dec 11, 2001)
Pulp Magazine reviewed (Jun 24, 2000)
Black & White to become anime: "Tekkon Kinkreet" (Sep 2, 1999)
Pokemon is America's best-selling comic book (Jun 24, 1999)
Pokemon manga sells out again (Feb 13, 1999)
Press Release:
Tekkonkinkreet Storyboard Book/STUDIO4℃ (Jul 14, 2016)
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RIGHT TURN ONLY!! - Portrait of a Hero (Mar 2, 2010)
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Graphic novel
    Tekkonkinkreet - Black & White (GN 1-4) 2007-09-25 (from $79.66)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Taiyo Matsumoto
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Shogakukan
English staff
English cast
Translation: Lillian Olsen

Adaptation:
Annette Roman
Yuji Oniki
Cover Design: Izumi Evers
Designer - Omnibus: Amy Martin (Rerelease)
Director of Sales and Marketing: Oliver Chin
Editor-in-Chief: Hyoe Narita
Lettering: Cynthia Bergst
Managing Editor: Annette Roman
Publisher: Seiji Horibuchi
Touch-up: Cynthia Bergst
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Viz Media
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Editions Tonkam
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Publisher: Glénat España
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
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Publisher: Kappa Edizioni
Italian cast
(none)
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Publisher: Waneko
Polish cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Publisher:
Conrad (Brazil)
Devir (2018)
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
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