Tokko (manga)

Tokko
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Sakura Rokujo
特公
(Tokkō)
Genre
Manga
Written byTooru Fujisawa
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintAfternoon KC
MagazineMonthly Afternoon
Original runApril 25, 2003February 25, 2004
Volumes3
Anime television series
Directed byMasashi Abe
Produced by
  • Yoshihiro Iwasaki
  • Daisuke Katagiri
  • Hiroshi Sakurai (animation)
  • Yoshiyuki Matsuzaki (animation)
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 16, 2006 July 30, 2006
Episodes13
Manga
Tokkô Zero
Written byTooru Fujisawa
Illustrated byYukai Asada
Published byHero's Inc.
MagazineMonthly Hero's
Original runJuly 1, 2013March 1, 2016
Volumes4

Tokko (stylized as TOKKÔ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tooru Fujisawa, better known as the author of Great Teacher Onizuka. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from April 2003 to February 2004, with its chapters collected in three tankōbon volumes. The manga was licensed in North America by Tokyopop, who released all three volumes from July 2008 to February 2009.

An anime television series adaptation produced by Group TAC and AIC Spirits aired on Wowow from April to July 2006. 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. In the United States, Sci Fi aired the series from June to September 2007 and later re-aired it from November to December 2010 when it was renamed to Syfy. Its sister network Chiller would also air the series from July to October 2009.