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Taboo Tattoo (TV)

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Alternative title:
タブー・タトゥー (Japanese)
Genres: magic
Themes: superpowers
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Justice Akatsuka (nickname Seigi) is a young man who is good at martial arts. Seigi rescues a homeless old man on the street one day from some thugs, and the man gives Seigi 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 Easy, whose duty is to recover the tattoos. Seigi decides to help her and gets wrapped up in a cross-national conspiracy. (from manga)
Ratings: 172 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: -
 Excellent: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Very good: 10 votes (sub:10)
 Good: 35 votes (sub:27, dub:5, raw:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 39 votes (sub:33, dub:5, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 24 votes (sub:21, ?:1, dub:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 16 votes (sub:15, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Weak: 28 votes (sub:23, dub:3, ?:1, others:1
1 Vietnamese subtitled
)
 Bad: 14 votes (sub:14)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 318 s, rank: #2941 (of 9996)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.139 (So-so), std. dev.: 1.9057, rank: #9197 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 5.084 (So-so), rank: #9252 (of 10154) (seen all: 5.30 / won't finish: 3.29)
Bayesian estimate: 5.252 (So-so+), rank: #7445 (of 7635)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2016-07-04
Opening Theme:
"Belief" by May'n
Ending Theme:
"Egoistic Emotion" by TRIGGER
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Taboo Tattoo - The Complete Series [Essentials] (Blu-ray) 2018-10-30 (from $49.99)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Taboo Tattoo - The Complete Series (BD+DVD) 2017-12-05 (from $74.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takashi Watanabe
Series Composition:
Mayori Sekijima
Script:
Masamitsu Ōtake (Seven Days War; 5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 7, 10, 12
)

Mayori Sekijima (6 episodes
eps 2-4, 6, 8, 11
)

Shinjirō (eps 9-10)
Storyboard:
Yūichi Nihei (ep 10)
Episode Director:
Daisuke Takashima (5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 10-11
)

Yoshiaki Iwasaki (eps 1, 4)
Unit Director:
Yoshiaki Iwasaki (ED)
Music: Shinji Hosoe (Super Sweep Records)
Original creator: Shinjirō
Character Design: Shinya Hasegawa
Art Director: Shinji Kawai
Chief Animation Director:
Shinya Hasegawa (eps 1, 7-11)
Animation Director:
Mineko Ueda (上田みねこ; 5 episodes
eps 4, 6-7, 9, 11
)

Nana Mori (4 episodes
eps 4, 8, 10, 12
)

Yuriko Maeda (eps 1-9 odd, 12)
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
Director of Photography: Yoshio Ōkouchi
Producer:
Yōsuke Takabayashi (TV Tokyo)

2nd Key Animation:
Kenta Fujimaki (9 episodes
eps 2-4, 6-7, 9-12
)

Nanami Takahashi (9 episodes
eps 2-4, 6-7, 9-12
)

Yūsuke Hatano (eps 1, 10)
Animation Production Producer: Kaoru Suzuki
Animation Production Supervisor: Yuji Matsukura
Assistant Animation Director: Saki Takahashi (ep 4)
Background Art:
Geun Young Kim (Studio Sey; 9 episodes
eps 1-5, 7, 9, 11-12
)

Hyun Mi Shin (NAMU Animation; 5 episodes
eps 4-10 even, 11
)

Jun Pil Hwang (NAMU Animation; 5 episodes
eps 4-10 even, 11
)

Kyung Seok Park (NAMU Animation; 5 episodes
eps 4-10 even, 11
)

Sang Woong Jong (Studio Uni; 5 episodes
eps 4-10 even, 11
)

Se Young Nam (NAMU Animation; 5 episodes
eps 4-10 even, 11
)

Shinji Kawai (Studio Uni; 6 episodes
eps 1, 5-11 odd, 12
)

Won Mo Kim (Studio Sey; 8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-11 odd, 12
)

Young Hyun Seo (Studio Sey; 8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-11 odd, 12
)

Youngho Kim (NAMU Animation; 5 episodes
eps 4-10 even, 11
)

Youngil Park (NAMU Animation; 5 episodes
eps 4-10 even, 11
)

Yuomo Lee (NAMU Animation; 5 episodes
eps 4-10 even, 11
)

Color design: Mayumi Tanahashi
Color setting: Kyōsuke Ishikawa (ep 9)
Digital In-between Animation:
Hiroka Isano (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-8
)

Hiroki Okamoto (9 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-9, 12
)

Miho Higashiasa (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7, 9
)

Shūhei Nishitani (8 episodes
eps 1-5, 8-9, 12
)

Yuuya Matsuzaki (eps 1-2)
Editing Assistant: Yūji Kondō
In-Between Animation:
Akari Okada (8 episodes
eps 1-5, 8-9, 12
)

Haruka Tsubata (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-6, 9, 11-12
)

Mayu Hatta (9 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-9, 12
)

Mone Yokoyama (9 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-9, 12
)

Nahoko Nosaki (9 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-9, 12
)

Shō Iida (8 episodes
eps 1-5, 7, 9, 12
)

Tunanunkul Pornpitra (9 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-9, 12
)

Yurika Sako (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-8, 11-12
)

Key Animation:
Beom Seok Hong (5 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7, 10, 12
)

Kazumasa Shimoe (8 episodes
eps 2-3, 5-6, 8-10, 12
)

Kumiko Nakata (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 8-11
)

Mai Furuki (7 episodes
eps 3-5, 8-10, 12
)

Masumi Hattori (5 episodes
eps 2, 4-5, 11-12
)

Miki Takahashi (5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 10-11
)

Shigeki Kimoto (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8, 11
)

Shigeru Uchihara (6 episodes
eps 2-8 even, 11-12
)

Shintaro Tsubota (5 episodes
eps 3, 7, 9, 11-12
)

Yoshiyuki Nogami (5 episodes
eps 2, 4-5, 10-11
)

Yusuke Kurinishi (eps 4, 8)
Layout Supervisor: Chikara Sakurai (ep 8)
License Manager: Yuta Takano
Music producer: Hirotsugu Ogo
Paint:
Ayaka Ichihara (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7, 9
)

Kyōsuke Ishikawa (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 8, 12
)

Maki Tagawa (9 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-9, 12
)

Tomomi Shishido (8 episodes
eps 1-5, 8-9, 12
)

Yuka Tanimoto (9 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-9, 12
)

Yuu Kubota (eps 1-3)
Photography:
Yuusuke Sakamoto (eps 1-12)
Production manager: Ryuuichi Mizuno
Prop Design: Michihiko Ozawa
Recording Adjustment: Takayuki Yamaguchi
Recording Assistant: Naoki Imazawa
Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama
Sound Production Manager: Keisuke Naruse
Theme Song Performance:
Mikako Komatsu (ED; as TRIGGER)
Makoto Furukawa as Justice "Seigi" Akatsuka
Mikako Komatsu as Bluesy "Izzy" Fruesy

Akari Kitō as Aryabahta
Chika Anzai as Tōko Ichinose
Eri Kitamura as Lisa Lovelock
Hitomi Nabatame as Cal Shekhar
Kenjirō Tsuda as R.R. Lurker
Shiori Izawa as Iltutmish
Show Hayami as Professor Wiseman
Tesshō Genda as Colonel Sanders
Tomokazu Sugita as Tom Shredfield
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Brad "BB" Blackstone

Ai Kayano as Kujuri (eps 9, 11-12)
Akari Kitō as Cat (ep 4)
Anna Mugiho as Schoolgirl (ep 4)
Atsushi Abe as King (ep 7)
Aya Suzaki as Hara (ep 12)
Binbin Takaoka as Seigi's grandfather (eps 1, 6)
Chinatsu Akasaki as Yumi (ep 10)
Daisuke Motohashi as Tatoo thief (ep 1)
Daisuke Ogura as Subordinate (ep 4)
Hideaki Tezuka as King (ep 9)
Hiromichi Tezuka as Event visitor (ep 10)
Ikuji Nose as
Citizen (ep 10)
Gunner (ep 7)
Officer (ep 12)
Subordinate (ep 4)
Teacher (ep 2)
Itaru Yamamoto as Theodore Wilson (ep 1)
Jun Kasama as Carter (ep 10)
Junichi Yanagita as Seigi's father (ep 1)
Kana Aoi as Sher (eps 9, 12)
Karin Nanami as
Justice "Seigi" Akatsuka (young)
Maid (eps 7-8)
Schoolgirl B (ep 2)
Kenji Hamada as Johnson (ep 7)
Kenji Nomura as Misterious voice (ep 5)
Kōichi Sōma as
Lieutenant General (ep 10)
Pilot (ep 8)
M.A.O as Aisha (eps 10-11)
Mari Hino as Ash (ep 9)
Mari Shiraishi as Fizle (ep 9)
Mayu Yoshioka as Schoolgirl D (ep 2)
Minami Takahashi as Gotouza (ep 4)
Miyu Takagi as
Schoolgirl (eps 2, 4)
Seira (ep 10)
Nobuo Tobita as Caram (ep 6)
Nobuyuki Hiyama as Souha Tamaki
Rina Hidaka as Shuya (ep 12)
Ryō Sugisaki as
Enemy (ep 10)
Fujjisawa-sensei (eps 1-2)
Gunner (ep 7)
Pilot (ep 12)
Tony (ep 11)
Ryōta Ōsaka as Varma (ep 9)
Saori Ōnishi as Manisha (ep 6)
Satoshi Inomata as Schoolboy A (ep 2)
Sayumi Watabe as Fima (eps 9, 12)
Shinsuke Sugawara as
Subordinate (ep 4)
Toshi (ep 1)
Shunichi Maki as
Lawrence (ep 11)
Pilot (ep 7)
Schoolboy B (ep 2)
Tatoo thief (ep 4)
Thug B (ep 1)
Taketora as BB's original body (ep 12)
Takuma Nagatsuka as Hide (eps 1-2)
Tetsu Inada as Leonard Burns (eps 7-8)
Yoshino Aoyama as
Clerk (ep 1)
Maid (ep 7)
Schoolgirl A (ep 2)
Yuka Takakura as Kashinika (eps 9, 12)
Yukitoshi Kikuchi as Thug A (ep 1)
Yutaka Aoyama as Ajita (eps 2-3, 9-11)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Jumondo (10 episodes
eps 1-7, 9-10, 12
)

xenron (eps 10-11)
Animation Production: J.C. Staff
Backgrounds:
Studio Uni
Broadcaster:
TV Tokyo
Finish Assistance:
D-Motion (5 episodes
eps 3-4, 7, 9, 12
)

Jumondo (9 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-9, 12
)

Reboot (9 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-9, 12
)

Triple A (10 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-9, 11-12
)

Wish (ep 2)
In-Between Assistance:
D-Motion (5 episodes
eps 3-4, 7, 9, 12
)

Jumondo (9 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-9, 12
)

Reboot (9 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-9, 12
)

Triple A (eps 1-9, 11-12)
Key Animation:
Studio Wanpack (eps 7, 9)
Production Cooperation: Triple A (ep 11)
Publicity Cooperation: 10GAUGE
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Christopher Bevins
Script: Justin Briner
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
ADR Engineer: Austin Sisk
ADR Supervisor: Peter Hawkinson
Assistant ADR Director: Jeremy Inman
Assistant producer:
Zach Bolton
Head Writer: John Burgmeier
Language Asset Coordinator: Kaitlan Estes
Language Asset Manager: Sarah Alys Lindholm
Lead ADR Engineer: Jeremy Woods
Mix Engineer: Andrew Tipps
Production Assistant:
Trenton Jons
Senior Video Editor:
Jeremy Jimenez
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Video Editing:
Josh Tyler
Video Engineer: Jason Weems
Video Post-Production Director: Clarine Harp
Justin Briner as Justice Akatsuka
Monica Rial as Bluesy Flusey

Andrew Love as R.R. Lurker
Carli Mosier as Aryabhata
Christopher Bevins as Tom Shredfield
Christopher R. Sabat as Colonel Sanders
J. Michael Tatum as Brad "BB" Blackstone
Jad Saxton as Toko Ichinose
Jamie Marchi as Lisa Lovelock
Jeremy Schwartz as Professor Wiseman
Rachel Robinson as Cal Shekhar
Sarah Wiedenheft as Iltutmish

Akron Watson as Leonard Burns (eps 7-8)
Alex Moore as Sunya (ep 12)
Alexis Tipton as Yumi (ep 10)
Anastasia Munoz as Aisha (eps 10-11)
Apphia Yu as Justice Akatsuka (Child)
Bradley Campbell as Fujizawa (eps 1-2)
Brittney Karbowski as Hala (ep 12)
Caitlin Glass as Chel (eps 9, 12)
Chris Rager as Theodore Wilson (ep 1)
Daman Mills as Varma (ep 9)
Dave Trosko as David (ep 4)
David Wald as King (ep 9)
Greg Ayres as Wang (ep 7)
Greg Silva as Carter (ep 10)
Ian Sinclair as Karam (ep 6)
Jeff Johnson as Johnson (ep 7)
Jeremy Inman as Gotouza (ep 4)
Jessica Cavanagh as Manisha (ep 6)
Kristen McGuire as Fima (eps 9, 12)
Lara Woodhull as Ash (ep 9)
Madeleine Morris as Kashinika (eps 9, 12)
Natalie Hoover as Fizul (ep 9)
Quinn Angell as Hide (eps 1-2)
R Bruce Elliott as Ajita (eps 2-3, 9-11)
Rachael Messer as Yukari (ep 4)
Ray Hurd as Tony (ep 11)
Ricco Fajardo as Souha Tamaki
Sonny Strait as Lawrence (ep 11)
Tia Ballard as Kujuli (eps 9, 11-12)
Travis Mullenix as Toshi (ep 1)

English companies
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Licensed by: Crunchyroll
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Italian cast
(none)

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