# Ken Wakui’s “Tokyo Revengers” Manga Gets TV Anime Adaptation for 2021 release
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">A little something to make us all look forward to the next year: a surprise announcement made via the launching of a new website revealed that the Ken Wakui manga series <em>Tokyo Revengers </em>is getting a TV anime adaptation. The series is set for a 2021 release, with no exact date announced yet as of this writing. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">A teaser video featuring scenes from the manga was also posted on the official website to announce the series. Check out the video <a href="https://youtu.be/MhH0dQAc5ck" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">A special teaser visual by manga author Wakui was also revealed in the website. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://i.ani.me/0259/7654/ken-wakuis-tokyo-revengers-manga-57.jpg" alt="" width="735" height="551" /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It appears that production work on the series is still in its very early stages, as even the studio set to handle the animation is yet to be announced. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The manga is being published digitally in English by Kodansha Comics, which describes the story as such: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">“Watching the news, Takemichi Hanagaki learns that his girlfriend from way back in middle school, Hinata Tachibana, has died. The only girlfriend he ever had was just killed by a villainous group known as the Tokyo Manji Gang. He lives in a crappy apartment with thin walls, and his six-years-younger boss treats him like an idiot. Plus, he's a complete and total virgin … At the height of his rock-bottom life, he suddenly time-leaps twelve years back to his middle school days!! To save Hinata, and change the life he spent running away, hopeless part-timer Takemichi must aim for the top of Kanto's most sinister delinquent gang!!”</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Tokyo Revengers </span></em><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">was first launched in 2017 in Kodansha’s <em>Weekly Shonen Magazine. </em>The publisher has just released the manga’s 17<sup>th</sup> compiled volume last May 15 in Japan. For the English digital release, the latest released volume is the 15<sup>th</sup> volume. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The manga is a huge hit in Japan, with over 4 million copies in circulation.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Warner Bros. Japan also adapted the series into a live-action film set for an October 9 release in Japan. The movie is directed by Tsutomu Hanabusa (live-action <em>Kakegurui</em>) starring Takumi Kitamura in the lead role. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Source: <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-06-18/tokyo-revengers-manga-gets-tv-anime-in-2021/.160780">Anime News Network</a></span></p>
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