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| Tokyo ESP | |
 Cover of the first volume as published by Kadokawa Shoten featuring Rinka Urushiba. | |
| 東京 ESP | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Action, Comedy, Science fiction |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Hajime Segawa |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Magazine | Shōnen Ace |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | February 27, 2010 – present |
| Volumes | 11 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Shigehito Takayanagi |
| Produced by | Atsushi Itou |
| Music by | Evan Call |
| Studio | Xebec |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, CTC, tvk, TVS, SUN TV, TVQ, GBS, MTV, BS11 |
| Original run | July 11, 2014 – present |
| Episodes | 12 |
Tokyo ESP (東京ESP) is a Japanese manga series by Hajime Segawa. It began serialization in the April 2010 issue of Kadokawa Shoten's Shōnen Ace magazine. It follows a high school girl named Rinka Urushiba, who lives with her father in poor conditions, leading her to work part-time. Her life changes when she gains the ability to use extrasensory perception (ESP). An anime television series adaptation is scheduled to air from July 2014.
Plot
Tokyo ESP begins with Rinka Urushiba as a fairly normal high school girl, though she is a bit poor and her only family is her father. This forces her to work as a waitress after high school to raise money for them to secure rent and food. One day, she sees a penguin and some glowing fish swimming through the sky. Rinka might have thought it was a hallucination if there had not been another witness with her, a boy from her school with a strangely scratched-up face. Contact with a fish causes her to pass out, and when she awakens, she has developed the power to move through inanimate objects such as the floor of her apartment. She meets a fellow high school student named Kyotaro Azuma, who has the ability to teleport. The two of them use their ESP powers to take on individuals who have decided to use them for evil. However, there is an organization that plans for a bigger scheme to secure utopia with their ranks consisting of strong ESP fighters and users.
Characters
- Rinka Urushiba (漆葉 リンカ, Urushiba Rinka)
- Voiced by: Ibuki Kido
- The main protagonist of the first arc. A high school girl with a strong sense of justice (as a direct result of her father, a former cop, teaching her his ways), she gains the power to phase through inanimate objects at the start of the series. She's called "White Girl" by the media because when using her powers, her hair turns pure white.
- Ren Jōmyaku (条幕 蓮, Jōmyaku Ren)
- The main protagonist of the second arc. Her ESP power can form blocks of ice that can be placed on any kind of material. She is the target of terrorists because of her mysterious 'lock space' power.
- Kyōtarō Azuma (東 京太郎, Azuma Kyōtarō)
- Voiced by: Keisuke Koumoto
- He attends to the same high school of Rinka, and is Rinka's friend. Azuma has the ability of teleporting from one place to another. While hiding his identity as a hero, he uses a crow mask and a tuxedo and calls himself "Crow Head".
- Rindō Urushiba (漆葉 竜胆, Urushiba Rindō)
- Voiced by: Tetsu Inada
- Rinka's dad. He gains the power of creating a magnetic field around him attracting and repelling metallic objetcs.
- Kobushi Kuroi "Black Fist" (黒井 小節, Kuroi Kobushi)
- Voiced by: Mai Aizawa
- A young thief, having the invisibility ability. She is a thief known for her misdeeds announce in advance. She is a very good boxer and loves fighting policemen mixing her invisibility ability and her boxing skill. She has a great ego and hates losing a fight. After being saved by Rindo, she develops a crush on him, calling him her "Prince" and starts staying with Rinka, much to her dismay.
- Murasaki Edoyama (江戸山 紫, Edoyama Murasaki)
- Voiced by: Azusa Tadokoro
- The daughter of a Yakuza boss, she gained Psychometry (the ability to see an object's past by touching it) from a glowing fish.
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- Voiced by: Megumi Ogata
- A son of one of the most outspoken people against Espers and everything they stand for. He has the power of Precognition, but he can only see two seconds into the future. He is a middle school student with aspirations to be a member of Congress, like his mother.
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- Voiced by: Kazuhiko Inoue
- A martial arts master who trained much of the Tokyo Police Force, including Rinka's father. He is constantly dressed in a panda suit and is an Esper himself, with the power of clairvoyance. Named after Yoda from Star Wars, and even resembles him outside of the panda costume.
- Peggi (ペギー, Pegī)
- Voiced by: Kaoru Mizuhara
- A mysterious penguin with the ability to fly. It's also known as "The Collector" and has the power to remove and eat other people's ESP abilities.
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- A pelican that Azuma meets when he is left on a deserted island and it helps him escape. It can communicate to him because it gained powers of Telepathy from the glowing fish. He later joins the heroes in their crime fighting.
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- Voiced by: Yoshihisa Kawahara
- Kyoutarou's adoptive and Minami's father, who leads the group that is letting the glowing fish roam free. His ESP powers allow him to create all types of illusions. He has a burn scar on the left side of his face that he keeps hidden behind an illusion.
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- Voiced by: Sachika Misawa
- Azuma's adoptive sister who follows The Professor, and she's also capable of teleporting. She fights wielding 2 katanas.
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- Voiced by: Hiromi Konno
- Kobushi's younger sister and the other Black Fist. She has a teleportation ability as well, but she can only teleport other people and things, not herself, just by touching them. She desires the title of "Black Fist" in the Kuroi family, and to do that she must steal something valuable enough to please their grandmother. As such, she joins the Professor for her own reasons.
Production
Plans for Tokyo ESP started when Segawa was still doing his Ga-Rei manga, discussing ideas with his then editor and supervisor when the latter suggested that his next work should be based on superpowers. Segawa suggested that his protagonist should be based from someone in the Matrix series with the comical ability to use his fart as a weapon with the addition of drama before the supervisor told him to take out the farting ability. Segawa decided to go with the female lead like he did with the Ga-Rei manga series. During brainstorming, Segawa pitched an idea to his staff that the female could have fearsome superpowers due to the concern that the female lead will not be prominently known if a male character helps her out, which was met with some opposition from his supervisor again.
Media
Manga
Tokyo ESP is written and illustrated by Hajime Segawa. It began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's Shōnen Ace magazine with the April 2010 issue. The first tankōbon volumes was released on July 26, 2010, and ten volumes have been released as of June 25, 2014.
Volume list
| No. | Release date | ISBN |
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| 1 | July 26, 2010 | 978-4-04-715488-9-C0979 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| 2 | November 26, 2010 | 978-4-04-715560-2-C0979 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| 3 | March 26, 2011 | 978-4-04-715654-8-C0979 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| 4 | August 26, 2011 | 978-4-04-715760-6-C0979 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| 5 | January 26, 2012 | 978-4-04-120097-1-C0979 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| 6 | June 26, 2012 | 978-4-04-120294-4-C0979 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| 7 | December 26, 2012 | 978-4-04-120528-0-C0979 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| 8 | May 25, 2013 | 978-4-04-120674-4-C0979 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| 9 | December 26, 2013 | 978-4-04-120954-7-C0979 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| 10 | June 26, 2014 | 978-4-04-121060-4-C0979 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| 11 | July 26, 2014 | 978-4-04-101910-8-C0979 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
Anime
The opening theme song is "Tokyo Zero Hearts" (東京ゼロハーツ) performed by Faylan, while the ending theme is "Kyuusei Argyros" (救世Άργυρóϛ) by Yousei Teikoku.
Episode list
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Merchandise
Some of the merchandise being released by Kadokawa Shoten include phone cards, tumbles and drawings autographed by Segawa.
References
- "Tokyo ESP Supernatural Action Anime Confirmed". SeventhStyle. May 9, 2013. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
- "Tokyo ESP Anime Slated to Air in Summer". Anime News Network. January 23, 2014. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
- ^ Tokyo ESP manga Volume 1, Afterword.
- ^ Tokyo ESP manga Volume 2, Afterword.
- "News: Hajime Segawa Ends Ga-Rei Manga, Launches Tokyo ESP". Anime News Network. 2010-01-24. Retrieved 2011-03-22.
- "Shonen Ace Lineup" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Archived from the original on March 23, 2011. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
- "少年エース2010年9月号" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Archived from the original on March 24, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
- "東京ESP (1)" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
- "東京ESP (2)" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved 2011-03-22.
- "東京ESP (3)" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
- "東京ESP (4)" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
- "東京ESP (5)" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
- "東京ESP (6)" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
- "東京ESP (7)" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
- "東京ESP (8)" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
- "東京ESP (9)" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
- "東京ESP (10)" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
- "東京ESP (11)" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
- "東京ESP空飛ぶ少女とペンギンフェア" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
External links
- Official anime website Template:Ja icon
- Tokyo ESP (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
