In a press release, the Japanese portal Mantan Web reported that the manga was written and illustrated by Ken Wakui, Tokyo Avenger, has exceeded 40 million accumulated copies in circulation. With a recently completed anime adaptation and live action film with over 4.3 billion yen in accumulated revenue to date, the success of the franchise is undeniable.
The cumulative number of copies exceeded 5 million in September 2020, then 8 million in February 2021, 10 million in March 2021, 14.5 million on May 10, 2021, and 16.7 million just four days later on May 14. Though the manga was popular in its own right, the popularity of animation and film helped quickly increase the number of copies.
Ken Wakui began publishing the manga in the magazine Weekly Shonen magazine from the publisher Kodansha March 2017. A 24-episode anime adaptation produced by the studios EYE FILMS, Headed by Koichi Hatsumi and scripts written by Yasuyuki muto, premiered in Japan in the spring of 2021 (April-June). Crispy roll was commissioned for distribution in the west and the original manga is currently in the final stages.
Tokyo Revengers – Synopsis
Takemichi Hanagaki’s sophomore year of high school was the highlight of his life. He had respect, a band of friends to count on, and even a girlfriend. But that was twelve years ago. Today he’s a nobody: a rickety triviality that children make fun of and that repeatedly has to apologize to his younger boss. The sudden news of the gruesome murder of the only girlfriend he had with his brother by the Tokyo Manji gang only added insult. Half a second before a train ends his sad life forever, Takemichi remembers the same day twelve years ago when he was still with Hinata Tachibana.
After being forced to relive his downward spiral on the same day, Takemichi meets Hinata’s little brother. Without thinking, he admits his apparent death before turning to the past. Takemichi challenges him to protect his sister before inexplicably returning to the future. Miraculously, he’s not dead. Stranger still, the future has changed. It seems that Takemichi can change the flow of time. Given the opportunity to avoid the tragic death of his ex-girlfriend through the Tokyo Manji gang, Takemichi decides to fly through time to change the future.
Source: Mantan Web
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