The first episode introduces the Tokyo Revengers version of the Japanese folk tale Momotarō
The official YouTube channel of the Tokyo Revengers television anime began streaming the Fairy Tale Revengers (Dōwa Revengers) mini anime in Japanese with English subtitles on Wednesday:
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The mini anime introduces Tokyo Revengers versions of various fairy tales. The first three-volume story is based on the Japanese folk tale Momotarō.
Kodansha USA published the original manga in English by Ken Wakui and describes the story:
Watching the news, Takemichi Hanagaki learns that his girlfriend from long ago in middle school, Hinata Tachibana, has passed away. The only girlfriend he ever had was just killed by a group of villains called the Tokyo Manji Gang. He lives in a shabby apartment with thin walls, and his boss who is six years younger than him treats him like an idiot. Plus, he's a complete and utter virgin… At the height of his rock bottom life, he suddenly time jumps twelve years back to his high school days!! To save Hinata and change the life he spent running away, Takemichi, a hopeless part-timer, must aim for the top of Kanto's most sinister crime gang!!
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The manga's first television anime premiered in April 2021. Crunchyroll streamed the anime when it aired in April 2021. Japan. The Tokyo Revengers: Christmas Showdown part of the anime premiered in January 2023 and aired for 13 episodes. Disney+ and Hulu streamed the series as soon as it aired.
The Tokyo Revengers: Tenjiku Arc (Tokyo Revengers: Tenjiku-hen), anime premiered in Japan in October 2023 on MBS, TV Tokyo and AT-X channels. Disney+ exclusively streams anime worldwide (except mainland China).
Wakui launched the manga in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in March 2017 and ended the series in November 2023.
The first live-action film based on the manga opened in Japan in July 2021 and was the #1 live-action film in Japan in 2021. Crunchyroll is streaming the film. The first of two live-action sequels Chi no Halloween-Unmei-(Bloody Halloween-Fate-) opened in Japan in April 2023, while the second Chi no Halloween-Kessen-( Bloody Halloween-Decisive Battle-) opened in Japan that June.
Source: Tokyo Revengers anime YouTube channel, Pony Canyon Anime Instagram page
