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Tokyo Babylon (manga)

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Alternative title:
Tokyo Babylon - A Save for Tokyo City Story
Tokyo Babylon: A Save Tokyo City Story
Токио Вавилон (Russian)
東京BABYLON (Japanese)
東京巴比倫 (Chinese (Taiwan))
도쿄 바빌론 (Korean)
동경 바빌론 (Korean)
Genres: drama, supernatural
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Subaru Sumeragi is a 16 year old, cheerful and extremely caring Onmyou medium (the head of his family, the Sumeragi clan) who confronts and helps take care of ghosts and spirits with the help of his twin sister, Hokuto, and his gentleman friend, Seishiro. Subaru does his best to help anyone he meets, but the entire atmosphere of the polluted city of Tokyo in the 90s, brings about a feeling of desperation that threatens to drag Subaru's spirit down.
User Ratings: 283 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 87 votes (Eng:34, sub:27, dub:10, ?:2, raw:2, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:10
2 French subtitled
2 German
1 Spanish
1 Russian
1 Italian
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French
1 Mandarin Chinese
)
 Excellent: 80 votes (Eng:47, sub:12, dub:11, ?:3, raw:2, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:3
2 French subtitled
1 German
)
 Very good: 51 votes (Eng:31, dub:8, sub:5, raw:2, ?:1, others:4
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian
1 German dubbed
)
 Good: 32 votes (Eng:13, sub:7, dub:5, raw:1, raw:1, others:5
2 Portuguese
1 French
1 German
1 Spanish
)
 Decent: 16 votes (Eng:8, sub:7, dub:1)
 So-so: 7 votes (Eng:5, sub:1, dub:1)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:1, others:1
1 German
)
 Weak: 3 votes (Eng:2, sub:1)
 Bad: 4 votes (Eng:2, dub:1, sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 604 users, rank: #123 (of 6885)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.403 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.7393, rank: #437 (of 7734)
Weighted mean: 8.371 (Very good+), rank: #559 (of 7734) (seen all: 8.60 / seen some: 7.65 / won't finish: 3.93)
Bayesian estimate: 8.362 (Very good+), rank: #107 (of 3522)
Number of tankoubon: 7
Number of pages: 170
Volumes:
#1. T.Y.O., Babel, Destiny
#2. Dream, Smile
#3. Call A, Call B
#4. Crime, Save A, Save B
#5. Old, Box, Rebirth
#6. News, Pair
#7. End, Secret, Start
Vintage: 1991
Release dates: We have 39
Official website:
Tokyo Babylon Manga
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
Comment:
Tokyo Babylon is a predessor to CLAMP's X series, both featuring the characters Subaru, Seishiro and Hokuto. The events of Tokyo Babylon happen about 9 years before X.
News: Show:
North American Anime, Manga Releases, November 24-30 (Nov 27, 2024)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 25-31 (Aug 30, 2024)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 19-25 (May 22, 2024)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 21-27 (Jan 25, 2024)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 15-21 (Oct 18, 2023)
Yen Press Reveals 28 New Licenses Including Bocchi the Rock!, Tokyo Babylon Manga; The Deer King Novels (Apr 7, 2023)
Director Rintaro Premieres 1st New Work in 14 Years on March 20 (Feb 22, 2023)
A Silent Voice's Yoshitoki Ōima, Sunrise Make Promotional Anime for Kyocera (Jan 4, 2022)
CLAMP Expresses Openness to Take Part in Possible Future Tokyo Babylon Projects (Aug 7, 2021)
CLAMP's Tokyo Babylon 2021 TV Anime Unveils Cast, Staff, New Video, April Debut (Nov 19, 2020)
CLAMP's Tokyo Babylon Manga Gets TV Anime in 2021 by GoHands (Oct 25, 2020)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 7-13 (Jul 9, 2013)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 10-16 (Mar 12, 2013)
Dark Horse Adds Angelic Layer, Tokyo Babylon Omnibuses (Mar 7, 2011)
Tokyopop's Lament of the Lamb confirmed (Nov 13, 2003)
AXNY: TOKYOPOP (Sep 2, 2002)
Encore Action! Anime Movies (Nov 9, 2001)
Viz at AX (Jul 7, 2001)
Viz Items Shipping in October (Jun 21, 2000)
CPM launches AniMail, makes announcements (Jan 20, 1999)
Press Release:
Yen Press Announces Fall 2023 Titles at Sakura-Con (Apr 7, 2023)
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Graphic novel
    CLAMP Tokyo Babylon Premium Collection (GN 1) 2023-10-17 (from $12.69)
    CLAMP Tokyo Babylon Premium Collection (GN 2) 2024-01-23 (from $12.80)
    CLAMP Tokyo Babylon Premium Collection (GN 3) 2024-05-21 (from $10.80)
    Tokyo Babylon (GN 1) 2004-05-11 (from $4.97)
    Tokyo Babylon (GN 2) 2004-07-06 (from $6.33)
    Tokyo Babylon (GN 3) 2004-09-07 (from $11.84)
    Tokyo Babylon (GN 4) 2004-11-01 (from $19.96)
    Tokyo Babylon (GN 5) 2005-01-11 (from $14.67)
    Tokyo Babylon (GN 6) 2005-03-08 (from $20.92)
    Tokyo Babylon (GN 7) 2005-05-10 (from $28.75)
    Tokyo Babylon [Omnibus] (GN 1) 2013-03-13 (from $15.99)
    Tokyo Babylon [Omnibus] (GN 2) 2013-07-10 (from $15.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: CLAMP
Story: Nanase Ohkawa

Artist: Apapa Mokona
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher:
Kodansha
Shinshokan
English staff
English cast
Art Director: Matt Alford
Translation:
Alexis Kirsch
Amanda Haley (Yen Press)
Ray Yoshimoto

Adaptation: Carol Fox
Copy Editing: Suzanne Waldman
Cover Design: Seth Cable
Cover Layout: Patrick Hook
Design:
Heather Doornink (Omnibus)
Wendy Chan (Yen Press)
Editing:
Carl Gustav Horn (Omnibus)
Carol Fox
Jake Forbes
JuYoun Lee (Yen Press)
Won Young Seo (Yen Press)
Editorial Assistant: Annie Gullion (Omnibus)
Lettering:
Chiho Christie (Vol. 4, Yen Press)
Phil Christie (Yen Press)
Production Artist:
Eric Pineda
Jason Milligan
Jose Macasocol Jr.
Publisher: Mike Richardson (Omnibus)
Retouch & Lettering:
Ablard Bigting
Vicente Rivera Jr
Special Thanks To:
Jake Forbes (Omnibus)
Michael Gombos (Omnibus)
(none)
English companies
Licensed by:
Dark Horse Comics (2011)
Tokyopop (2003)
Yen Press (2023)
Retouch & Lettering:
IHL (Omnibus)
JUNEMOON Studios
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Editions Tonkam
French cast
(none)
Spanish companies
Spanish staff
Translation:
Annabel Espada (Norma Editorial)
Sandra de Lamo (Norma Editorial)
Licensed by:
Grupo Editorial Vid (Mexico; expired)
Kamite Comics (Mexico; 2016)
Publisher:
Grupo Editorial Vid
Norma Editorial (Spain; Omnibus)
Planeta DeAgostini Comics (Spain)
Retouch And Lettering: Drac Studio (Norma Editorial)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Art Director: Roberto M. Rubbi
Translation:
Asako Yamamoto
Ernesto Cellie

Adaptation:
Acrobat
Annalisa Bassi
Lettering:
Acrobat
Annalisa Bassi
Marketing Assistant: Matteo Fornasiero
Web Editor: Stefano Munarini
(none)
Italian companies
Presented By: Manga Dream
Publisher:
d/visual
Planet Manga
German staff
German companies
(none)
Publisher: Carlsen Comics
German cast
(none)
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Polish cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Publisher:
JBC (Brazil; 2005, expired)
Panini Comics (Brazil, 2024)
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by:
Daran Culture Enterprise (volume 7 only)
Taiwan Tohan Co., Ltd. (2009)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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