Tokyo ESP
| 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 |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Shōnen Ace |
| Original run | February 27, 2010 – ongoing |
| Volumes | 8 |
| Anime television series | |
Tokyo ESP (東京ESP) is a Japanese manga 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 adaptation has been announced.[1]
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)
- 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.
- Ren Jōmyaku (条幕 蓮 Jōmyaku Ren)
- The main protagonist of the second arc.
- Azuma Kyōtarō (東 京太郎 Kyōtarō Azuma)
- 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.
- Rindō Urushiba (漆葉 竜胆 Urushiba Rindō)
- Rinka's dad. He gains the power of creating a magnetic field around him attracting and repelling metallic objetcs.
- Kuroi Kobushi "Black Fist" (黒井 小節 Kuroi Kobushi)
- A young thief, having the invisibility ability. She is a thief known for his 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.
- Murasaki Edoyama (江戸山 紫 Edoyama Murasaki)
- The daughter of a Yakuza boss, she gained Psychometry (the ability to see an object's past by touching it) from a glowing fish.
- Peggi (ペギー Pegī)
- 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.
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.[2] 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.[2] Segawa decided to go with the female lead like he did with the Ga-Rei manga series.[3] 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.[3]
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.[4][5][6] The first tankōbon volumes was released on July 26, 2010, and eight volumes have been released as of May 25, 2013.
Volume list
| No. | Release date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | July 26, 2010[7] | ISBN 978-4-04-715488-9C0979 |
| 02 | November 26, 2010[8] | ISBN 978-4-04-715560-2C0979 |
| 03 | March 26, 2011[9] | ISBN 978-4-04-715654-8C0979 |
| 04 | August 26, 2011[10] | ISBN 978-4-04-715760-6-C0979 |
| 05 | January 26, 2012[11] | ISBN 978-4-04-120097-1-C0979 |
| 06 | June 26, 2012[12] | ISBN 978-4-04-120294-4-C0979 |
| 07 | December 26, 2012[13] | ISBN 978-4-04-120528-0-C0979 |
| 08 | May 25, 2013[14] | ISBN 978-4-04-120674-4-C0979 |
Merchandise
Some of the merchandise being released by Kadokawa Shoten include phone cards, tumbles and drawings autographed by Segawa.[15]
References
- ↑ ""Tokyo ESP" Supernatural Action Anime Confirmed". SeventhStyle. May 9, 2013. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tokyo ESP manga Volume 1, Afterword.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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空飛ぶ少女とペンギンフェア" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved 2011-03-25.