 Television broadcasting company TBS opened an official website for an anime adaptation of Taizan 5's Takopii no Genzai (Takopi's Original Sin) manga on Tuesday, revealing a teaser visual (pictured). More information for the anime will be announced at the Jump Festa event on December 22.Taizen 5 serialized the sci-fi drama manga in the Shounen Jump+ website from December 2021 to March 2022. Shueisha shipped the second and final volume in April 2022. The manga has a cumulative 1.4 million copies of its volumes in print. VIZ Media licensed the manga in English in February 2023 and released it as a 2-in-1 omnibus volume in November that year Takopii no Genzai ranked third in the Male readers' category in the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2023 rankings and was nominated for the 16th Manga Taisho Award in 2023. Synopsis A squid-like creature, known as a Happian, leaves his home planet with the desire to spread happiness across the universe. He lands on Earth, but quickly finds himself in danger of captivity by its inhabitants. Fortunately, he is found by an unsmiling little girl named Shizuka Kuze, who feeds him and names him Takopii. Feeling indebted, Takopii decides to do everything in his power to bring a smile to her face. The task is easier said than done, however. Shizuka is bullied by her classmates, she does not have a father, and her mother is never home—though the gravity of these issues flies over the naive Takopii's head. Even so, Shizuka does have one source of happiness: her dog Chappy. The connection Shizuka and Chappy share only increases Takopii's desire to make the girl smile. While Takopii's attempts to lift Shizuka's spirits lead to unintended consequences, he is determined to take things into his own tentacles, test his understanding of human beings, and achieve his goal of spreading happiness. [Written by MAL Rewrite] Announcement Official site: https://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/takopi_project/ Official X: @takopi_pr Source: Comic Natalie Takopii no Genzai on MAL |
VindstotDec 9, 5:59 PM
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| Damn, this got adaptation. Movie probably. |
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| I hope this is one of those dark stories where the characters eventually get rewarded for their suffering. |
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| Oh wow this got actually an anime adaptation. Might be a short form 3-5 min TV anime or an OVA. |
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| This manga looks cute, considered buying the omnibus when it finally came to America... maybe I should wait for the anime? |
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Reply to texasfangirl1999
@RobertBobert They don't, the story is very dark but the ending is extremely rushed and makes no sense, not gonna spoil but it's basically a forced "happy" ending that comes out of nowhere and doesn't really fix the main issues the plot originally set out to resolve.
The fact that this even got an anime is bizarre to me, the manga is very short with only 2 volumes so unless it's going to be a movie or a short OVA series I don't know how they'd even adapt it.
The fact that this even got an anime is bizarre to me, the manga is very short with only 2 volumes so unless it's going to be a movie or a short OVA series I don't know how they'd even adapt it.
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Reply to RobertBobert
| @RobertBobert (+Tokyo Revengers) Yeah because it's hard to take seriously MC that is small cartoony octopus alien |
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Reply to texasfangirl1999
@Fario-P Trust me, this series is NOT cute at all, the fact that neither this nor the manga has the horror/gore tags is very misleading, this manga is extremely dark with a lot of heavy topics like child suicide, murder, child abuse, and domestic violence, all handled with the subtlety of a brick. It's very much edgy for the sake of being edgy, if you're into that kind of thing you might like it, but otherwise it's not really worth reading and definitely not cute.
| oh so it sounds like the kind of cute that i usually don't mind consuming, thank you for the recommendation @texasfangirl1999 |
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Reply to bastek66
@RobertBobert (+Tokyo Revengers) Yeah because it's hard to take seriously MC that is small cartoony octopus alien
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| Whoo boy, this one gets dark. Some people won't be ready for this. |
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| People should pay attention to these before watching: Genres: Drama Theme: Psychological This won't be a joy-ride. But I'd still recommend going for it. This may get 3-4 episodes, or a single short movie perhaps IMO. As for the ending. Without spoiling much, it'll be |
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