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As many TB otakus may know, Tokyo Babylon is considered as one of CLAMP´s masterpieces, not only for the deep social background the whole story involves, but also from the great artwork displayed on the manga. In this section you´ll take a look at the seven TB Tankouban, the two artbooks and a brief summary of all the publications about the series.
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Tokyo Babylon started being published in 1991 on South magazine, a monthly publication carried on by the famous Manga company Shinshokan, and it was finished in 1995. After that it has been recompiled in seven Tankouban which portraits´ design has been done by the very talented Mokona Apapa, CLAMP´s main drawer and designer and published by Shinshokan. English fan translations are available. The series is also released in French by Tonkam and in Spanish by Planeta de Agostini Comics (Thanx to Su-chan for checking on the spelling ^_^). They will release a volume every two to three months.

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PUBLISHER: Shinshokan
ISBN: 4-403-61250-4
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RELEASED DATE: 1991
PRICE: 580 Yen. |
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CHAPTERS INCLUDED:
0. T.Y.O.
An introduction to the story and the character profiles, together with a strange case concerning a possesed secretary.
1. BABEL
Tokyo Tower is being haunted by mysterious shakings, and Subaru and Seishirou must spend a whole romantic night locked up inside to find out the reasons for them.
1.5. DESTINY
Su-chan wonders about the mysterious boy who appears in his sakura-petal dreams, and somehow finds himself associating him with his beloved. A story about romance and mystery.
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PUBLISHER: Shinshokan
ISBN: 4-403-61268-7
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RELEASED DATE: 1991
PRICE: 580 Yen.
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CHAPTERS INCLUDED:
2. DREAM
Subaru-kun meets an old friend in his dreams, a girl who hides a love confession and a secret.
Annex. SMILE
Out for a night of fun, Hokuto´s attention is suddenly attracted by a beautiful girl being bothered by rude men, and what is a good citizen to do?
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PUBLISHER: Shinshokan
ISBN: 4-403-61274-1
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RELEASED DATE: 1992
PRICE: 580 Yen.
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CHAPTERS INCLUDED:
3. CALL "A" and "B"
Some amateur teens are playing power games by getting involved with complex Omnyoujitsu techniques via a so called "party line", and Subaru and Seishirou are the ones to put an end to their magic gambling. |
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PUBLISHER: Shinshokan
ISBN: 4-403-61282-2
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RELEASED DATE: 1992
PRICE: 580 Yen.
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CHAPTERS INCLUDED:
4. CRIME
Su-chan meets a desperate woman whose anxious desire for revenge had leaded her to unpropper practices of Omnyoujitsu, while he wonders about his lover´s real self.
5. SAVE "A" and "B"
Some strange events happening at an educational institute will force Subaru to join and meet a lonely girl who is in desperate need of a friend.
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PUBLISHER: Shinshokan
ISBN: 4-403-61304-7
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RELEASED DATE: 1993
PRICE: 580 Yen.
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CHAPTERS INCLUDED:
6. OLD
Subaru meets an old man with a single dream and hope for which he would do anything.
7. BOX
Down at a Karaoke box, Subaru separates from his dear duo for a while and meets a ghosty woman with a story that somehow relates her with someone deeply close to him...
8. REBIRTH
Su-chan would have never imagined that a simple cold and a desperate woman would lead him to face the worst pain love can bring: the act of sacrifice.
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PUBLISHER: Shinshokan
ISBN: 4-403-61319-5
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RELEASED DATE: 1993
PRICE: 580 Yen.
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CHAPTERS INCLUDED:
9. NEWS
How does the couple overcome the terrible event their relationship has been through? And how to make a little boy understand his mother´s actions without making him suffer?
10. PAIR
A premonitorial dream of deathly love and Hokuto´s warnings are not enough for Subaru to forsake his love, less still now he has finally understood what a couple really means.
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PUBLISHER: Shinshokan
ISBN: 4-403-61339-X
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RELEASED DATE: 1994
PRICE: 580 Yen.
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CHAPTERS INCLUDED:
11. END
Trapped in the beautiful though deathly maboroshi he had known for so long, Subaru learns the terrible truth that would change his life forever. An end and a new beginning.
Annex. SECRET
What did really happen with that Love Horoscope Seishirou and Subaru had made in the Sunshine 60´?
Annex. START
Subaru is facing a new life, a new obsession, and a new point of view towards events that might have shocked him. Now not even by the death of a little girl to his mother´s hands.
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TB Photographs
PUBLISHER: Shinshokan
ISBN: 4-403-65008-2
PRICE: 2200 Yen.
SIZE: 8.5" x 12".
A cool Tokyo Babylon Artbook featuring 150 glossy pages of full color ilustrations with hundreds of TB pics, including the ones from the manga, CD covers and booklets, TB1999, etc.
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TB Postcard Book
PUBLISHER: Shinshokan
ISBN: 4-403-61324-1
PRICE: 1300 Yen.
Twenty seven colourful postcards with some of the coolest illustrations of TB. |
TB Callendar 1992
A lost treasure for all TB otakus, it is a calendar packaged in a laserdisc sized wrapper. It contains twelve drawings depicting the characters from Tokyo Babylon. If anyone is interested in selling it to me, I´m ready to pay anything (well, if you come up with 600 bucks, then I´ll think things over ^^;). |
Tokyo Babylon CD Comic
This one is a mystery to me: the fact is I´ve never seen it. It contains the first story of Tokyo Babylon, Destiny in Tokyo Babylon volume 1 (see Tankouban section for resumee). It also includes a CD. |
Tokyo Babylon
October 1992
This copy of Newtype contains a large poster from Tokyo Babylon. It shows a photograph of a building with pictures of Seishirou, Hokuto and Subaru. |
Anime Scramble: Tokyo Screaming
November 1992, page 90-91.
An article on the Tokyo Babylon OVA. It has some nice artwork of Hokuto, Subaru and Seishirou. |
1999 After 5 Years
September 1993, page 22-23.
This is an article on the Tokyo Babylon live action movie, Tokyo Babylon 1999. It includes pictures of the actors, Wataru Shihodo (Seishirou) and Toshihide Tonesaku (Subaru). |
A Scream from Tokyo Underground
April 1994, page 96-97, 103.
An article on Tokyo Babylon 2 with illustrations from Mokona Apapa. |
Best of the East
Author: Yoshitaka Ishigami
Animerica Volume 1, issue 2, April 1993, page 58.
Best of the East is a regular column in Animerica about Japanese anime releases. This issue contains a small review about the anime of Tokyo Babylon 1. |
Best of the East II
Author: Yoshitaka Ishigami
July 1994,
This issue contains a small review about the anime of Tokyo Babylon 2. |
Tokyo Babylon
Author: Steven E. Barnes.
VMax Volume 2, issue 2, March-April 1995, page 18-23.
An extensive background on the Tokyo Babylon manga and anime. This article includes synopses for the first five volumes of the Tokyo Babylon manga and for the two anime OVAs. This issue also has a review of the Tokyo Babylon Image Soundtrack. However, people who would like to order this CD should know that the wrong order number is listed (this is corrected in a latter issue, see below). The order number for the CD reviewed is SRCL 2439-40, not SRCL 2831, which is the order number for the second Tokyo Babylon CD.
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