“Rookie cop joins secret Tokko task force to avenge parents and solve supernatural Machida massacre mystery.”
Tokko
TOKKÔ[特公]
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Synopsis
Rookie cop joins secret Tokko task force to avenge parents and solve supernatural Machida massacre mystery.
"Shindou Ranmaru has just graduated from police academy and assigned to Tokko: Special Mobile Investigation Force. On the day of his graduation, he meets the half-naked girl he has been seeing in his dreams. Her name is Rokujo Sakura and she works for a secret group within Tokki, known as Tokko: Special Public Safety Task Force. Shindou ends up joining Tokko to avenge his parents' death, and solve the mysterious mass murder of residents in his hometown of Machida. Meanwhile, bottomless pits begin appearing around Japan, and mysterious creatures emerge from them. Could these events be linked to Machida Massacre?" (Source: DVD Complete Series Back Cover)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 24 sampled reviews
What 24 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.33 · split reception
5.1 pts
Recommenders 7.9 · others 2.8
↓ 2.88
Running avg · Jul 2008 → Mar 2022
- 8 “The art holds up well for its age, and if you enjoy blood and gore there's solid entertainment value plus a sprinkle of humor. Unfortunately the story feels unfinished and the ending arrives out of...”
- 8 “Tokko delivers solid hack-and-slash thrills with cool character back-stories and plenty of graphic action, but its unfinished state leaves the ending completely absent and the main plot too...”
- 9 “Loved the intense fight scenes and mature, non-high-school storyline that instantly set this apart from everything else I was watching at the time; it still ranks among my all-time favorites for...”
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- Format 13 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 5h 12m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2006 – Jul 2006 Spring 2006
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-0832 catalog
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- Manga Entertainment Licensor