Tekkon Kinkreet

Infobox Film
name = Tekkon Kinkreet


caption = A screenshot portraying the two protagonists, White (left) and Black (right).
director = Michael Arias
producer = Eiko Tanaka
Naoki Kitagawa
Yasushi Shiina
Osamu Teshima
writer = Taiyō Matsumoto (original manga)
Anthony Weintraub
narrator =
starring = Kazunari Ninomiya
Yu Aoi
Min Tanaka
Yusuke Iseya
Masahiro Motoki
music = Plaid
cinematography = Shinji Kimura
editing = Mutsumi Takemiya
distributor = Asmik Ace Entertainment
Sony Pictures Releasing
released = flagicon|Japan December 21, 2006 flagicon|US April 25, 2007
runtime = 100 min.
country = Japan
language = Japanese
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website = http://www.tekkon.net/
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0831888

nihongo|"Tekkon Kinkreet"|鉄コン筋クリート|Tekkon Kinkurīto|a pun on "Tekkin Concrete", the Japanese term for reinforced concrete (also known as "Tekkonkinkreet" in English release) [cite news | last =Wallace | first =Julia | title =Tracking Shots: "Tekkonkinkreet" | work =Film | publisher =The Village Voice | date =2007-04-24 | url =http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0717,wallace,76482,20.html | accessdate =2007-04-26] is a 2006 feature-length Japanese anime film, directed by Michael Arias and animated by Studio 4°C, adapted from "Black and White", a three-volume seinen manga series by Taiyō Matsumoto, which was originally serialized between 1993 and 1994 in Shogakukan's "Big Comic Spirits". [cite web | title =Michael Arias's "Tekkonkinkreet" | work = The Museum of Modern Art 2007 Film Exhibitions | publisher =MoMA.org | date =2007 | url =http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/film_exhibitions.php?id=4290 | format =html | accessdate =2007-04-26] [cite web | last =Amid | title =Studio 4°C’s "TEKKON KINKURITO" | publisher =Cartoon Brew | date =2006-03-21 | url =http://www.cartoonbrew.com/anime/studio-4cs-tekkon-kinkurito | format =html | accessdate =2007-04-26] It was first released in Japan on December 23, 2006. [cite news | last =Schilling | first =Mark | title =Outlander gazes into Showa's soul | publisher =The Japan Times | date =2006-12-21 | url =http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20061221a1.html | accessdate =2007-04-25] The story takes place in the fictional Takara Machi (宝町 "Treasure Town") and centers on a pair of orphaned street kids: the tough, canny Kuro (クロ "Black") and the childish, snot-nosed Shiro (シロ "White"), together known as the Neko (猫 "Cats"), as they deal with Yakuza attempting to take over Takara Machi.

Cast

Awards

"Tekkon Kinkreet" won the prestigious "Best Film Award" at the 2006 Mainichi Film Awards. [ja icon cite web|url=http://blog.tsutaya.co.jp/tekkon|title=映画「鉄コン筋クリート」OFFICIAL BLOG － TOL ブログ(Blog) 芸能人・有名人・ツタヤのお店がエンタメを語る～|accessdate=2007-04-27] It was also named the Number 1 film of 2006 in the annual "Best of" roundup by the New York Museum of Modern Art's "Artforum" magazine. [cite web|url=http://daily.greencine.com/archives/002833.html|title=GreenCine Daily: "Artforum". Best of 2006|accessdate=2007-04-27] In 2008, it received 'best original story' and 'best art direction' from the Tokyo International Anime Fair [ [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-02-26/eva-1.0-wins-tokyo-anime-fair-animation-of-the-year Eva 1.0 Wins Tokyo Anime Fair's Animation of the Year - Anime News Network ] ] .It won the 2008 Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year. [ja iconcite web |url=http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/allprizes/2008/index.html#02|title= Animation of the year|accessdate=2008-03-30]

References

External links

*ja icon [http://www.tekkon.net/index.html "Tekkon Kinkreet" official site]
* [http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/tekkonkinkreet/index.html "Tekkon Kinkreet" official site] at Sony Pictures
* [http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/Content/Tekkon-1.php Otaku USA interview with Michael Arias]
* [http://www.ioncinema.com/news.php?nid=1478 IONCINEMA.com interview with Michael Arias]
* [http://de-vice-third.tripod.com/id24.html Daily Yomiuri/de-VICE interview with Michael Arias]
* [http://www.catsuka.com/news_detail.php?id=1143218805 "Tekkon Kinkreet" trailer]
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6531 "Tekkon Kinkreet"] at Anime News Network
*ja icon [http://www.studio4c.co.jp/ Studio 4°C official site]
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