Tokyo Babylon (Anime)

Tokyo Babylon (東京BABYLON) is an anime television series adaption of the manga written by Nanase Ohkawa and illustrated by Mokona. The anime series is directed by Shingo Suzuki and Susumu Kudo at GoHands. The series was first announced in October 25, 2020.

On the same day, the anime production was accused of plagiarizing outfit designs for Subaru and Hokuto. After an investigation, on December 4, 2020, the anime production apologized on their official website and announced that they will be changing the designs. Due to the necessary changes to be made on December 24, 2020, the anime production announced that the series was delayed to an unspecified date.

After more cases of plagiarism surfaced through an internal investigation, on March 29, 2021, the production committee announced that the current TV series would be canceled with a new anime production produced by a different studio.

Synopsis
Subaru Sumeragi is the thirteenth head of his powerful onmyouji clan. Until the time comes when he must succeed his grandmother fully, Subaru is allowed to live in Tokyo with his fraternal twin Hokuto. While Subaru is kind and shy, Hokuto has exuberance to spare, and her favorite pastime is designing bold matching outfits for the two of them to wear. Her next favorite thing to do is try to set up Subaru with their veterinarian friend Seishirou Sakurazuka who, oddly enough, is always readily available to accompany the Sumeragis throughout the city.

Subaru has to resolve a variety of spiritual conflicts in Tokyo: some are cases formally brought to him by clients, and others are matters in which he decides to involve himself. A selfless teenager, he empathizes with others to the point that their pain may as well be his own. This leaves him vulnerable in a city where nearly everyone makes decisions that only benefit themselves as individuals. Hokuto hopes that if Subaru develops feelings for Seishirou, their relationship will be the one thing that he never gives up for the sake of anyone else. However, is Seishirou the best candidate for her brother's love, or is he hiding sinister secrets?

Theme Songs

 * Opening: TBA performed by
 * Ending: TBA performed by

Staff
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 * Director: Shingo Suzuki and Susumu Kudo
 * Screenplay: TBA
 * Script: Gun Kumagai
 * Character Designs: Makoto Furuta
 * Animation Directors: Makoto Furuta and Keiji Tani
 * Original creator: CLAMP
 * Music: Noriyuki Asakura
 * Sound director: Fumiyuki Go
 * Production company: GoHands

Trivia

 * It was originally launched as "Tokyo Babylon 2021", production was cancelled by the production committee due to plagiarism by the production company. As of March 2021, the production committee is planning to restart the project as a completely new production.