The official website and Twitter account for the new TV anime adaptation of CLAMP's Tokyo Babylon manga titled, Tokyo Babylon 2021, has announced that the anime is going to be delayed from its original April 2021 premiere to an undetermined date.
Tokyo Babylon was originally licensed in English by TokyoPop, and then later by Dark Horse Comics, who describes the series as:
It's 1991, the last days of Japan's bubble economy, and money and elegance run through the streets. So do the currents of darkness beneath them, nourishing evil spirits that only the arts of the onmyoji—Japan's legendary occultists—can combat. The two most powerful onmyoji are in the unlikely guises of a handsome young veterinarian, Seishiro, and the teenage heir to the ancient Sumeragi clan, Subaru.
CLAMP's Tokyo Babylon also inspired two OVA's in 1992 and 1994 and a live-action film in 1993.
Subaru Sumeragi, the protagonist of Tokyo Babylon, later appears in CLAMP's X manga and its anime adaptations.
They are delaying the anime due to the plagiarism incident where the staff had referenced costume designs for two of the characters from materials from other sources without their permission. They are setting up a compliance team to help prevent any future issues.
They removed all images and videos from the official website, and announced that they are going to be changing the designs immediately.
The production team apologized to CLAMP, everyone involved in creating the series, and fans who are looking forward to the new anime.
Shouta Aoi will be performing the opening theme song, and Nana Mizuki will be performing the ending theme song.
MAIN CAST:
Shouta Aoi as Subaru Sumeragi
Nana Mizuki as Hokuto Sumeragi
Yuichiro Umehara as Seishirō Sakurazuka
GoHands is producing the "brand-new anime set in Tokyo in 2021."
Shingo Suzuki and Susumu Kudo are directing the anime at GoHands, and Jun Kumagai is in charge of the series scripts. Makoto Furuta is designing the characters, and Furuta and Keiji Tani are serving as chief animation directors.
The main animators are Takayuki Uchida and Hiroshi Okubo, and Okubo is also designing the mecha and props. Chinami Watanabe is editing. Fumiyuki Go is directing the sound, and Noriyuki Asakura is composing the music at King Records.
It's 1991, the last days of Japan's bubble economy, and money and elegance run through the streets. So do the currents of darkness beneath them, nourishing evil spirits that only the arts of the onmyoji—Japan's legendary occultists—can combat. The two most powerful onmyoji are in the unlikely guises of a handsome young veterinarian, Seishiro, and the teenage heir to the ancient Sumeragi clan, Subaru.
CLAMP's Tokyo Babylon also inspired two OVA's in 1992 and 1994 and a live-action film in 1993.
Subaru Sumeragi, the protagonist of Tokyo Babylon, later appears in CLAMP's X manga and its anime adaptations.