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| Tekkonkinkreet | |
 First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Black | |
| 鉄コン筋クリート (Tekkonkinkreet) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Taiyō Matsumoto |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Big Comic Spirits |
| English magazine | |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | July 5, 1993 – March 21, 1994 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Anime film | |
| Pilot | |
| Directed by | Kōji Morimoto |
| Produced by | Hiroaki Takeuchi |
| Studio | Studio 4°C |
| Released | January 1, 1999 |
| Runtime | 4 minutes |
| Anime film | |
| Directed by | Michael Arias |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Anthony Weintraub |
| Music by | Plaid |
| Studio | Studio 4°C |
| Licensed by | Sony Pictures[6] |
| Released | December 22, 2006 |
| Runtime | 110 minutes |
Tekkonkinkreet (Japanese: 鉄コン筋クリート, Hepburn: Tekkonkinkurīto),[a] also known as Black & White, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Taiyō Matsumoto, originally serialized from 1993 to 1994 in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits. The story takes place in the fictional city of Takaramachi (Treasure Town) and centers on a pair of orphaned street kids – the tough, canny Black and the childish, innocent White, together known as the Cats – as they deal with yakuza attempting to take over Treasure Town.
A pilot film directed by Kōji Morimoto was released in January 1999. A feature-length anime film directed by Michael Arias and animated by Studio 4°C premiered in Japan in December 2006.
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