The upcoming series Taboo-Tattoo from Shinjiro has gotten a bit of attention at AnimeJapan 2016 as Avex Pictures has brought out the first promo for it. It’s not a proper anime promo in a sense as it just works some of the key visual elements of it as opposed to full animation, but the tone is well set by it. With eleven volumes of the original manga now released in Japan, was recently revealed that the series will be a part of the summer 2016 season with a July premiere. The show will be directed by Takashi Watanabe based on series composition and scripts by Mayori Sekijima. Shinya Hasegawa is handling the character designs and the series will be animated by J.C. Staff.
Plot concept: Seigi, a martial arts trained middle schooler, often feels driven to protect the weaker people around him. One day, he defends a homeless man against some punks, and the man gives him a strange tattoo on his palm in return. The tattoo is a secret weapon produced in the arms race between America and the Serinistan Kingdom.
Seigi finds himself in over his head when a powerful girl, using the same secret weapon, violently pursues him in order to retrieve it. His skill at martial arts may not be enough to keep him alive, but will he be able to learn how to trigger the power of his tattoo in time?