Tekkon Kinkreet - Anime of the Week

Welcome to the weekly Anime of the Week Discussion Thread! Each week, we're here to discuss various older anime series. Today we are discussing...

[Tekkon Kinkreet](https://preview.redd.it/n139rz55jtcg1.png?width=900&format=png&auto=webp&s=5d3da7200b92ead6d93f63d32cd28494f7bc6c2a)

The streets of Treasure Town are said to belong to "The Cats." They know everything that goes on in the city, and no one can stir up trouble without going through them first. In reality, The Cats are a pair of orphan boys called Black and White, who aren’t afraid of anything or anyone.

But their rule of the streets is challenged when the Yakuza come to town and start making changes. The wild Black and the carefree White have no one to rely on but themselves to get their Treasure Town back to the way it was. But their bond is tested as they quickly realize going back to how things were may no longer be an option.

(Source: MyAnimeList)

# Databases

[AniDB](https://anidb.net/anime/4054) | | [MyAnimeList](https://myanimelist.net/anime/2154) | | [Anilist](https://anilist.co/anime/2154)

# Streams

[https://www.livechart.me/anime/4245/streams](https://www.livechart.me/anime/4245/streams)

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Commentaires

Puddo2026-01-12 18:03

Though 2029 is still very far away, for the people who liked this film: Michael Arias (the director) is doing another adaptation of a Taiyou Matsumoto (the original creator of Tekkon Kinkreet & Ping Pong) work with Sunny. Going to be quite different though, animationwise at least, since it's animated by stopmotion studio Dwarf.

SaltAndABattery2026-01-12 20:03

I remember learning that the title Tekkon Kinkrete is supposed to be a child's mispronunciation of "tekkin konkrete" (rebar and concrete) which I always found interesting.

IndependentMacaroon2026-01-13 01:40

Beautifully animated film with a fairly chaotic plot and uncomfortable xenophobic and homophobic undertones with the villains (weird effeminate camp leader with killer subordinates who speak nothing but gibberish, all painted as outsiders, while the protagonists are insistently "from Japan", also IIRC a bit of a "noble Yakuza" myth in the secondary storyline).

Witn2026-01-13 07:20

i've had this on my list forever, but for some reason have never got around to watching it.

I loved Ping Pong though, one of my favs

kieraist2026-01-13 07:42

Bro, Tekkon Kinkreet is such a wild ride! The animation is a visual feast, and Black and White’s bond is straight-up iconic. I can’t believe how deep it gets while still being super trippy!