Art of Tiger Mask (2016)
/Tiger Mask W is an anime series produced by Toei Animation. It was directed by Toshiaki Komura in 2016, and it is a sequel of the original anime from 1969 (whereas Tiger Mask II from 1981 is only considered a parallel universe). The anime was based on the homonym Japanese manga series written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Naoki Tsuji, which was first published in Kodansha's Bokura Magazine from 1968 to 1971. The pictures on this page are a collection of artworks created for this anime series. The artworks were collected by Settei Dreams and can be downloaded in high definition HERE
THE STORY
Over forty years since Naoto Date mysteriously vanished after killing his arch-nemesis Tiger the Great in a brutal deathmatch, the Global Wrestling Monopoly (GWM) challenged the Zipangu Pro-Wrestling team and single-handedly destroyed them along with their manager Daisuke Fuji, who was brutally defeated by GWM's top fighter Yellow Devil. The incident drove two young members, Naoto Azuma, the main protagonist of the series, and his friend Takuma Fuji, son of Daisuke, to seek revenge on the GWM and the two parted ways. While Naoto trained under Kentaro Takaoka, Naoto Date's former ally, Takuma trained under the Tiger's Den, under the leadership of Mr. X, after being recruited by Yellow Devil under the pretense of giving him the chance for revenge.
Three years later, Naoto has taken the identity of Tiger Mask and signed for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) while Takuma has taken on the identity of Tiger the Dark under the Tiger's Den, with none of them being aware of the other's identity but sharing the same goal…
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