Tesla Note
Japanese manga series
Tesla Note (Japanese: テスラノート, Hepburn: Tesura Nōto) is a Japanese manga series written by Masafumi Nishida and Tadayoshi Kubo and illustrated by Kouta Sannomiya. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from January to July 2021, and it was transferred to Magazine Pocket in August 2021. An anime television series adaptation produced by Gambit aired from October to December 2021.
01Plot
Botan Negoro, a highly trained operative descended from the Negoro ninja clan, is recruited for "Mission T", a secret operation intended to prevent global catastrophe. The mission involves "Tesla's Shards", crystals said to contain Nikola Tesla's complete inventions, which have the power to trigger dangerous and unexplained phenomena.
Following a mysterious incident in Norway, Botan is tasked with recovering the shards alongside Kuruma, a self-proclaimed top agent from Japan. Their search puts them at odds with intelligence agents and spies from other countries who are all competing to obtain the shards for their own purposes.
02Characters
Japan Safety and Promotion Company
- Botan Negoro (根来 牡丹, Negoro Botan)
- Voiced by: Konomi Kohara
- Kuruma (クルマ, Kuruma) / Kuruma Tanaka (田中 車, Tanaka Kuruma)
- Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki
- Ryūnosuke Takamatsu (高松隆之介, Takamatsu Ryūnosuke)
- Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno
- Kyōhei Himi (氷見 恭平, Himi Kyōhei)
- Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai
- Kensuke Toriumi (鳥海賢介, Toriumi Kensuke)
- Voiced by: Hidenobu Kiuchi
Central Intelligence Agency
- Mickey Miller (ミッキー・ミラー, Mikkī Mirā)
- Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe
- Oliver Thornton (オリバー・ソーントン, Oribā Sōnton)
- Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya
- Lily Steinem (リリー・スタイネム, Rirī Sutainemu)
- Voiced by: Shizuka Itō
Allies
- Jingo Negoro (根来 甚吾, Negoro Jingo)
- Voiced by: Mugihito
Small House
- Pino (ピノ)
- Voiced by: Akira Ishida
- Elmo (エルモ, Erumo)
- Voiced by: Takaya Kuroda
03Media
Manga
Tesla Note, written by Masafumi Nishida and Tadayoshi Kubo and illustrated by Kouta Sannomiya, was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from January 6 to July 7, 2021. The manga was then transferred to Magazine Pocket on August 4, 2021, and finished on April 13, 2022. Kodansha collected its 58 individual chapters into seven tankōbon volumes, released between April 16, 2021, and June 17, 2022.
The manga is licensed in English by Kodansha USA in digital form.
Volumes
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 16, 2021 | 978-4-06-522983-5 | October 19, 2021 | 978-1-63-699451-2 |
| 2 | June 17, 2021 | 978-4-06-523586-7 | January 25, 2022 | 978-1-63-699479-6 |
| 3 | September 16, 2021 | 978-4-06-524840-9 | February 2, 2022 | 978-1-63-699628-8 |
| 4 | October 15, 2021 | 978-4-06-525142-3 | April 19, 2022 | 978-1-68-491134-9 |
| 5 | January 17, 2022 | 978-4-06-526287-0 | June 28, 2022 | 978-1-68-491238-4 |
| 6 | April 15, 2022 | 978-4-06-527537-5 | September 27, 2022 | 978-1-68-491460-9 |
| 7 | June 17, 2022 | 978-4-06-528181-9 | November 22, 2022 | 978-1-68-491558-3 |
Anime
In April 2021, it was announced that the series would receive an anime television series adaptation. The series is animated by Gambit and directed by Michio Fukuda, with Masafumi Nishida overseeing the series' scripts, POKImari designing the characters, and Kaoru Wada composing the series' music. It aired from October 3 to December 26, 2021, on Tokyo MX and BS11. Tokyo Monsters performed the opening theme "Puppet's", while Yui Ninomiya performed the ending theme "Sanbunteki Life". Funimation licensed the series outside of Asia.
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "A Consideration on the "New-Fledged Spy"" Transliteration: ""Shinmai Supai" ni Tsuite no Kōsatsu" (Japanese: 「新米スパイ」についての考察) | Michio Fukuda | Masafumi Nishida | Michio Fukuda | October 3, 2021 (2021-10-03) |
| 2 | "A Consideration on "Contention"" Transliteration: ""Sōdatsu" ni Tsuite no Kōsatsu" (Japanese: 「争奪」についての考察) | Michio Fukuda | Masafumi Nishida | Michio Fukuda | October 10, 2021 (2021-10-10) |
| 3 | "A Consideration on "Mission IS"" Transliteration: ""Misshon Ai Esu" ni Tsuite no Kōsatsu" (Japanese: 「ミッションIS」についての考察) | Michio Fukuda | Masafumi Nishida | Michio Fukuda | October 17, 2021 (2021-10-17) |
| 4 | "A Consideration on "Divine Thunderbolts"" Transliteration: ""Kami no Ikazuchi" ni Tsuite no Kōsatsu" (Japanese: 「神の雷」についての考察) | Michio Fukuda | Masafumi Nishida Kazuhito Yoneyama | Michio Fukuda | October 24, 2021 (2021-10-24) |
| 5 | "A Consideration on "Relationships of Trust"" Transliteration: ""Shinrai Kankei" ni Tsuite no Kōsatsu" (Japanese: 「信頼関係」についての考察) | Michio Fukuda | Masafumi Nishida Kazuhito Yoneyama | Michio Fukuda | October 31, 2021 (2021-10-31) |
| 6 | "A Consideration on "Three-Way Battles"" Transliteration: ""Mitsudomoe" ni Tsuite no Kōsatsu" (Japanese: 「三つ巴」についての考察) | Michio Fukuda | Masafumi Nishida Kazuhito Yoneyama | Michio Fukuda | November 7, 2021 (2021-11-07) |
| 7 | "A Consideration on "Hunger, and the Readiness to Face It"" Transliteration: ""Kūfukukan, Oyobi, Sore ni Mukiau Kakugo" ni Tsuite no Kōsatsu" (Japanese: 「空腹感、および、それに向き合う覚悟」についての考察) | Ryōji Takai | Masafumi Nishida Kazuhito Yoneyama | Michio Fukuda | November 14, 2021 (2021-11-14) |
| 8 | "A Consideration on "Truth"" Transliteration: ""Shinjitsu" ni Tsuite no Kōsatsu" (Japanese: 「真実」についての考察) | Ryōji Takai | Masafumi Nishida Kazuhito Yoneyama | Michio Fukuda | November 21, 2021 (2021-11-21) |
| 9 | "A Consideration on "Dog People"" Transliteration: ""Inuha" ni Tsuite no Kōsatsu" (Japanese: 「犬派」についての考察) | Ryōji Takai | Masafumi Nishida Kazuhito Yoneyama | Jun'ichi Sakata Michio Fukuda | November 28, 2021 (2021-11-28) |
| 10 | "A Consideration on "Suspects"" Transliteration: ""Yōgisha" ni Tsuite no Kōsatsu" (Japanese: 「容疑者」についての考察) | Ryōji Takai | Masafumi Nishida Kazuhito Yoneyama | Michio Fukuda | December 5, 2021 (2021-12-05) |
| 11 | "A Consideration on "Searches"" Transliteration: ""Tansaku" ni Tsuite no Kōsatsu" (Japanese: 「探索」についての考察) | Ryōji Takai | Masafumi Nishida Kazuhito Yoneyama | Namako Umino Michio Fukuda | December 12, 2021 (2021-12-12) |
| 12 | "A Consideration on "Time Limits"" Transliteration: ""Taimu Rimitto" ni Tsuite no Kōsatsu" (Japanese: 「タイムリミット」についての考察) | Ryōji Takai | Masafumi Nishida Kazuhito Yoneyama | Ten Ōguro Michio Fukuda | December 19, 2021 (2021-12-19) |
| 13 | "A Consideration on "By Your Will"" Transliteration: ""Gyoi" ni Tsuite no Kōsatsu" (Japanese: 「御意」についての考察) | Ryōji Takai | Masafumi Nishida Kazuhito Yoneyama | Ten Ōguro Michio Fukuda | December 26, 2021 (2021-12-26) |
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