Throwback Thursday: "Sherry" from Tokko Anime

The nostalgic ending theme of Tokko anime series, Sherry, is a must-hear for the younger otaku generation. 

If you haven't seen the show, Tokko is a manga written and illustrated by the same person who created Great Teacher Onizuka, Tooru Fujisawa. The anime adaptation ran from 2003 to 2004 with thirteen episodes.

Tokko is a brutal action-horror manga/anime series, easily one of the bloodiest shows of its time. It features generous fan service, a sound storyline, scary villains, fair-to-middling fight scenes, and memorable characters.

Warning: Spoilers start from this section.

Tokko Anime Sypnosis And Review

Ranmaru Shindo moves into a new apartment with his younger sister, Saya, after the ruthless killing of their parents by unknown assailants. What's more inhumane in this story is most occupants in the Michida complex, their previous residence, have been brutally butchered.

Troubled with dreams and with the obsession to learn more about their parents' deaths, Ranmaru joins Tokki. Later on, he met Sakura Rokujo, Kureha Suzuka, Takeru Inukai, and Ryoko Ibuki, who are top members of the Tokko special force.

To Ranmaru's surprise, the grizzly murders and dismemberments that have continued since the Michida incident are plotted by demons who came from a growing sinkhole, and they persist in annihilating all those who survived the massacre. With the existence of more powerful demons called Phantoms, the gore quickly evolves into a denser plot with a rollercoaster of severed limbs, torso, and heads.

Ranmaru, along with other survivors of the Michida incident, are revealed to be symbionts, which contain Phantoms that protected them during the massacre that happened five years ago. If awakened, they can become demons with the strength and ability to slay whoever they see as enemies.

While the story build-up is outstanding, the ending seems incomplete. To add to our disappointment, we haven't heard of any movements in anime and manga production. There should have been a second season of the anime where the hole swallowed Tokyo, and the story focused on different characters. 

However, the best thing that the Tokko anime series gave us is its ending theme song, "Sherry." It was catchy and heartfelt, making us long to watch the anime again.

Here's our Facebook post for the Tokko ending video:

We also documented the lyrics below if you want to sing along.

Sherry Lyrics

Sono te wo tsunaidari

Kuchizuke attari

Ato sukoshi de sotto

Saigo no hi ni naru

Wasurenai de douka istumade mo

Sherry far away

Sherry kimi to

Tada warai atta koto wo

Sherry far away

Sherry kimi to

Dakishime atta koto wo

I saw the memories

Forever melodies

I saw the memories

I saw the memories

Forever melodies

I saw the memories

Sherry far away

Sherry far away

I know you can find my melody

Taken from Geneworld, translated by Decibel.