Between August and October, 1952, a series of unusual crimes takes place in Musashino and Mitaka: the attempted murder of 14-year-old Kanako Yuzuki, Kanako's abduction from the strange research "hospital" where she was recovering, then abductions of other girls, followed by their severed limbs in custom-fitted boxes being placed in surrounding towns. News editor Morihiko Toriguchi and crime fiction writer Tatsumi Sekiguchi investigate with the help of onmyōji Akihiko Chūzenji.
Title | Box of Goblins |
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Year | 2008 |
Genre | Animation, Crime, Mystery |
Country | Japan |
Studio | Nippon TV |
Cast | Hiroaki Hirata, Hidenobu Kiuchi, Takaaki Seki, Toshiyuki Morikawa |
Crew | Shinichi Igarashi (Director of Photography), Sakito (Theme Song Performance), Hidetoshi Kaneko (Art Direction), Satoshi Terauchi (Editor), Shusei Murai (Original Music Composer), Natsuhiko Kyogoku (Novel) |
Alternative Titles | Mouryou no Hako, Mōryō no Hako |
Keyword | buddhism, detective, based on novel or book, journalism, kidnapping, blackmail, police, supernatural, murder, unrequited love, religion, post war, seinen, neo-noir, japanese mythology, shinto, anime, psychological |
First Air Date | Oct 08, 2008 |
Last Air date | Dec 31, 2008 |
Season | 1 Season |
Episode | 14 Episode |
Runtime | 23:14 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb: | 6.50/ 10 by 12.00 users |
Popularity | 15.471 |
Language | Japanese |