Box of Goblins (2008)

10/08/2008 (JP) • 23m

Animation, Crime, Mystery

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Hiroaki Hirata

Akihiko Chuuzenji (voice)

14 Episodes

Hidenobu Kiuchi

Tatsumi Sekiguchi (voice)

14 Episodes

Takaaki Seki

Kiba Shuutarou (voice)

14 Episodes

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Reijiro Enokizu (voice)

14 Episodes


Last Season

Season 1

2008 | 13 Episodes

The story follows a series of bizarre murders of schoolgirls who have been dismembered and stuffed into boxes. The private investigator hired by a missing daughter's mother joins forces with an antique book seller and others to unravel the murder spree.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Scripted

Original Language

Japanese

Keywords

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

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