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Trick

2000–2003 · 3 seasons

A breezy, playful mystery-of-the-week romp where bickering partners debunk fake magic with comic energy and light suspense.

Created by
Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Starring
Yukie Nakama, Hiroshi Abe, Katsuhisa Namase
Overview
Although 23 year old Yamada Naoko is a "super" magician, she is continously fired and constantly hounded by her landlady for the rent being late. After being fired once again, her boss shows her an ad of a physics professor, a non-believer of all things magical, offering money to anyone who can prove to him that magic is real. Desperately needing the money, Naoko accepts the challenge, which is how she comes to meet Professor Ueda. Falling prey to her simple magic tricks, Ueda is impressed, and enlists Naoko to help him uncover the tricks behind a local cult. Their hilarious antics, along with those of police officer Yabe, leads them onto further mysteries, all with tricks needing to be solved in sort of an "X-Files" meets "Scooby-Doo"...

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Created by
Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Starring
Yukie Nakama, Hiroshi Abe, Katsuhisa Namase
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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • deception
    • mystery
    • obsession
    • class
    • friendship
    Places
    • big city
    • small town
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    • serialised
    • procedural
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror2
    Humour7
    Realism6
    Romance2
    Tension3
    Darkness2
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight3

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    Genres
    comedy, drama, mystery
    Created by
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    Starring
    Yukie Nakama, Hiroshi Abe, Katsuhisa Namase, Yoko Nogiwa, Masumi Okada, Riko Narumi, Kazuki Maehara, Mako Ishino
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    Length
    3 seasons, 31 episodes, 60 min each
    Network
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    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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