Box of Goblins

A slow, unsettling plunge into postwar folklore and ritual murder, dense with talk and dread, rewarding close attention.

Created by

Ryosuke Nakamura, Toru Takahashi

Genres

Animation, Crime, Mystery

Starring

Hiroaki Hirata, Hidenobu Kiuchi, Takaaki Seki

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.

How it feels

Dark, eerie, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Mystery, death, obsession, isolation

Content

Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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