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Psychic Detective Yakumo

2010 · 1 season

A quiet, shadowy supernatural mystery that lingers on grief and uneasy spirits more than on scares or action.

Genres
Animation, Mystery, Action & adventure
Starring
Hiroki Touchi, Ayumi Fujimura, Akimitsu Takase
Overview
College student Haruka’s life takes a disturbing turn when a night of innocent fun turns horrific. After one friend commits suicide and another becomes possessed, Haruka reaches out to the enigmatic Yakumo Saito, a fellow student who is rumored to have psychic powers. But beneath the dubious claims surrounding Yakumo is a dark secret concerning his mysterious red eye and the souls of the dead.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Genres
Animation, Mystery, Action & adventure
Starring
Hiroki Touchi, Ayumi Fujimura, Akimitsu Takase
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • isolation
  • mystery
  • trauma
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror6
Humour1
Realism4
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
animation, mystery, action & adventure, drama
Starring
Hiroki Touchi, Ayumi Fujimura, Akimitsu Takase, Megumi Toyoguchi, Tokuyoshi Kawashima, Toshihiko Seki, Daisuke Ono, Rokuro Naya
Cinematography
Misaki Horiuchi
Length
1 seasons, 13 episodes, 25 min each
Network
NHK BS1
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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