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Case Closed: The Culprit Hanzawa

2022 · 1 season

A breezy, silly spin-off that turns a faceless killer into a deadpan comic lead, easy to dip into for quick laughs.

Created by
Akira Yoshimura, Akira Yamada
Genres
Animation, Comedy, Mystery
Starring
Shouta Aoi, Inori Minase, Minami Takayama
Overview
A silhouetted suspect moves to the crime-infested town of Beika with murder in mind.

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  • Netflix
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Created by
Akira Yoshimura, Akira Yamada
Genres
Animation, Comedy, Mystery
Starring
Shouta Aoi, Inori Minase, Minami Takayama
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • obsession
  • identity
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • animated
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour7
Realism3
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
animation, comedy, mystery, crime
Created by
Akira Yoshimura, Akira Yamada, Hitomi Ezoe, Makiko Hayase, Masako Sato
Starring
Shouta Aoi, Inori Minase, Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Megumi Urawa, Rikiya Koyama, Megumi Hayashibara, Akira Ishida
Music
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Cinematography
Akemi Sasaki
Length
1 seasons, 12 episodes, 9 min each
Network
TOKYO MX
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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