Box of Goblins

Box of Goblins

2008
★★★☆☆ 6.3/10
📺 1 Season
🎬 14 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 JA
⏱️ 23 min/episode
AnimationCrimeMystery
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.

Seasons

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.

Cast

Hiroaki Hirata
Hiroaki Hirata
Akihiko Chuuzenji (voice)
Hidenobu Kiuchi
Hidenobu Kiuchi
Tatsumi Sekiguchi (voice)
Takaaki Seki
Takaaki Seki
Kiba Shuutarou (voice)
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Reijiro Enokizu (voice)

Network

Nippon TV

Production

Madhouse

Keywords

buddhismdetectivebased on novel or bookjournalismkidnappingblackmailpolicesupernaturalmurderunrequited love