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Box of Goblins

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.
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Cast

Hiroaki Hirata profile
Hiroaki Hirata

Akihiko Chuuzenji (voice)

Total episodes: 13

Hidenobu Kiuchi profile
Hidenobu Kiuchi

Tatsumi Sekiguchi (voice)

Total episodes: 13

Takaaki Seki profile
Takaaki Seki

Kiba Shuutarou (voice)

Total episodes: 13

Toshiyuki Morikawa profile
Toshiyuki Morikawa

Reijiro Enokizu (voice)

Total episodes: 13

Nobuyuki Hiyama profile
Nobuyuki Hiyama

Noritada Amemiya (voice)

Total episodes: 1

Showko Tsuda profile
Showko Tsuda

Kimie Kusumoto (voice)

Total episodes: 1

Rikiya Koyama profile
Rikiya Koyama

Sasagawa (voice)

Total episodes: 1

Hiroaki Hirata profile
Hiroaki Hirata

Akihiko Chuuzenji (voice)

Total episodes: 13

Hidenobu Kiuchi profile
Hidenobu Kiuchi

Tatsumi Sekiguchi (voice)

Total episodes: 13

Takaaki Seki profile
Takaaki Seki

Kiba Shuutarou (voice)

Total episodes: 13

Toshiyuki Morikawa profile
Toshiyuki Morikawa

Reijiro Enokizu (voice)

Total episodes: 13

Nobuyuki Hiyama profile
Nobuyuki Hiyama

Noritada Amemiya (voice)

Total episodes: 1

Showko Tsuda profile
Showko Tsuda

Kimie Kusumoto (voice)

Total episodes: 1

Rikiya Koyama profile
Rikiya Koyama

Sasagawa (voice)

Total episodes: 1

Extra

Release Date

October 8, 2008

Last air Date

December 31, 2008

Status

Ended

Original Language

Japanese

Networks

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seasons

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Season 1

Aired on: 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.

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