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Mōryō no Hako (TV)

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Alternative title:
Box of Goblins
魍魎の匣 (Japanese)
Plot Summary: 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. Meanwhile, Tōkyō police detective Shutaro Kiba searches for Kanako, despite Kanagawa police having jurisdiction; and the lawyer for the estate of Kanako's grandfather hires private investigator Reijiro Enokizu to find Kanako, as well. Their investigation uncovers bizarre truths and dark family secrets along the way.
User Ratings: 221 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 21 votes (sub:19, ?:1, raw:1)
 Excellent: 43 votes (sub:37, dub:2, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 55 votes (sub:47, ?:1, raw:1, dub:1, others:5
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Good: 35 votes (sub:31, raw:1, ?:1, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 28 votes (sub:26, others:2
1 Korean subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 14 votes (sub:14)
 Not really good: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Weak: 14 votes (sub:12, dub:1, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:2, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 514 users, rank: #2078 (of 9508)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.185 (Good+), std. dev.: 2.0965, rank: #2942 (of 9647)
Weighted mean: 7.135 (Good), rank: #2962 (of 9647) (seen all: 7.38 / seen some: 7.63 / won't finish: 4.41)
Bayesian estimate: 7.155 (Good), rank: #2689 (of 7268)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2008-10-07 to 2008-12-30
Opening Theme:
"Lost in Blue" by Nightmare
Ending Theme:
"Naked Love" by Nightmare
Official website:
NTV Official Site (Japanese)
Trivia: We have 1
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Ryosuke Nakamura
Series Composition: Sadayuki Murai
Script:
Sadayuki Murai (9 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-12 even, 13
)

Yoshinobu Fujioka (eps 5-11 odd)
Screenplay: Sadayuki Murai
Storyboard:
Hideo Hayashi (ep 10)
Hiroshi Hamasaki (eps 4, 7)
Kōjirō Tsuruoka (eps 2, 12)
Masayuki Kojima (eps 5, 8-9)
Morio Asaka (eps 6, 11)
Ryosuke Nakamura (eps 1-2, 13)
Tōru Takahashi (ep 3)
Episode Director:
Atsuko Ishizuka (ep 12)  (ep 13)
Hideo Hayashi (ep 10)
Hiromichi Matano (eps 4, 7, 11)
Hiroshi Tsuruta (ep 2)
Kōjirō Tsuruoka (eps 6, 12)
migmi (ep 5)
Mitsuko Kase (ep 8)
Ryosuke Nakamura (eps 1, 13)
Satoshi Nakagawa (ep 9)
Tōru Takahashi (ep 3)
Music: Shusei Murai
Original creator: Natsuhiko Kyōgoku
Original Character Design: CLAMP
Character Design: Asako Nishida
Art Director: Hidetoshi Kaneko
Chief Animation Director: Kunihiko Hamada (ep 3)
Animation Director:
Chie Nishizawa
Kazuya Saitō (ep 8)
Kunihiko Hamada (eps 9, 13)
Sound Director: Yasunori Honda
Director of Photography: Shinichi Igarashi
Producer:
Fuminori Hara (Madhouse)
Hiroyasu Asami (D.N. Dream Partners/NTV)
Hiroyuki Ueno (D.N. Dream Partners/NTV)
Mina Tsuchiya (Madhouse)
Mitsuru Ōshima (VAP)
Mitsuyasu Amano (D.N. Dream Partners/NTV)
Rieko Ono (D.N. Dream Partners/NTV)
Tadahiro Nagatomi (VAP)
Toru Horikoshi (D.N. Dream Partners/NTV)
Toshiharu Sakai (Madhouse)
Yuka Harada (D.N. Dream Partners/NTV)
Yuri Hasegawa (VAP)

Animation Cooperation: Kunihiko Hamada (ep 10)
Assistant Animation Director: Kunihiko Hamada (ep 5)
Background Scan: Hiroaki Satō
CG Production: Shunsuke Fukui
Color setting: Harue Ono
Finishing:
Jung Ah Lim (ep 6)
Kyung Ai Chung (ep 10)
Mi Yeon Lee (ep 6)
In-Between Animation:
Eun Mi Choi (ep 6)
Young Hee Jung (eps 6, 10)
Key Animation:
Akemi Kobayashi (OP)
Akiko Konno (eps 3, 5)
Akiko Tanada (ep 11)
Atsuko Takahashi (OP)
Atsuko Yamazaki (ep 3)
Chie Nishizawa (eps 6, 12)
Chihiro Hayashi (ep 1)
Chiyoko Sakamoto (ep 10)
Emi Sakamoto (ep 10)
Emiko Shimamura (ep 5)
Eriko Uchiyama (ep 6)
Etsushi Mori (ep 8)
Harumi Tsunoda (eps 5, 10)
Hideyuki Hoshina (ep 2)
Hironori Hano (eps 8-9)
Hisashi Mitsui (ep 4)
Hye Jung Jo (ep 2)
Junichi Hashimoto (ep 10)
Junko Abe (eps 3, 10)
Kazuko Shibata (eps 3, 6)
Kazuya Hayashi (ep 5)
Kazuyo Nakamura (ep 8)
Kazuyuki Fujita (eps 4, 11)
Kei Sakai (ep 9)
Kenichi Shimizu (ep 13)
Kōji Matsuyama (ep 5)
Kouhei Hashimoto (ep 11)
Kunihiko Hamada (OP)
Kyōhei Ōyabu (ep 8)
Mamiko Nakanishi (OP; ep 1)
Masahiko Matsuyama (ep 8)
Masaki Uchida (ep 5)
Masaru Kitao (OP; ep 1)
Mayumi Okamoto (ep 3)
Megumi Sakamoto (ep 1)
Michiko Noda (eps 5, 10)
Mieko Hosoi (ep 6)
Miho Aoki (OP; ep 3)
Miki Kato (ep 5)
Misato Ootani (ep 12)
Mitsumasa Kimura (ep 4)
Miyuki Nakamura (eps 5, 10)
Naoko Ozawa (ep 8)
Nobuhiro Mutō (ep 6)
Nobuko Sugino (OP; eps 1, 3, 6)
Nobuyuki Hata (ep 9)
Noriyuki Fukuda (ep 1)
Osamu Nuita (ep 9)
Rie Kaneko (ep 8)
Rie Kawai (ep 12)
Rie Ōmori (ep 4)
Rikako Sakaki (ep 5)
Sadatoshi Matsuzaka (ep 1)
Satomi Matsuura (ep 5)
Satoru Yamashita (eps 3, 5)
Shiro Okumura (ep 3)
Shūjirō Hamakawa (ep 10)
Tadahiro Hirakawa (ep 8)
Tadashi Shida (ep 2)
Takashi Igari (ep 5)
Takayuki Fukuda (ep 5)
Tomohiro Kawahara (ep 8)
Tomoko Fukui (ep 11)
Tomomi Murayama (ep 8)
Toshimi Tanaka (ep 4)
Toshiyuki Yoshioka (ep 10)
Yōko Nomura (ep 8)
Yoshie Kimoto (ep 3)
Yoshinori Kanemori (OP; ep 1)
Young Hoon Han (ep 2)
Yousuke Toyama (ep 6)
Yukihiro Kobayashi (ep 8)
Yumiko Tomiki (ep 10)
Yuri Takasaki (ep 5)
Yūta Masaki (eps 8-9)
Yutaka Minowa (ep 10)
Yuuko Kamiyama (ep 10)
Layout Animation Director: Kunihiko Hamada (ep 1)
Production Advancement: Wataru Kawagoe (eps 3, 6, 12)
Prop Design: Masahiro Kimura
Recording: Mitsuharu Ito
Recording Assistant: Miki Aragaki
Sound Effects: Shunya Wada
Theme Song Composition:
RUKA (OP)
Sakito (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
RUKA (OP)
YOMI (ED)
Theme Song Performance: Nightmare
Hidenobu Kiuchi as Tatsumi Sekiguchi
Hiroaki Hirata as Akihiko Chuzenji
Takaaki Seki as Shutaro Kiba
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Reijiro Enokizu

Aya Hisakawa as Yoko Yuzuki
Daisuke Namikawa as Morihiko Toriguchi
Haruka Tomatsu as Kanako Yuzuki
Junichi Suwabe as Bunzou Aoki
Mikako Takahashi as Yoriko Kusumoto
Tōru Furuya as Mysterious Man

Ai Horanai as Schoolgirl C (ep 1)
Akeno Watanabe as Sumi Nikaido (eps 6, 10)
Chika Sakamoto as Torakichi Yasukazu (eps 5, 8)
Chō as Hyouei Terada
Eiji Hanawa as Noriatsu Fuji (ep 5)
Haruka Kimura as Yoshimi Kakizaki (ep 4)
Hidenari Ugaki as Inspector Ishii
Hiromu Kondou as
Journalist A (ep 5)
Policeman (ep 4)
Young Detective (ep 11)
Hironori Kondō as Villager B (ep 7)
Hiroshi Naka as Gisuke Yoshimura (ep 6)
Hiroshi Yanaka as Shinkichi Imamura (ep 5)
Houko Kuwashima as Atsuko Chuzenji
Kazuyuki Ishikawa as Kuniharu Kinoshita (ep 10)
Ken Narita as Taro Suzaki (eps 3-4, 11)
Kenichi Morozumi as
Kiyono (ep 6)
Seino
Kenji Hamada as Kazunari Isama (ep 13)
Kenta Miyake as
Japanese Teacher (ep 1)
Worker (eps 3, 8)
Kiri Yoshizawa as Yoshimi's Mother (ep 4)
Kiyoko Nagaki as Chizuko Mifune (ep 5)
Komina Matsushita as Prostitute (ep 2)
Masahiko Tanaka as Koshiro Mimasaka
Masaki Aizawa as Shinzo Kawashima (eps 4, 8)
Masao Komaya as Shibata
Miho Miyagawa as
Female Clerk (ep 11)
Girl (eps 5-6, 12)
Kanako's Mother (ep 3)
Nurse (eps 2, 8)
Schoolgirl (ep 7)
Schoolgirl A (ep 9)
Schoolgirl B (ep 1)
Voice (ep 10)
Waitress A (ep 4)
Miki Nagasawa as Tamayo Koizumi (eps 4, 7)
Misa Watanabe as Ikuko Nagao (ep 5)
Motoi Koyanagi as
Journalist B (ep 5)
Station Staff (eps 1-2)
Terauchi (ep 4)
Veteran Detective (ep 11)
Natsuhiko Kyōgoku as Man in Black Clothes (ep 12)
Nobuyuki Furuta as Seiji Nakamura (ep 5)
Nobuyuki Hiyama as Noritada Amemiya
Rikiya Koyama as Sasagawa
Shinichirō Miki as Noriyuki Masuoka
Shoko Tsuda as Kimie Kusumoto
Takako Honda as Yukie Sekiguchi
Takaya Hashi as Tomoyoshi Fukurai
Takayuki Ayanogi as Servant (ep 7)
Takuma Suzuki as Rokusuke Kouda (eps 3, 11, 13)
Tamio Ohki as Kenjiro Yamakawa (ep 5)
Tomekichi Himuka as Villager A (ep 7)
Tomohisa Asō as Villager C (ep 7)
Yui Kano as
Boy (ep 6)
Nurse (eps 2-3)
Passerby (ep 11)
Schoolgirl (ep 8)
Schoolgirl A (ep 1)
Schoolgirl B (ep 9)
Waitress B (ep 4)
Yūji Ueda as Policeman Fukumoto
Yūko Minaguchi as Chizuko Chuzenji (eps 5-6, 9)
Yutaka Aoyama as Satomura
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Madhouse
Broadcaster: Nippon Television Network (2008-10-07)
CG Production: SUBARU
Music Collaboration: Nippon TV Music
Photography: Studio Twinkle
Production Cooperation:
Dangun Pictures (eps 4, 7, 11)
Studio Fantasia (eps 8-9)
Sunshine Corporation (ep 2)
Recording Studio: Toei Audio Visual Art Center
Sound Production: Arts Production
special effects: Team Taniguchi

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