Summary
The story revolves around Hiroshi Inaba, a private detective, and part-wolf-part-human being who was created artificially. Hiroshi runs his own detective agency and solves cases with the help of his cross-dressing secretary Yuuta, and Kei, a "relatively normal" teenager. The plot centres on Hiroshi and the gang trying to arrest his arch-nemesis Don Valentino, a mastermind goat with a taste for money (literally).
Good for
- Friends night
- Party vibe
- Teens
Where to watch
Not streaming in United States. Where it is:
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 64GoodWatch 67
IMDb6.4
Time to watch it all
4 h 48 min
12 episodes, about 24 min each
An episode a night: about 2 weeks.
Reach
Streams in 19 countries
+9First aired
2013
January 4, 2013
Ended 2013
Genres
Action & AdventureAnimationComedyLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
Rated
- TV-14United States
Not for young kids: it's rated TV-14 in the United States for strong language and violence, and the viewing guide lists it for teens and adults.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightParty VibePartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBinge-FriendlyDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 5 moreDirecting · 1
- Jouji Furuta Director, Storyboard Artist
Production · 5
- Makoto Nakamura Producer
- Fuminori Yamazaki Producer
- Noritomo Isogai Producer
- Kazuya Takahashi Producer
- Shinsaku Tanaka Producer
Camera · 1
- Toshikazu Hisano Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Junichi Uematsu Editor
Sound · 1
- Yuki Nara Original Music Composer
Art · 1
- Toshiyuki Tokuda Art Direction
Other crew · 8
- Satoshi Koike Supervising Animation Director, Character Designer
- Makoto Nakamura Series Composition
- Masakazu Sunagawa Action Director
- Noritaka Suzuki Art Designer
- Gou Wakabayashi Music Producer
- Shin Inoie Special Effects
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