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Production I.G Unveils Kabukichō Sherlock TV Anime's Main Cast, Characters, Promo, Final Title

by Gokousahil November 08 2018

The official website for Production I.G's next original television anime project unveiled the project's main cast, character profiles, first promotional video, and finalized title: Kabukichō Sherlock.

Text: Kabukichō Sherlock
Text: The setting …
Text: Shinjuku Ward's Kabukichō District
Text: A new original TV animation
Text: Launches
Text: Director: Ai Yoshimura
Text: Series Script Supervisor: Taku Kishimoto
Text: Character Design: Toshiyuki Yahagi
Text: Katsuyuki Konishi as Sherlock Holmes
Text: Yūichi Nakamura as John H. Watson
Text: TV anime starts airing in 2019!

The main cast are

Katsuyuki Konishi as Sherlock Holmes, a detective of love relationship cases who loves rakugo

Yūichi Nakamura as John H. Watson, an ordinary client

he other characters include:

James Moriarty, an impudent, brilliant high school student

Mary Morstan, a girl detective

Lucy Morstan, a "handsome" detective who works as a team with Mary

Michel Belmont, a former police investigator and a detective of gambling cases

Toratarō Kobayashi, a former yakuza member turned detective

Mrs. Hudson, "the Great Mother of Kabukichō"

Pipe, Mrs. Hudson's giant cat

The website describes the story:

The East Side of Shinjuku Ward … The neon-lit Kabuki-chō district stretches across the center of this chaotic city. Where light shines, there are also deep shadows. Yet even deep in this darkness where evildoers lurk, the light of a detective tenement shines. The tenement run by Mrs. Hudson has seven peculiars, shady individuals.

The curtains have risen on this stage on the night when a bizarre murder by Jack the Ripper has occurred. Is this suspense? No, comedy? An indistinguishable drama is about to begin….

Ai Yoshimura (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, Dance with Devils) is directing, and Taku Kishimoto (Joker Game, 91 Days, ERASED ) is in charge of the series scripts. Toshiyuki Yahagi (Joker Game, Persona 5 the Animation -The Day Breakers-) is designing the characters.

Sources: Kabukichō Detective anime's official website, MoCa News