buddhism,detective,based on novel or book,journalism,kidnapping,blackmail,police,supernatural,murder,unrequited love,religion,post war,seinen,neo-noir,japanese mythology,shinto,anime,psychological

Box of Goblins (2008)

Poster for Box of Goblins

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
  • Profile picture of Hiroaki Hirata
    Akihiko Chuuzenji (voice) Hiroaki Hirata
  • Profile picture of Hidenobu Kiuchi
    Tatsumi Sekiguchi (voice) Hidenobu Kiuchi
  • Profile picture of Takaaki Seki
    Kiba Shuutarou (voice) Takaaki Seki
  • Profile picture of Toshiyuki Morikawa
    Reijiro Enokizu (voice) Toshiyuki Morikawa
Poster for Season 1

Season 1

2008

13 episodes

Season 1 of Box of Goblins premiered on October 9, 2008

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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Keywords

  • buddhism
  • detective
  • based on novel or book
  • journalism
  • kidnapping
  • blackmail
  • police
  • supernatural
  • murder
  • unrequited love
  • religion
  • post war
  • seinen
  • neo-noir
  • japanese mythology
  • shinto
  • anime
  • psychological