Season 1 poster

Season 1

(2008)

Overview

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.

Cast

Hiroaki Hirata as Akihiko Chuuzenji (voice)
Hiroaki Hirata

as Akihiko Chuuzenji (voice)

Hidenobu Kiuchi as Tatsumi Sekiguchi (voice)
Hidenobu Kiuchi

as Tatsumi Sekiguchi (voice)

Takaaki Seki as Kiba Shuutarou (voice)
Takaaki Seki

as Kiba Shuutarou (voice)

Toshiyuki Morikawa as Reijiro Enokizu (voice)
Toshiyuki Morikawa

as Reijiro Enokizu (voice)

Episodes

Five Death Omens of an Angel poster

Five Death Omens of an Angel 0.0

October 8, 2008

Tatsumi Sekiguchi reads part of a transcript, titled "The Woman inside the Box" by Shunkō Kubo; and imagines himself as…

The Raccoon's Trick poster

The Raccoon's Trick 0.0

October 15, 2008

Sekiguchi reads more of "The Woman inside the Box," imagining himself as the protagonist. In it, he attends his grandmo…

Incident of Euphoria poster

Incident of Euphoria 0.0

October 22, 2008

Kiba thinks about the events of the last few days. In a non-linear flashback, Fukumoto escorts the transfer of Kanako t…

The Kasha Incident poster

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October 29, 2008

Sekiguchi reads more of "The Woman inside the Box", imagining himself as the protagonist. In it, he dismembers girls an…

The Incident of Clairvoyance poster

The Incident of Clairvoyance 0.0

November 5, 2008

Sekiguchi reads a section of his own work titled "Vertigo" and imagines himself as the story's protagonist. In it, he p…

The Box Incident poster

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November 12, 2008

Atsuko interviews several kids in the area of the crimes. They all report seeing a man in dark clothes with white glove…

The Goblin Incident poster

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November 19, 2008

Sekiguchi reads more of "The Woman inside the Box," imagining himself as the protagonist. In it, he remembers being alo…

The Power of Language poster

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November 26, 2008

Sekiguchi reads more of "The Woman inside the Box," imagining himself as the protagonist. In it, he finishes filling hi…

Girl Dolls poster

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December 3, 2008

Shunkō Kubo is the gloved man. "The Woman inside the Box" is more a diary than a work of fiction. In flashback, Enokizu…

The Demon Incident poster

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December 10, 2008

A priest seals peoples' worries in stone shrines. The ascetic tries to stop it, but ends up joining the priest. Chūzenj…

Den of Evil poster

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December 17, 2008

On the way to visit Aoki, Chūzenji tells Sekiguchi, Toriguchi, and Enokizu that he worked with Mimasaka during the war,…

Regarding The Brain poster

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December 24, 2008

Sekiguchi reads a section of his own work, titled "Vertigo", and imagines himself as the story's protagonist. Sekiguchi…

A Box of All Manner of Spirits, or a Human poster

A Box of All Manner of Spirits, or a Human 0.0

December 31, 2008

Chūzenji continues recounting the series of events. The first severed limbs found, before Kanako's abduction, were Kana…