TV series
Box of Goblins
2008, Japanese, on Nippon TV.
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.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 14
- Episode length
- 23 min
- Status
- Ended in 2008
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Latest episode
S1 E13: A Box of All Manner of Spirits, or a Human
Aired 31 December 2008
Seasons 1
Cast & crew
- Hiroaki HirataAkihiko Chuuzenji (voice) · 13 ep
- Hidenobu KiuchiTatsumi Sekiguchi (voice) · 13 ep
- Takaaki SekiKiba Shuutarou (voice) · 13 ep
- Toshiyuki MorikawaReijiro Enokizu (voice) · 13 ep
- Nobuyuki HiyamaNoritada Amemiya (voice) · 1 ep
- Showko TsudaKimie Kusumoto (voice) · 1 ep
- Rikiya KoyamaSasagawa (voice) · 1 ep
Details
- First aired
- 8 October 2008
- Last aired
- 31 December 2008
- Network
- Nippon TV
- Original title
- 魍魎の匣
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Type
- Scripted
- Rated
- TV-MA
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What Box of Goblins is based on
Box of Goblins is based on Mōryō no Hako, a novel by Natsuhiko Kyōgoku.
Novel
Mōryō no Hako
By Natsuhiko Kyōgoku
Source details from Wikidata and TMDB.
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Box of Goblins has 1 season and 14 episodes, about 23 minutes each.
Is Box of Goblins finished?
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Box of Goblins is rated TV-MA. Check the rating guidance before watching with young children.
What shows are like Box of Goblins?
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What is Box of Goblins based on?
Box of Goblins is based on Mōryō no Hako, a novel by Natsuhiko Kyōgoku.