Kyôsuke Mikuriya

  • Kyôsuke Mikuriya & Hayao Miyazaki – Meitantei Holmes AKA Sherlock Hound (1984-1985)

    1981-1990AnimationHayao MiyazakiJapanKyôsuke MikuriyaTV

    Before he went on to create Totoro and Studio Ghibli, Miyazaki captured a whole generation of children’s imaginations with his retelling of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries using a loveable cast of canines. Sherlock Hound, released as either Famous Detective Holmes or Detective Holmes in Japan, is an anime based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes series where all the characters are depicted as anthropomorphic animals, the majority dogs, though Holmes is a fox and his enemy Professor Moriarty is a wolf. The show featured regular appearances of Jules Verne-steampunk style technology, adding a 19th-century science-fiction atmosphere to the series.Read More »

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