Box of Goblins - Season 1 Episode 1 Five Death Omens of an Angel
Tatsumi Sekiguchi reads part of a transcript, titled "The Woman inside the Box" by Shunkō Kubo; and imagines himself as the story's protagonist. In it, he is traveling to his grandmother's funeral on a train with another man, who possessed a box containing the live head of a girl. In the main storyline, Kanako Yuzuki chooses classmate Yoriko Kusumoto to be her friend. Yoriko's mother, Kimie, believes Yoriko has been influenced by a mōryō, an evil spirit, when Yoriko begins taking nighttime strolls with Kanako. Kanako and Yoriko plan to go to Lake Sagami over summer break. On the night they leave, Yoriko witnesses Kanako crying, as well as a pimple on the back of her neck; both points perplex Yoriko. Soon after, Kanako is hit by the train on which detective Shutarō Kiba is traveling.
Year: 2008
Genre: Animation, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Studio: Nippon TV
Director:
Cast: Hiroaki Hirata, Hidenobu Kiuchi, Takaaki Seki, Toshiyuki Morikawa
Crew: YOMI (Theme Song Performance), Asako Nishida (Character Designer), Satoshi Terauchi (Editor), RUKA (Theme Song Performance), Hidetoshi Kaneko (Art Direction), Ni~ya (Theme Song Performance)
First Air Date: Oct 08, 2008
Last Air date: Dec 31, 2008
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 14 Episode
Runtime: 23 minutes
IMDb: 6.50/10 by 12.00 users
Popularity: 20.006
Language: Japanese
Keyword : 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