Box of Goblins
Series Overview
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.
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1 Season • 14 Episodes
23 min per episode
2008 – 2008
Premiered: Wed, Oct 8, 2008
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Latest Aired Episode
Season 1, Episode 13: “A Box of All Manner of Spirits, or a Human”
Chūzenji continues recounting the series of events. The first severed limbs found, before Kanako's abduction, were Kanako's. After Suzaki took Kanako's head, Amemiya killed Suzaki and ran away with the head. Kubo met Amemiya on a train and saw Kanako's head alive inside the box. Kubo tried to keep the heads of other girls alive in a box for himself. Before he killed Yoriko, she told him about Mimasaka. Kubo wrote about it in "The Woman inside the Box", then went to Mimasaka, who performed the same procedure on Kubo. Mimasaka's project of implanting a human brain into a machine began when he tried to treat Kinuko's myasthenia. Mimasaka treated Kubo as simply another research subject. When the police try to arrest Mimasaka for what he did to Kubo, he grabs the box with Kubo's head and tries to escape with Yōko. Kubo bites Mimasaka in the neck and kills him, leading Yōko to kill Kubo. Kiba arrests Yōko for the murder of Kubo.
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Mouryou no Hako OP 魍魎の匣 オープニング
Type: Opening Credits • Published 2017-06-14
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Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Ryosuke Nakamura
Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Sadayuki Murai
Shusei Murai
Shinichi Igarashi
Satoshi Terauchi, Naoki Kawanishi
Department Leadership Roster
Shinichi Igarashi
Director of Photography
Satoshi Terauchi
Editor
Shusei Murai
Original Music Composer
Naoki Kawanishi
Editor
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TV-MA: Mature Audience Only — Specifically designed to be viewed by adults and unsuitable for children under 17.
International Certification Matrix
Mature Audience Only — Specifically designed to be viewed by adults and unsuitable for children under 17.
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What is Box of Goblins about?
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.
How many seasons does Box of Goblins have?
Box of Goblins comprises 1 season available to explore.
Who stars in Box of Goblins?
Key cast members in Box of Goblins include Hiroaki Hirata, Hidenobu Kiuchi, Takaaki Seki, Toshiyuki Morikawa.
Who created or directed Box of Goblins?
Box of Goblins was developed and directed by Ryosuke Nakamura.