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Neuro - Supernatural Detective (TV)



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Alternative title:
Demonic Detective Nougami Neuro 
Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro (Japanese) 
Private Evil-Eye Nougami Neuro 
魔人探偵 脳噛ネウロ (Japanese) 
마인탐정 노우가미 네우로 (Korean) 
Genres: supernatural 
Themes: police 
Objectionable content: Significant 
Copyright notice: ©Yusei Matsui / Shueisha © DNDP, VAP, Shueisha, Madhouse 
Plot Summary: Yako's father was murdered in a locked room. She then meets a man named Neuro Nougami who is a demon from Hell who eats "riddles." He forces Yako to act as a detective so he can solve mysteries. Neuro longs to eat the ultimate mystery. 
Ratings: 513 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 42 votes (sub:38, dub:1, raw:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 120 votes (sub:115, dub:4, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 138 votes (sub:117, dub:19, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 120 votes (sub:111, dub:2, ?:1, raw:1, others:5
3 Russian subtitled
2 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 47 votes (sub:41, dub:2, others:4
1 French subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 So-so: 15 votes (sub:15)
 Not really good: 10 votes (sub:10)
 Weak: 13 votes (sub:12, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 6 votes (sub:5, dub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 991 s, rank: #1248 (of 9998)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.589 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.686, rank: #1592 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 7.445 (Good+), rank: #1908 (of 10155) (seen all: 7.72 / seen some: 6.42 / won't finish: 4.20)
Bayesian estimate: 7.445 (Good+), rank: #1600 (of 7635)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 25 
Episode titles: We have 25
Vintage: 2007-10-02 to 2008-03-25 
Opening Theme:
"DIRTY" by Nightmare 
Ending Theme:
"Kodoku no Hikari" by Kagami Seira 
Official website:
NTV's Official Website (Japanese) 
魔人探偵脳噛ネウロ @ VAP (Japanese) 
Trivia: We have 3
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hiroshi Kōjina 
Series Composition: Satoshi Suzuki 
Script: Ryou Tamura (4 episodes
eps 3, 6, 18, 20
) 
Storyboard:
Tomohiko Ito (ED; ep 24)  (eps 7, 13, 19) 
Episode Director:
Tomohiko Ito (ep 24)  (4 episodes
eps 1, 7, 13, 19
) 
Unit Director:
Tomohiko Ito (ED) 
Music: Tomoki Hasegawa 
Original creator: Yūsei Matsui 
Character Design: Mika Takahashi (高橋美香) 
Art Director: Hidetoshi Kaneko 
Chief Animation Director:
Mika Takahashi 
Animation Director:
Toyoo Ashida (ep 6) 
Sound Director: Toshihiko Nakajima 

2nd Key Animation: Yūko Ishizaki (ep 22) 
Assistant Director: Tomohiko Ito 
Background Art: Hitoshi Nagasaki (Studio Wyeth; ep 1) 
Editing: Satoshi Terauchi 
Finish Animation: Nam Hee Lee (Kyung Kang ANIA; eps 2, 9, 14) 
In-Between Animation: Jeong-Hui Kim (DR MOVIE; 5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 9, 11, 24
) 
Key Animation:
Emiko Kataoka (4 episodes
eps 3, 8, 15, 23
)Takeshi Baba (6 episodes
eps 2, 5, 9, 14, 20, 25
)Tomoyuki Ōshita (ep 22) 
Recording: Fujio Yamada (Tricycle Studio) 
Sound Effects: Yasunori Ogata (Sound Box) 
Theme Song Performance:
Seira Kagami (ED) 
Kana Ueda as Yako Katsuragi 
Takehito Koyasu as Nougami Neuro 

Hidenobu Kiuchi as Usui Naohiro 
Hiroyuki Yoshino as Shinobu Godai 
Kōji Yusa as Eishi Sasazuka 
Kōsuke Toriumi as Jun Ishigaki 
Romi Park as Sai Kaitou (4 episodes
eps 7, 13, 24-25
) 

Akemi Okamura as Sakura Tsuyuki (ep 14) 
Akihiko Ishizumi as Kenji Yokoi 
Akio Ōtsuka as Masakage Shirota (ep 1) 
Anri Katsu as Hiroto Asanaga (eps 16-17) 
Asako Dodo as Announcer (ep 25) 
Aya Hisakawa as Yoshino Kuroo (ep 21) 
Chika Fujimura as Kanae Kagohara 
Daiki Nakamura as Hiroshi Kanno (ep 16) 
Daisuke Matsubara as Policeman (ep 13) 
Daisuke Namikawa as Kagayaki Ootsuka (ep 20) 
Eiji Maruyama as Old Man Genzou (ep 15) 
Emi Nakajima as
Flower Selling Girl (ep 23) 
Waitress (ep 22) 
Hiroki Yasumoto as Kouhei Tsukushi (ep 24) 
Hiroshi Yanaka as Kazushige Maguri (eps 12-13) 
Hiroyuki Amano as Wataru Doudou (ep 3) 
Hiroyuki Nakano as Chief Editor (Shounen Jump edit. dept; ep 25) 
Hisao Egawa as Souta Tsutsui 
Hisayoshi Suganuma as Junsa Saodake (ep 15) 
Junko Toyoda as Herself (Japanese news reporter) (ep 24) 
Kappei Yamaguchi as Masakatsu Washio (ep 5) 
Kazuki Yao as Saotome Kuniharu (ep 5) 
Kazuma Horie as Akira Horiguchi (ep 7) 
Kazuya Nakai as Noriyuki Ihara (ep 14) 
Keiichi Sonobe as Rarita Jones (ep 22) 
Kenyū Horiuchi as Tooru Ikeya (ep 20) 
Kikuko Inoue as Mio Kakei (eps 22-24) 
Kiyoko Nagaki as Waitress (ep 14) 
Komina Matsushita as Asami Naitou (ep 11) 
Kouji Watanabe as Director (ep 11) 
Masane Tsukayama as
Eisuke Harukawa (eps 16-19) 
HAL (eps 16-19) 
Megumi Toyoguchi as Yuka Eishiya (eps 12-13) 
Mikako Takahashi as Ruri Himemiya (ep 2) 
Minami Takayama as Aya Asia (eps 9-10) 
Mitsuaki Hoshino as Takanojou Migitsuma 
Miyuki Ichijō as Myou Eishiya (ep 12) 
Naoki Tatsuta as Shin'ichirou Kirihara (ep 15) 
Naoko Matsui as Kaoroko Noma (ep 11) 
Naomi Shindoh as Haruka Katsuragi (Yako's mother; ep 22) 
Nobuo Tobita as Itoda (eps 9-10) 
Nobuyuki Kobushi as Tadanobu Asada 
Nozomu Sasaki as Yuuya Higuchi (eps 16-19) 
Orie Kimoto as Mei Nishida (ep 11) 
Patrick Harlan as David Rice (ep 14) 
Rica Matsumoto as Ayumi Kaku 
Rikiya Koyama as Dokuta Kuroo (ep 21) 
Riko Sayama as Caster (ep 15) 
Ryuuta Morikawa as
Man (ep 21) 
Prison Guard (ep 22) 
Saeko Chiba as Shouko Hayami (ep 8) 
Sakito as Pedestrian (ep 17) 
Sanae Kobayashi as Setsuna Honjou (ep 19) 
Sayaka Narita as Salesperson (ep 20) 
Shiho Kawaragi as Shiho Ezaki (eps 16-17) 
Shihou Komatsu as Boy (ep 23) 
Shōzō Iizuka as Professor Kamata (eps 22-23) 
Susumu Chiba as Charango Kuwabatake (eps 23-24) 
Tadahisa Saizen as Pedro Nishikawa (eps 23-25) 
Takeharu Ōnishi as
Junichi Atsugi (ep 16) 
Seiichi Katsuragi (Yako's dad; ep 25) 
Tetsu Inada as Rijin Maguri (eps 12-13) 
Tetsuo Gotō as Mizumi Eishiyato 
Tomokazu Seki as Takayasu Mozu (ep 6) 
Tomoko Kawakami as Ranko Ikeda (ep 14) 
Tomoyuki Shimura as Inspector Hideyasu (ep 15) 
Toshiko Fujita as Yoshie Iriyama 
Udo Suzuki as Tarou Manbuku 
Unshō Ishizuka as Yūsuke Sugita 
Yasuyuki Kase as
Touko Eishiya (ep 13) 
Yasuji Maguri (eps 12-13) 
Yōichi Nishijima as Boy (ep 23) 
Yūichi Nakamura as Tetsuyuki Homura (ep 16) 
Yūko Sanpei as Eri Hoshino (ep 21) 
Yūsei Matsui as Manga Artist (actual manga-ka; ep 25) 
Yutaka Aoyama as Togashi (ep 23) 
Yutaka Kouno as Kakari Fukubiki (ep 14) 
Zenki Kitajima as Tamotsu Mizoguchi (ep 15) 
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Triple A 
Animation Production: Madhouse 
Animation Production Cooperation: Studio Live 
Background Art:
Vega Entertainment 
Background Scan: Scan-ya 
Broadcaster:
YTV (2008-01-14) 
Finish Animation:
Vega Entertainment 
In-Between Animation:
Vega Entertainment 
Key Animation:
Sunrise 
Photography:
Vega Digital 
Production:
VAP 
Production Cooperation:
J.C.F. (7 episodes
eps 4, 6, 10, 12, 16-17, 21
) 
Vega Entertainment (4 episodes
eps 3, 8, 15, 23
) 
special effects: Team Taniguchi 
Sub-Character Design: Studio Live 
English companies
English staff
(none)
Internet Streaming:
VizAnime 
Licensed by: Viz Media 
English cast
(none)

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