Kemono Jihen ·怪物事変

When a series of animal bodies that rot away after a single night begin appearing in a remote mountain village, Inugami, a detective from Tokyo who specializes in the occult, is called to investigate. While working the case, he befriends a strange boy who works in the field every day instead of going to school. Shunned by his peers and nicknamed “Dorotabo” after a yokai that lives in the mud, he helps Inugami uncover the truth behind the killings — but supernatural forces are at work, and while Dorotabo is just a nickname, it might not be the only thing about the boy that isn’t human.

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Animation
Mystery
Action & Adventure
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Created By

First Aired on

Jan 10, 2021

1 seaons till Mar 28, 2021

Popularity: 5.842
109 votes
Networks
(JP)
Production

Ajiado (JP)Bandai Namco Arts (JP)Frontier Works (JP)Shueisha (JP)YTE (JP)JTB Next Creation (JP)Lantis (JP)

Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: Kemono Incidents

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 12 episodes

Season 1

Aired

12 Episodes
  • Episode 1Kabane24 min

    Kohachi Inugami, a detective specializing in supernatural matters, is hired to investigate some animal mutilations in a rural village. His investigation leads to an unusual boy, nicknamed “Dorotabo,” who is ostracized by the other villagers.

  • Episode 2The Kemonoist24 min

    Kabane meets Akira and Shiki, two other Kemono who work for Inugami, and he and Shiki get off to a rocky start. The office is called out to deal with an incident where a mother and her son are set upon by a supernatural infestation in their home.

  • Episode 3Foxes24 min

    Superintendent Inari of the Shinjuku Police Station, a kitsune Kemono herself, asks Kabane to come to her station to introduce himself. But when Inari asks to see his lifestone, it becomes evident that she has an ulterior motive for the visit.

  • Episode 4Mission24 min

    The office members help a love-stricken client track down the object of his affection, and Kabane learns a lesson about love. Akira decides to pattern himself after Kabane, and the two are assigned to investigate a deadly case on the Shibuya River.

  • Episode 5Intrusion24 min

    A longtime acquaintance of Inugami, the vampire Mihai, has been staying at the office. Kabane and the others unexpectedly end up in an arm-wrestling competition with him, but are outclassed by the extraordinary vampiric power that he possesses.

Crew & Team

Nozomi Tachibana立花希望

Character Designer

Emiko Endo遠藤江美子

Supervising Animation Director

Yuki Nishioka西岡夕樹

Supervising Animation Director

Yuki Miyamoto宮本雄岐

Mechanical & Creature Designer

Naomi Nakano中野尚美

Color Designer

Yuki Miyamoto宮本雄岐

Opening/Ending Animation

Rie Nishino西野理恵

Opening/Ending Animation

Yuki Nishioka西岡夕樹

Opening/Ending Animation

Asami Ota

Opening/Ending Animation

Shuuhei Yamamoto山本周平

Opening/Ending Animation

Shinpei Matsuo松尾晋平

Opening/Ending Animation

Emiko Endo遠藤江美子

Opening/Ending Animation

Yoshiaki Yanagida柳田義明

Opening/Ending Animation

Keiichiro Saito斎藤圭一郎

Opening/Ending Animation

Yuuichi Nakajima中島裕一

Opening/Ending Animation

Takahito Nakazawa仲澤崇仁

Opening/Ending Animation

Nozomi Tachibana立花希望

Opening/Ending Animation

Etsuko Miura三浦悦子

Opening/Ending Animation

Hanako Egami江上華子

Opening/Ending Animation

Kaori Yuma

Opening/Ending Animation

Yuta Murano村野佑太

Opening/Ending Animation

Masaya Fujimori藤森雅也

Opening/Ending Animation

Nozomi Tachibana立花希望

Supervising Animation Director

Yuki Miyamoto宮本雄岐

Animation Director

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