Meitantei Holmes (Sherlock Hound)

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English: Sherlock Hound

Synonyms: Famous Detective Holmes

Japanese: 名探偵ホームズ

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Type: TV

Episodes: 26

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Nov 6, 1984 to May 21, 1985

Premiered: Fall 1984

Broadcast: Unknown

Producers: None found, add some

Licensors: Discotek Media, Geneon Entertainment USA

Studios: Studio Gallop, TMS Entertainment

Source: Novel

Genres: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Comedy, Police

Duration: 25 min. per ep.

Rating: G - All Ages

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Score: 7.43¹ (scored by 2,083 users)

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Ranked: #1924²

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Popularity: #4844

Members: 6,195

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Fall 1984TVStudio Gallop, TMS Entertainment

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Loosely based on the "Sherlock Holmes" series by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Hound turns all the classic characters into dogs. The canine Sherlock Holmes, his assistant Watson, and housemaid Mrs. Hudson work together to solve mysteries. The culprit is usually Professor Moriarty and his gang, who use all kinds of wacky contraptions to steal what they want.

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Alternative version:

Meitantei Holmes: Aoi Ruby no Maki / Kaitei no Zaihou no Maki, Meitantei Holmes: Mrs. Hudson Hitojichi Jiken no Maki / Dover Kaikyou no Daikuuchuusen no Maki

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Holmes, Sherlock

Main

Hirokawa, Taichirou
Japanese

Moriarty, Professor

Main

Otsuka, Chikao
Japanese

Watson

Main

Tomita, Kousei
Japanese

Hudson, Mary

Supporting

Ichiryuusai, Harumi
Japanese

Polly

Supporting

Tanaka, Mayumi
Japanese

Museum Director

Supporting

Ueda, Toshiya
Japanese

Frenchman

Supporting

Muramatsu, Yasuo
Japanese

Gingham President

Supporting

Kitamura, Kouichi
Japanese

Silver Blaze Captain

Supporting

Fujimoto, Yuzuru
Japanese

Natsume, Kinnosuke

Supporting

Hayami, Show
Japanese

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Miyazaki, Hayao

Director, Episode Director, Script, Storyboard

Okuda, Seiji

Episode Director

Tomisawa, Nobuo

Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation

Mizutani, Takaya

Episode Director

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"Sora kara Kobareta Story (空からこぼれたSTORY)" by Da Capo

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"Thames-Kawa no Dance (テームズ河のDANCE)" by Da Capo

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Nov 12, 2011

26 of 26 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

eillart (All reviews)

28 people found this review helpful

I’m pretty sure that even those of you who are not familiar with the detective genre have heard the name Sherlock Holmes. A truly brilliant sleuth, a master of deduction, an expert in chemistry, a talented violinist – he is by far the most famous fictitious detective, a real icon if I may put it that way.

Imagine my excitement, as both an anime and Holmes’ fan, when I learned about the existence of ‘Meitantei Holmes’. As you may already have guessed, I immediately put it on my ‘to-watch’ list with a top priority. And soon enough, I watched it. And what I watched was… something completely different from what I had expected.

The first thing that alerted me was the canine appearance of the characters. But really, I have seen much weirder ideas put to a good use – as long as characters acted like humans, I won’t mind their looks whatever they are. So, in the end, it didn’t bother me very much.

What bothered me much more is that instead of faithful adaptations of original stories I received a set of action-packed (with almost no detective intrigue), somewhat childish episodes with dog Holmes thrown into. The only Holmes’ stories I can think of that were adapted into this anime are ‘Sign of the Four’ and ‘The Engineer’s Thumb’, but the anime follows the plot so loosely, that almost nothing was left.

Holmes’s nemesis, Professor Moriarty, is introduced early – and since his appearance, ‘Meitantei Holmes’ is nothing but a constant fight between the two. Basically, every episode goes like this: Moriarty comes up with an evil(though not very clever) plan, soon he sets his plan into action, everybody is in the state of a panic, but Holmes sees through ingenious villain’s plot and destroys it, in the end everyone’s happy(except for the Professor, of course). Luckily(or unfortunately for those who wanted more variety in the series), Moriarty doesn’t let anime end because he escapes at the very last moment – to return in the next episode.

As you can see, instead of real(at least more realistic) crimes, questioning of suspects, evidence gathering and deducing the truth behind the cases we received a light-hearted anime with a soft atmosphere where good always takes over evil. Obviously, it feels more like fairy-tale than a detective.

Why did it turn out like this? There are multiple reasons for that: clearly the authors had in mind from the beginning to make this into a family-friendly anime, and Conan Doyle stories weren’t suitable for that; the involvement of Italian animators may have also had its influence; Miyazaki, who took part in the making of this anime(he directed only six episodes, though) was also changing his style from lupin-esque to more ghibli-esque – so everything came together.

But all my criticism doesn’t mean that the anime is bad. One thing is for sure – thanks to the involvement of Italians, we got wonderful artistic style and great animation – a feature very rare in the 1980s anime due to low production costs. Visually, ‘Meitantei Holmes’ looks better than most titles of the nineties.

The series is sure fun to watch. It has good production values, nice and warm atmosphere, beautiful Victorian setting, decent cast of characters. Obviously, it is one of the best ways to introduce children to Holmes(however, it doesn’t mean that adults can’t enjoy it).

Overall, ‘Meitantei Holmes’ is a good and somewhat unique anime – seriously, where else can you see canine Mrs. Hudson participating in an aeroplane chase?! – that is definitely worth checking out. My opinion of it changed while watching from a rather cold attitude(I’m a detective purist, after all) to a much warmer one after I adjusted my expectations properly.
So, all in all, ‘Meitantei Holmes’ is a good and worthwhile anime that can be recommended to anyone who’s into old anime – just don’t expect real Holmesian mysteries from it, and I’m sure you will find it enjoyable in more ways than one.

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Jul 25, 2012

26 of 26 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 6

angelsreview (All reviews)

9 people found this review helpful

I love this anime ever since I got it from my local Library. I found it by accident while looking for a different video (which seemed to not actually be there) and so picked it up.

At first, I thought this was going to be serious like all the other Sherlock Homes creations out there but this is like a children’s version of the story. It feels strange to see Professor Moriarty actually taking part in the crimes instead of just having his henchmen doing it. It pulls away a lot from the normal story line with the difference that each show can pretty much read more

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Apr 24, 2017

20 of 26 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

akalia21 (All reviews)

2 people found this review helpful

Preliminary

I’m pretty sure if the Character has been a human it's will be one of greatest anime in the history everything is good but the Character and store is kiddy .

Art ‘Meitantei Holmes’ is the best things i like it, thanks to the involvement of Italians, we got wonderful artistic style and great animation,Meitantei Holmes’ looks better than most titles of the nineties.
when i saw it in first time in aonther recommendations i thinking it's for children, but if you like sharlok you will be like ‘Meitantei Holmes’ .
the Sound and music, i really liked the music it's not mannered .
Overall i read more

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