Vatican Kiseki Chousakan (Vatican Miracle Examiner)

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English: Vatican Miracle Examiner

Japanese: バチカン奇跡調査官

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 7, 2017 to Sep 22, 2017

Premiered: Summer 2017

Broadcast: Fridays at 22:30 (JST)

Producers: WOWOW, Lantis, Media Factory, Kadokawa Shoten, Movic, KBS, KlockWorx, Kadokawa Media House, Kadokawa Daiei Studio

Licensors: Sentai Filmworks

Studios: J.C.Staff

Source: Novel

Genres: Mystery, Supernatural, Drama

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 6.43¹ (scored by 10,683 users)

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Ranked: #6103²

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Popularity: #2113

Members: 34,570

Favorites: 68

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Vatican City—Holy Land of the Catholics. Amidst the land, there is an organization that conducts rigorous investigations on "claims of miracles" from all over the world to ascertain their credibility. The organization is referred to as "Seito no Za" (Assembly of Saints) and the priests that belong there are called miracle investigators. Robert Nicholas, an ancient archive and cryptanalysis expert is partnered and good friends with Hiraga Josef Kou, a genius scientist. Together, the brilliant duo investigates the "miracles" and uncovers the incidents and conspiracies hidden behind them.

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Hiraga, Josef Kou

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Okamoto, Nobuhiko
Japanese

Nicholas, Robert

Main

Suwabe, Junichi
Japanese

Priest Julia

Supporting

Yusa, Kouji
Japanese

Di Luca, Lauren

Supporting

Saitou, Souma
Japanese

Hiraga, Ryouta

Supporting

Yonaga, Tsubasa
Japanese

Simeon, Thomas

Supporting

Shimazaki, Nobunaga
Japanese

Marlene

Supporting

Nakamura, Chie
Japanese

Diego, Carlos

Supporting

Sagara, Nobuyori
Japanese

Saskins, Bill

Supporting

Yasumoto, Hiroki
Japanese

Archbishop Saul

Supporting

Ebara, Masashi
Japanese

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Yonetani, Yoshitomo

Director

Iwanami, Yoshikazu

Sound Director

Minakami, Seishi

Script, Series Composition

Ikami, Takayo

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"MYSTERIUM" by SCREEN mode

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"Sacrament (サクラメント)" by Nobuhiko Okamoto

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Sep 24, 2017

12 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 2

Plasmatize (All reviews)

34 people found this review helpful

The fierce orange glow of lit candles shatters the cold darkness of the night. A group of strange hooded figures circle around the Ouija board, put forth their hands and begin their chant. Suddenly, a guard picks up on the sight, boldly confronting them with a blinding blue flashlight as they run off. “Damn brats! Playing demon rituals again, huh?” The guard continues his work. Craving a drink, he enters the large, creaky door of the chapel.

He gasps.

DRAMATIC MUSIC rings out as he stands at the entrance gawking at something-or-other?! Several awkward seconds pass before the cameraman remembers he’s supposed to be showing what read more

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Sep 23, 2017

12 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 7

GMoney84 (All reviews)

32 people found this review helpful

This is actually my very first review so bear with me.
-No spoilers in this review

Vatican Miracle examiner is quite unique for an anime in that it explores Christianity, and more specifically Catholicism. There are a few other I won't bother naming, but this one does it quite well I think. It manages to present interesting plot arcs and stories that explore the idea of holy miracles but at the same it doesn't to shove it's religion in your face. What I mean is that anyone who isn't Christian can enjoy this show without ever feeling uncomfortable or offended.

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Sep 24, 2017

12 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 7

PaladinAlchemist (All reviews)

21 people found this review helpful

Vatican Kiseki Chousakan is a guilty pleasure watch. It’s wildly fun and falls somewhere between “so bad it’s good” and “better than it deserves to be.”

Before I start picking Vatican apart, I want to say up front that, despite all the faults, it’s a lot of fun to watch. The eerie atmosphere and easy-to-like lead characters help make this anime more enjoyable, but what really makes it stand out (for better or worse) is the crazy plots and break-neck pace.

Anime often flirts with Christianity, usually through very liberal use of well-known imagery or characters (like the devil), but hardly ever in a semi-realistic light. So I was curious to see what Vatican would do with it.

Thankfully, instead of just having exorcists stand in gothic cathedrals hunting down famous demons, Vatican incorporated other, creepier, and less well-known Christian mysteries including things like stigmata and incorruptible corpses. As someone who’s fascinated with that sort of mystery, it was a lot of fun seeing an anime deal with it.

Likewise, our two priest characters were a refreshing change from the “hard boiled” priests about to give up on their faith or the “I’m just in it for the power” type priest characters Western media can’t seem to get enough of. Instead, Father Nicholas and Hiraga seem to actually believe in the religion they’re part of - which is nice. The anime actually strikes a good balance between letting their faith play a role in their motivations, but never getting preachy.

Even outside of comparisons to their Western counterparts, Hiraga and Nicholas are both intelligent, decent people. At first, they start a little too plain (especially Nicholas), but later both continue to develop as the story progresses. They’re also heavily ship-teased, which is always a plus for me.

Father Hiraga and Nicholas could’ve been even better characters if the anime ever gave them a chance to breathe. The anime moves at a breakneck pace most of the time, quickly jumping from one conversation to the other. Unfortunately, instead of actually seeing anyone solve any mysteries, we mostly get bombarded with characters summarizing their findings and given brief flashbacks showing them investigating while they’re talking. Information is often coming at you constantly, never really giving the viewer enough time to really immerse in any one scene.

The solutions to the mysteries are either the best or worst part of the show pending your personal opinion. Why? Because they’re usually just barely within the realm of plausibility. This applies to the overall mysteries and the smaller ones. I have a healthy imagination, but at times, even I was left wondering “uh, what?”

However, I don’t think this detracts from the story. I found the crazy theories and solutions and the almost unbelievably fast solutions our MCs came to a thrill to discover alongside them, because you never knew what would happen next.

This aspect is where the “so bad it’s good” comes into play. Not everyone will enjoy it and might get frustrated by how out-there things can get, but, for me, it took the story from what would’ve been a generic mystery show to something that stands out. It’s up to the viewer to decide if it stands out in a good way or a bad one.

The setting is cool and somewhat unique for anime, and the characters are solid enough to invest in. Sadly, the anime is weighed down heavily by it’s major pacing issues that keep it from being the fully immersive experience it should’ve been, but makes up for some of that with it’s crazy solutions that save it from being generic - for better or worse - you decide.

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Jan 5, 2019

12 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 5

Magnif-Steiner (All reviews)

3 people found this review helpful

Vatican Miracle Examiner is the bravest anime in recent times for daring to show a Jewish secret organisation fighting the racism, bigotry and evil of the anti-Semitic remnants of the Nazis that migrated with Adolf Hitler to Argentina.

In the current political climate of bigoted, racist, alt-right radicals, Vatican Miracle Examiner touches upon very taboo subjects and challenges the political narrative run by the alt-right to show the truth of the situation.

It is a show with a diverse cast and it embraces the ideas of rabbis. For all the good that this show has done, it still manages to fail by giving legitimacy to read more

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