Layton Mystery Tanteisha: Katri no Nazotoki File

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Synonyms: LMDA, Layton Mystery Detective Agency: Kat's Mystery-Solving Files

Japanese: レイトンミステリー探偵社~カトリーのナゾトキファイル~

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Type: TV

Episodes: 50

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 8, 2018 to Mar 31, 2019

Premiered: Spring 2018

Broadcast: Sundays at 08:30 (JST)

Producers: Level-5

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: LIDENFILMS

Source: Game

Genres: Comedy, Mystery

Demographic: Kids

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG - Children

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Score: 7.26¹ (scored by 3,866 users)

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Ranked: #2982²

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Popularity: #5144

Members: 17,284

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Synopsis

The Layton Detective Agency, a business that helps its clients solve unusual mysteries, is run by Katrielle Layton—daughter of the world-renowned archaeology professor Hershel Layton. Together with her assistant Noah Montoir and talking dog Sherl, Katrielle finds herself unraveling cases involving a newly purchased cursed house, a dress imbued with a "demon's curse," and the zombie of a client's deceased spouse, just to name a few.

Aside from her more quirky cases, Katrielle has been working on another unsolved problem: the disappearance of her father. Founding the agency was only the first step in her attempt to uncover the truth behind his vanishing. As she continues to take on client after client, each with wackier and stranger issues to tackle, Katrielle steadily closes in on the answer to the biggest mystery of her life.

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Background

Based on Level 5's Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy game.

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Adaptation:	Layton Mystery Tanteisha: Katri no Nazotoki File (Manga)
Other:	Layton Kyouju to Eien no Utahime

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Characters & Voice Actors

Layton, Katrielle

Main

Hanazawa, Kana
Japanese

Montoir, Noah

Main

Ikeda, Kyousuke
Japanese

Royer, Geraldine

Main

Yamamura, Hibiku
Japanese

Sherl

Main

Kosugi, Juurouta
Japanese

Layton, Hershel

Supporting

Yamadera, Kouichi
Japanese

Triton, Luke

Supporting

Saitou, Souma
Japanese

Triton, Marina

Supporting

Seto, Asami
Japanese

Freud, Anne

Supporting

Ise, Mariya
Japanese

Aldebaran, Rufus

Supporting

Tsuda, Kenjirou
Japanese

Darjeeling, Aspoiro

Supporting

Tadano, Youhei
Japanese

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Staff

Hara, Hirokazu

Producer

Hino, Akihiro

Director, Series Composition, Original Creator

Mitsunaka, Susumu

Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation

Tanaka, Ryou

Sound Director

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Opening Theme

	1: "Change! (チェンジっ！)" by Kana Adachi (足立佳奈) (eps 1-25)
	2: "blooming" by Rei Yasuda (安田レイ) (eps 26-?)

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Ending Theme

	1: "Daijoubu (大丈夫)" by Kana Hanazawa (花澤香菜) (eps 1-25)
	2: "Ashita mo, Sekai wa Mawaru kara. (明日も、世界は回るから。)" by J☆Dee'Z (eps 26-?)

Reviews

Aug 12, 2022

Phoenixwright33

Recommended

As somebody who grew up with Curious Village as well as continued with all other 5 subsequent Professor Layton titles and the movie, this was a blast! There's a lot of average stuff in here but I definitely recommend watching the cases adapted from the game as well as the Relic's Treasure mini series which is related to the most recognizable characters in the series. Definitely a ton of interesting mysteries are featured and the art style is pretty good too. I think any fan of the Professor Layton franchise will enjoy watching this, especially the Relic's Treasure subseries within the story.

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Jun 9, 2019

hariskhwaja

Recommended

As a child I played through all of the Professor Layton games and as you can imagine my overall reaction to finding this series would be the same as any returning Layton fan.

Personally i believe this series does more than justice to the charm and delight of the Layton games.

The art remains the same, keeping the beautiful hand-drawn effect and the soundtrack keeps the same essence as the old but with touches of new aspects, enough to keep the ost from sounding boring and a staright rip from the games.

The plot similar to the Layton games themselves doesnt focus on a in-depth story, in in ...

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Apr 6, 2019

BluePikmin11

Recommended

As someone that has closely followed the Layton games for several years, the idea of a Layton anime series excited me. Though, I was a bit skeptical about watching it at first because I was mixed about 3DS Katrielle Layton game and its lack of proper closure to the main story. I watched and closely followed the series in the second half of 2018. The Katrielle Layton anime slowly became a source of happiness as I binged more of the episodes, eventually following the series week-by-week. This review is written from the perspective of a Layton fan, so some of the things I say might ... confuse you a bit.

Layton Mystery Detective Agency definitely was a fun anime throughout its whole run. The anime is basically an episodic mystery anime throughout its run, with occasionally focusing on the bigger mysteries. Katrielle's lovable personality was the main draw of the anime for me. Kana Hanazawa and Katrielle meld together to create a very entertaining anime. Her performance in the Layton anime is probably the most expressive I have ever heard out of all the anime characters she has played. It almost feels like Kana was given free reign, almost as if Kana was actively participating in the production of Layton anime alongside Level-5 to bring out the fullest extent of her blissfully good voice talents. Kana's defining voice for all of anime belongs to Katrielle in my opinion. Kana Hanazawa is Katrielle Layton.

There is also its unique aspect of making me as a viewer participate in the episodic mysteries. The show is carefully constructed in a way that makes me actively want to solve the mystery as the episode delves into its mystery more. There are a few episodic mysteries that felt jarringly illogical or poorly executed, but 80% of them were generally good. There is a frequent tendency to make me as a viewer cry when it comes to the resolutions, and that can be an issue sometimes. Some mysteries work well with the crying moments when the mystery/narrative are cohesively well-constructed, others are not so much.

As for my thoughts on the main story, it is pretty good. The main story is not so much a main focus, but I did not mind it personally because Katrielle Layton alone entertained me enough to keep watching each episode. The grand mystery felt more like an extra dessert, while the episodic mysteries were the main course. I was pretty surprised that the grand mystery was well-crafted and well-thought out. I think the story-based episodes could have slowed down the pacing so that I could be given time to form my own conclusions on the mysteries. It is not a big issue though.

As for other thoughts on the anime, I definitely wanted to see more of those kinds of episodes where it is focused on side-characters like Emiliana, Ernest, and the Inspector, the fun kind that extracts the wholesome, hilarious moments. The episodes that focused on Emiliana and Sherl singlehandedly made me like the characters on a whole new level. Surprisingly, more of the mysteries focus on the lesser side characters like the farm boy, the seven wealthy people, and the swirly hair genius. I think out of all minor character casts in the Layton series, they felt the most fleshed out. Some of the NPCs in Layton games, while they have charming designs, are pretty forgettable. I felt more closely connected to these "NPCs" (minor characters) and welcomed their reappearance when they returned for another episodic mystery. There is a good sense of world-building in that aspect that made me more invested. It makes me wish that the 3DS game had the complete story with these character explorations.

I am going to miss the anime series. I am dying for more Katrielle. I want the Layton anime to return so that Kana Hanazawa can voice her again. If another season of Layton comes, I hope the staff can improve in crafting episodic mysteries, while also integrating interesting character explorations for characters like Emiliana, Sherl and the Inspector. Katrielle and Ernest are pretty much fleshed out now as of this season, and now there is room to flesh out the other characters. Personally, I am more excited about the prospect of another season of Katrielle episodic mysteries than the idea of a Layton anime based on the six Layton games (A.K.A. what Ace Attorney is currently doing right now with its anime adaptation). Should the six game anime happen though, I hope Hino considers the idea of fleshing out Luke, Flora, Emmy, and Layton more than just doing a simple copy and paste. Give them some substantial character arcs.

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