Shinrei Tantei Yakumo (Psychic Detective Yakumo)

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Synonyms: Shinrei Tantei Yakumo

Japanese: 心霊探偵八雲

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Type: TV

Episodes: 13

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 3, 2010 to Dec 26, 2010

Premiered: Fall 2010

Broadcast: Unknown

Producers: NHK, Sogo Vision, NHK-BS2

Licensors: Sentai Filmworks

Studios: Bee Train

Source: Novel

Genres: Horror, Mystery, Supernatural

Themes: Adult Cast, Detective

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.31¹ (scored by 54,974 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #2459²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #1578

Members: 130,424

Favorites: 538

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Haruka Ozawa's sophomore year is getting seriously scary. One of her friends is possessed, another has committed suicide and Haruka could be the next one to flunk the still-breathing test. Her only way out of this potentially lethal dead end? Yakumo Saito, an enigmatic student born with a mysterious red eye that allows him to see and communicate with the dead. But the deceased don't always desist and some killers are more than ready to kill again to keep dead men from telling any more tales. That doesn't stop Haruka's knack for digging up buried secrets, and there's even more evidence of bodies being exhumed by both Yakumo's police contact and an investigative journalist with a newly made corpse in her closet! Can this pair of anything but normal paranormal detectives solve the ultimate dead case files or will they end up in cold storage themselves?

(Source: Sentai Filmworks)

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Characters & Voice Actors

Saitou, Yakumo

Main

Ono, Daisuke
Japanese

Ozawa, Haruka

Main

Fujimura, Ayumi
Japanese

Gotou, Kazutoshi

Main

Touchi, Hiroki
Japanese

Saitou, Nao

Supporting

Koshimizu, Ami
Japanese

Hijikata, Makoto

Supporting

Toyoguchi, Megumi
Japanese

Miyagawa, Eriko

Supporting

Minagawa, Junko
Japanese

Saitou, Unkai

Supporting

Takase, Akimitsu
Japanese

Saitou, Isshin

Supporting

Seki, Toshihiko
Japanese

Kinoshita, Eiichi

Supporting

Yusa, Kouji
Japanese

Saitou, Azusa

Supporting

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Muraoka, Hideaki

Producer

Kurokawa, Tomoyuki

Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Takadera, Takeshi

Sound Director

Kawatsura, Shinya

Episode Director, Storyboard

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Opening Theme

	1: "Key -Phase 1-" by Jangled Cat (Daisuke Ono) (eps 1-3)
	2: "Key -Phase 2-" by Jangled Cat (Daisuke Ono) (eps 4-6)
	3: "Key -Phase 3-" by Jangled Cat (Daisuke Ono) (eps 7-13)

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"Missing You" by Lisa Komine

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Dec 28, 2010

8thSin

Not Recommended

'Shinrei Tantei Yakumo' ('Psychic Detective Yakumo') is about Yakumo, an university student and private detective, who has a red left eye that lets him see ghosts and spirits.

The premise and atmosphere of this show is very similar to 'Ghost Hunt', just that the good guys have no offensive super powers, and the ghosts and spirits are directly harmless. The basic format of the show begins with Haruka asking Yakumo to investigate on a case, he takes a look at the scene, ask for help from allies (police detectives, journalist, priest etc), and puts the spirits at ease after a showdown. At the same time, there ... is another parallel story of a group of villains watching Yakumo's move and plotting a evil scheme.

The introduction was done very well, the characters seemed very interesting, but it seemed to be downhill from there instead of picking up in pace and intensity.

One thing I liked about the story was that it focuses on human beings despite being a show about ghosts. Instead of senseless showcase of super powers, Yakumo and company actually trace back the problems like a real detective, and also focuses on the issue of discrimination he faces for being different. The problem was that none of the cases were particularly interesting nor memorable, and the showdowns are rather anticlimatic. Even the main and final case was severely underdeveloped, as we still don't know the reason "red eyed man" became a spirit, why he had the ghost-seeing red eyes, or his relationship with Yakumo and his mother other than the obvious. Painfully slow pacing certainly did not help.
Of course, we're left with an open ending that explains nothing, and starved for another season.

Yakumo was an interesting character though, with a complex and painful past that's gradually revealed to us as we follow the cases he was assigned by Haruka. I particularly liked how his antisocial personality was explained by his past and ghost-seeing eye that enabled him to see things others can't. Unfortunately, Haruka existed mostly to set up the case and an attempt to add a little romance to the story. Their chemistry was rather poor, and she rarely play any significant role in solving the cases or development of the protagonist. She was also portrayed as an extremely dumb girl just to demonstrate how smart Yakumo is compared to an ordinary person.

Art style was very generic, but the backgrounds had a nice atmosphere. The characters seemed disturbingly flat though. I can't quite put my finger to why it is so, but if I had to guess, it was either awkward shading or lack of detail despite realistic design.
The presentation was also very boring, standard still camera or slowly moving screens.

BGM was rather good for this series. Sets the creepy mood well, and some sound really touching or melancholic. Unfortunately, the story was nowhere near engaging, and could not take advantage of the music. It also lacked variety, as if every scary scenes had the same song, one for touching scenes, and another mysterious theme.
No complaints for voicing, everyone sound they should and performed average or better in my opinion.
OP is rather original with the song that sets the mysterious mood for the show, ED was rather ordinary.

I hate to use this word to describe a series, but there's no other way... dull. 'Shinrei Tantei Yakumo' had a strong introduction and all the ingredients to make it a great show, but it just didn't live up to its potential. There's no eye candy since action was very limited, the story lacked suspense despite being a mystery, and the presentation was boring.

It turned out to be yet another bland forgettable mystery anime.

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Mar 5, 2011

ninjasheep

Recommended

Shinrei Tantei Yakumo revolves around a strange college student with a cursed red left eye. Through his eye, Yakumo is able to see and communicate with spirits of the dead, helping them move on from their earthly dwelling.

The events unfold in an episodic format familiar to detective series fans, giving STY the double effect of being easy to follow while having a tendency to be repetitive. Personally, though, I liked the format. Despite the mini-cases, the plot still followed the main conflict, which is big and complex and absolutely mind-boggling. Technically, the art is so-so, but the sound is fantastic. BGM is perfectly timed ...

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Oct 14, 2010

Ikano

Recommended

Ghosts, the supernatural, and mystery-- with more focus on the former two and less of the latter.

So far, each episode seems to be formatted like this:
Some character development, a mystery involving a ghost/supernatural forces, foreshadowing of a bigger plot. (And this pattern has stayed consistent on the episodes I've seen so far...)

Obviously, with a pattern like this one or all of the three has to be sacrificed and we end up with a mystery per episode that is neither challenging to us nor expanded well on. Just a plain "oh here's an issue, here's -briefly- what the characters did, and here's the solution."

It's not a ...

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