Sherlock Holmes (2014 TV series)
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Sherlock Holmes (シャーロック ホームズ) or Puppet Entertainment Sherlock Holmes is a Japanese puppetry television series written by Kōki Mitani and produced and broadcast by NHK. The puppets for the series were designed by Bunta Inoue. The first series of 18 episodes was broadcast on Sundays from 12 October 2014 to 15 February 2015 by NHK Educational TV (ETV); the first six episodes were broadcast by NHK General TV (GTV) in March and August 2014. A special programme[1] was broadcast on 5 October 2014 while a "Sherlock Holmes Award" was broadcast on 28 December 2014. Each episode was rebroadcast on successive Fridays. The programme won the Japan Sherlock Holmes Award on 22 March 2015.[2]
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Sherlock Holmes | |
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Genre | Puppetry |
Based on | Canon of Sherlock Holmes |
Written by | Kōki Mitani |
Directed by | Studio Nova |
Voices of | Koichi Yamadera Wataru Takagi Keiko Horiuchi |
Narrated by | Wataru Takagi |
Theme music composer | WEST GROUND |
Opening theme | "Scarlet Story" |
Composer | Kana Hiramatsu |
Country of origin | Japan |
Original language | Japanese |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 28 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Nobuhisa Kihira |
Running time | 20 min. (Series 1) 30 min. (Series 2) |
Original release | |
Network | NHK General TV (GTV) and NHK Educational TV (ETV) |
Release | March 25, 2014 (2014-03-25) – September 24, 2015 (2015-09-24) |
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The series is based on the Canon of Sherlock Holmes, with characters and events adapted to a fictional London boarding school where a teenage Sherlock Holmes (voiced by Kōichi Yamadera) investigates incidents with roommate John H. Watson (voiced by Wataru Takagi). There are no murders, and characters appear where they were not present in the original stories.
Some episodes are being rebroadcast from 22 February 2015. The production of new episodes was announced on the official website of the programme and on website "Sherlock Gakuen".[3][4] Staff member Kunio Yoshikawa said that production and broadcast of an English version are scheduled.[5] On 1 June 2015, NHK announced that a new series of the programme, called Holmes and Watson Mystery - (No heya : a room of mystery) would be broadcast on Thursdays' from July to September 2015. The series featured John H. Watson commenting on the deductions of Holmes. Some episodes from the first series were also broadcast.[4][needs update]