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Sherlock Hound - Case File 1 - Case File I (2002)
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
Taichirô Hirokawa
Kousei Tomita
Chikao Ôtsuka
Yôko Asagami
Pat Morris
Larry Moss (III)
Hamilton Camp
Lewis Arquette
Plot
Meitantei Holmes (literally "Famous Detective Holmes," 1981) was the last TV series Hayao Miyazaki (My Neighbor Totoro) worked on, directing the first six episodes and writing scripts for some of them. Copyright disputes held up the Japanese-Italian coproduction until 1984, when it was continued with different artists. A few episodes relate to the original stories: "The Crown of Mazalin" is based loosely on "The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet." But this canine detective acts more like a standard cartoon Good Guy than a calculating criminologist, and Professor Moriarty resembles Oil Can Harry from Mighty Mouse. The series invites the viewer to play Sherlock Holmes and pick out elements that Miyazaki would develop further as his personal style evolved in his features: the mechanic's daughter in "Small Client" is clearly the ancestor of Mei in Totoro. The English vocal cast turns in such uniformly drab performances (in affected British accents) that it's more entertaining to watch the Japanese version with subtitles. Suggested for ages 7 and up: Minor cartoon violence, tobacco use. --Charles Solomon
Movie Details
Director Heipachio Tanaka; Kyosuke Mikuriya
Producer Yoshimitsu Takahashi
Studio Pioneer Studios
Country USA
Language English
Audience Rating G (General Audience)
Running Time 125 mins
Movie Release Date 2002
Color Color
Personal Details
Format DVD
Seen It Yes
Index 285
Collection Status In Collection
Product Details
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio 1.33:1
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
UPC (Barcode) 013023172098
Release Date 2/26/2002
Subtitles English
Packaging Keep Case
Audio Tracks English Dolby Digital 2.0
Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Features Not Specified
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