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Box of Goblins

Box of Goblins

Box of Goblins

2008 1 Seasons 14 Episodes ⭐ 6.3 Animation Crime Mystery

Between August and October, 1952, a series of unusual crimes takes place in Musashino and Mitaka: the attempted murder of 14-year-old Kanako Yuzuki, Kanako's abduction from the strange research "hospital" where she was recovering, then abductions of other girls, followed by their severed limbs in custom-fitted boxes being placed in surrounding towns. News editor Morihiko Toriguchi and crime fiction writer Tatsumi Sekiguchi investigate with the help of onmyōji Akihiko Chūzenji.

Between August and October, 1952, a series of unusual crimes takes place in Musashino and Mitaka: the attempted murder of 14-year-old Kanako Yuzuki, Kanako's abduction from the strange research "hospital" where she was recovering, then abductions of other girls, followed by their severed limbs in custom-fitted boxes being placed in surrounding towns. News editor Morihiko Toriguchi and crime fiction writer Tatsumi Sekiguchi investigate with the help of onmyōji Akihiko Chūzenji.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Five Death Omens of an Angel

Tatsumi Sekiguchi reads part of a transcript, titled "The Woman inside the Box" by Shunkō Kubo; and imagines himself as

EP 2

The Raccoon's Trick

Sekiguchi reads more of "The Woman inside the Box," imagining himself as the protagonist. In it, he attends his grandmot

EP 3

Incident of Euphoria

Kiba thinks about the events of the last few days. In a non-linear flashback, Fukumoto escorts the transfer of Kanako to

EP 4

The Kasha Incident

Sekiguchi reads more of "The Woman inside the Box", imagining himself as the protagonist. In it, he dismembers girls and

EP 5

The Incident of Clairvoyance

Sekiguchi reads a section of his own work titled "Vertigo" and imagines himself as the story's protagonist. In it, he pu

EP 6

The Box Incident

Atsuko interviews several kids in the area of the crimes. They all report seeing a man in dark clothes with white gloves

EP 7

The Goblin Incident

Sekiguchi reads more of "The Woman inside the Box," imagining himself as the protagonist. In it, he remembers being alon

EP 8

The Power of Language

Sekiguchi reads more of "The Woman inside the Box," imagining himself as the protagonist. In it, he finishes filling his

EP 9

Girl Dolls

Shunkō Kubo is the gloved man. "The Woman inside the Box" is more a diary than a work of fiction. In flashback, Enokizu

EP 10

The Demon Incident

A priest seals peoples' worries in stone shrines. The ascetic tries to stop it, but ends up joining the priest. Chūzenj

EP 11

Den of Evil

On the way to visit Aoki, Chūzenji tells Sekiguchi, Toriguchi, and Enokizu that he worked with Mimasaka during the war,

EP 12

Regarding The Brain

Sekiguchi reads a section of his own work, titled "Vertigo", and imagines himself as the story's protagonist. Sekiguchi,

EP 13

A Box of All Manner of Spirits, or a Human

Chūzenji continues recounting the series of events. The first severed limbs found, before Kanako's abduction, were Kana

Popular Cast

Hiroaki Hirata

Hiroaki Hirata

Akihiko Chuuzenji (voice)

Hidenobu Kiuchi

Hidenobu Kiuchi

Tatsumi Sekiguchi (voice)

Takaaki Seki

Takaaki Seki

Kiba Shuutarou (voice)

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Reijiro Enokizu (voice)