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In/Spectre
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How In/Spectre actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
In/Spectre reads strongest on World Building, Bingeability and Spectacle.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
Kotoko Iwanaga became the god of wisdom to the supernatural beings and spends her days solving problems for them. However, the boy who she fell head over heels for, Kuro Sakuragawa, is someone that is feared by all supernatural creatures. The two of them face various mysterious incidents involving the supernatural in this love x romance x mystery series. Where will these fantastical incidents lead them and what will happen with Kotoko’s crush?
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E14
The Yuki-Onna's Dilemma
Eleven years ago, Muroi Masayuki's life was saved by a Yuki-Onna up in the snowy mountains. Betrayed by his friends and his wife, he ended up anti-social and unable to trust anyone and eventually moved to the town at the base of the mountains where he met the Yuki-Onna. As he was wandering around town, he coincidentally runs into a woman who looks just like the Yuki-Onna...?!
- Directed by Haruhito Ogawa
- Written by Noboru Takagi

S01E01
One Eye, One Leg
Shortly after her hospital visit, Kotoko meets Kurou, the young man she helped two years prior. She takes the opportunity to confess, she who has the appearance of a schoolgirl, who has one leg, a glass eye, and who communicates with spirits…
- Directed by Keiji Gotoh
- Written by Noboru Takagi

S01E16
The Yuki-Onna's Innocence
Kotoko presents the case's resolution to an astonished Yuki-Onna and Masayuki, and makes an important decision about their future.
- Directed by Haruhito Ogawa
- Written by Noboru Takagi

S01E15
The Yuki-Onna's Alibi
Masayuki is suspected of killing his ex-wife when the police find her dead. There was a message written in blood on her hand that put Masayuki at a great disadvantage. The only one who can vouch for his innocence with an alibi was Yuki-Onna, who was with him at the time of the murder. But there's no way he can let a yokai provide a statement for him. Yuki-Onna asks Kotoko for help to track down the real killer.
- Directed by Haruka Kamohara
- Written by Noboru Takagi

S01E03
The Rumors of the Steel Lady
Kotoko is asked why a suspect had thrown a dead body into the Guardian’s swamp and she starts constructing a story. This ends up being a rather tragic tale about Tanio Aoi filled with love and regret that the Guardian is also shocked to hear. Two years later, random acts of violence were happening in Makurazaka City. The suspect seems to be the ghost of the former idol, Nanase Karin…
- Directed by Shizutaka Sugahara
- Written by Aya Yoshinaga, Noboru Takagi

S01E18
Electroshock Pinocchio
Tae is an active octogenarian who lives with an unusually talkative cat. Why do the fishermen in her seaside town find dead fish coming in with the tide every morning?
- Directed by Haruhito Ogawa
- Written by Aya Yoshinaga
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S01E24
A Lucky Day at the Unagi Restaurant
- Directed by Keiji Gotoh
- Written by Noboru Takagi


S01E22
Uninvited Judge
- Directed by Haruhito Ogawa
- Written by Sachio Yanai

S01E21
The Silenced Children
- Directed by Kanata Ekita
- Written by Sachio Yanai

S01E20
And So, the Ruler Disappeared
- Directed by Haruhito Ogawa
- Written by Sachio Yanai

S01E19
Or You Could Wish Upon a Star
- Directed by Haruka Kamohara
- Written by Aya Yoshinaga
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Yorihiko Tsutsui
Executive producer

Hiroyuki Osawa
Executive producer
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Keiji Matsuda
Executive producer
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Shin Furukawa
Executive producer
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Takashi Watanabe
Executive producer
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Kazuhiro Aso
Executive producer

Asa Suehira
Executive producer
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Kazuma Kurio
Executive producer
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Tomoko Takahashi
Executive producer
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Kunihiko Shibata
Executive producer
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Akio Mishima
Executive producer
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Tsuneo Takechi
Executive producer
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Rita Wang
Executive producer
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Masahisa Aoki
Executive producer
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Hideyuki Igarashi
Executive producer
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Akira Kubota
Executive producer
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Sachio Yanai
Writer
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Aya Yoshinaga
Writer
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Noboru Takagi
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Yorihiko TsutsuiExecutive Producer
- Hiroyuki OsawaExecutive Producer
- Gota AijimaProducer
- Fumihiro OzawaProducer
- Yukako TaguchiProducer
- Keisuke UkaiProducer
Writing
- Sachio YanaiWriter
- Aya YoshinagaWriter
- Noboru TakagiWriter
Direction
- Keiji GotohDirector
- Tomio YamauchiDirector
- Shizutaka SugaharaDirector
- Kanata EkitaDirector
- Haruhito OgawaDirector
- Haruka KamoharaDirector
Cinematography
- Yorinobu OdaDirector of Photography
- Hayato SekiyaDirector of Photography
Music
- Akihiro ManabeOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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