Anime · Tokyo MX
Kemono Jihen
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Natsumi Fujiwara
Kabane Kusaka (voice)
12 eps
Junichi Suwabe
Kohachi Inugami (voice)
12 eps
Ayumu Murase
Akira (voice)
12 eps
Natsuki Hanae
Shiki Tademaru (voice)
12 eps
Hisako Kanemoto
Yataro (voice)
1 eps
Aiko Nogami
Hostess (voice)
1 eps
Yoshiko Ikuta
Child (voice)
1 eps
Natsumi Oshita
Child (voice)
1 eps
Azusa Sato
Child (voice)
1 eps
Mutsumi Tamura
Eldest son (voice)
1 eps
Nichika Omori
Younger sister (voice)
1 eps
Hitoshi Bifu
Police chief (voice)
1 eps
Daisuke Kishio
Yoruno (voice)
2 eps
Mariya Ise
Mao (voice)
1 eps
Hiroshi Yanaka
Elder (voice)
1 eps
Hiroyuki Endo
Worker (voice)
5 eps
Yoshino Nanjo
Kanonba Reika (voice)
2 eps
Kenta Zaima
Rescue team member (voice)
4 eps
Daisuke Hatooka
Rescue team member (voice)
4 eps
Arisa Komiya
Kanonba Erika (voice)
2 eps
Tomori Kusunoki
Kanonba Momoka (voice)
2 eps
Motoko Kumai
Shiki Tademaru (child) (voice)
1 eps
Hironori Kondoh
Yui and Akira's father (voice)
4 eps
Akira Ishida
Akio Tademura (voice)
3 eps
Anna Mugiho
Frog (voice)
5 eps
Ikuko Tani
Ohana-basan (voice)
2 eps
Aya Hisakawa
Kumi (voice)
3 eps
Rika Kinugawa
Office lady (voice)
4 eps
Mikako Komatsu
Shapeless woman (voice)
1 eps
Yukine Yaehata
Kemono (voice)
4 eps
Satomi Sato
Akira (child) (voice)
1 eps
Sou Takeuchi
Police officer (voice)
3 eps
Yuina Yamada
Woman (voice)
4 eps
You Taichi
Yui (child) / Nii-san (voice)
2 eps
Yuhko Kaida
Hisame (voice)
2 eps
Kaede Hondo
Aya Tademaru (voice)
4 eps
Kana Hanazawa
Inari (voice)
4 eps
Yumiri Hanamori
Kon (voice)
6 eps
Kaito Ishikawa
Yui (voice)
4 eps
Daisuke Ono
Mihai (voice)
5 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Kemono Jihen actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Kemono Jihen reads strongest on Spectacle, Bingeability and World Building.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
When a series of animal bodies that rot away after a single night begin appearing in a remote mountain village, Inugami, a detective from Tokyo who specializes in the occult, is called to investigate.
While working the case, he befriends a strange boy who works in the field every day instead of going to school. Shunned by his peers and nicknamed “Dorotabo” after a yokai that lives in the mud, he helps Inugami uncover the truth behind the killings — but supernatural forces are at work, and while Dorotabo is just a nickname, it might not be the only thing about the boy that isn’t human.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Kabane
Kohachi Inugami, a detective specializing in supernatural matters, is hired to investigate some animal mutilations in a rural village. His investigation leads to an unusual boy, nicknamed “Dorotabo,” who is ostracized by the other villagers.
- Directed by Shinpei Matsuo
- Written by Noboru Kimura
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E12
Kemono Incidents
- Directed by Shinpei Matsuo, Masaya Fujimori
- Written by Noboru Kimura
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Yoko ShiraishiProducer
- Naoko EndoProducer
- Takeshi YoshidaProducer
- Shinichiro OzawaProducer
- Reiko OyamaProducer
Writing
- Noboru KimuraWriter
Direction
- Mihiro YamaguchiDirector
- Shinpei MatsuoDirector
- Yoshiki KawasakiDirector
- Masaya FujimoriDirector
- Hidekazu OkaDirector
- Yuta MuranoDirector
Cinematography
- Teppei SatoDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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