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Killed Again, Mr. Detective.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Killed Again, Mr. Detective. actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Killed Again, Mr. Detective. reads strongest on Cliffhanger Intensity, Tension and Bingeability.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Sakuya Otsuki is the son of a legendary detective, following in his father's footsteps with his assistant, Lilithea. However, something's different about this high-school sleuth. Wherever he goes, he always manages to get himself entangled in his cases—as a murder victim. When Sakuya is tasked to infiltrate a luxury cruise ship, he finds himself killed once again. But every time he reopens his eyes, Lilithea is there by his side, ready to help him get to the bottom of the mystery…
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E12
The Destruction of Gallery Island
S01E11
The Serial Killings on Gallery Island (2)
S01E10
The Serial Killings on Gallery Island (1)
S01E09
Murder on Gallery Island (2)
S01E08
Murder on Gallery Island (1)
S01E07
The Man-Eating Ferris Wheel Park (2)
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
- Fumihiro OzawaProducer
- Akihiro HoshinoProducer
- Yuichi TadaProducer
- Shinichi ItohProducer
- Shogo IkenoriProducer
- Naofumi ShiotaniProducer
Direction
- Takashi NaoyaDirector
Cinematography
- Mitsuyoshi YamamotoDirector of Photography
Music
- Shuhei MutsukiOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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