Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective | |
Night Walker – 真夜中の探偵- (Mayonaka no tantei Nightwalker) |
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Mayonaka no Tantei Night Walker | |
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Released | 1993, 2001/05/25 |
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Produced by | Hiroaki Inoue |
Written by | Ryota Yamaguchi |
Music by | Akifumi Tada |
Studio | AIC |
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Original network | TV Tokyo |
Original run | 8 July 1998 – 23 September 1998 |
Episodes | 12 |
Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective (Japanese: ナイトウォーカー真夜中の探偵 Hepburn: Mayonaka no Tantei Nightwalker?) is a late night anime TV series created by Ayana Itsuki that is adapted from a PC game titled Mayonaka no Tantei Night Walker (真夜中の探偵 Night Walker?).
Nightwalker incorporates elements of the horror, detective story and vampire genres, and is critically noted as a vampire story "with a bit of a twist". The main character is Shido, a vampire who protects humans from other supernatural creatures. A private investigator by day and a demon hunter by night, Shido solves murder cases caused by monsters called nightbreeds.
Mayonaka no Tantei Night Walker (真夜中の探偵 Night Walker?) is a 16-color PC eroge released in 1993. Night Walker is an adventure game, focused mostly on character interaction and problem solving. While the main characters of this game have the same names and similar appearances to their anime equivalents, their personalities are generally more easy-going and their backgrounds are less tragic (they all have living relatives). In comparison to the anime, the game is fairly lighthearted, with Shidō and Guni providing comic relief.