Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae

Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae
Cover of series DVD box set, depicting the two main characters
佐武と市捕物控
Genre	Adventure, jidaigeki, samurai
Manga
Written by	Shotaro Ishimori
Published by	Shogakukan
Demographic	Shōnen, Seinen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday (1966-1968) Big Comic (April 1968 - April 1972)
Original run	1966 – April 10, 1972
Volumes	17
Anime television series
Directed by	Rintaro
Written by	Ikuro Suzuki Keiichi Abe Masaki Tsuji
Studio	Mushi Productions Toei Animation Zero Studio
Original network	NET, MBS
Original run	October 3, 1968 – September 24, 1969
Episodes	52
Novel
Written by	Shotaro Ishimori
Published by	Asahi Sonorama
Published	1968
Television drama
Original network	Fuji TV
Original run	1981 – 1982
Episodes	4
Live-action television film
Directed by	Nozomu Amemiya
Produced by	Yasushi Tsukamoto, Morinobu Shindō
Written by	Toshio Terada
Music by	Masashi Okuyama
Studio	Tōei Uzumasa Eizō
Released	December 19, 2015

Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae (佐武と市捕物控, Sabu and Ichi's Detective Memoirs^?), sometimes translated as Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories/Tales and Sabu and Ichi's Arrest Warrant, is a manga series by Shotaro Ishimori originally published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday beginning in 1966. In April 1968, the series moved to serialization in the first issue of Big Comic, where it was published until the series ended four years later in the April 10, 1972 issue. The manga was adapted into an anime TV series which aired on NET from October 3, 1968 to September 24, 1969. The series won the 1968 Shogakukan Manga Award.

In addition to the manga and anime series, a live action period drama series was aired on Fuji TV from 1981 to 1982 as part of their Jidaigeki Special series. A total of four specials were created and aired. Sabu and Ichi were played by veteran actors Tomokazu Miura and Tatsuo Umemiya (respectively), with Yūko Natori and Junzaburo Ban playing the parts of Midori and her father, Saheiji. On December 19, 2015, a live action movie was released starring Teppei Koike, Kenichi Endō and Akemi Masuda.

The series follows the adventures of Sabu, a young Edo bakufu investigator traveling with the blind master swordsman Ichi. In their travels, they assist the common people in solving mysteries and righting wrongs (usually committed by bandits or corrupt officials). Sabu is engaged to Midori, the daughter of his boss, who works as a police officer for the Tokugawa shogunate.