Sherlock Holmes (puppetry)
| Sherlock Holmes | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Puppetry |
| Based on | Canon of Sherlock Holmes |
| Written by | Kōki Mitani |
| Directed by | Studio Nova |
| Voices of |
Koichi Yamadera Wataru Takagi Keiko Horiuchi |
| Narrated by | Wataru Takagi |
| Theme music composer | WEST GROUND |
| Opening theme | "Scarlet Story" |
| Composer(s) | Kana Hiramatsu |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language(s) | Japanese |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 28 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Nobuhisa Kihira |
| Running time | 20 min. (Series 1) 30 min. (Series 2) |
| Release | |
| Original network | NHK General TV (GTV) and NHK Educational TV (ETV) |
| Original release | 2014 October 12 (Series 1) – Present |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Baby Steps |
| Followed by | Baby Steps 2 |
| Related shows | Let's search 'Sherlock Holmes' thoroughly Sherlock Holmes Awards Sherloc-Q! |
| External links | |
| NHK ONLINE<br |
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Sherlock Holmes (シャーロック ホームズ?) or puppet entertainment Sherlock Holmes is Japanese puppetry television series written by Kōki Mitani and produced and broadcast by NHK. The puppets for the series were designed by Bunta Inoue. The first series of 18 episodes was broadcast on Sundays from 12 October 2014 to 15 February 2015 by NHK Educational TV (ETV), though the first six episodes were broadcast antecedently by NHK General TV (GTV) in March and August 2014. A special programme was broadcast on 5 October 2014 while a "Sherlock Holmes Award" was broadcast on 28 December 2014. Each episode was rebroadcast on the following Friday. The programme won the Japan Sherlock Holmes Award on 22 March 2015.
The series is based on the Canon of Sherlock Holmes, with characters and events adapted to a fictional London boarding school where a teenaged Sherlock Holmes (voiced by Kōichi Yamadera) investigates incidents with roommate John H. Watson (voiced by Wataru Takagi). There are no murders and characters appear where they were not present in the original stories.
Some episodes are being rebroadcast from 22 February 2015. The production of new episodes was announced on the official website of the programme and on website "Sherlock Gakuen". Staff member Kunio Yoshikawa said that production and broadcast of an English version are scheduled. On 1 June 2015, NHK announced that a new series of the programme called Holmes and Watson Mystery no heya (A Room of Mystery) would be broadcast on Thursdays from July to September 2015. The series will feature John H. Watson commenting on the deductions of Holmes. Some episodes from the first series will also be broadcast.
John H. Watson, a boy who transfers from Australia to a fictional London boarding school called Beeton School, becomes the roommate of Sherlock Holmes. Although Holmes has a reputation as a trouble-maker, he has keen powers of observation and the two are able to solve the many incidents which occur at the school, at the request of teachers and pupils.
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