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Cuticle Detective Inaba (TV)

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Alternative title:
Cuticle Tantei Inaba (Japanese)
キューティクル探偵因幡 (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: The story revolves around Hiroshi Inaba, a private detective, and part-wolf-part-human being who was created artificially. Hiroshi runs his own detective agency and solves cases with the help of his cross-dressing secretary Yuuta, and Kei, a "relatively normal" teenager. The plot centres on Hiroshi and the gang trying to arrest his arch-nemesis Don Valentino, a mastermind goat with a taste for money (literally).
User Ratings: 206 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 7 votes (sub:6, others:1
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
)
 Excellent: 19 votes (sub:17, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 38 votes (sub:34, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
)
 Good: 42 votes (sub:39, raw:1, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 29 votes (sub:27, dub:1, others:1
1 Chinese(Mandarin) subtitled
)
 So-so: 9 votes (sub:9)
 Not really good: 13 votes (sub:12, dub:1)
 Weak: 17 votes (sub:14, raw:1, dub:1, others:1
1 Vietnamese subtitled
)
 Bad: 11 votes (sub:11)
 Awful: 11 votes (sub:9, ?:1, others:1
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Worst ever: 10 votes (sub:9, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
Seen in part or in whole by 407 users, rank: #2440 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 5.796 (Decent−), std. dev.: 2.6925, rank: #7735 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 5.770 (Decent−), rank: #7775 (of 9642) (seen all: 6.37 / seen some: 4.55 / won't finish: 2.96)
Bayesian estimate: 5.879 (Decent), rank: #6580 (of 7243)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2013-01-04
Opening Theme:
"Haruka, Nichijou no Naka de (遥か、日常の中で; Faraway, In the Daily Life)" by Junichi Suwabe
Ending Theme:
"Prima Stella (プリマ・ステラ)" by Toru Ohkawa
Trivia: We have 2
Press Release:
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Cuticle Detective Inaba - The Complete Collection (Sub.Blu-ray) 2014-04-29 (from $39.64)
DVD (Region 1)
    Cuticle Detective Inaba - The Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2014-04-29 (from $50.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Susumu Mitsunaka
Series Composition: Makoto Nakamura
Script:
Makoto Nakamura (6 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 8b-9, 11-12
)

Naruo Kobayashi (eps 3, 6, 10)
Susumu Mitsunaka (eps 2, 5, 8a)
Storyboard:
Daisuke Hiramaki (ep 5)
Fumitoshi Oizaki (eps 4, 7, 10)
Masahiro Okamura (ep 11)
Susumu Mitsunaka (OP; eps 1, 12)
Takashi Yamamoto (eps 3, 8a, 9b)
Takeshi Furuta (ep 6)
Tsutomu Mizushima (ED)
Yukina Hiiro (ep 8b-9a)
Episode Director:
Daisuke Hiramaki (ep 5)
Daisuke Tsukushi (ep 7)
Fumitoshi Oizaki (eps 4, 10)
Masahiro Okamura (ep 11)
Susumu Mitsunaka (eps 1, 12)
Takashi Yamamoto (eps 3, 8a, 9b)
Takeshi Furuta (ep 6)
Yasutaka Yamamoto (ep 2)
Yukina Hiiro (ep 8b-9a)
Unit Director:
Susumu Mitsunaka (OP)
Tsutomu Mizushima (ED)
Music: Yūki Nara
Original creator: Mochi
Character Design: Satoshi Koike
Art Director: Toshiyuki Tokuda
Chief Animation Director: Satoshi Koike
Animation Director:
Ayumi Sōgawa (eps 4, 10)
Daisuke Kitagawa (eps 2, 12)
Gakushi Maeda (eps 2, 11)
Maki Kōno (OP)
Miyako Yatsu (ep 9a)
Miyuki Honda (ep 5)
Naho Kozono (ep 8b)
Satoshi Koike (ED; ep 1)
Yoshinori Deno (ep 11)
Yukiko Ibe (eps 3, 9b)
Yukiyo Komito (eps 4, 10)
Yūko Yahiro (eps 6, 12)
Yumenosuke Tokuda (ep 7)
Sound Director: Hideo Takahashi
Director of Photography: Toshikazu Kuno
Producer:
Fumiki Yamazaki (Showgate)
Kazuya Takahashi (Media Factory)
Ken'ichi Yamaguchi (NEC Biglobe)
Makoto Nakamura (Frontier Works)
Noritomo Isogai (AT-X)
Shinsaku Tanaka (Media Factory)

Action Director: Masakazu Sunagawa
Art Setting: Noritaka Suzuki
Assistant Animation Director: Fumitoshi Oizaki (ep 7)
Associate producer:
Aya Suzuki
Takuya Nakayama
Background Art:
Kei Inoue (Kusanagi)
Toshiyuki Tokuda (Studio Easter)
Color design: Mayu Saitou
Editing: Junichi Uematsu
In-Between Animation:
Kaori Endō (Asahi Production)
Kōji Togashi
Mai Inoue
Mayumi Watanabe (Actas Odaiba Studio)
Satoshi Kimura (Actas Odaiba Studio)
Shizuka Satō (ZEXCS)
Taichi Kodama (ZEXCS)
Wei Ni Huang (Asahi Production; ep 4)
William Lee (Actas Odaiba Studio)
Yōsuke Murata (ZEXCS)
Yuka Hayashi (Asahi Production)
Yūki Nagata (Asahi Production)
Key Animation:
Ai Yamazaki (Studio Mark; ep 5)
Atsuko Takahashi (ep 12)
Aya Yamaguchi (eps 6, 9b)
Ayumi Nishibata (OP; ep 12)
Chie Mishima (ep 12)
Chiho Fujiwara (ep 6)
Chiyo Hosokawa (ep 2)
Daisuke Agata (eps 4, 7, 10)
Daisuke Kitagawa (ZEXCS; OP; ED; eps 1, 3, 12)
Daisuke Kurose (eps 4, 7)
Emi Satō (Studio Mark; ep 5)
Eri Murota (ZEXCS; eps 1, 12)
Goro Taki (ep 10)
Hajime Yoshida (ep 6)
Hiroko Shigekuni (eps 4, 7, 10)
Hiroshi Kosuga (ep 5)
Hiroshi Ōyama (eps 3, 9b)
Hiroyuki Okuno (eps 5, 10)
Hiroyuki Uchida (ep 6)
Hitomi Takechi (ep 7)
Ikkō Inaguma (ZEXCS; ep 12)
Izumi Yamanaka (ep 6)
Jin Wook Lim (NARA Animation; ep 9a)
Jun'ichi Kitamura (ep 11)
Kanako Ōyabu (eps 3, 6)
Kaori Oka (eps 1, 6, 8b)
Katsuji Matsumoto (ep 6)
Kazuyo Tominaga (ep 8b)
Keiko Ichihara (eps 1, 3, 6, 11)
Kenji Shibata (ep 2)
Kiyomi Wada (ep 10)
Kōichi Satō (ep 8b)
Maiko Ochiai (ep 12)
Maki Kōno (OP)
Masafumi Yamamoto (ep 5)
Masahiro Maruyama (ep 2)
Masahiro Okamura (OP; ep 11)
Masahiro Sunaga (ep 4)
Masakazu Sunagawa (ED; eps 1, 3)
Masaki Inada (Asahi Production; ep 7)
Masaru Yoshioka (ep 8b)
Masato Hagiwara (Studio Wanpack; ep 5)
Masato Nishikawa (Anime R; eps 4, 6-7)
Mayumi Hidaka (ep 3)
Miho Harada (eps 4, 7, 10)
Mika Kobayashi (ep 5)
Miki Yoshimoto (ep 3)
Mina Itou (eps 8b, 11)
Mina Ōsawa (eps 2, 9b)
Minori Inahara (ep 9b)
Miyuki Honda (Studio Wanpack; ep 5)
Miyuki Inoue (eps 7, 10, 12)
Miyuki Matsumoto (eps 1, 7, 10)
Nana Fujiki (ZEXCS; ep 12)
Noriko Hatta (eps 3, 9b)
Pui Ki Pang (ep 5)
Reiko Fujita (eps 3, 9b)
Rie Ōmori (ep 8b)
Risa Tabata (ep 9b)
Rui Kondou (Studio Mark; ep 5)
Rumi Miyata (OP)
Ryōko Hata (ep 9b)
Ryūta Nakahara (eps 7, 10)
Sang Min Lee (NARA Animation; ep 9a)
Satomi Higuchi (OP)
Satoshi Kitahara (ep 5)
Sayuri Tanaka (eps 6, 11)
Shinichi Iimura (ep 6)
Shūji Mizutake (ep 2)
Shunsuke Nakashige (Studio Wanpack; eps 4, 7, 10)
Susumu Matsunaga (OP)
Susumu Mitsunaka (ep 12)
Takafumi Hino (OP; ep 1)
Takeshi Miyamoto (eps 2, 6)
Tomoko Fukunaga (eps 1-2, 8b)
Tomoko Sugimoto (ep 5)
Tomomi Ikeda (Studio Wanpack; ep 5)
Toshihiko Shimada (eps 1-2)
Yasuhiro Ito (Anime R; ep 7)
Yasunari Nitta (ZEXCS; OP; eps 1, 11-12)
Yasuyuki Noda (ep 2)
Yoshiko Imazato (ep 5)
Yoshiko Takemoto (Studio Wanpack; ep 5)
Yuichiro Miyake (ep 4)
Yukiko Ibe (eps 3, 8a)
Yukiko Kawamoto (ep 2)
Yūko Fujii (ep 12)
Yūko Hineno (Anime R; eps 4, 10)
Yuri Kajiwara (Studio Wanpack; eps 4, 7, 10)
Yusuke Adachi (ep 3)
Yuya Iwashita (eps 7, 10)
Music producer: Gō Wakabayashi
Photography: Megumi Tanaka (Assez Finaud Fabric.; eps 1, 8)
Planning:
Hisato Usui (Showgate)
Kouji Taguchi (Media Factory)
Makoto Itō (Media Factory)
Takehiko Shimojima (NEC Biglobe)
Takeshi Oikawa (Frontier Works)
Tetsuya Tsuchihashi (AT-X)
Prop Design: Yoshinori Iwanaga
Recording Adjustment: Yasuaki Ōta
Sound Effects: Masami Kitakata (Fizz Sound Creation)
Sound Production Manager: Takashi Kitagaki
Special Effects: Shin Inoie
Theme Song Arrangement:
manzo (ED)
UZ (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
manzo (ED)
UZ (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics:
manzo (ED)
UZ (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Junichi Suwabe (OP)
Tōru Ohkawa (ED)
Title Logo: Yoshiyasu Ishizaka (Qalatta)
Junichi Suwabe as Hiroshi Inaba
Tōru Ohkawa as Don Valentino

Ai Fukada as Stella
Asami Seto as Natsuki
Asami Shimoda as Yūta Sasaki
Jūrōta Kosugi as Lorenzo
Kōsuke Toriumi as Yuzuki Ogata
Mitsuki Saiga as Haruka Inaba
Miyu Irino as Kei Nozaki
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Kenmochi
Rina Hidaka as Azusa Ogino
Takaya Kuroda as Kaoru "Jōji" Jōjima
Takehito Koyasu as Soumei
Tomokazu Sugita as Yatarou
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Kuniharu Ogino
Yōko Hikasa as Gabriella
Yuiko Tatsumi as Noa
Yumi Shimura as Wakaba Ogino

Jun Fukuyama as Forest Masashi (ep 12)
Kentarō Tone as Prison guard (ep 11)
Natsumi Takamori as Hiroshi Inaba (child; eps 6-7)
Rina Hidaka as Kid goats (ep 6)
Ryōta Takeuchi as Torayasu Kurami (ep 7)
Satoshi Hino as Hamada Iyori (ep 7)
Shintarō Asanuma as Akiyoshi (eps 7, 11)
Japanese companies
Animation Assistance:
A-Line (ep 9)
AI (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 6, 9, 12
)

Asahi Production (ep 9)
Beat Frog (eps 7, 11)
BEEP (eps 5, 8)
Big Owl (ep 5)
CJT (ep 8)
CL Corporation (ep 5)
Jinbun (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8-9, 11-12
)

Jumondo (eps 5, 8-9)
NARA Animation (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 6, 8-9, 11
)

R.I.C (ep 7)
Rising Force (ep 7)
Triple A (eps 8-9)
xenron (ep 10)
Animation Production: ZEXCS
Background Art:
Kusanagi (eps 1, 8A, 9B)
Studio Easter
Broadcaster:
AT-X (2013-01-04)
Nippon BS Broadcasting Corporation (2013-01-08)
Sun TV (2013-01-07)
Tokyo MX (2013-01-07)
Key Animation:
Anime R (eps 4, 7, 10)
Asahi Production (ep 7)
Beat Frog (ep 9a)
Studio Mark (ep 5)
Studio Wanpack (eps 4-5, 7, 10)
ZEXCS (eps 8b, 12)
Photography: Assez Finaud Fabric.
Production Cooperation:
Beat Frog (ep 5)
Encourage Films (eps 4, 7, 10)
Sound Effects: Fizz Sound Creation
Sound Production: Dream Force
Video Editing: Imagica
English staff
English cast
Translation: Michelle Tymon
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Packaging Design: Andrea Rodriguez
Subtitle Formatting: Luke Patterson
(none)
English companies
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll
HIDIVE (Subtitled)
The Anime Network
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
Spanish cast
Spanish staff
Project Coordination: Alejandra Delint
Quality Control: Ellie Rojo
Juan Alfonso Carralero as Don Valentino
Tommy Rojas as Hiroshi Inaba

Alberto Bernal as Kei Nozaki
Alejandra Delint as Haruka Inaba
Bonnie Miuller as Azusa Ogino
Daniel del Roble as Kuniharu Ogino
Desireé González as Yūta Sasaki
Gabriel Juárez as Yatarou
Jorge Roig Jr. as Lorenzo
Víctor Ruiz as Yuzuki Ogata
Spanish companies
Internet Streaming: AnimeOnegai (Latin America)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
Dubbing Director: Bernie Malejana
Alejandro Lim as Don Valentino
Anthony Steven San Juan as Hiroshi Inaba

Alejandro Lim as Lorenzo
Anthony Malejana as Kuniharu Ogino
Anthony Steven San Juan as Haruka Inaba
Bernie Malejana as Yuzuki Ogata

Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: HERO TV
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: AnimeOnegai (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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