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The File of Young Kindaichi Returns (TV)

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Alternative title:
Kindaichi Case Files Returns
Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo R (Japanese)
Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo Returns (Japanese)
Les Enquêtes de Kindaichi : Le Retour (French)
Los Casos de Kindaichi Regresan (Spanish)
The File of Young Kindaichi R
金田一少年の事件簿Ｒ（リターンズ） (Japanese)
Genres: mystery
User Ratings: 51 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Excellent: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Very good: 11 votes (sub:9, raw:1, others:1
1 Indonesia subtitled
)
 Good: 10 votes (sub:10)
 Decent: 10 votes (sub:8, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled
)
 So-so: 8 votes (sub:7, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 118 users, rank: #5080 (of 10087)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.686 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.7544, rank: #5324 (of 10248)
Weighted mean: 6.659 (Good−), rank: #5340 (of 10248) (seen all: 7.11 / seen some: 6.44 / won't finish: 4.58)
Bayesian estimate: 6.825 (Good−), rank: #4319 (of 7718)
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 25
Vintage:
2014-04-05
2017-03-04 (Mexico, Canal Once)
Opening Theme:
#1: "BRAND NEW STORY" by Tokyo Performance Doll
#2: "Yue ni, Matenrou" by MUCC
Ending Theme:
#1: "Passcode 4854" (バスコード 4854) by Rei Yasuda
#2: "Start Line" by 7!!
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Yutaka Tsuchida
Script:
Atsuhiro Tomioka (eps 1-4, 19-22)
Michiru Shimada (8 episodes
eps 10-14, 23-25
)
Miyuki Kishimoto (ep 18)
Yoshifumi Fukushima (eps 5-9, 15-17)
Storyboard:
Akifumi Zako (ep 22)
Hideaki Uehara (ep 21)
Hiroyuki Kakudō (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 20
)
Junji Shimizu (4 episodes
eps 1, 8, 16, 24
)
Ken Koyama (eps 3, 10, 19)
Nobutaka Nishizawa (eps 6, 12)
Shin'ichi Masaki (ep 17)
Takahiro Imamura (eps 13, 25)
Takashi Sokabe (eps 5, 18)
Takayuki Murakami (eps 11, 23)
Toshifumi Kawase (ep 15)
Yoshihiro Ueda (ep 9)
Yoshitaka Yashima (ep 4)
Episode Director:
Akifumi Zako (ep 23)
Hideaki Uehara (ep 21)
Hiroyuki Kakudō (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 20
)
Junji Shimizu (4 episodes
eps 1, 8, 16, 24
)
Ken Koyama (eps 3, 10, 19)
Mana Uchiyama (ep 15)
Masanori Satō (eps 6, 18)
Shin'ichi Masaki (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 17, 23
)
Takahiro Imamura (eps 4, 14, 25)
Yasunori Koyama (ep 12)
Yoshihiro Ueda (ep 9)
Music: Kaoru Wada
Original creator:
Fumiya Sato (art)
Seimaru Amagi (story)
Character Design: Akihiro Asanuma
Art Director: Mai Ichioka
Chief Animation Director: Akihiro Asanuma
Art design:
Hyun-Jung Lee
Masanobu Nomura
Sound Director: Yasunori Honda
Director of Photography: Shinichi Igarashi
Executive producer:
Atsunori Kazama
Shin'ya Koishikawa
Producer:
Daisuke Nishio
Koji Nagai
Mutsumi Kido

Assistant producer: Risa Nikaido
Chief Producer:
Michihiko Suwa
Shinji Shimizu
Color design: Shinichi Toyonaga
Editing: Eiichi Nishimura
Music Selection: Sayaka Mizuno
Planning:
Michihiko Suwa
Shinji Shimizu
Production manager: Yoshiaki Yanagi
Recording: Mitsuharu Ito
Recording Assistant: Naomi Hayashi
Sound Effects: Michihiro Itō
Theme Song Performance:
7!! ~seven oops~ (ED #2)
MUCC (OP2)
Rei Yasuda (ED)
Tokyo Performance Doll (OP)
Taiki Matsuno as Hajime Kindaichi

Akiko Nakagawa as Miyuki Nanase
Jūrōta Kosugi as Isamu Kenmochi
Kenichi Ono as Yōichi Takatō
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Kengo Akechi

Ai Nagano as Yoshinaga (eps 1, 19)
Airi Ōtsu as Announcer (ep 15)
Akiko Nakagawa as Yan Ran (eps 1-4)
Asako Dodo as
Rikako Isshiki (eps 6-9)
Shinshi Kaitou
Ayaka Asai as Akari Momoyama (eps 15-16)
Ayano Niina as Christina Tanigawa (eps 6-9)
Chie Nakamura as Erina Tougami (eps 19-22)
Daiki Hamano as Control Tower Staff (ep 16)
Eri Miyajima as Satsuki Mikage (eps 6-9)
Hekiru Shiina as Hotaru Fukamori (eps 6-7, 9)
Hideki Kojima as
Passenger (ep 15)
Policeman (ep 21)
Hidenori Takahashi as Manabu Nakayashiki (eps 10-14)
Hideyuki Umezu as Chan Yongu (eps 1, 3)
Hironori Saitō as Control Tower Chief (ep 16)
Hiroshi Yanaka as Shinobu Enkouji (eps 6-9)
Hiroyuki Kinoshita as Ron Wan (ep 1)
Hisafumi Oda as Ren Moroi (ep 10)
Hisako Kanemoto as Akiko Hama (eps 10-14)
Isshin Chiba as Li Pai Long (eps 1-4)
Jun Karasawa as Mika Mugibayashi (eps 23-25)
Junko Takeuchi as Ranko Itsukushima (eps 10-14)
Kaoru Marimura as Aoi Hayamiya (ep 18)
Kazuki Shimizu as Motohiko Konoe (eps 10-11, 14)
Keiichi Nakagawa as Daiki Akashiba (eps 6-9)
Keiichi Nanba as Ryuuta Saki
Keiko Han as Hajime's Mother (ep 18)
Kenichi Ono as
Ichiyou Akao (eps 11-13)
Jigoku no Kairaishi (ep 10)
Kenji Hamada as Ryuuta Takigawa (eps 1-4)
Kenyū Horiuchi as Detective (ep 18)
Kōji Yusa as Mamoru Koganei (eps 15-16)
Konomi Tada as Yuuko Kawakami (eps 11-12, 14)
Makoto Tamura as Shinobu Sekiguchi (eps 15-16)
Mami Horikoshi as Shiho Shimomura (eps 23, 25)
Masashi Nogawa as Doctor (ep 21)
Masashi Tamaki as Reiji Aoi (eps 19-22)
Mayumi Iizuka as Reika Hayami
Mayumi Sako as Liu Ivy (eps 1-4)
Mikako Fujita as Fan (ep 4)
Misato Fukuen as Miharu Ushio (ep 18)
Miyuki Kobori as Ryuuta Takigawa (Young; ep 3)
Miyuki Sano as Store employee (ep 19)
Moro Morooka as Suekichi Kuchinuma (ep 5)
Nobuo Tobita as Shin Li (eps 1, 3)
Norihisa Mori as Kim Longdong (eps 1-4)
Rieko Takahashi as Jin Mei (eps 3-4)
Ryōka Yuzuki as Kozue Kikukawa (eps 23-25)
Ryōsuke Kanemoto as Koujirou Okazaki (ep 17)
Ryūichi Kijima as Guest (ep 5)
Saori Gotō as Haruka Yuunagi (ep 9)
Satomi Kobayashi as Fuuma Kamioka (Young; ep 9)
Satsuki Yukino as Mitsuyo Nijieda (ep 18)
Sayaka Kinoshita as Kiyoko Shikibu (eps 10-14)
Seiji Katō as Detective Mizogishi (ep 10)
Shiho Kawaragi as Maria Ishida (eps 15-16)
Shintarō Asanuma as Souta Murakami (8 episodes
eps 10-14, 17, 19-20
)
Shūhei Sakaguchi as Ryousuke Komori (eps 19-22)
Subaru Kimura as Daisuke Kujiraki (eps 10-12, 14)
Susumu Chiba as Yukio Mitarai (ep 5)
Taira Kikumoto as
Han (ep 4)
Mathematics Teacher (ep 1)
Takahiro Fujimoto as Takuya Mayumura (eps 6, 9)
Takahiro Fujiwara as Yutaka Ohgoshi (eps 15-16)
Takahiro Miwa as Guest (ep 5)
Takahiro Mizushima as Ikuma Shimomura (eps 23-25)
Takashi Kondō as Jun Sugimoto (eps 23-25)
Takayuki Sugō as Takayuki Ujiie (eps 10-14)
Takumi Asahina as Tooru Kirisawa (eps 11-12, 14)
Tatsuya Kobashi as Guest (ep 5)
Teruyuki Tanzawa as Riku Busujima (eps 19-21)
Tetsuya Kakihara as Fuuma Kamioka (eps 6-9)
Tomohiro Satō as
Guest (ep 5)
Master (eps 17-18)
Plant Manager (ep 13)
Tomomi Betsui as Staff (ep 9)
Tōru Nara as Takeru Sakuma (eps 1, 3-4)
Tōru Sakurai as Elderly Teacher (ep 1)
Urara Takano as Ryuuko Onizawa (eps 6-8)
Wataru Hatano as Shuuji Aino (eps 12, 14)
Wataru Takagi as Detective Tadano (eps 19-22)
Yōko Hikasa as Runa Mizuki (ep 18)
Yoshimi Watanabe as Marina Tougami (ep 22)
Yoshinori Fujita as Shigeru Takaragi (eps 23-24)
Yoshinori Sonobe as Tomoaki Shida (eps 15-16)
Yui Hashimoto as Juri Takano (ep 17)
Yuka Igarashi as Yurika Enami (eps 10-11, 14)
Yuka Komatsu as Yui Kagaya (eps 15-16)
Yuko Hara as Akane Akimine (ep 17)
Yūko Minaguchi as Kazue Kenmochi (ep 20)
Yūma Uchida as Takumi Tamaki (eps 19-20, 22)
Yurika Aizawa as Hitomi Kaidou (eps 10-12, 14)
Yūsuke Numata as Akira Fujimori (eps 6-9)
Yūta Odagaki as Youhei Uozaki (eps 19, 22)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Toei Animation
Backgrounds: Bihou, Inc.
Broadcaster:
Nippon Television Network
YTV (2014-04-05)
Digital Paint:
A-Line
AI
Buyuu (14 episodes
eps 3-4, 6-7, 9-10, 12-24 even, 25
)
CL Corporation
Jumondo
Kagura
M.S.J Musashino Production
Mico Animation
Studio Elle
Toei Animation Philippines
In-Between Animation:
A-Line
AI
Buyuu (14 episodes
eps 3-4, 6-7, 9-10, 12-24 even, 25
)
CL Corporation
Jumondo
Kagura
M.S.J Musashino Production
Mico Animation
Seven Arcs Pictures
Studio Elle
Toei Animation Philippines
Key Animation:
Art Base Bam (ep 15)
Buyuu (ep 3)
HEBARAKI (eps 7, 14)
Jumondo (4 episodes
eps 15, 17, 21, 23
)
Kino Production (eps 6, 16)
Mico Animation (eps 15, 21)
Mutsu Planning (eps 6, 16, 22)
Seigasha (ep 21)
Seven Arcs Pictures (ep 7)
Studio Create (ep 15)
Photography: Studio Twinkle
Production:
Toei Animation
YTV
Production Assistance:
Seven Arcs Pictures (eps 15, 21)
Studio Guts (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 17, 23
)
Production Coordination: Toei Company, Ltd.
English staff
English companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Animax Asia
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
English cast
(none)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Anime Digital Network
French cast
(none)
Spanish companies
Spanish staff
Executive producer:
Iriya Azuma (Toei Animation Inc Latin America)
Viviana Reyes (Toei Animation Inc Latin America)
Producer: Hugo Mayorga (Toei Animation, Inc)
Broadcaster:
Canal Once (Mexico, subtitled)
SENPAI TV (Chile)
Distributor:
The Japan Foundation (Latin America 2017 - 2022)
Toei Animation Inc Latin America (Since 2022)
Dubbing: Iyuno Mexico
Licensed by:
The Japan Foundation (Latin America)
Toei Animation Inc Latin America
Spanish cast
Miguel Angel Ruiz as Hajime Kindaichi
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
(none)
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: GMA Network
Dubbing: ALTA Productions
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
Executive producer: Iriya Azuma (Toei Animation Latin America)
Producer: Hugo Mayorga (Toei Animation Latin America)
Broadcaster: TVM (Mozambique)
Licensed by:
The Japan Foundation (Brazil; PALOP)
Toei Animation Inc Latin America (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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