Cover of the first Neuro: Supernatural Detective DVD, released by VAP on December 21, 2007
The anime series Neuro: Supernatural Detective is based on the manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Yusei Matsui, directed by Hiroshi Kōjina and co-produced by Madhouse, Nippon Television, Shueisha, D.N. Dream Partners and VAP.[1] The series follows Neuro Nogami: a demon who depends on mysteries for sustenance and, after solving all the mysteries in the demonic world, comes to Earth to solve its mysteries. Nero does this undetected by using a detective office and a high-school student, Yako Katsuragi, as a facade.
Production of the Neuro: Supernatural Detective anime was announced in July 2007.[2] The series originally aired between October 3, 2007 and March 26, 2008 on Nippon Television;[3][4][a] it was later broadcast by four NTV affiliates: HTV, YTV, CTV and STV.[5] The episodes were later combined into nine DVDs, released by VAP from December 21, 2007 to August 27, 2008;[6][7] VAP re-released all the episodes in a DVD box set on September 30, 2008.[8]
Viz Media announced its acquisition of Neuro: Supernatural Detective for North American release in the March 2011 issue of its magazine, Shonen Jump.[9] The company renamed the series from Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro to Neuro: Supernatural Detective, streaming the English-subtitled episodes from February 18, 2011, to July 1, 2011 on its website VizAnime.com and Hulu.[10][11]
The series has two pieces of theme music: "Dirty", by Nightmare, the series' opening theme, and "Kodoku no Hikari" (孤独のヒカリ, lit. "Light of Solitude"), by Seira Kagami, the ending theme.[12]
^キャスト/スタッフ (in Japanese). VAP. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
^"Music" (in Japanese). Nippon Television. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
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