Sherlock Hound

Sherlock Hound
Japanese Blu-ray cover art
名探偵ホームズ
(Meitantei Hōmuzu)
Genre
Created byArthur Conan Doyle
Anime film
Sherlock Hound: Blue Ruby Chapter and Treasure at the Bottom of the Ocean Chapter
Directed byHayao Miyazaki
Written bySunao Katabuchi
StudioTokyo Movie Shinsha
Released11 March 1984
Runtime46 minutes
Anime television series
Directed by
  • Hayao Miyazaki
  • Kyōsuke Mikuriya
Produced byYoshimitsu Takahashi
Written by
  • Hayao Miyazaki
  • Marco Pagot
  • Gi Pagot
  • Sunao Katabuchi
Music byKentarō Haneda
Studio
  • RAI
  • Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Licensed by
Original network
English network
Original run 6 November 1984 21 May 1985
Episodes26 (List of episodes)
Anime film
Sherlock Hound: Mrs. Hudson The Hostage Chapter and Aerial Battle at the Strait of Dover Chapter
Directed byHayao Miyazaki
Written bySunao Katabuchi
StudioTokyo Movie Shinsha
Released2 August 1986
Runtime46 minutes

Sherlock Hound (名探偵ホームズ, Meitantei Hōmuzu, lit. "Famous Detective Holmes"[1]) is an Italian-Japanese anime television series produced by RAI and Tokyo Movie Shinsha. Based on the character Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, almost all the characters are depicted as anthropomorphic dogs.[1] The show featured regular appearances of Jules Verne-steampunk style technology, adding a 19th-century science-fiction atmosphere to the series. It consists of 26 episodes and aired between 1984 and 1985.

  1. ^ a b Steiff, Josef (2011). Sherlock Holmes and Philosophy: The Footprints of a Gigantic Mind. Open Court. p. 307. ISBN 9780812697360.