"Mayonaka no tantei Nightwalker" (2000) TV series

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Director:

Kiyori Sasano

Writer:

Ryota Yamaguchi (screenplay)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery

Plot:

Mankind is threatened by a race of creatures called the Nightbreed, people who have, either willingly or through deception...

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Vampire | Murder | Bisexual Vampire | Vampire Detective

Cast

Takumi Yamazaki	...	Detective Shido
Maaya Sakamoto	...	Riho the Secretary (voice)
Emi Shinohara	...	Yayoi Matsunaga
Richard Cansino	...	Tatsuhiko Shido (voice) (as Vincent Hatcher)
Jane Alan	...	Yayoi Matsunaga, Kasumi (voice: English version)
Dorothy Elias-Fahn	...	Riho Yamazaki (voice: English version) (as Dorothy Melendrez)
Wendee Lee	...	Yoko Asahina, Little Yayoi (voice: English version)
Sandy Fox	...	Guni (voice: English version)
Bridget Hoffman	...	Megumi Otsuka / Schoolgirl / Yuki's Friend / Riho's Mother (voice: English version) (as Ellen Wilkinson)
Lex Lang	...	Cain (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bob Bobson	...	SWAT Officer (voice: English version)
Francis Cherry	...	Truck Driver (voice)
Melissa Fahn	...	Monique, Asami Akiba (voice: English version) (as Melissa Charles)
Sonia J. Fox	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Joshua Freedman	...	Schoolboy (voice)
Melora Harte	...	Miharu (voice: English version)
Steve Kramer	...	Director (voice: English version)
Peter Lurie	...	Father, Breed (voice) (as Chuck Farley)
Julie Maddalena	...	Yuki's Friend (voice: English version)
Dave Mallow	...	Koji Ozaki (voice: English version) (as David Mallow)
Mona Marshall	...	Little Kasumi (voice)
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn	...	Witch (voice)
Bob Papenbrook	...	Taki Ryuichi, Chief Inspector Furano (voice: English version) (as John Smallberries)
Simon Prescott	...	Doctor (voice: English version) (as Simon Isaacson)
Derek Stephen Prince	...	Breed, Student B, Koichi Akiba (voice: English version) (as David Umansky)
Michelle Ruff	...	Yuki Tsukimura (voice) (as Georgette Rose)
Lia Sargent	...	Mikako, Manami's Mother, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Joshua Seth	...	School Boy (voice: English version)
Melodee Spevack	...	Yukie Tsukimura, Mariel (voice: English version)
Steve Staley	...	Breed (voice) (as Steve Cannon)
Terrence Stone	...	Student A, Truck Driver (voice: English version)
Tom Wyner	...	Shuzo Akiba (voice: English version) (as Abe Lasser)

Also Known As:

"Nightwalker: Midnight Detective" (USA) (dubbed version)

Runtime:

25 min (12 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG

Company:

Bandai Visual Company

Great rare seen Anime!!! Can't believe no one has seen it.

I just checked the DVD of "Midnight Detective" not knowing what to expect. I've never seen the series or heard the Anime, but I was completely surprised and impressed by this Anime.

In fact, I can't believe none of the so called "experts" of Anime have commented on this series.

The series combines "Interview With The Vampire", "Blade" and "Vampire Hunter" all in one.

The series is about a detective named Shido who is part vampire and part human. He solves cases involving what's none as the "Night Breed". The Night breed are vampires with major exceptions. The Night Breed can occupy the bodies of their victims and use and abuse them till they die. When their victims die, the Night Breed, inhibit another unsuspecting victim, by eating biting them or sucking their blood like a vampire.

The series is filled with fantastic visuals, action, violence and nudity.

In the first episode, we meet Shido, his young beautiful assisant Riho and Shido's girlfried Yayoi Matsunaga.

Yayoi is part of the Nos, which is the Japanese equivalent of the FBI.

Shido and Yayoi work together to try to stop the breed but meet tough foes like Cain.

Cain is the head vampire, who like Lestat in Interview With The Vampire is the one that gives Shido , "Eternal Life" by being a vampire.

Cain wants Shido back to do his bidding, but Shido must fight the temptations of the darkside and stop Cain and the Night Breed.

The DVD is spectacular and it's great. It comes with 6 episodes, special trailers of other Manga movies, a special meeting of the characters and much more.

The visuals are impressive in fact, since this is an anime, the creators are able to pull off feats that couldn't be done in "Interview With Vampire". For example , Shido is like Spiderman, and walk up buildings, fly, and kill his enemies at the same time.

Shido like Goku in Dragonballz, has a magic staff which he uses to take care of his enemies. Also like "Vampire Hunter" comes with a vampire demon, who watches over his shoulder, and becomes Shido's part conscious.

If you're looking for great Anime , "Midnight Vampire" is it. Another great anime in the same breath as "Macross", "Escaflowne", "Dragnballz" and many others.