CATDOLL: The popular novel "Onihei Hankacho" announced the animation of the most contemporary mystery

The popular contemporary novel "Onihei Hankacho" written by author Shotaro Ikeba has been announced to be adapted into an animation in 2017. This animation is a commemorative project for the 50th anniversary of the creation of the work.

"Onihei Hankacho" tells the story of Hasegawa Heizo, the "Onihei" who manages criminals such as fire thieves and Kaikata, and punishes the villains. This work is a representative work of the "Taimono-cho novel", which can be called "period mystery novel". It has been made into TV series, movies, comics, live-action stage plays, etc., but this is the first time it has been animated. In terms of production, Shigeyuki Miya will be in charge of supervision and character design, and TMS Entertainment and STUDIO M2 will be in charge of animation production.