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Kindaichi Shounen No Jikenbo DVD BOX
Date: 1/22/2007
Another one of those insanely popular anime in Japan that didn't quite catch the eye of American licensing agents, on Monday, Toei Animation announced its R2 first time ever DVD release for the 148 episode Kindaichi Shounen No Jikenbo (Case Files Of Young Kindaichi) TV series. Scheduled for an April 6th release with a 35,000 Yen pricetag, in the DVD BOX you get 55 episodes on 10 discs. Extras inlcude voice actor / actress commentary. Kindaichi helped establish the "mystery serial" genre of animation similar to Detective Conan. Based on the original by Fumiya Sato and Kanari Yousaburou the anime telecast for 3 years from 1997, spawning crossmedia projects extending to novels and videogames. Over the TV run it maintained an average viewer rating of 14.7%.
Source: Anime News Network