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Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective (TV)

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Alternative title:
Detetive da meia noite Nightwalker (Portuguese)
Mayonaka no Tantei - Nightwalker (Japanese)
Night Walker – Le détective de minuit (French)
Nightwalker
Ночной путник (Russian)
ナイトウォーカー真夜中の探偵 (Japanese)
真夜中の探偵 -NightWalker- (Japanese)
나이트 워커: 한밤중의 탐정 (Korean)
Themes: demons, police, vampires
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Shido Tatsuhiko is not only a private eye…he is also a vampire with no real memory of his past. Joined by Yayoi Matsunaga, a female government agent, Riho Yamazaki, an orphaned teenage girl working as his secretary, and Guni, a little green imp, Shido must face demonic creatures known as Nightbreed. Meanwhile, Cain, the vampire who made him what he is now, is seeking him…
User Ratings: 485 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 22 votes (sub:12, dub:7, raw:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 47 votes (dub:26, sub:18, ?:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 115 votes (sub:68, dub:37, ?:1, others:9
6 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 131 votes (sub:72, dub:43, ?:4, raw:2, edit.dub:1, others:9
5 Spanish subtitled
3 Spanish dubbed
1 Spanish edited dub
)
 Decent: 88 votes (sub:55, dub:26, ?:1, raw:1, others:5
4 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 So-so: 33 votes (sub:24, dub:6, others:3
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Not really good: 25 votes (sub:17, dub:5, raw:2, ?:1)
 Weak: 13 votes (sub:7, dub:5, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:2, dub:2)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (dub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 1062 users, rank: #1157 (of 9777)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.856 (Good), std. dev.: 1.7714, rank: #4558 (of 9919)
Weighted mean: 6.789 (Good−), rank: #4660 (of 9919) (seen all: 6.90 / seen some: 6.47 / won't finish: 4.68)
Bayesian estimate: 6.807 (Good−), rank: #4263 (of 7496)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
1998-07-08 to 1998-09-23
2003 (Latin America, Locomotion)
Release dates: We have 9
Opening Theme:
"Gessekai" by Buck Tick
"Lunar World" by Buck Tick 
Ending Theme:
"Mirai Koro" by La'Cryma Christi
Links: We have 6
Trivia: We have 2
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DVD (Region 1)
    Dynamite Dozen - 12-Pack (DVD) 2004-12-21
    Nightwalker - Midnight Detective (DVD 1) 2001-04-10 (from $9.40)
    Nightwalker - Midnight Detective (DVD 1) 2003-01-28
    Nightwalker - Eternal Darkness (DVD 2) 2001-06-12 (from $11.96)
    Nightwalker - Eternal Darkness (DVD 2) 2003-01-28 (from $17.46)
    Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective - Complete Series Collection (DVD) 2017-08-29 (from $53.00)
    Nightwalker - DVD Set (Dub.DVD 1-2) 2004-10-19 (from $99.99)
VHS
    Nightwalker - Midnight Detective (Dub.VHS 1) 2001-01-09
    Nightwalker - Prescription for Death (Dub.VHS 2) 2001-04-10 (from $9.99)
    NightWalker - Eternal Darkness (Dub.VHS 3) 2001-06-12 (from $35.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Composition: Ryota Yamaguchi
Script:
Genki Yoshimura (eps 7, 10)
Ryota Yamaguchi 
Toji Gobu (eps 8, 11) 
Screenplay:
Genki Yoshimura (ep 7) 
Ryota Yamaguchi (eps 5-6) 
Toji Gobu (ep 8) 
Storyboard:
Kiyori Sasano (ep 5) 
Kiyotoshi Sasano (eps 5, 12)
Kunihisa Sugishima (eps 3-4)
Masashi Ikeda (ep 2)
Nobuhiro Kondō (ep 7) 
Sei Ikeda (ep 2) 
Takahiro Takigami (ep 6) 
Takahiro Takinoue (eps 6, 11)
Tōru Yamada (ep 8)
Yutaka Kagawa (ep 1)
Episode Director:
Hiroshi Ishiodori (eps 1-4)
Kiyotoshi Sasano (OP; ep 12)
Takahiro Takinoue (ep 6)
Takashi Kobayashi (ep 7)
Takuya Nonaka (ep 10)
Tōru Yamada (eps 5, 8)
Yukihiro Shino (ep 11)
Music: Akifumi Tada
Original creator: Ayana Itsuki
Original Character Design: Ryuichi Makino
Art Director:
Hitoshi Nagao (eps 5-12)
Shigemi Ikeda (eps 1-4)
Chief Animation Director: Kenzō Koizumi
Animation Director:
Hideyuki Motohashi (eps 7, 10)
Hiroshi Ishiodori 
Kazunori Takahashi (eps 5, 9)
Masayuki Fujita (eps 6, 11)
Miho Shimogasa (ep 12)
Satoshi Isono (eps 1-4)
Shinji Takeuchi (ep 8)
Takahiro Takigami (ep 6) 
Tōru Yamada (eps 5-6) 
Sound Director: Tōru Nakano
Director of Photography: Akio Saitō
Animation producer: Ikuo Satō
Animation Supervisor: Satoshi Isono 
Design: Ryoichi Makino
Editing: Seiji Morita
Ending Illustrations: Miho Shimogasa
In-Between Animation: Takayoshi Hashimoto (eps 1-4)
Key Animation:
Akihiro Izumi (eps 7, 10)
Daisuke Yamauchi (ep 10)
Emiko Momose (ep 7)
Hideki Matsuoka (ep 10)
Hideki Watanabe (eps 3-4)
Hiromi Muranaka (eps 1-3)
Hiromi Okazaki (ep 10)
Hiroshi Yoneda (ep 10)
Hiroyuki Kamura (eps 6, 9, 12)
Kaori Ikeda (eps 5, 11)
Katsuji Matsumoto (eps 1-4, 8, 11)
Kazuhiko Shibuya (7 episodes
eps 1-4, 8-9, 12
)

Kazunori Takahashi (eps 1-4, 12)
Kōichi Taguchi (eps 7, 10)
Koji Taniguchi (eps 5, 11)
Konomi Noguchi (eps 7, 10)
Maki Fujii (ep 10)
Manabu Yasumoto (ep 5)
Masao Ōkubo (eps 1-4)
Masayuki Fujita (eps 3-4)
Masumi Hoshino (eps 6, 9, 11)
Minako Ito (ep 5)
Nagisa Miyazaki (ep 7)
Rie Fujiwara (eps 5, 8, 11)
Rika Mishima (ep 5)
Rumiko Ishizawa (eps 8, 11)
Sanae Narasaki (ep 5)
Shinichi Takahashi (ep 8)
Shinichi Wada (eps 6, 12)
Shinji Takeuchi (eps 3-4)
Tadakazu Iguchi (eps 1-3)
Tadashi Sato (ep 8)
Takayoshi Hashimoto (eps 5, 8, 11)
Takuya Nonaka (ep 10)
Terumi Mutō (eps 1-4, 6, 12)
Toshikatsu Shinozaki (ep 7)
Toshinobu Togawa (eps 6, 9, 12)
Toshio Nitta (eps 9, 12)
Toshiya Washida (eps 7, 10)
Tsutomu Shibutani (ep 6)
Tsuyoshi Saitō (ep 10)
Yasuhiro Okuda (eps 1-4, 8, 12)
Yasuyuki Noda (8 episodes
eps 1-4, 6, 8-9, 11
)

Yoshiaki Minami (eps 7, 10)
Yoshikazu Samura (eps 1-2, 4)
Yoshiki Mizuno (eps 6, 9, 12)
Yoshiko Imazato (ep 10)
Yoshitaka Koyama (eps 1-2, 12)
Yoshitaka Yasuda (eps 6, 9)
Yūichirō Fukaya (eps 5, 8)
Music Assistant: Yuuji Saitou (eps 1-2)
Photography:
Hiroyuki Matsuzawa (Ace Creation)
Shingo Kobayashi (Ace Creation)
Takayuki Kobayashi (Ace Creation)
Tomoko Satō (Ace Creation)
Series Planning: Ryota Yamaguchi 
Sound Design: Tōru Nakano 
Sound Effects: Junichi Sasaki
Sound Producer: Takeshi Nishina
Theme Song Lyrics:
Atsushi Sakurai (OP)
Hisashi Imai (OP)
Theme Song Performance: BUCK-TICK (OP)
Takumi Yamazaki as Shido Tatsuhiko

Emi Shinohara as Yayoi Matsunaga
Maaya Sakamoto as Riho Yamazaki

Ai Uchikawa as Asami Akiba (ep 8)
Akira Ishida as Shunichi
Asako Shirakura as Female Student (ep 5)
Ayumi Kida as Miharu (ep 8)
Chiemi Chiba as Yuki (ep 10)
Daiki Nakamura as Police Inspector (ep 1)
Eiji Maruyama as Shuzo Akiba (ep 8)
Hidenari Ugaki as TV reporter
Hidetaka Takeda as
NOS Member (ep 4)
Police Officer (ep 1)
Hideyuki Tanaka as Cain
Hiromi Nakamura as Yayoi Matsunaga (young; ep 9)
Hisayoshi Izaki as Schoolboy (ep 10)
Ikue Ōtani as Guni
Kazuki Yao as Gimeru
Keiichi Sonobe as Mr. Yamazaki (ep 12)
Kōichi Sakaguchi as
Anonymous Man (ep 4)
Criminal (ep 3)
Koichi Akiba (ep 8)
Makiko Ōmoto as Mikako
Masako Katsuki as Witch
Masami Toyoshima as Mrs. Yamazaki (ep 12)
Maya Okamoto as Megumi
Mikako Takahashi as Female Student A (ep 4)
Naoki Bandō as
Director (ep 2)
Doctor (ep 3)
Furano (ep 4)
Nariko Fujieda as Monique (ep 6)
Rumiko Ukai as Yoko (ep 7)
Ryoichi Hino as
Man (ep 1)
Manager (ep 2)
Person A (ep 3)
Sanae Miyuki as woman
Satomi Koorogi as Shinji
Shigenori Sōya as Stall Keeper (ep 3)
Shiho Kawaragi as Young Actress (ep 2)
Showtaro Morikubo as Angel (ep 10)
Takako Kikuchi as Yoko Asahina (ep 2)
Tetsuya Iwanaga as Taki Ryuichi
Tomoko Kotani as Female Student B (ep 4)
Toshihiko Seki as Beito
Yūko Katō as
Breed (ep 11)
Friend
Yūko Kobayashi as Tsukimura Yukie
Yumiko Kobayashi as female student

Japanese companies
Animation Production: AIC
Broadcaster: TV Tokyo
In-Between Animation:
FAI
Hana Production
Studio μ
Key Animation:
Hun Film (eps 7-9, 11-12)
MI (eps 3-4)
Photography: Ace Creation
Titles: Maki Production
Video Editing: Imagica
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Eric P. Sherman
Translation: Katsuho Shimoharu
Executive producer: John O'Donnell
ADR Editor: Patrick Rodman
ADR Recording Engineer: Patrick Rodman
ADR Script Adaptation:
Clark Cheng
Eric P. Sherman
ADR Writer: Rebecca Olkowski
Dubbing Supervision:
Christopher Sippel
Tom Wayland
Re-Recording Engineer: Thomas J. Maydeck
Studio Administration:
Kendra Doherty
Tracy Clark
Abe Lasser as Shuzo Akiba
Bob Bobson as SWAT Officer
Chuck Farley as
Breed
Riho's Father
Dave Mallow as Koji Ozaki
David Umansky as
Breed
Koichi Akiba
Student B
Dorothy Melendrez as Riho Yamazaki
Ellen Wilkinson as
Megumi Otsuka
Riho's Mother
Schoolgirl
Yuki's Friend
Francis Cherry as
NOS Agent
Truck Driver
Jane Alan as
Kasumi
Shinji
Yayoi Matsunaga
Jeremiah Freedman as Schoolboy
John Smallberries as
Chief Inspector Furano
Taki Ryuichi
Julie Maddalena as Yuki's Friend
Lex Lang as
Asami's Lover
Cain
Shunichi
Lia Sargent as
Manami's Mother
Mikako
Melissa Charles as
Asami Akiba
Monique
Melora Harte as Miharu
Michelle Ruff as
Manami
Yuki
Mona Marshall as
Kasumi (Little)
Yoko
Sandy Fox as Guni
Simon Isaacson as Doctor
Sonja S. Fox as
Mariel
Yukie Tsukimura
Steve Cannon as Angel/Breed
Steve Kramer as Director
Terrence Stone as
Perpetrator
Student A
Truck Driver
Vincent Hatcher as Tatsuhiko Shido
Wendee Lee as
Girl
Understudy
Woman in Car
Woman/Breed
Yayoi (Little)
Yoko Asahina
Yuki's Friend

English companies
Distributor:
MVM (UK)
Siren Visual (Australia & New Zealand)
Internet Streaming: RetroCrush
Licensed by:
Central Park Media (Expired)
Discotek Media (2017)
Version Recorded & Mixed At: Monterrey Post Sound
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Seonghun Hong as Shido Tatsuhiko

Hui-Seon Gang as Yayoi Matsunaga
Soyeon as Guni
Sun Young Park as Riho Yamazaki
Korean companies
Distributor: SS Animent (Broadcasting / Video on Demand)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Distributor: Déclic Images
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Locomotion (sub only)
Spanish cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Locomotion Brazil (Subbed)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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