Hayao Miyazaki and Kyousuke Mikuriya’s Sherlock Hound DVD

Written and Directed by Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle) during his time at Japan's largest animation studio, TMS. Before he went on to create Totoro and Studio Ghibli, Miyazaki captured a whole generation of childrens' imaginations with his retelling of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries using a loveable cast of canines. For the first time ever in the UK, all 26 episodes of the cult toon classic are collected into one deluxe box set.

"Sherlock Hound", released as either Famous Detective Holmes or Detective Holmes in Japan, is an anime based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes series where all the characters are depicted as anthropomorphic animals, the majority dogs, though Holmes is a fox and his enemy Professor Moriarty is a wolf. 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 aired between 1984 and 1985.

Sherlock Hound is a must-have addition to any self-respecting anime fan's collection, especially those that are Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli completists.

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