Sherlock Hound - Case File 1
by Hayao Miyazaki, Seiji Okuta, Takaya Mizutani, Tatsuo Hayakawa, Heipachio Tanaka
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Actor: Chikao ?tsuka, Kousei Tomita, Pat Morris, Taichir? Hirokawa, Y?ko AsagamiDirector: Hayao Miyazaki, Heipachio Tanaka, Seiji Okuta, Takaya Mizutani, Tatsuo Hayakawa
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0; Japanese (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 125 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-02-26
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
Movie Reviews of Sherlock Hound - Case File 1
Movie Review: Famous Detective Holmes!
Summary: 4 Stars
Or so the series is called in Japanese. Known around here as Sherlock Hound, this series was originaly produced in 1981 as a joint project between Tokyo Movie Shinsha and an italian studio called RAI. Hayao Miyazaki became involved, directing six episodes, and writing a few of those. Afterwards, probably after the ones covered in the first few volumes, the production was put on hold due to some conflicts with copyrights involving Sir Arthur Conan Doyles estate. But, in 1984, the next batch were released as planned on TV, with a different crew directing, writin and animating. So, these 5, and the first one of the next volume are all done by Miyazaki and a great group of creators.
For this first Case File disc, we get the first five episodes, which include: (I'll just use the Japanese titles, but they are different in the english dub.)
-'He's The Famous Detective!'
-'The Evil Genius, Professor Moriarty'
-'Little Martha's Big Mystery'
-'Mrs. Hudson is Taken Hostage'
-'Blue Ruby'
I won't waste your time with plot analysis for all five, because the Spotlight review features this. I will say that this is the japanese translation of the stories, and the reimageining of the characters. They are, of course, all dogs. And while some are direct stories out of the many books, some are new scripts. They both measure up, with the original scripts being full of crazy machines from Moriarty and flying and all kinds of great excitement (you can tell Miyazaki was inventing some of the flying bits).
The disc contains no features, unless you count it being dual-sided with the english dub on one side, and the original japanese on the other.
The dub is a little dry, sounding like a grown up interpretation of Holmes, with dry british accents and cliched voices (even I could do a better Watson impersionation), but all the japanese voices are spot on, with a correct and actual translation in the subtitles. You would do best to watch the original language tracks.
The quality is good, especially for an '80s TV series. And the sound is great. Sometimes the music is nearly muffled or even drowned completely, in typical Saturday morning flair. A bit annoying, contributing to it losing a star. The other factor being no special features (wasn't expectin much from a TV series, but this is the DVD age)
Overall, anime fans, cartoon enthusiasts, Holmes-a-maniacs, or adventure seekers of all ages will find this fun. If your looking to buy the whole series, there are no plans on making a boxed set, so start shelling out 27 dollars for all 6, because this is one to collect!
Summary of Sherlock Hound - Case File 1
Meitantei Holmes (literally "Famous Detective Holmes," 1981) was the last TV series Hayao Miyazaki (My Neighbor Totoro) worked on, directing the first six episodes and writing scripts for some of them. Copyright disputes held up the Japanese-Italian coproduction until 1984, when it was continued with different artists. A few episodes relate to the original stories: "The Crown of Mazalin" is based loosely on "The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet." But this canine detective acts more like a standard cartoon Good Guy than a calculating criminologist, and Professor Moriarty resembles Oil Can Harry from Mighty Mouse. The series invites the viewer to play Sherlock Holmes and pick out elements that Miyazaki would develop further as his personal style evolved in his features: the mechanic's daughter in "Small Client" is clearly the ancestor of Mei in Totoro. The English vocal cast turns in such uniformly drab performances (in affected British accents) that it's more entertaining to watch the Japanese version with subtitles. Suggested for ages 7 and up: Minor cartoon violence, tobacco use. --Charles SolomonKids & Family DVD Video
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