“Haruka teams with red-eyed Yakumo to solve deadly supernatural cases involving spirits and murder.”
Psychic Detective Yakumo
心霊探偵 八雲
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Synopsis
Haruka teams with red-eyed Yakumo to solve deadly supernatural cases involving spirits and murder.
Haruka Ozawa's sophomore year is getting seriously scary. One of her friends is possessed, another has committed suicide and Haruka could be the next one to flunk the still-breathing test. Her only way out of this potentially lethal dead end? Yakumo Saito, an enigmatic student born with a mysterious red eye that allows him to see and communicate with the dead. But the deceased don't always desist and some killers are more than ready to kill again to keep dead men from telling any more tales. That doesn't stop Haruka's knack for digging up buried secrets, and there's even more evidence of bodies being exhumed by both Yakumo's police contact and an investigative journalist with a newly made corpse in her closet! Can this pair of anything but normal paranormal detectives solve the ultimate dead case files or will they end up in cold storage themselves? (Source: Sentai Filmworks)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 26 sampled reviews
What 26 viewers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.62 · some divergence
4.4 pts
Recommenders 8.4 · others 4.0
↑ 0.81
Running avg · Oct 2010 → Feb 2023
- 10 “A low-profile gem that delivers excellent story flow and fascinating characters while breaking free from typical anime conventions. No flaws worth mentioning—this is simply one of the best series...”
- 8 “The premise hooked me immediately and the unfolding mystery proved consistently intriguing, while the emotional pull of the story kept me invested throughout. I have no real complaints—every new...”
- 10 “This anime delivers a beautiful yet hard-hitting experience that makes you deeply empathize with orphaned Yakumo and the discrimination he faces because of his eye. Full of shocking plot twists and...”
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- Format 13 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 5h 12m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2010 – Dec 2010 Fall 2010
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-5091 catalog
Produced by
- NHK Producer
- Sogo Vision Producer
- NHK-BS2 Producer
Licensed by
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor