“Count D sells exotic pets with strict contracts; detective Leon links mysterious deaths to his Chinatown shop.”
Pet Shop of Horrors
Pet Shop of Horrors (ペットショップ・オブ・ホラーズ)
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Synopsis
Count D sells exotic pets with strict contracts; detective Leon links mysterious deaths to his Chinatown shop.
Count D, a quite interesting pet shop owner from an area called Chinatown, sells rare and hard to come by pets to people longing for something special, but with each sale comes a contract. If the rules of the contract are followed, everything goes fine, but if someone should break the rules of the contract, the pet shop cannot be held responsible for anything unfortunate that might happen. Leon Orcot, a homicide detective, has linked many odd and unexplainable deaths together; they all were customers of Count D's pet shop, and he intends to find out why. (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 37 sampled reviews
What 37 viewers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.50 · some divergence
3.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 5.0
↑ 2.24
Running avg · Jul 2007 → Mar 2025
- 7 “The anime was short stories about the clients who purchased the pets, showed the consequences of breaking the contract, and a detective trying to pin all his cases on the petshop owner. It's a good...”
- 7 “What a fun little show. 4 episodes of about 22 minutes each. It didn't really feel like an anime but it was still good. It could best be described as a mix of Needful Things and Tales From the...”
- 8 “Pet Shop of Horrors was an easy binge watch for me mainly because the artwork reminds me very much of xxxHolic and animes of similar style. Its an episodic anime with a minor undercurrent plat and...”
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- Format 4 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 32m all episodes
- Aired Mar 1999 – Mar 1999 Winter 1999
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-0303 catalog
Produced by
- Trans Arts Producer
- TBS Producer
- Arts Pro Producer
Licensed by
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor
- Urban Vision Licensor