Cuticle Detective Inaba
キューティクル探偵因幡In a world where half-human, half-animal chimeras live and work alongside normal people, there are sure to be a few bad apples in the bunch. Unfortunately, half-human criminals means non-human clues that often leave the police stumped. That's where lone wolf detectives like Hiroshi Inaba come in. He's literally part wolf and has the amazing ability to extract critical information just by examining or tasting a sample of someone's hair! Of course, that ability has also resulted in Inaba having a little bit of a hair fetish, but that doesn't seem to be a problem for his two assistants. (Well, at least the cross-dressing one isn't complaining much.) And it's nothing compared to the strange tastes of Inaba's nemesis, the omnivorous (and half goat) crime boss Don Valentino, who has an appetite for green legal tender instead of tender young greens! Inaba's sworn to cut Valentino out of the criminal flock before the Don can wolf down more ill-gotten dough, but he's going to have to chew his way through a lot of evidence to get his goat. Can sheer dogged detective work put the baaaaad guys behind bars? (Source: Sentai Filmworks)
Reviews
mfisher - 2015-01-14 22:13:53
From hilarious antics to breaking the fourth wall, this anime is a must-watch for comedy lovers. A parody of sorts, the show still manages to deliver a somewhat intricate and interesting storyline that reveals itself in the latter half of the season. The late unraveling might make the anime seem a bit rushed and give a sense of incompletion at the end, however this might be attributed to the fact that the manga is ongoing. If you aren't picky about plot details, and even if you are, this anime will have you clutching your stomach and rolling on the floor from episode one. This show could be described as thoroughly enjoyable yet slightly dissatisfying, although I believe the sheer hilarity makes up for the lack of fully organized plot.
pmcglynn - 2014-11-25 19:29:49
Type of comedy in the series similar to: Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Space Dandy, and Dog & Scissors
Cuticle Detective Inaba follows detective Hiroshi Inaba as he tries to pursue a criminal who happens to be a goat. He eats real money and the police are hoping to capture him once and for all but he is really sneaky.
Hiroshi and his partner Ogi and his assistants get close to finding Don Valentino the goat criminal but due to their numerous silly fumblings along their way they never accomplish their goal. Still it is fun and hilarious to see just how they go about things in solving crimes. It helps that many of the allied criminals alongside Don Valentino are pretty nutty. They are almost as nutty as Hiroshi and his friends.
The theme songs are suited nicely to the anime. The Opening Theme Song sung by Junichi Suwabe (Hiroshi Inaba) sounds in particular really wonderful. As for the Ending theme song it is sung by Toru Ohkawa (Don Valentino) which is incredibly sad yet cute. As for the voice acting all the characters do an amazing job to highlight how funny it can be and their performances make this series just beyond good. Voice actors and actresses that stand out are: Junichi Suwabe, Miyu Irino, Kousuke Toriumi, and Ai Fukada.
Only got the series on DVD just yesterday but had already seen about half the series as it aired. Actually decided on buying Cuticle Detective Inaba-The Complete Series since had some majorly extreme laugh out loud moments with this one. Cuticle Detective Inaba also has really good clean animation with cute character designs which only made me want to own it more. The DVDs themselves have really crisp and clear video quality. When first saw it online compared to the quality on the DVDs the DVDs far surpass it. If were to be asked if recommend this series: It would be an instant yes!
ashtyn.rowe - 2013-07-23 15:00:53
I don't normally watch comedy anime I normally go for action type shows but when this came out I decided to give it a try and I'm glad I did I absolutely love this show.
When i watched the first episode I was a bit confused because it's just so weird and I didn't know what to think about it, but by the time I was watching the second episode I already was in love with it. It hasn't really got a main plot, that normally puts me off a series but not with this one, each episode was really enjoyable and i found my self laughing my head of at every moment.
If you just want a short series that will make you laugh none stop and has some interesting characters then I recommend this anime .