The dark-haired bishounen is Sakon Tachibana, a puppeteer, and the other is Ukon, his favorite puppet and best friend. Sakon is the (only) grandson of Saemon Tachibana, a national treasure of Japan famous for his manipulation of Bunraku puppets. Ukon is a child doll puppet made in the early Meiji era by the famous female dollmaker Unosuke. Together they run into murders and solve them. (Source: AnimeNfo)
formatTV
statusFINISHED
Release dateOct 8, 1999
end dateMar 31, 2000
episodes26
duration25 min
studioWOWOW
genresHorror Mystery Thriller
Score68% ❤
RomajiKarakuri Zoushi Ayatsuri Sakon
native人形草紙あやつり左近
Relations
Charactères
Kouji KitamuraSUPPORTING
Zenkichi FujitaSUPPORTING
Sakon TachibanaMAIN
UkonMAIN
Seiji IsshikiSUPPORTING
staff
Takeshi ObataOriginal Character Design
Masaru MiyazakiOriginal Creator
KOKIAInsert Song Performance (ep 20)
Hitoyuki MatsuiDirector
Akino AraiTheme Song Performance (ED)
Charactères
Kouji KitamuraSUPPORTING
Zenkichi FujitaSUPPORTING
Sakon TachibanaMAIN
UkonMAIN
Seiji IsshikiSUPPORTING
Niemon TachibanaSUPPORTING
Shizu SanjouSUPPORTING
Seiichi MoriSUPPORTING
Nagare TachibanaSUPPORTING
Maya NishiharaSUPPORTING
Kaoruko TachibanaSUPPORTING
Mai KawaiSUPPORTING
Kisaragi IttetsuSUPPORTING
Hazuki FunasakiSUPPORTING
Ayano ShiguresakiSUPPORTING
Hisashi SugiyamaSUPPORTING
Shiho AkizukiSUPPORTING
Chuuta ShikibaSUPPORTING
Saemon TachibanaSUPPORTING
Kenichi SaitouSUPPORTING
Toshio KobayashiSUPPORTING
Takumi ShinozakiSUPPORTING
Chizuru TachibanaSUPPORTING
Tsutomu SaekiSUPPORTING
Sayoko FukamiSUPPORTING
STAFF
Takeshi ObataOriginal Character Design
Masaru MiyazakiOriginal Creator
KOKIAInsert Song Performance (ep 20)
Hitoyuki MatsuiDirector
Akino AraiTheme Song Performance (ED)
Katsuyoshi KobayashiSound Director
Toshimitsu KobayashiCharacter Design
Humming BirdTheme Song Performance (OP)
Tooru KogaArt Director
Kazuharu SatouScript (eps 4-7)
Daisuke HabaraScript (eps 8-10)
Takeo OonoScript (eps 21-23)
Tsuyoshi ImaiEditing
Takuya KawamiColor Design
Soutarou HayashiScript (eps 14-17, 24-26)
Yuuichi HigurashiScript (eps 18-20)
Chiho KatsuraScript (eps 1-3)
Norihiro TsuruMusic
Yuriko NakamuraMusic
Hitoyuki MatsuiStoryboard (eps 1-3, 8, 18, 26)
Hitoyuki MatsuiEpisode Director (eps 1, 26)
Yasuhiro GeshiEpisode Director (eps 2, 5, 12)
Hideki TonokatsuStoryboard (eps 4, 7, 11, 16, 21, 23)
Yasuhiro GeshiStoryboard (eps 5, 12)
Kazuo NogamiEpisode Director (eps 9, 14, 19, 23)
