is a 1999 Japanese

mystery novel Mystery is a fiction genre where the nature of an event, usually a murder or other crime, remains mysterious until the end of the story. Often within a closed circle of suspects, each suspect is usually provided with a credible motive and a re ...

written by Kei Ii. An

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television series adaptation by

Liden Films is a Japanese animation studio and production enterprise headquartered in Kamiogi, Suginami, Tokyo, and has animation studios in Kyoto and Osaka. Establishment Liden Films was founded on February 22, 2012 and, shortly after, joined joint-holding ...

aired between April and June 2020.

Setting

The novel is set in the Meiji era, and follows fictionalized versions of the poet

Takuboku Ishikawa was a Japanese poet. Well known as both a tanka and or poet, he began as a member of the Myōjō group of naturalist poets but later joined the "socialistic" group of Japanese poets and renounced naturalism. He died of tuberculosis. Major wo ...

and the linguist

Kyōsuke Kindaichi was a Japanese linguist, chiefly known for his dictations of yukar, or sagas of the Ainu people, as well as his study of the Matagi dialect. He is the author of the dictionary '' Meikai Kokugo Jiten''. Biography Kindaichi was born in Morioka, ...

. Ishikawa is a

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. They both investigate a supposed ghost haunting at the

Ryōunkaku The was Japan's first Western-style skyscraper. It stood in the Asakusa district of City of Tokyo (now Taitō, Tokyo) from 1890 until its demolition following the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923. The , as it was affectionately called by Tokyoi ...

skyscraper.

Characters

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Media

Novel

Anime

television series adaptation was announced on March 22, 2019. The series is animated by

, with Tomoe Makino serving as director and Shinpei Ezaki serving as chief director.

Taku Kishimoto is a Japanese anime screenwriter. After leaving Studio Ghibli, he was put in charge of screenwriting for ''Bunny Drop''. Following its completion, he has worked on several series, some of which are ''Haikyu!!'', '' Erased'', and the remake of ''F ...

handled series composition, Shuichi Hara designed the characters, and MONACA composed the series' music.

Muse Communication Muse Communication Co., Ltd. (also known simply as Muse) is a Taiwanese distributor and licensor that specializes in the distribution of anime. Based in Xinzhuang District, New Taipei City, the company also distributes Asian and European films ...

licensed the series in Southeast Asia and aired it on

Animax Asia Animax is the pay television channel in Asia owned by KC Global Media Asia which broadcasts Japanese language anime and Simulcast anime, anime programming through English-language feeds in Southeast Asia (formerly including Brunei), South Asia (e ...

. It aired between April 13 and June 29, 2020, on

Tokyo MX JOMX-DTV, branded as Tokyo MX (officially stylized as TOKYO MX), is an independent television station in Tokyo, Japan, owned by the . It is the only television station that exclusively serves the city. It competes with Nippon TV, TV Asahi, NH ...

, BS Fuji, and CS Family Gekijo.

Makoto Furukawa is a Japanese voice actor and singer previously affiliated with Space Craft Entertainment. He became a freelancer in September 2018. He joined the record label, Toy's Factory, in December 2018. He made his solo singer debut under Lantis in Ju ...

will perform the series' opening theme song "Honjitsu mo Makoto ni Seiten Nari", while NOW ON AIR will perform the series' ending theme song "

Gondola no Uta is a 1915 romantic balladDamian Cox and Michael Levine, "Looking for Meaning in All the Wrong Places: ''Ikiru'' (''To Live'')," ''Thinking Through Film: Doing Philosophy, Watching Movies'', Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. that was popular in Taishō peri ...

References

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* * 1999 Japanese novels Anime based on novels Crunchyroll anime Historical anime and manga Japanese mystery novels Liden Films Muse Communication Mystery anime and manga Novels set in the Meiji period {{anime-stub