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Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace (TV)



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Alternative title:
乱歩奇譚 Game of Laplace (Japanese) 
Genres: thriller 
Themes: violence 
Objectionable content: Significant 
Plot Summary: The story takes place at a certain middle school where several murder cases take place. Kobayashi, a boy who goes to this school, meets genius detective Akechi, who comes to the school to investigate. Kobayashi takes an interest in Akechi and, in spite of his friend Hashiba's worries, he volunteers to be Akechi's assistant. 
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Ratings: 187 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 12 votes (sub:8, dub:2, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 14 votes (sub:13, dub:1)
 Very good: 25 votes (sub:17, dub:5, others:3
3 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 51 votes (sub:48, dub:1, others:2
1 Russian dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 27 votes (sub:23, dub:3, ?:1)
 So-so: 32 votes (sub:30, dub:2)
 Not really good: 12 votes (sub:11, raw:1)
 Weak: 9 votes (sub:9)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 3 votes (dub:1, sub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
Seen in part or in whole by 328 s, rank: #2887 (of 9997)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.439 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.9813, rank: #6218 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 6.337 (Decent+), rank: #6485 (of 10155) (seen all: 6.57 / seen some: 5.09 / won't finish: 4.56)
Bayesian estimate: 6.411 (Decent+), rank: #5717 (of 7635)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 11 
Episode titles: We have 11
Vintage: 2015-07-02 
Opening Theme:
"Speed to Masatsu" (Speed and Friction) by amazarashi 
Ending Theme:
"Mikazuki" (ミカヅキ) by Sayuri 
Trivia: We have 1
Reviews: Show:
Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace BD+DVD (Dec 22, 2016)
Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace ‒ Episode 11 (Sep 17, 2015)
Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace ‒ Episode 10 (Sep 10, 2015)
Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace ‒ Episode 9 (Sep 3, 2015)
Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace ‒ Episode 8 (Aug 21, 2015)
Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace ‒ Episode 7 (Aug 13, 2015)
Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace ‒ Episode 6 (Aug 7, 2015)
Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace ‒ Episode 5 (Jul 30, 2015)
Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace ‒ Episode 4 (Jul 24, 2015)
Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace (Jul 16, 2015)
Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace ‒ Episodes 1-3 (Jul 16, 2015)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace - The Complete Series [Essentials] (Blu-ray) 2019-03-26 (from $34.99)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace - The Complete Series (BD+DVD) 2016-12-13 (from $29.98)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Seiji Kishi 
Series Composition: Makoto Uezu 
Screenplay:
Makoto Uezu  (eps 1-2, 6, 11) 
Storyboard:
Yoshimichi Hirai (eps 1, 5, 8) 
Episode Director:
Yū Kinome (eps 2, 7) 
Music: Masaru Yokoyama 
Original Concept: Rampo Edogawa 
Character Design: Kazuaki Morita 
Art Director: Ayumi Miyakoshi 
Chief Animation Director:
Yusuke Kamata 
Animation Director:
Yusuke Kamata (ep 2)  (eps 6, 10) 
Art design: Yoshihiro Sono 
Sound Director: Satoki Iida 
Cgi Director: Masafumi Uchiyama 
Director of Photography: Yūsuke Mishina 
Executive producer:
Yutaka Ishikawa 
Producer:
Miho Matsumoto 

2nd Key Animation: Masaru Kanamori (Lerche; ep 11) 
Advertising: Michiko Kiyota (Fuji TV) 
Animation producer:
Yūji Higa 
Assistant producer: Akito Segawa 
Background Art: Yoshihiro Sono 
CG Producer: Tomoya Naraoka 
Chief Producer:
Yōko Matsuzaki (Fuji TV) 
Color Check:
Mio Takekawa (eps 3, 6, 9) 
Color Coordination: Hiroaki Kaguchi 
Color design:
Tarō Kaguchi 
Editing: Masaki Sakamoto 
Editing Assistant:
Rie Itō 
In-Between Animation: Hai Nguyen (Sao Sang) 
In-Between Check:
Tomomi Oka (eps 2-4, 6, 8) 
Key Animation:
Yusuke Kamata (eps 1-2) 
Logo Design: Kana Fujiwara 
Music producer: Hiroaki Sano 
Planning Assistant:
Hiroyuki Shimizu (清水博之) 
Production Advancement: Mizuha Nishijima (ep 6) 
Prop Animation Director: Tomohito Hirose 
Prop Design:
Tomohito Hirose 
Recording Adjustment: Tomonari Tokuhisa 
Recording Assistant: Yumi Yoshihara 
Sound Effects: Yuji Furuya 
Sound Production: Yuki Saitō 
Theme Song Arrangement:
Hiromu Akita (OP)Ryo Eguchi (ED) 
Theme Song Composition:
Hiromu Akita (OP)Sayuri (ED) 
Theme Song Lyrics:
Hiromu Akita (OP)Sayuri (ED) 
Theme Song Performance:
Sayuri (ED) 
Daiki Yamashita as Hashiba 
Rie Takahashi as Kobayashi 
Takahiro Sakurai as Akechi 

Chō as Nakamura 
Jun Fukuyama as Namikoshi 
Kappei Yamaguchi as Shitai-kun 
Katsuyuki Konishi as Kagami 
Saki Fujita as Minami 
Takehito Koyasu as Kage-Otoko 
Yōko Hikasa as Kuro Tokage 

Akio Suyama as Watanuki (eps 3-5) 
Asuka Yūki as Girl Student (ep 1) 
Atsushi Imaruoka as Sunaga (ep 5) 
Atsushi Ono as
Scholar (ep 9) 
Senior Citizen (ep 3) 
Slave B (eps 4, 7, 11) 
Ayuru Ōhashi as Sachiko Ōsone (ep 3) 
Chiyo Ousaki as Girl Student (ep 1) 
Eiichirō Tokumoto as
Activist (ep 2) 
Copycat Criminal (ep 9) 
Delinquent (ep 10) 
Extremist (ep 6) 
Newscaster (ep 5) 
Slave A (eps 4, 7, 11) 
Young Man (ep 11) 
Eiji Itō as Legal Scholar (ep 5) 
Eri Nakao as On-Site Reporter (ep 11) 
Haruhisa Suzuki as
Boy Student (ep 2) 
Policeman (ep 1) 
Hiromichi Tezuka as
Copycat Criminal (ep 9) 
Young Man (ep 11) 
Hiroshi Ōtake as Hitomi (eps 7-8) 
Hitomi Harada as Mother (ep 6) 
Hitomi Ohwada as
Copycat Criminal (ep 9) 
Girl (ep 3) 
Homare Iida as Baby (ep 6) 
Ikuji Nose as Helicopter Cameraman (ep 11) 
Kanehira Yamamoto as Extremist (ep 6) 
Kaori Nakamura as Watanuki's mother (ep 3) 
Kappei Yamaguchi as Minami's brother (ep 9) 
Katsuhisa Hōki as Munakata (ep 9) 
Kazuya Ichijō as Komoda (eps 7-8) 
Kenichirō Matsuda as Tsunoda (eps 7-8) 
Kenji Roa as Delinquent (ep 10) 
Kōhei Amasaki as Delinquent (ep 10) 
Kōichi Sōma as Delinquent (ep 10) 
Kumiko Nakane as Onlookers D (ep 4) 
Lynn as Nurse (ep 3) 
M.A.O as Higashikoji (eps 7-8) 
Mai Nakahara as
Hanabishi (eps 1-2, 7) 
Hostess (ep 6) 
Makiko Nabei as Namikoshi's Mother (ep 10) 
Masatomo Nakazawa as
Detective (ep 5) 
Onlookers A (ep 4) 
Masayuki Katō as Teacher (ep 2) 
Megumi Toda as Hostess (ep 6) 
Megumi Toyoguchi as Tokiko (ep 5) 
Misa Kayama as Girl Student (ep 1) 
Naoto Kobayashi as Onlookers C (ep 4) 
Rikako Yamaguchi as
Copycat Criminal (ep 9) 
Helicopter Reporter (ep 11) 
Narrator (ep 2) 
Nurse (ep 3) 
Ryōta Takeuchi as Kitami (eps 7-8) 
Sayuri Yahagi as
Girl Student (ep 1) 
Hoshino (ep 2) 
Onlookers E (ep 4) 
Shinobu Matsumoto as Sachiko's father (eps 3, 5) 
Shinya Takahashi as
Newscaster (eps 2, 9, 11) 
Onlookers B (ep 4) 
Policeman (eps 1, 6) 
Teacher (ep 10) 
Shunichi Maki as Copycat Criminal (ep 9) 
Shunsuke Kawabe as Miyama (ep 7) 
Shusaku Shirakawa as Doctor (ep 3) 
Sō Takeuchi as Policeman (ep 1) 
Takashi Chiba as Boy Student (ep 1) 
Yasunori Matsumoto as Namikoshi's Father (ep 10) 
Yōko Hikasa as Cat (ep 9) 
Yūki Masuda as Delinquent (ep 10) 
Yukine Yaehata as Girl Student (ep 1) 
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Yuhodo 
Animation Production: Lerche 
Backgrounds:
Team Till Dawn (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8, 11
)Team TillDawn 
Broadcaster:
Noitamina 
CG Animation:
Nam Hai 
HD Editing: Goodjob Tokyo 
In-Between Animation:
Triple A 
Key Animation:
Studio Magie (eps 2, 7) 
Music Production: Fujipacific Music 
Offline Editing: Morita Editing Room 
Paint:
Triple A 
Photography: Lerche 
Production: Aniplex 
Sound Production: Dax Production 
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Jerry Jewell 
Script:
Tia Ballard 
Translation:
Sarah Alys Lindholm (Quality Assurance) 
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga 
Producer:
Michael Harcourt 

ADR Engineer:
Manuel Aragon 
ADR Supervisor: Gino Palencia 
Assistant producer: Zach Bolton 
Head Writer: John Burgmeier 
Language Asset Coordinator: Kaitlan Estes 
Language Asset Manager: Sarah Alys Lindholm 
Mix Engineer: Gino Palencia 
Production Assistant:
Trenton Jons 
Senior Video Editor:
Jeremy Jimenez 
Subtitling:
Sara Bachmeyer 
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams 
Video Editing:
Josh Tyler 
Video Engineer: Jason Weems 
Video Post-Production Director: Clarine Harp 
Video Post-Production Manager: Matthew O'Hara 
Eric Vale as Akechi 
Jill Harris as Kobayashi 
Justin Briner as Hashiba 

J. Michael Tatum as Kagami 
Jad Saxton as Minami 
Jerry Jewell as Corpsey 
Mallorie Rodak as Black Lizard 
Mark Stoddard as Nakamura 
Sonny Strait as Shadow-Man 
Todd Haberkorn as Namikoshi 

Aaron Roberts as Miyama 
Alexis Tipton as Hoshino 
Ben Bryant as Sachiko's Father 
Bill Jenkins as Komoda 
Brina Palencia as Tokiko 
Cris George as Watanuki 
Greg Dulcie as Sunaga 
Janelle Lutz as Watanuki's Mother 
Jerry Jewell as Minami's Younger Brother 
Katie Weekley as Namikoshi's Mother 
Kenny Green as Hitomi 
Kent Williams as Munakata 
Marcus D. Stimac as Tsunoda 
Mikaela Krantz as Higashikoji 
Monica Rial as Hanabishi 
Randy Pearlman as Kitami 
Robert McCollum as Namikoshi's Father 
Sarah Wiedenheft as Sachiko 

Aaron Dismuke 
Aaron Roberts 
Alejandro Saab 
Alex Moore 
Amber Lee Connors 
Anastasia Munoz 
Andrea Freyberg 
Andrew Kasten 
Apphia Yu 
Austin Tindle 
Ben Bryant 
Ben Charlson 
Ben Phillips 
Ben Reynolds 
Brienne Olvera 
Bryn Apprill 
Caitlin Glass 
Charlie Campbell 
Chris Guerrero 
Clifford Chapin 
Dallas Reid 
Dalton Tindall 
Elisa Annette 
Ethan Gallardo 
Greg Dulcie 
Jacob Browning 
James Chandler 
Jarrod Greene 
Jean-Luc Hester 
Jeannie Tirado 
Jeff Swearingen 
John Burgmeier 
Josh Hensley 
Justin Briner 
Justin Cook 
Justin Pate 
Katie Weekley 
Kris Bryan 
Lauren Allison 
Lynsey Hale 
Madeleine Morris 
Manuel Aragon 
Marissa Lenti 
Megan Vanderpluym 
Morgan Berry 
Phil Parsons 
R Bruce Elliott 
Randy Pearlman 
Robert McCollum 
Sara Ragsdale 
Skyler Davenport 
Skyler McIntosh 
Stephanie Goudy 
Terri Doty 
Trina Nishimura 
Tyson Rinehart 
English companies
Distributor: Man Entertainment (Australia and New Zealand) 
Internet Streaming:
Wakanim (The Netherlands) 
Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment 
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: FUNimation Entertainment (Brazil) 
Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment (Brazil) 
Portuguese cast
(none)

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