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Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective
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Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective

1998-07-08 · 25 min / episode · ★ 6.2

Animation · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Action & Adventure · Crime · Mystery

Shido's a midnight detective, half human and half vampire with no real memory of his past, who specializes in solving supernatural murders.Joined by Yayoi Matsunaga, a female government agent, Riho Yamazaki, an orphaned teenage girl working as his secretary and Guni, a little green imp, Shido must face demonic creatures known as Nightbreed.

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Emi ShinoharaEmi ShinoharaMatsunaga Yayoi
Takumi YamazakiTakumi YamazakiShidou Tatsuhiko
Maaya SakamotoMaaya SakamotoYamazaki Riho
Kouichi SakaguchiKouichi SakaguchiAkiba Koichi
Showtaro MorikuboShowtaro MorikuboAngel
Toshihiko SekiToshihiko SekiBait
Hideyuki TanakaHideyuki TanakaCain

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