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Sherlock Hound - Case File III |
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Hayao Miyazaki directed and/or wrote the first episodes of Meitantei Holmes ("Famous Detective Holmes," 1981), featuring a canine cast. These adventures were made three years later, as part of a Japanese-Italian coproduction, with different artists: all that survives of Miyazaki's work are the designs of the main characters. Instead of mysteries, the stories play as slapstick adventures, with Holmes outwitting Professor Moriarty to recover the treasures of a rich industrialist or protect a stubborn banker. In episode 14, Holmes foils Moriarty's attempt to steal some diamond-studded carved coral lobsters from a private aquarium--which suggests just how silly the story lines are. Moriarty's perpetually starving assistants Todd and Smiley and Inspector LeStrade and his Keystone Bobbies provide most of the comedy in what became an innocuous but undistinguished series for small children. Suggested 7 & Up: Minor cartoon violence, tobacco use. --Charles Solomon
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