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Mystery of the Necronomicon (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Kuro no Danshō (Japanese) 
黒の断章 Mystery of Necronomicom (Japanese) 
Genres: erotica , horror , mystery 
Objectionable content: Intense 
Plot Summary: While vacationing with his adopted daughter, Private Detective Susuki becomes trapped in a secluded ski resort with a few other vacationers after a storm closes the place down. All is well until one of the guests is found brutally murdered. Being the good investigator he is, Susuki gets to work to find the killer. While digging for the killer, Susuki uncovers a lot of dirt on the other guests and even finds out a thing or two about his own past. But, as Susuki struggles to find the killer, the other guests start to point the finger at him. 
User Ratings: 83 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Excellent: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Very good: 11 votes (sub:8, dub:3)
 Good: 17 votes (sub:11, dub:4, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 19 votes (sub:14, dub:4, ?:1)
 So-so: 13 votes (sub:10, dub:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian edited dub
)
 Not really good: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:2, ?:1, dub:1)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:2, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 187 users, rank: #4062 (of 10064)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.916 (Decent), std. dev.: 2.1296, rank: #7970 (of 10235)
Weighted mean: 5.973 (Decent), rank: #7766 (of 10235) (seen all: 6.05 / seen some: 5.65 / won't finish: 2.25)
Bayesian estimate: 6.176 (Decent+), rank: #6400 (of 7688)
Running time: half hour per episode 
Number of episodes: 4 
Episode titles: We have 4
Vintage: 1999 
Release dates: We have 6
News: Show:
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 30-April 5 (Apr 1, 2014)
Central Park Media's Licenses Offered by Liquidator (Jun 8, 2009)
DVD Newsbriefs (Nov 17, 2000)
Press Release:
Mystery of the Necronomicon Available April 1, 2014 (Dec 5, 2013)
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DVD (Region 0)
    Mystery of the Necronomicon (DVD) 2001-05-08
DVD (Region 1)
    Mystery of the Necronomicon (DVD) 2010-12-04 (from $59.95)
    Mystery of the Necronomicon (DVD) 2014-04-01
    Mystery of the Necronomicon - [Anime HotShots] (Dub.DVD 1) 2007-04-17
    Mystery of the Necronomicon - [Anime HotShots] (Dub.DVD 2) 2007-06-19

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director:
Hideki Takayama 
Yoshitaka Makino 
Screenplay: Ryo Saga 
Music:
Hiroaki Sano 
Kazuhiko Izu 
Character Design: Yutaka Sunadori 
Art Director: Jinzaburo Kaiho 
Animation Director:
Koichi Fuyukawa 
Masakuni Kaneko 
Executive producer: Nobuhiro Miyachi 
Producer:
Naoto Igai 
Ryo Nasamura 
Tatsuya Tanaka 
Hidetoshi Nakamura as Satoshi Suzusaki 
Yōko Asada as Asuka Kashiwagi 
Yumi Takada as Haruka Sakimizu 

Arisa Sawaki as Nozomi Fuyukawa (eps 3-4) 
Hideyuki Umezu as Toshiaki Nezu (eps 1, 3-4) 

Asako Fujii as Female Customer A (ep 1) 
Hidenari Ugaki as Shigeomi Hiruta (eps 1-2) 
Hiroki Nakamura as Clark (ep 4) 
Hiroshi Ito as Yasunori Shibusawa (eps 1-2) 
Izumi Kikuchi as Naomi Seo (ep 2) 
Kenta Miyake as Sherrif (ep 4) 
Masako Katsuki as
Cindy (ep 3) 
Mina Shizui (ep 2) 
Naoya Uchida as Perkins (eps 3-4) 
Rui Katsura as Mina Shizui (ep 1) 
Shigeyori Muneya as Kazuki Ando (eps 1-2) 
Takuma Suzuki as Researcher (ep 2) 
Tesshō Genda as Bill (eps 3-4) 
Tokuyoshi Kawashima as Takayoshi Terada (ep 1) 
Tomato Akai as Amy McDowell (eps 3-4) 
Tomomi Kogure as Rumiko Higuchi (ep 3) 
Toshitaka Hirano as Louis (eps 3-4) 
Yukiko Terashita as Female Customer B (ep 1) 
Japanese companies
Co-Production: J.O.F. Studio 
Production: Discovery 
English staff
English cast
Executive producer: Humphrey G. Kumano 

Dubbing Manager: Dick Tripwire 
DVD Coordination:
Gus Slugworth 
Sho Nuff 
Lynna Dunham as Haruka Sakimizu 
Tara Jayne as Asuka Kashiwagi 
Tom Wilson as Satoshi Suzusaki 

Sonny Dey as Nozomi Fuyukawa (eps 1-2, 4) 
Tom Wilson as Toshiaku Nezu/Karl Ihiman (eps 1, 3-4) 

Ami Shukla as
Kate O'Hara (ep 3) 
Naomi Seo (ep 2) 
Curt Gebhart as
Clark Ashton (eps 3-4) 
Gibson Perkins (eps 3-4) 
Yasunori Shibusawa (eps 1-2) 
Echo as Mina Shizui (eps 1-2) 
Guiltore as Takayoshi Terada (eps 1-2) 
J. David Brimmer as Genichiro Hotokeu (eps 1-2) 
Jonny Asch as Kazuki Ando (ep 1) 
Kurt Riddle as Shigeomi Hiruta (eps 1-2) 
Nick Yates as Narrator 
Sonny Dey as Amy McDowell (eps 3-4) 
Yotee as Bill Toargia (eps 3-4) 
English companies
Audio Post Production: Matlin Recording, Inc. 
Distributor:
Anime 18 
Anime HotShots (Singles) 
DVD Menu Design: Masterdisk 
DVD Premastering: Masterdisk 
Licensed by:
Central Park Media  (Expired) 
Critical Mass Video (2010) 
Translation:
Lighthouse Productions (eps 1-2) 
New Generation Pictures (eps 3-4) 

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