Sherlock Holmes (puppetry)

Sherlock Holmes
Genre Puppetry
Based on Canon of Sherlock Holmes
Written by Kōki Mitani
Directed by Studio Nova
Voices of Koichi Yamadera
Wataru Takagi
Keiko Horiuchi
Narrated by Wataru Takagi
Theme music composer WEST GROUND
Opening theme "Scarlet Story"
Composer(s) Kana Hiramatsu
Country of origin Japan
Original language(s) Japanese
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 28
Production
Executive producer(s) Nobuhisa Kihira
Running time 20 min. (Series 1)
30 min. (Series 2)
Release
Original network NHK General TV and NHK Educational TV
Original release 2014 October 12 (Series 1) – Present
Chronology
Preceded by Baby Steps
Followed by Baby Steps 2
Related shows Let's search 'Sherlock Holmes' thoroughly
Sherlock Holmes Awards
Sherloc-Q!
External links
NHK ONLINE
シャーロックホームズ

Sherlock Holmes (シャーロック ホームズ) or puppet entertainment Sherlock Holmes is Japanese puppetry written by Kōki Mitani and produced and broadcast by NHK. It is based on the Canon of Sherlock Holmes and was broadcast every Sunday by NHK Educational TV but six episodes were broadcast antecedently by NHK General TV. A special programme[1] was broadcast on 5 October while a "Sherlock Holmes Award" was broadcast on 28 December 2014. Each episode was rebroadcast on the following Friday.

Some episodes are being rebroadcast from 22 February 2015. And the production of new episodes is announced on the official website of the programme and another website "Sherlock Gakuen".[2][3] And Kunio Yoshikawa, one of the staff says that production and broadcast of the English version are scheduled now.[4] This programme won Japan Sherlock Holmes Award on 22 March 2015.[5]

On 1 June 2015, NHK announced that new series of the programme will be broadcast on every Thursday from July to September 2015. The series called "Holmes and Watson Mystery no heya" (A Room of Mystery) will feature John H. Watson and make him comment the reasoning of Holmes. Some episodes from the first series will also be broadcast.[3]

Summary

John H. Watson, a boy who transfers from Australia to a fictional boarding school called Beeton School in London becomes a roommate of Sherlock Holmes who lives in the room 221B of Baker House, one of the houses of Beeton School. Though Holmes being said to be a trouble maker, he has keen power of observation and they become to solve the incidents occur in the school together receiving the requests of teachers and pupils.[2] The name of "Beeton School" is after Beeton's Christmas Annual and Eton College.[6]

In the show, Sherlock Holmes is a strange but clever pupil who lives in a room at 221B Baker Street. He always sleeps during class and does poorly especially in literature, philosophy and astronomy. Though being thought to be a troublemaker by teachers, he has brilliant reasoning powers and blows a party horn when he thinks about something.[7][8]

John H. Watson is a transfer from Australia to Beeton School and roommate of Holmes. He has writing ability, plus a strong sense of justice and writes down about his investigation in his notebook called "Watoson memo" (Memo by John H. Watson)[9] to report it to the "Strand Wall Poster". Though in retirement from playing rugby football due to a left leg injury makes him feel down, he pulls himself together with the case of Jefferson Hope ("The First Adventure") and comes to understand Holmes well.[10][11]

Mrs Hudson is a housemother of Baker House. She is jolly and loves singing and baking cookies. Only she calls Holmes by his first name, Sherlock. As Holmes helps her get out of trouble in "The First Adventure", she comes to take a motherly interest in Holmes and Watson.[11][12]

James Moriarty is a tall and blond deputy headmaster of the School who has two different aspects. The right half of his face looks calm, but the other half looks severe. He actually manages the school and is strict with the pupils, especially Holmes who always behaves at his own pace.[13]

Mycroft Holmes is a sixth former of Dealer House, elder brother of Sherlock and a founder of the Diogenes Club in the house.[2][14]

Irene Adler is a school nurse and has an affair with Headmaster Ormstein but takes up with another man, Godfrey Norton who teaches art. Her elegance and sweetness charm male teachers and pupils. She comes to assist the investigation of Holmes and sometimes snaps her fingers at the nose of Holmes.[15]

Gordon Lestrade is a pupil of Cooper House and has an atmosphere of mod. He is a member of the life guidance committee in the school but assists Holmes in his investigation that is disfavoured by teachers, especially Grimesby Roylott who is in charge of giving pupils life guidance.[16][17][18]

Langdale Pike acts an informant to Holmes and is quick at his work but tight with money. He plays a role of Baker Street Irregulars partially though a group of mice form Baker House Irregulars for Holmes. And Sherman, a taxidermist in "The Sign of the Four" is adapted to a female pupil who loves animals and speaks like a boy. She cooperates with Holmes in his investigation.

Production

Adapting the series into puppetry

Kōki Mitani

Mitani loves the stories of Sherlock Holmes so much but didn't agree with the adaption of the series to a puppetry at first for it is hard to describe the details of the investigation by operating puppets. At first he planned to adapt "The Brothers Karamazov" to a puppetry following "The Three Musketeers" broadcast from 2009 to 2010. And he worried that producing "Sherlock Holmes" was too late for "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" gained popularity and "Sherlock" has received a reputation already.[19] Then he planned to make a puppet with the spitting image of Sherlock Holmes drawn by Sidney Paget but gave up it for tall puppet is hard to operate for puppeteer. Finally he made it a show set in a fictional boarding school called "Beeton School". In the show, Sherlock Holmes is a fifteen-year-old schoolboy. Though lots of incidents occurred in the school, there's no murder and same puppets appears many times.[20] According to Mitani, the puppet show becomes to show viewers the full picture as the story progresses and finally they will learn why the show is set in school. And in the show, all of "A Study in Scarlet","The Sign of the Four", "The Hound of the Baskervilles" and "The Valley of Fear" are dramatised and Mitani says it may be the first case in the history of the screen adaption of the Series of Sherlock Holmes.[21]

Mitani said that only real Sherlockian can enjoy the show at the press conference of the show in March, 2014.[20] Though the comment aroused the criticism, he says that what he want to say is that real Shelockian should have playful mind to accept and enjoy any adaption of the series of Sherlock Holmes and the series is worth creating derivative work.[19] He also says that the presence of John Watson as storyteller is so important and it's a splendid invention of Arthur Conan Doyle. Besides he says Watson has warmth and passion that Holmes lacks and appreciates Martin Freeman who acts John with good nature in "Sherlock". In 2007, Freeman appeared in a play "The Last Laugh" based on "University of Laughs"(Warai no daigaku, 笑の大学) written by Mitani.[19]

Puppets and the set of the school

Bunta Inoue

And Mitani says what human play can be played by puppet also.[22] The puppets are designed by Bunta Inoue, a painter.[19] He emphasises the cleverness of Holmes by large ears and broad forehead. Besides he makes the nose of Holmes characteristic[20] as well as that of Holmes in the original.[19] And Mitani also orders Inoue the image of puppets. For example, the image of Sir Henry Baskerville and Stapleton in the episode based on "The Hound of the Baskervilles" are modelled on Prince William and Woody Allen respectively.[19]

Inoue says that he intended to design them to become familiar to children enough and inspire them to draw doodle of the puppets and judged an illustration contest of this show and "The Three Musketeers" held in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo in September 2014. The face of puppet is basically expressionless and directed by lighting as is done in Noh and bunraku.[23] And the hair of male puppets is painted as colourful as the painting of the merry-go-round[24] while shibori is used for that of female puppets.[25]

See also: Beeton School

As the show is produced in Japan, washi is frequently used in a set especially properties including bags, tea set or lanterns whose light is LED lamp. It's also used for trees and the interior as well as cheesecloth and nonwoven fabric to make the atmosphere natural and warm. Besides nonwoven fabric never causes halation in shooting. The appearance of the set is similar to that of dollhouse and the cloister is modeled on that of an abbey in Cotswolds. And the staff are refer to the stained glass in Sherlock Holmes Museum and the building of St Pancras station in constructing the set.[26]

Beeton School has four houses and each of them has its colour such as dark red for Archer, dark blue for Baker, green for Cooper and gray for Dealer. These colours are adopted to the uniforms of pupils.[27] Holmes wears the dark blue one of Baker and hangs a clock and a pair of compasses on his left chest but Watson wears pale brown one, uniform of his former school. In the original image of Inoue, Holmes has a cane whose top is skull and the letters of "Sherlock Holmes" is written on each of his shoe sole using the stick figures in "The Adventure of the Dancing Men".[18][28]

Voice acting

On selecting voice actors/actresses, Mitani asked Koichi Yamadera, an experienced voice actor to voice Holmes. As Holmes is the boy who is difficult get along with in the show, actor with acting ability was needed.[19] Mitani admires Yamadera for he acts the role well as if he were a boy who is naive and sensitive though he is not so in reality.[29]

Like "The Three Musketeers", one voice actor /actress plays multiple role in the show as Masashi Ebara who voices Jim Moriarty and Godfrey Norton and Yuko Sanpei who voices Enoch Drebber, Helen Stoner[30] and Miss Harrison, teacher of mathematics.[31]

In "The Adventure of the Cheerful Four", actors as Masachika Ichimura and Kenji Urai, who are famous for their appearance in musical theatre voice some puppets.

Music and opening theme

Kana Hiaramatsu, a member of Spanish Connection is in charge of music.[32] nano, a singer who also likes the series of Sherlock Holmes performed and wrote the lyrics of the opening theme "Scarlet Story" that deal with "A Study in Scarlet". nano tries to express the inner pains of Holmes who always searches the truth.[33]

The show is produced by using prescoring[19] and projection mapping is used in the title sequence that describes "The Adventure of the Dancing Men".

Playfulness

As well as Mitani's other works, playfulness is included in the show. For example, the episode based on "The Sign of the Four" is adapted into a musical play,[34] each speckle on a snake appears in "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" has the shape of crocus, the flower Holmes mentions in the original.[18] Besides Holmes's violin is on the shelf for personal belongings near his bed.[8] And some words and conversation in the series seem to be based on those in "Sherlock".

Cast

Main characters

Other pupils

Archer House pupils

Baker House pupils

Cooper House pupils

Dealer House pupils

Teachers and school staff

Other characters

Animals

Most of the animals in the show are voiced by Kōichi Yamadera.

Episodes

Series 1

Episode No. Title OriginalAirDate
1-2 "The First Adventure"
"Saisho no bōken" (最初の冒険) 		October 12 and 19, 2014
March 25–26 and August 14 and 17, 2014 (GTV)
John H. Watson, transfer from Australia becomes a roommate of Sherlock Holmes in the room 221B of Baker, one of the houses of Beeton School but he feels a sense of emptiness caused by retiring from playing rugby. A few days later, Watson witnesses a pupil breaks a plaster work of hippo to find something in it. Watson is wrongly accused of breaking the work by Deputy Headmaster Moriarty but Holmes pleads for him. After that, two pupils called Enoch Drebber and Joseph Stangerson are taken to hospital because of violent stomachache. Though the cookies baked by Mrs Hudson are thought to cause the stomachache, Holmes looks for clues and finds the shell of boiled eggs left in their rooms and ascertains that there is a pupil called Jefferson Hope in the case. Hope, who is bullied and driven into leaving school by Drebber and Stangerson tries to revenge on them by making them eat rotten eggs. However what is hidden in the plaster works of hippo?
Loosely based on "A Study in Scarlet" and "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons" 
3 "The Adventure of the Headmaster with Trouble"
"Komatta kôchô sensei no bōken" (困った校長先生の冒険) 		October 26, 2014
March 27 and August 17, 2014 (GTV)
Head Master Ormstein requests Holmes to take back a photo of him and Irene Adler, a school nurse. Then Holmes goes to nurse's office by pretending to be ill and observes Adler's behaviour secretly but what he sees there is she and Godfrey Norton who enjoy painting the portraits of Ormstein. Later he makes a false fire with Watson to trap her but she outwits him and tells him that she returned the photo to Ormstein.
Loosely based on "A Scandal in Bohemia" 
4 "The Adventure of the Missing Boyfriend"
"Kieta bōifurendo no bōken" (消えたボーイフレンドの冒険) 		November 2, 2014
August 19 and 21, 2014 (GTV)
Mary Sutherland, a tall girl requests Holmes to search her missing boyfriend Hosmar Angel, who disappeared in a cave at the back of the school. Holmes doubts that Angel and Windibank, one of the childhood friends of Sutherland are the same person. Then he searches the cave with Watson and they find a hidden exit there. And they also find that no pupil called Hosmar Angel is enrolled in the school.
Loosely based on "Case of Identity" 
5 "The Adventure of the Red-Headed Club"
"Akage kurabu no bōken" (赤毛クラブの冒険) 		November 9, 2014
August 21 and 23, 2014 (GTV)
Jabez Wilson, a red-headed pupil visits 221B and tells he is invited to enter the Red-Headed Club for those with red hair only by Duncan Ross. But the activities of the club are painting balls, stones, bottles, and a replica of Venus de Milo red, strangely enough. Besides the clubroom is a storeroom though the club is said to have a long history. Holmes guesses that the club is a fiction and a means of Ross to make Wilson stay away from the edge of a pond where he draws a picture as a member of art club.
Loosely based on "The Red-Headed League" 
6 "The Adventure of the Serious Witness"
"Kimajime na shōnin no bōken" (生真面目な証人の冒険) 		November 16, 2014
Two pupils called Garcia and Henderson go missing despite they are forbidden to go out because of stealing bread from dining hall. And Baynes, member of life guidance committee suspects Lestrade who chatted with them the previous night.[35] Baynes has a strong sense of rivalry against Holmes and provokes him. Holmes becomes so irritated but realises that it's a trick of Garcia and Henderson who use the seriousness of Lestrade. But what makes them do so? Holmes understands everything from a piece of wood, a toy for dog found in their room and why Baynes provokes him.
Loosely based on "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" 
7 "The Adventure of the Dogs' Language Interpreter"
"Inugo tsūyaku no bōken" (イヌ語通訳の冒険) 		November 23, 2014
Sherman is kidnapped by a man in black coat and is made to interepret dog's language using her ability of understanding animal's language. He tries to find a bone of Neanderthal he stole but taken and hidden by the dog. Holmes decides to solve the problem with the help of his elder brother Mycroft, who is the head of pupil council. He visits his brother in the Diogenes Club in Dealer house where he lives and Holmes, Watson and Mycroft discover the bone. And they find out the kidnapper is Wilson Kemp who live in Dealer house, however Mycroft takes an unexpected action.[36]
Loosely based on "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter" 
8-9 "The Adventure of the Cheerful Four"
"Yukai na yoningumi no bōken" (愉快な四人組の冒険) 		November 30 and December 7, 2014
Mary Morstan, a female pupil visits 221B. She tells Holmes and Watson that she wants to know the truth behind the affair that her brother Arthur is attacked by someone and gets injured. Holmes feels suspicious about the signs on a piece of paper found in fragments in Arthur's room and small handprints found around the skylight. And the behaviour of the Sholto twins, who form a vocal group "The Treasures" with Arthur is something unnatural. One night, the twins are attacked also. Holmes searches the affair using Baker House Irregulars and finds that Jonathan Small, a mailman who delivers mail to the school tries to steal the score of "Agra Treasure", for he sufers a disadvantage caused by the trouble over the music. He creeps in the rooms of Arthur and the Sholto twins with the help of his pet monkey Tonga.[37]
Loosely based on "The Sign of the Four" 
10 "The Adventure of the Portrait of a Teacher"
"Shitsurei na nigaoe no bōken" (失礼な似顔絵の冒険) 		December 14, 2014
Beppo draws a portrait of Charles Augustus Milverton during a history class but Milverton, who is severe with pupils takes it away. Beppo requests Holmes to take back it and Holmes and Watson with masks plan to enter the room of Milverton in his absence. But what they see there is Agatha, a female pupil who is tutored by him privately because she is too nervous to attend class with other pupils. She tells them that Mr. Milverton is so kind and they recognise it's true for Milverton who goes back to the room shows an unexpected side includes praising Beppo's artistic talent.
Loosely based on "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton" 
11 "The Adventure of the Speckled Band"
"Madara no himo no bôken" (まだらの紐の冒険) 		December 21, 2014
August 23 and September 27, 2014 (GTV)
Broadcast as episode 6 by GTV
One night, Mrs. Hudson is surprised at a large speckled snake and runs into 221B. On the next day, Sherman tells her, Holmes and Watson that it's poisoned. On the other hand, Helen Stoner, a trainee teacher tells Holmes and Watson about the strange behaviour of Grimesby Roylott who teaches chemistry. That night they find the truth of his behaviour but Sherman is attacked by the snake after that.
Loosely based on "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" and "The Creeping Man" 
12-13 "The Adventure of Henry Baskerville and a Dog"
"Baskābiru kun to inu no bōken" (バスカーヴィル君と犬の冒険) 		January 4　and 11, 2015
Henry Baskerville of Dealer House requests Holmes to investigate "Monster Dog" he witnessed on the previous Sunday but Holmes refuses for he is busy with decoding stick figures written on a piece of paper that is posted in the school. Instead Watson, who is motivated by the words of Baskerville that Mary Morstan witnessed it also and she is his girlfriend sets about the investigation. But his search doesn't go well and Sherman, who knows dogs' language cannot communicate with the monster. Meanwhile Watson gets acquainted with a pupil called Stapleton. Next Sunday Holmes begins investigation and suspects it is Stapleton's doing and makes Watson visit the same place with Mary and they find a monster of banana that is disliked by Watson there. Stapleton who loves Mary secretly tries to harass the boys who court her by disguising himself as those they dislike. On the other hand, it is Baynes who posts the notice with stick figures. Though Holmes is displeased with Agatha who decodes the figures prior to him, he asks her to be his assistant later.
Loosely based on "Hound of the Baskervilles" and "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" 
14 "The Adventure of the One Hundred Tadpoles"
"Hyappiki no otamajakushi no bōken" (百匹のオタマジャクシの冒険) 		January 18, 2015
School nurse Irene Adler visits 221B and tells Holmes and Watson that Barnicot, who is shocked by the theft of his picture says that he wants to take back his picture. It will be entered to an art competition of the pictures themed on tadpole by four houses. After searching the pupils who enter the competition of Langdale Pike, Holmes suspects Wilson Kemp and he and Watson takes back Barnicot's work from Kemp at nurse's office where he hides it. Though Barnicot once becomes happy, he finds the work is a counterfeit. Meanwhile Kemp makes Barnicot's his own but misses the championship.[38]
Loosely based on "The Adventure of the Naval Treaty" 
15 "The Adventure of the Blue Polar Bear"
"Aoi shirokuma no bōken" (青いシロクマの冒険) 		January 25, 2015
Holmes and Watson harbours Jabez Wilson in 221B. He is chased by Garcia and Henderson who try to take back a doll of blue polar bear he has. As a result of enquiry, the doll has been owned by several pupils and art teacher Godfrey Norton. Norton tells Holmes and Watson that Isadora Klein, pupil of Archer House and female juvenile gang leader makes the doll. He was thrown it by Klein for he witnessed that she was going to put it in front of 221B before. Then Holmes who obtains evidence visits Klein with Watson to check the truth but his triumphant behaviour makes her weep and it makes Watson angry.
Loosely based on "The Adventure of the Three Gables" and "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" 
16 "The Adventure of the Residence of Mr. Douglas"
"Dagurasu san no oyashiki no bōken" (ダグラスさんのお屋敷の冒険) 		February 1, 2015
One night, Holmes learns the murder of Mr. Douglas who lives in the residence in the back of Beeton School. He goes there to see a real dead body with Watson against the regulations and they meet Jefferson Hope who studies to become a sculptor while working as carrier again. After that he tries to explain his inference to Inspector MacDonald who investigates the murder and it is enabled by Deputy Headmaster Moriarty who visits the residence to bring back them. Finally Holmes finds out that Mr. Douglas is alive but he and Watson are obliged to return to Baker House and suspended from attending class. Moriarty warns Holmes that he is just a saucy and immature child in the adult world.[39]
Loosely based on "The Valley of Fear" 
17 "The Adventure of the Headmaster with Serious Trouble"
"Hontō ni komatta kōchōsensei no bōken" (本当に困った校長先生の冒険) 		February 8, 2015
Headmaster Ormstein visits 221B again and requests Holmes to take back his stolen love letters to Isadora Klein. Holmes begins his investigation using his dummy despite being suspended from attending class and going out. Finally he takes in Wilson Kemp who has the letters and saves Ormstein from his predicament. But Deputy Headmaster Moriarty denounces him that it's a trick played by him, Ormstein and Kemp and tells Holmes to make up his mind to leave the school. That night Holmes tells Watson that he promises to meet him again and leaves 221B.
Loosely Based on "The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone" 
18 "The Last Adventure"
"Saigo no bōken" (最後の冒険) 		February 15, 2015
The truth of the affair of Headmaster's love letters is now cleared and Headmaster Ormstein, Deputy Headmaster Moriarty and Holmes take each responsibility and leave Beeton School. Mycroft Holmes who is opposed to his brother is also involved in the affair but he is not blamed. Holmes promises Watson to meet him again and leaves school being given a good send-off by teachers, pupils and Mrs Hudson and welcomed by Jefferson Hope outside the gate. But he misses Irene Adler who is said to have gone for honeymoon with Godfrey Norton and sees an illusion of her on his way. Nonetheless there are still many things to be cleared in the school.
Loosely based on "The Final Problem" 

The episodes 5 and 6 were scheduled to be broadcast on 20 and 22 August by GTV but revised because of the broadcast about the landslide in Hiroshima occurred on 20 August. And "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" is the sixth episode in a broadcast by GTV, ETV broadcasts it as the episode 11.

In "The Adventure of the Cheerful Four", the original is adapted to musical. The songs as "Golden Slumbers (cradle song)", "Greensleeves" and "Agra Treasure", the tune made for the show are sung and Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 are used in it. And the words "Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest." from "The Innocence of Father Brown" are quoted.[40]

A Room of Mystery (Misteri no heya)

This is a spin off of the series broadcast by NHK Educational TV and NTT's Hikari TV from July to September 2015 and consists of two parts. One is an episode of the first series and another is a quiz programme presented by John H. Watson, Lestrade and Langdale Pike.

Related Programmes

Special Programmes

Special programme "放送直前SP　徹底調査！シャーロックホームズ" (Let's search "Sherlock Holmes" thoroughly!) was broadcast on 5 October 2014 by NHK Educational TV. In the programme, stage actor and YouTube personality Koji Seto reports how to shoot the puppet show and interviews puppeteers. Besides, Holmesians at a cosplay event of Sherlock Holmes in Leeds, Sherlock Holmes Museum and Sherlock Holmes Pub in London and their reaction to the show are introduced. And in July 2015, PR programme of "A Room of Mystery" based on some related programmes adding interview of Wataru Takagi who voices John H. Watson.

Sherlock Holmes Award

Another special programme "Sherlock Holmes Award" was broadcast on 28 December 2014. It was presented by Kōichi Yamadera and constituted by awards ceremony, the interviews of Kana Hiramatsu, Daniel Harding, Nano, and Bunta Inoue and the preview of the episodes to be broadcast in the future.[41]

Mystery Quiz "Sherloc-Q!"

A brief show produced with the cooperation of Japan Sherlock Holmes Club and navigated by animated Holmes and Watson. It is broadcast after the main part of an episode and gives viewers a quiz with three multiple choices associated with the original.

Studio Park kara konnnichiwa

Kōichi Yamadera appeared in NHK's show "Studio Park kara konnnichiwa" on 13 November 2014[42] and talked why he became a voice actor and playing the role of Sherlock Holmes. He also interepreted a silent film by Charles Chaplin.

Events

From 30 November to 28 December 2014, an exhibition of puppets and setting is being held at Studio Park in NHK Broadcasting Center, Tokyo includes the workshop of operating puppets on Sundays.[43][44] On the last day of the event, Wataru Takagi who voices John H. Watson joined the workshop adventitiously.

Bunta Inoue participated some puppets of sherlock Holmes in Art Fair Tokyo held from 20 March to 22, 2015.[45] Besides puppets including the ones newly made are displayed in some areas as Yokohama or Kyoto in 2015. From July to September 2015, an exhibition of puppets are being held in Yokohama also. And another exhibition called "Nippon Daaisuki Ten" (にっぽんだぁいすきてん) will be held at Happoen, Tokyo from 23 August to 29, 2015.[46]

Media

DVDs

DVDs of the show are released by Pony Canyon.

Blu-ray Disc Box was released on 18 March 2015 also. Eighteen episodes and bonus footage are recorded in three discs.

CD

A soundtrack CD was released on 16 February 2015. And Nano's album "Rock on" in which "Scarlet Story" is recorded was released on 28 January 2015.[48]

Novelisation

The novelisations of the series are published by Shueisha.

Guidebook

A guidebook that provides the information of the programme (シャーロックホームズ冒険ファンブック, Shârokku Hômuzu Boken Fan Bukku) was published by Shogakukan on 4 October 2014. ISBN 9784091065445
And Memorial Book that summarises eighteen episodes (シャーロックホームズ完全メモリアルブック, Shârokku Hômuzu Kanzen Memoriaru Bukku)was published by Shogakukan on 26 February 2015. ISBN 9784091065513

Quizbook

A quizbook (NHKシャーロックホームズ推理クイズブック, NHK Shārokku Hōmuzu suiri kuizu bukku) was published by Shufu to seikatsu sha on 21 November 2014. ISBN 9784391146141
Though the book targets the young, it is written by some expert mystery writers includes Naohiko Kitahara, member of Japan Sherlock Holmes Club. It can be called a kind of pastiche for it is not based on the Canon of Sherlock Holmes.

Model figures of Holmes, Watson and Irene Adler was released by De Agostini Japan on 9 October 2014.[49]

Goods related to the programme as T-shirt, case of cellular phone, tote bag and mug are sold on the website of SUZURI.[50][51]

See also

References

Shinjiro Okazaki and Kenichi Fujita (ed.), "シャーロックホームズ冒険ファンブック Shārokku Hōmuzu Bōken Fan Bukku",[52] Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2014. ISBN 9784091065445

Shinjiro Okazaki and Kenichi Fujita (ed.), "シャーロックホームズ完全メモリアルブック,Shârokku Hômuzu Kanzen Memoriaru Bukku", Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2015. ISBN 9784091065513

Citations

  1. ↑ 放送直前SP 徹底調査!シャーロックホームズ("Let's search 'Sherlock Holmes' thoroughly", NHK ONLINE)
  2. 1 2 3 シャーロックホームズ ｜ NHKオンライン
  3. 1 2 シャーロック学園
  4. ↑ シャーロックホームズ 完全メモリアルブック、小学館、2015年、95頁。
    （Complete Memorial Book of "Sherlock Holmes", Tokyo:Shogakukan, 2015, p.95）
  5. ↑ Facebook of Sherlock Gakuen (Japanese)
  6. ↑ NHK's reply to the enquiry about the origin of the school's name.
  7. ↑ Shogakukan, pp.6-7
  8. 1 2 Shogakukan, p.70
  9. ↑ Japanese-style pronunciation of "Watson" is "Watoson".
  10. ↑ Shogakukan, pp.8-9,
  11. 1 2 Shogakukan, p.35
  12. ↑ Shogakukan, p.16
  13. ↑ Shogakukan, p.13
  14. ↑ Shogakakukan, p.90
  15. ↑ Shogakukan, p.12
  16. ↑ Shogakukan, p.6
  17. ↑ Shogakukan, p.11
  18. 1 2 3 Shogakukan, p.53
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 「シャーロック・ホームズはどんな少年だったか？『物語としての面白さ』と出会う」、『ユリイカ』、青土社、2014年8月増刊、148-154頁。
    ("What kind of boy Sherlock Holmes was?", extra number of August issue of Eureka, Tokyo:Seidosha, 2014, pp.148-154)
  20. 1 2 3 三谷幸喜版ホームズ…殺人のない学園人形劇に：ニュース：エンタメ：YOMIURI ONLINE（読売新聞）
    ("Puppetry of Sherlock Holmes written by Kōki Mitani", YOMIURI ONLINE, March 13, 2014)
  21. ↑ Shogakukan, pp.20-24
  22. ↑ Shogakukan, p.21
  23. ↑ Other technique of bunraku is also used in the show.
  24. ↑ Shogakukan, p.52
  25. ↑ Shogakukan, p.63
  26. ↑ Shogakukan, pp.58-63
  27. ↑ Shogakukan, p.15
  28. ↑ Shogakukan, p.51
  29. ↑ Mitani mentions it at the beginning of the episode 3, broadcast in March, 2014.
  30. ↑ Shogakukan, p.28
  31. ↑ 時海結似『少年シャーロック ホームズ-15歳の名探偵』集英社<集英社みらい文庫>、2014年、147頁。
    Yui Tokimi, Shonen Sharokku Hōmuzu, jyuugosai no meitanntei (Young Sherlock Holmes, fifteen-year-old detective), Tokyo: Shueisha, 2014, p.147.
  32. ↑ Shogakukan, p.30
  33. ↑ Shogakukan, p.29
  34. ↑ Shogakukan, p.90
  35. ↑ Lestrade makes acquaintance with Garcia wheh he plays board game and tells him that he respects Lord Wellington. And he tells Holmes and Watson that his given name is Gordon.
  36. ↑ In the episode, Kōichi Yamadera plays eight roles including the voice of animals.
  37. ↑ In the episode, the original is adapted to musical. The songs as "Goldes Slumbers (cradle song)", "Greensleeves" and "Agra Treasure", the tune made for the show are sung and Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 is used in it. And the words "Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest." from "The Innocence of Father Brown" are quoted.
  38. ↑ The theme "tadpole" of the competition is after the nickname of Sir Percy Phelps in childhood. Sir Percy is a founder of Beeton School.
  39. ↑ The murder is the main theme in the episode.
  40. ↑ "愉快な四人組の冒険3/The Adventure of the Cheerful Four 3 ベイカー寮221B/Baker House221B". Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  41. ↑ In it, Kōki Mitani told viewers that he would voice a puppet in one of the episodes to be broadcast and the puppet of Toby is modelled on the dog Tobi he kept in the past. He also said that the name Tobi is after Toby.
  42. ↑ Profile of the Guest, 13 November 2014
  43. ↑ NHKパペットエンターテインメント シャーロックホームズ展
    The exhibition of Sherlock Holmes
  44. ↑ NHKスタジオパーク、三谷幸喜脚本の「シャーロックホームズ展」を12/28まで開催 | TOKYOおでかけガイド
  45. ↑ Facebook of Sherlock Gakuen
  46. ↑ Tweet of Sherlock Gakuen (Japanese)
  47. ↑ VISUAL -映像-|PONY CANYON ポニーキャニオン - シャーロックホームズ(1):DVD
  48. ↑ nano Official Site (Japanese)
  49. ↑ NHK シャーロックホームズ フィギュアコレクション(NHK Shelock Holmes Figure Collection)
  50. ↑ NHK番組『シャーロックホームズ』オフィシャルショップ∞SUZURI The website is in Japanese only at present.
  51. ↑ Sherlock Holmes items in SUZURI
  52. ↑ A Book for the Fans of the Adventure of Sherlock Holmes

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