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Mayonaka no tantei Nightwalker poster

Mayonaka no tantei Nightwalker

IMDb ID: tt0282312 · Year: 1998 · Rating: 6.8 (252 votes)

Genres: Animation · Action · Comedy

Shido Tatsuhiko, a vampire, is a private investigator by day and a demon hunter by night who solves murder cases caused by supernatural creatures called Nightbreeds.

IMDb Details

Content TypeTVSeriesAlternate TitlesAustralia: Nightwalker
Canada: Nightwalker (English)
United Kingdom: Nightwalker
Ireland: Nightwalker (English)
India: Nightwalker (English)
New Zealand: Nightwalker (English)
United States: Nightwalker
South Africa: Nightwalker (English)
Australia: Night Walker (alternative spelling)
United Kingdom: Night Walker (alternative spelling)
New Zealand: Night Walker (English, alternative spelling)
China: 暗夜中的偵探 NightWalker (Cantonese)
Hong Kong: 暗夜中的偵探 NightWalker (Cantonese)
China: 真夜中的侦探 (Mandarin)
Hong Kong: 真夜中的侦探 (Mandarin)
Spain: Detetive da meia noite Night walker (alternative spelling)
Portugal: Detetive da meia noite Nightwalker
Brazil: Detetive da meia-noite Nightwalker
Japan: Mayonaka no tantei Night Walker (alternative spelling)
France: Night Walker - Le détective de minuit
France: Nightwalker - Le détective de minuit (alternative spelling)
Japan: Nightwalker: Midnight Detective (English, literal English title)
South Korea: 나이트 워커: 한밤중의 탐정
Japan: ナイトウォーカー真夜中の探偵 (Japanese, alternative spelling)
Japan: 真夜中の探偵 -NightWalker- (Japanese)
Nightwalker
Content RatingNot RatedRelease Date1998-07-08IMDb Popularity0User Reviews14Critic Reviews12Countries / RegionsJapanLanguagesJapaneseKeywordsfamous opening theme
famous song
supernatural power
superpower
angst
Production CompaniesAnime International Company (AIC)
Bandai Visual Company
BeSTACK
IMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0282312/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/02/tt0282312.jpgUpdated At2025-08-23T14:28:33

Stars

Takumi Yamazaki
Maaya Sakamoto
Richard Cansino
Mari Devon
Dorothy Elias-Fahn
Emi Shinohara
Sandy Fox
Lex Lang
Ikue Ôtani
Hideyuki Tanaka

Directors

Yutaka Kagawa
Kiyotoshi Sasano

Writers

Ayana Itsuki
Ryota Yamaguchi
Toji Gobu
Ryôta Yamaguchi
Genki Yoshimura

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Takumi Yamazaki | Character: Detective Shido Tatsuhiko
Actor: Maaya Sakamoto | Character: Riho Yamazaki
Actor: Richard Cansino | Character: Detective Shido Tatsuhiko
Actor: Mari Devon | Character: Yayoi Matsunaga
Actor: Dorothy Elias-Fahn | Character: Riho Yamazaki
Actor: Emi Shinohara | Character: Yayoi Matsunaga
Actor: Sandy Fox | Character: Guni
Actor: Lex Lang | Character: Cain
Actor: Ikue Ôtani | Character: Guni
Actor: Hideyuki Tanaka | Character: Cain
Actor: Debbie Rothstein | Character: Additional Voices
Actor: Bridget Hoffman | Character: Megumi Otsuka, Riho's Mother, Yuki's Friend
Actor: Naoki Bando | Character: Director, Doctor, Furano
Actor: Ryoichi Hino | Character: Man, Manager, Person A
Actor: Wendee Lee | Character: Yoko Asahina, Yuki's Friend
Actor: Michelle Ruff | Character: Manami, Yuki
Actor: Steve Prince | Character: Breed, Koichi Akiba, Student B
Actor: Melissa Fahn | Character: Asami Akiba, Monique
Actor: Terrence Stone | Character: Student A, Truck Driver
Actor: Lia Sargent | Character: Manami's Mother, Mikako
Actor: Bob Papenbrook | Character: Chief Inspector Furano, Taki Ryuichi
Actor: Kôichi Sakaguchi | Character: Anonymous Man, Criminal
Actor: Hidetaka Takeda | Character: NOS Member, Police Officer
Actor: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn | Character: Witch
Actor: Mona Marshall | Character: Little Kasumi Matsunaga
Actor: Neil Kaplan | Character: SWAT Officer
Actor: Steve Staley | Character: Angel
Actor: Steve Kramer | Character: Director
Actor: Peter Lurie | Character: Riho's Father
Actor: Joshua Seth | Character: Schoolboy
Actor: Julie Maddalena | Character: Yuki's Friend
Actor: Dave Mallow | Character: Koji Ozaki
Actor: Tom Wyner | Character: Shuzo Akiba
Actor: Melora Harte | Character: Miharu
Actor: Simon Prescott | Character: Doctor
Actor: Melodee Spevack | Character: Mariel, Yukie Tsukimura
Actor: Masako Katsuki | Character: Witch
Actor: Shiho Kawaragi | Character: Young Actress
Actor: Mikako Takahashi | Character: Female Student A
Actor: Daiki Nakamura | Character: Police Inspector
Actor: Chiemi Chiba | Character: Yuki
Actor: Tomoko Kotani | Character: Female Student B
Actor: Francis Cherry | Character: Truck Driver
Actor: Shigenori Sôya | Character: Stall Keeper
Actor: Takako Kikuchi | Character: Yoko Asahina

[Directors Group]
Name: Yutaka Kagawa | Role: Director
Name: Kiyotoshi Sasano | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Ayana Itsuki | Role: Writer
Name: Ryota Yamaguchi | Role: Writer
Name: Toji Gobu | Role: Writer
Name: Ryôta Yamaguchi | Role: Writer
Name: Genki Yoshimura | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Hiroaki Inoue | Role: Producer
Name: John O'Donnell | Role: Producer
Name: Kaeko Sakamoto | Role: Producer
Name: Stephanie Shalofsky | Role: Producer
Name: Eric P. Sherman | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Akifumi Tada | Role: Composer

[Editing Group]
Name: Seiji Morita | Role: Editor

[Art Direction Group]
Name: Hitoshi Nagao | Role: Art Director
Name: Shigemi Ikeda | Role: Art Director

[Art Department]
Name: Kunihisa Sugishima | Role: Art Department
Name: Takahiro Takigami | Role: Art Department
Name: Masashi Ikeda | Role: Art Department
Name: Yutaka Kagawa | Role: Art Department
Name: Nobuhiro Kondô | Role: Art Department
Name: Kiyori Sasano | Role: Art Department
Name: Kiyori Sasao | Role: Art Department
Name: Tôru Yamada | Role: Art Department

[animation department]
Name: Kenji Chiba | Role: Animation Department
Name: Satoshi Isono | Role: Animation Department
Name: Akemi Kubota | Role: Animation Department
Name: Miho Shimogasa | Role: Animation Department
Name: Yasuyuki Noda | Role: Animation Department
Name: Takayoshi Hashimoto | Role: Animation Department
Name: Kazuhiko Shibuya | Role: Animation Department
Name: Katsuji Matsumoto | Role: Animation Department
Name: Terumi Mutô | Role: Animation Department
Name: Yasuhiro Okuda | Role: Animation Department
Name: Kazunori Takahashi | Role: Animation Department
Name: Masao Ôkubo | Role: Animation Department
Name: Rie Fujiwara | Role: Animation Department
Name: Masumi Hoshino | Role: Animation Department
Name: Chûichi Iguchi | Role: Animation Department
Name: Yoshitaka Koyama | Role: Animation Department
Name: Yoshiki Mizuno | Role: Animation Department
Name: Hiromi Muranaka | Role: Animation Department
Name: Yoshikazu Samura | Role: Animation Department
Name: Toshinobu Togawa | Role: Animation Department
Name: Hiroyuki Yoshimura | Role: Animation Department
Name: Masayuki Fujita | Role: Animation Department
Name: Yuichiro Fukaya | Role: Animation Department
Name: Kaori Ikeda | Role: Animation Department
Name: Rumiko Ishizawa | Role: Animation Department
Name: Akihiro Izumi | Role: Animation Department
Name: Yoshiaki Minami | Role: Animation Department
Name: Toshio Nitta | Role: Animation Department
Name: Konomi Noguchi | Role: Animation Department
Name: Kôichi Taguchi | Role: Animation Department
Name: Shinji Takeuchi | Role: Animation Department
Name: Kôji Taniguchi | Role: Animation Department
Name: Shinichi Wada | Role: Animation Department
Name: Toshiya Washida | Role: Animation Department
Name: Hideki Watanabe | Role: Animation Department
Name: Yoshitaka Yasuda | Role: Animation Department
Name: Maki Fujii | Role: Animation Department
Name: Yoshiko Imazato | Role: Animation Department
Name: Minako Itō | Role: Animation Department
Name: Hideki Matsuoka | Role: Animation Department
Name: Rika Mishima | Role: Animation Department
Name: Nagisa Miyazaki | Role: Animation Department
Name: Emiko Momose | Role: Animation Department
Name: Sanae Narazaki | Role: Animation Department
Name: Takuya Nonaka | Role: Animation Department
Name: Hiromi Okazaki | Role: Animation Department
Name: Tsuyoshi Saitô | Role: Animation Department
Name: Tadashi Satô | Role: Animation Department
Name: Tsutomu Shibutani | Role: Animation Department
Name: Toshikatsu Shinozaki | Role: Animation Department
Name: Shin'ichi Takahashi | Role: Animation Department
Name: Daisuke Yamauchi | Role: Animation Department
Name: Manabu Yasumoto | Role: Animation Department
Name: Hiroshi Yoneda | Role: Animation Department

[Music Department]
Name: Akifumi Tada | Role: Music Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Clark Cheng | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Tracy Clark | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Kendra Doherty | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Rebecca Forstadt | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jinichiro Koyama | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Atsushi Miura | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Hiroya Nishimura | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Patrick Rodman | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Eric P. Sherman | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Katsuho Shimoharu | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Christopher Sippel | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Tom Wayland | Role: Additional Crew

Trailers

Nightwalker | Type: Trailer | IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi2996371737/ | Playback: https://imdb-video.media-imdb.com/vi2996371737/1434659607842-pgv4ql-1564187665147.mp4?Expires=1788255933&Signature=QHUacQVksEsxmeG0sIUbsJvPWKG8-GvJOAnQ2hZ9pg4f9S9CExasKpqtEgyMuflfMNUA0syCRB8VTksSmbAWOVbRSdqEY2VcLYs-LjtAEM4rpx4gzcLDlKsFb3D7dTSqF2rMdmWXJro2qSlLJq0hwa7hzFMxDUdByaDQqYDPDMWlBX~X0z37x6hvkhJVktvWNuWs4AdRnhz4NAaELVA-gWxfFI6Y3uEG9PC6I5SfWa5lhFPx3r351EodhDMz6m0ZNLLMK6dziuB8MfexjVpPmvTzFoJqvO2RukHn6byVldFQFpPMlHgi42E5ALuGPRb-iMEF10XFndj0X-mFkPa~mQ__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIFLZBVQZ24NQH3KA

Release Schedule

Japan: July 8, 1998
Canada: January 9, 2001 (video premiere)
United States: January 9, 2001 (video premiere)
Australia: May 28, 2009 (DVD premiere)
United Kingdom: July 22, 2013 (DVD premiere)

Awards

No awards or nominations listed on IMDb.

Box Office

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