The dark-haired bishounen is Sakon Tachibana, a puppeteer, and the other is Ukon, his favorite puppet and best friend. Sakon is the (only) grandson of Saemon Tachibana, a national treasure of Japan famous for his manipulation of Bunraku puppets. Ukon is a child doll puppet made in the early Meiji era by the famous female dollmaker Unosuke. Together they run into murders and solve them.
Genre: Animation
Stars: Megumi Ogata, Yurika Hino, Kazuya Nakai, Yumi Touma, Motoko Kumai, Kazuya Ichijo
Crew: Katsuyoshi Kobayashi
Country: JP
Studio: WOWOW Prime
Runtime: 25:14 minutes
Quality: HD
First air date: Oct 08, 1999
Last air date: Mar 31, 2000
Episode: 26 Episode
Season: 1 Season
IMDb: 2.8
Keywords:based on manga, anime