6.4 /10 1 Votes
8.2/10 IMDb Volumes 17 Final episode date 24 September 1969 | 6.8/10 MyAnimeList 4/10 Anime-Planet Original run 1966 – April 10, 1972 First episode date October 1968 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genres Adventure, Jidaigeki, Samurai Cast Similar Sarutobi Ecchan, Rainbow Sentai Robin, Robot Detective, Hustle Punch, Shōnen Ninja Kaze no Fujima | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae (佐武と市捕物控, Sabu and Ichi's Detective Memoirs), sometimes translated as Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories/Tales and Sabu and Ichi's Arrest Warrant, is a manga series by Shotaro Ishimori originally published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday beginning in 1966. In April 1968, the series moved to serialization in the first issue of Big Comic, where it was published until the series ended four years later in the April 10, 1972 issue. The manga was adapted into an anime TV series which aired on NET from October 3, 1968 to September 24, 1969. The series won the 1968 Shogakukan Manga Award.
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In addition to the manga and anime series, a live action period drama series was aired on Fuji TV from 1981 to 1982 as part of their Jidaigeki Special series. A total of four specials were created and aired. Sabu and Ichi were played by veteran actors Tomokazu Miura and Tatsuo Umemiya (respectively), with Yūko Natori and Junzaburo Ban playing the parts of Midori and her father, Saheiji. On December 19, 2015, a live action movie was released starring Teppei Koike, Kenichi Endō and Akemi Masuda.
Plot
The series follows the adventures of Sabu, a young Edo bakufu investigator traveling with the blind master swordsman Ichi. In their travels, they assist the common people in solving mysteries and righting wrongs (usually committed by bandits or corrupt officials). Sabu is engaged to Midori, the daughter of his boss, who works as a police officer for the Tokugawa shogunate.
Main characters
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