Karakuri Zoushi Ayatsuri Sakon (1999)

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.

Released Oct. 8, 1999 650 min Episode 25 min None+

Genres: Animation, Anime, Anime: Shounen, Mystery, Thriller

Keywords: imdb.based-on-manga, imdb.puppet, imdb.murder, imdb.japan, imdb.japanese, imdb.japanese-culture, imdb.doll + 6 more, imdb.detective, imdb.based-on-comic, imdb.anime-animation, tmdb.based-on-manga, tmdb.anime, imdb.hand-drawn-animation