Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective (anime)

Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective was an anime that aired from July 9, 1998 to September 24, 1998 and was originally broadcast on TV Tokyo in Japan.

See: List of Episodes

Story
In the world of Nightwalker, attacks by nightbreeds, demons that possess humans, are relatively common. Nightbreeds are usually self-serving, driving a human host to commit crimes and satisfy their taste for human flesh.

Shido Tatsuhiko, the main character of the series, is a vampire who decided to defend humans against his demonic brethren as atonement for the sins he committed early in his vampiric life. He knows little of his life prior to becoming a vampire, incapable of even remembering his real name. Upon settling down in Japan, Shido established a private investigator office which he uses to hunt breeds while keeping his true nature secret. Shido has also kept his identity secret from Riho Yamazaki, a teenage girl he decided to employ as a secretary after her parents were killed in a breed attack.

All is not business as usual at Shido's office, however, as Shido is soon forced to reveal to Riho that he is the same sort of creature that killed her parents. Furthermore, Shido's powerful and obsessive sire, Cain, has plans in motion to reclaim Shido, as well as to initiate the 'Golden Dawn', a secret with far-reaching implications for all creatures of the night.

Characters

 * Shido Tatsuhiko (紫藤 龍彦) Voiced by: Takumi Yamazaki (Japanese); Richard Cansino (English)


 * Yayoi Matsunaga (松永 弥生?) Voiced by: Emi Shinohara (Japanese); Mari Devon (English)


 * Riho Yamazaki (山崎理?) Voiced by: Maaya Sakamoto (Japanese); Dorothy Elias-Fahn (English)


 * Guni (グニ?) Voiced by: Ikue Otani (Japanese); Sandy Fox (English)


 * Cain (カイン?) Voiced by: Hideyuki Tanaka (Japanese); Lex Lang (English)

Music
The soundtrack for the Nightwalker anime, composed by Akifumi Tada, is noted for its jazz themes and prominent use of saxophones.[2] The soundtrack also features Gessekai (月世界?) by BUCK-TICK as the opening theme, andMirai Kōro (未来航路?) by La'cryma Christi as the closing theme. Gessekai is unusual in that it was not a purpose-written tie-in song, but was selected from BUCK-TICK's existing body of work. An official soundtrack was released in Japan on October 14, 1998 by Universal Music Japan.