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MPD: Animal Unit

TV·2017–2017·1 season, 10 episodes·Fuji TV·Mystery, Comedy, Crime·45m

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Tomozo Sudo is a detective. Due to an incident, he is excluded from investigative work. He is then assigned to work in a division responsible for taking care of animals whose owners are suspects or missing. Keiko Usuki is a police constable and works in the same division. She loves animals more than humans. Keiko develops inferences from clues from animals left behind at crime scenes. Tomozo and Keiko work together to solve cases.

Castfull cast & details

Atsuro WatabeAtsuro WatabeTomozo SudoKanna HashimotoKanna HashimotoKeiko UsukiAtsuko AsanoAtsuko AsanoHiroko TamaruTomoharu HasegawaTomoharu HasegawaHajime NittoSho KiyoharaSho KiyoharaKaoru SakuraiShohei MiuraShohei MiuraKazuo IshimatsuSusumu TerajimaSusumu TerajimaTsutomu KitoRen IshikawaRen IshikawaYayoi Mikasa

Episodes by season

Season0110Episodes2017Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01MPD: Animal Unit S01E01Demoted To Animal Unit?July 9, 2017—
  2. S01E02MPD: Animal Unit S01E02If Penguins Could TalkJuly 16, 2017—
  3. S01E03MPD: Animal Unit S01E03Passion for the SnakeJuly 23, 2017—
  4. S01E04MPD: Animal Unit S01E04Paper Eating GoatsJuly 30, 2017—
  5. S01E05MPD: Animal Unit S01E05Monkey's PawAugust 6, 2017—
  6. S01E06MPD: Animal Unit S01E06The Talking Parrot That Can't SpeakAugust 13, 2017—
  7. S01E07MPD: Animal Unit S01E07Puzzle of the PacuAugust 20, 2017—
  8. S01E08MPD: Animal Unit S01E08The Noisy OwlAugust 27, 2017—
  9. S01E09MPD: Animal Unit S01E09The Suspect Who Loves His HedgehogSeptember 3, 2017—
  10. S01E10MPD: Animal Unit S01E10Wasp TerrorSeptember 10, 2017—

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