October, 1987, Autumn. In Suganami, Tokyo, there lives the Kinoshita family whereby the father draws very little pay out of his job as an ordinary salaryman. In order to cover expenses, he decides to let out the second floor of their apartment to earn additional rental income. One day, an obstinate-looking eldery dog, accompanied by a younger boy-dog, came knocking on their doors. The eldery dog addresses himself as Norayama Kuroyoshi and introduces his grandson as Norakuro. The former wants to open a detective agency and intends to rent the unit for their office. He will be the president of the investigative bureau while Norakuro-kun will be the director. He will also recruit one of the Kinoshita's sons, Keita-kun, as his employee and their advisor will be the girl-next-door, a high school student by the name of Rika Sawaguchi. On the third day since the official opening of the office, the telephone rang, a signal of a new case.

(Source: Anime News Network)

Details

Genres

Studios

• Fuji TV
• Studio Pierrot
• Yomiko Advertising

Staff

• Yoshiyuki Suga — Script
• Atsuo Tobe — Animation Director
• Yuuji Nunokawa — Production Manager
• Masami Annou — Director, Storyboard (eps 1, 24, 50)
• Yuuji Moriyama — Character Design
• Shigenori Kageyama — Episode Director (eps 13, 20), Storyboard (eps 13, 20)
• Yuuji Kawahara — Assistant Episode Director (eps 4, 8), Episode Director (eps 15, 22, 30, 32, 38, 43, 47, 49), Storyboard (eps 15, 22, 30, 32, 38, 40, 43, 45, 47, 49)
• Noriyuki Abe — Assistant Episode Director (ep 3), Episode Director (eps 12, 19, 24, 28, 31, 37, 42, 46), Storyboard (eps 12, 19, 31, 37, 42, 46)
• Takaaki Ishiyama — Episode Director (eps 2, 6, 9, 17, 23, 28, 34, 41, 48), Storyboard (eps 2, 6, 9, 17, 23, 28, 34, 41, 48)
• Ryou Tachiba — Episode Director (eps 3, 7, 10, 16), Storyboard (eps 3, 7, 10, 16, 39)
• Toshiaki Suzuki — Episode Director (eps 11, 18, 25, 29, 35, 40, 45), Storyboard (eps 11, 18, 25, 29, 35)
• Akira Shigino — Storyboard (eps 4, 8)
• Suihou Tagawa — Original Creator
• Saeko Aoki — Episode Director (eps 5, 14, 21, 27, 33, 39, 44, 50), Storyboard (eps 5, 14, 21, 27, 33, 44)