Literature's greatest detective went to the dogs in the 80's.
Sherlock Hound, of course, is a canine adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, who'd later merit a series on Fox. Studios in Japan & Italy combined for this series, which hadn't seen the light of day in the US until Filmrise acquired the rights earlier this year, making the series available on YouTube.
Now, to American audiences, Sherlock Hound would be an alter-ego of Snoopy from the Peanuts cartoons, in an ad for MetLife. Here, though, you have a pipe-smoking sleuth (Larry Moss) matched against arch-nemesis Professor Moriarty (Hamilton Camp, Smurfs) in almost every episode.
Right now, check out "A Sacred Image Disappears":
How Nickelodeon, which was home to a number of anime back in the 80's (i.e. Mysterious Cities of Gold) missed the boat on this one, I don't know.
Rating: A.
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