Details
Title: ATARU
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Mystery
Episodes: TBA
Viewership rating: TBA
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2012-Apr-15 start
Air time: Sunday 21:00
Theme song: Jiyuu e Michizure by Shiina Ringo
Synopsis
Ataru, who suffers from "savant syndrome," has the power to discover, observe, see through, and deduct microscopic evidence of unsolved cases. Why does he always go to the criminal sites? What explains his strange behavior? His sad past will be revealed as the story unfolds.
An explosion occurs at a chemical factory, leaving one person dead. The investigation team concludes that it is merely an accident, but Ebina Maiko has her doubts. When she goes to the site again, she finds a man who introduces himself as "Chokozai." After blurting out a series of words that Maiko cannot understand, he suddenly falls asleep. Maiko decides to look up the meaning of these words. She is taken aback when she discovers that when put together, these words provide the key to solving the case. -- TBS
Cast
Nakai Masahiro as Ataru / Chokozai
Kitamura Kazuki as Sawa Shunichi
Kuriyama Chiaki as Ebina Maiko
Tamamori Yuta as Ebina Sho
Riju Go as Ebina Tatsuo
Okunuki Kaoru as Ebina Mariko
Shimada Kyusaku as Nakatsugawa Youji
Tanaka Tetsushi as Atsumi Reiji
Chihara Seiji as Nozaki Hasuo
Nakamura Yasuhi as Inukai Koshiro
Shounozaki Ken as Matsushima Kouki
Mitsumune Kaoru (光宗薫) as Ishikawa Yui
Nakamura Masaya as Kuroki Nagamasa
Miyoshi Hiromichi (三好博道) as Tamakura Takashi
Ichimura Masachika as Chokozai’s father
Murakami Hiroaki as Larry Inoue
Guests
Itaya Yuka (ep1)
Rola (ローラ) (ep1)
ROLLY (ep1)
Ikeda Shin (いけだしん) (ep1)
Sakai Maki (ep2)
Hizuki Hana (陽月華) (ep2)
Kamio Yu (ep2)
Kanayama Kazuhiko (ep2)
Saito Rei (斉藤レイ) (ep2)
Sugawara Daikichi (ep2,3)
Takahashi Hitomi (ep3)
Asari Yousuke (ep3)
Takahashi Ai (ep3)
Ruo (ep3)
Yajima Shunsaku (矢嶋俊作) (ep3)
Hiraoka Yuta (ep4)
Kimura Fumino (ep4)
Ando Sakura (ep4)
Anan Kenji (ep4)
Nagaoka Tasuku (永岡佑) (ep4)
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Sakurai Takeharu (櫻井武晴)
Producers: Ueda Hiroki, Kan Satoshi
Directors: Kimura Hisashi (木村ひさし) (ep1-2), Yoshida Ken (ep3), Kan Satoshi
Music: Kono Shin, Roh Hyoung Woo
