Galileo (Japanese TV series)

Kaoru Utsumi, a rookie detective who has just been reassigned to the criminal division, finds the investigation of her first murder case stalled by seemingly-supernatural phenomena surrounding the event. She seeks help from Shunpei Kusanagi, a senior detective at the police headquarter famous as a "Mystery Hunter". Kusanagi, however, reveals to Utsumi that he was only able to solve the cases thanks to his college friend, Teito University professor Manabu Yukawa. Yukawa is a tall, handsome, brilliant but eccentric scientist who is interested in nothing but physics, while Utsumi is a hot-blooded detective with a strong sense of justice. Together, the odd pair solves many difficult and seemingly impossible events with their individual talents. ==Cast==

Season 1 • Masaharu Fukuyama as • Ko Shibasaki as • Kazuki Kitamura as • Hiroshi Shinagawa as • Ikkei Watanabe as • Miki Maya as Season 2 • Masaharu Fukuyama as • Yuriko Yoshitaka as • Yu Sawabe as • Yuto Marick Yasuhara as • Ko Shibasaki as Guests Season 1 • 1st episode: Toshiaki Karasawa as • 2nd episode: Mantaro Koichi as • 3rd episode: Ryōko Hirosue as • 4th episode: Shingo Katori (SMAP) as • Sora Aoi - victim of 4th episode • 5th episode: Suzuka Ohgo as • Miki Mizuno - wife of victim of 5th episode • 6th episode: Maki Horikita as • Hirofumi Arai - a fortune teller, stalking Remi • 7th episode: Kyoko Fukada as • Shigeyuki Sato as • 8th episode: Yumiko Shaku as • 9th and final episodes: Hiroshi Kume as • Guests for Episode Φ (Zero) • Masami Nagasawa as • Ayaka Komatsu as • Karina as • Keizo Kanie as Season 2 • 1st episode: Takao Osawa as • 2nd episode: Haruna Kawaguchi as • 3rd episode: Yuko Oshima as • 4th episode: Seiichi Tanabe as • Atsuya Furuta - Yanagisawa's training partner • 5th episode: Mirei Kiritani as and (dual role) • 6th episode: Yui Natsukawa as • 7th episode: Yuu Kashii as • 8th episode: Yū Aoi as • 9th episode: Katsuhisa Namase as • 10th episode: Yūki Amami as ==Episodes==

==Film-length special episodes==

The following special episodes are over 60 minutes in length. Two were released theatrically. • Galileo: Episode Zero (2008) – TV movie • Suspect X (2008) (aka "The Devotion of Suspect X") • ''Galileo XX: Kaoru Utsumi's Last Case'' (ガリレオXX内海薫最後の事件) (2013) – TV movie • ''Midsummer's Equation'' (2013) ==Films post-series==

• Silent Parade (2022) • Forbidden Magic (2022) (Galileo: Kindan no Majutsu; ガリレオ 禁断の魔術) – TV movie ==Video game==

An adventure game based on the series was developed by Tomcat System and published by D3Publisher for Nintendo DS on October 16, 2008. ==References==