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Hayao Miyazaki's Sherlock Holmes Anime Free on Raiplay

digital · 2026-04-27

Since December 22, the first six episodes of 'Il fiuto di Sherlock Holmes' (Sherlock Holmes: The Anime), directed by Hayao Miyazaki, are available for free on Raiplay. The series was presented at the Rome Film Festival as part of a retrospective. Produced in the early 1980s as a co-production between Rai and Tokyo Movie Shinsha, it adapts Arthur Conan Doyle's detective stories with anthropomorphic animal characters. The available episodes are: 'Le aragoste di corallo', 'L'avventura dei tre studenti', 'La bambola francese', 'La banda maculata', 'La campana del Big Ben', and 'La corona di Mazzarino'. This release is the beginning of a project to make the entire series available, currently undergoing restoration.

Key facts

  • Six episodes of 'Il fiuto di Sherlock Holmes' are free on Raiplay since December 22.
  • The series was directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
  • It was presented at the Rome Film Festival.
  • The anime is a co-production between Rai and Tokyo Movie Shinsha from the early 1980s.
  • It features anthropomorphic animals as characters.
  • Episodes include 'Le aragoste di corallo', 'L'avventura dei tre studenti', 'La bambola francese', 'La banda maculata', 'La campana del Big Ben', and 'La corona di Mazzarino'.
  • The full series is undergoing restoration.
  • The release aims to make the entire series available.

Entities

Artists

  • Hayao Miyazaki

Institutions

  • Raiplay
  • Rai
  • Tokyo Movie Shinsha
  • Festa del Cinema di Roma
  • Artribune

Locations

  • Rome
  • Italy
  • Japan

Sources