Master Keaton

マスターキートン

1998–2000 · Ended · 1 season · 39 episodes · Mystery, Animation · Japan

Channel NHK BS1 · Starring Norihiro Inoue, Houko Kuwashima, Ichiro Nagai

The amazing Taichi Keaton works on cases around the globe that always lead to adventure! He combines his arsenal of multidisciplinary expertise in investigation, archeology, and survival with his experience as a professor, a Falklands Conflict veteran and a SAS agent to unravel the often dangerous challenges in each riveting episode.
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Episodes

39 episodes · October 1998 – June 2000
  1. Episode 1: 1. Man in a MazeOctober 6, 1998 · 25 min
    The mysterious death of a soldier in Greece causes suspicion. Lloyd's sends Keaton as an insurance investigator.
  2. Episode 2: 2. Little GiantOctober 13, 1998 · 25 min
    Bounty hunters stakes out a former German Red Army member, Rosa. Keaton is hired by her wealthy family to protect her.
  3. Episode 3: 3. Strange Tales of LasagnaOctober 20, 1998 · 25 min
    Keaton is hired to retrieve nine year old Flora from Italy. They flee for France where her mother waits.
  4. Episode 4: 4. Immortal ManOctober 27, 1998 · 25 min
    Keaton saves the "immortal man" from the Russian Mafia. The man reveals the secret of the Romanov Treasures.
  5. Episode 5: 5. Paris Under the RoofNovember 3, 1998 · 25 min
    After being fired from a college in Tokyo, Keaton finds a job as an instructor at an adult education center in France. There he meets...
  6. Episode 6: 6. White GoddessNovember 10, 1998 · 25 min
    Keaton meets Anna in Scilly Islands in England, who is protecting an archaeological site all by herself.
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  1. Episode 7: 7. Memories of Summer PuddingNovember 17, 1998 · 25 min
    Keaton, hoping to spend the summer vacation alone with Yuriko, heads for a farmhouse where he spent summers as a boy.
  2. Episode 8: 8. The Negotiator's RuleNovember 24, 1998 · 25 min
    Keaton heads for the countryside in England to rescue a kidnapped manager of a Japanese electronics corporation.
  3. Episode 9: 9. Traveling with a LadyDecember 1, 1998 · 25 min
    Keaton meets an arrogant old lady on a train from Germany to Switzerland who claims to be pursued by the Czech Secret Service.
  4. Episode 10: 10. CharlieDecember 8, 1998 · 25 min
    Keaton helps a childhood friend Charlie Chapman, also a world-renowned detective, with the murder case of an art dealer.
  5. Episode 11: 11. Special MenuDecember 15, 1998 · 25 min
    Keaton assists an Englishman to become a Chinese chef with the help of a secret recipe.
  6. Episode 12: 12. A Case for LadiesDecember 22, 1998 · 25 min
    Keaton and an elderly woman who loves detective movies pursue the truth behind a high-profile murder case.
  7. Episode 13: 13. A Peaceful DeathJanuary 5, 1999 · 25 min
    A terrorist finds his conscience and seeks Keaton's help to locate and defuse two IRA bombs in a crowded London shopping mall.
  8. Episode 14: 14. Wall in One's HeartJanuary 12, 1999 · 25 min
    Keaton helps a German businessman to locate his long-lost daughter while she seeks to avenge her mother's death in a labor camp in East Germany.
  9. Episode 15: 15. A Long and Hot DayJanuary 19, 1999 · 25 min
    An attack dog ruthlessly stalks Keaton deep in the mountains of Spain.
  10. Episode 16: 16. The Elm Tree ForeverJanuary 26, 1999 · 25 min
    Earl Fenders' bankruptcy leaves him a broken man, but his son, Robert, needs his fathers overbearing personality to inspire his music - can Keaton restore the father's domineering arrogance?
  11. Episode 17: 17. A Mansion of RosesFebruary 9, 1999 · 25 min
    Edmond Layman was found murdered in his rose garden and his widow fears for her life. Their gardener, Eric, disappeared and is the chief suspect but Keaton soon unburies a thorny secret!
  12. Episode 18: 18. Faker's MiscalculationFebruary 16, 1999 · 25 min
    Professor Bennington runs for Chancellor to save the college only to be targeted by a team of con men. But will the con men's professional pride lead them to change their minds?
  13. Episode 19: 19. Into the Vast Sky...February 23, 1999 · 25 min
    Keaton's daughter meets a childhood friend who wants to free a hawk. Keaton and the boy's father secretly follow out of concern for the boy who also desperately wants to be free.
  14. Episode 20: 20. The Island of CowardMarch 2, 1999 · 25 min
    The Polish Mafia takes over Keaton's hotel in a blaze of gunfire. Although accused of being cowards for their inaction, Keaton and a secret legend use their experience to win despite the terrible odds.
  15. Episode 21: 21. The Thistle EmblemMarch 9, 1999 · 25 min
    Keaton flies to Scotland to investigate a watch preserved in a shrine in Japan.
  16. Episode 22: 22. Chateau Lajonchee 1944March 16, 1999 · 25 min
    Keaton visits Burgundy to insure the extraordinary vintage wine Chateau Lajonchee 1944.
  17. Episode 23: 23. No Way OutMarch 23, 1999 · 25 min
    Keaton must escort a fugitive through a perilous road across a bottomless swamp.
  18. Episode 24: 24. The Day the Op Was BornMarch 30, 1999 · 25 min
    Keaton recalls the first time he met Daniel and became the insurance investigator 10 years ago...
  19. Episode 25: 25. Kalihman of the DesertDecember 22, 1999 · 25 min
    Keaton and the excavation team are left for dead in the Taklimakan Desert.
  20. Episode 26: 26. FamilyDecember 22, 1999 · 25 min
    Keaton, asked to recruit a former East German Olympic swimmer, but first Keaton must deal with the swimmer's depression and face off against a group of skinheads.
  21. Episode 27: 27. The Red WindDecember 22, 1999 · 25 min
    Razin left Russia to attend an air show in the UK, but after his two bodyguards are murdered, Keaton finds himself between Razin and a killer KGB agent.
  22. Episode 28: 28. A Message from AlexeyevJanuary 21, 2000 · 25 min
    While visiting a resort on a Spanish island, Keaton meets Sendel who reveals a tale of passion and betrayal between Russian agents and locals the Spanish Civil War 50 years ago.
  23. Episode 29: 29. The Forbidden FruitJanuary 21, 2000 · 25 min
    Keaton crashes a party for the newest board member of the premiere accounting firm in the UK after he suspects the board member of murdering his way to the top!
  24. Episode 30: 30. The Highlands in Your EyesJanuary 21, 2000 · 25 min
    Keaton attempts to rescue an artist forced to paint forgeries who has been held hostage in a house by his extreme shortsightedness and his shattered confidence.
  25. Episode 31: 31. The Scent is the KeyFebruary 21, 2000 · 25 min
    A man requests Keaton to investigate the untimely death of his friend who lacked a "scent of death."
  26. Episode 32: 32. The Back StreetFebruary 21, 2000 · 25 min
    A reluctant Keaton believes he is handing enticement money to a woman on behalf of her father, but soon discovers quite a different story.
  27. Episode 33: 33. Devil Like an AngelFebruary 21, 2000 · 25 min
    Keaton searches for a Japanese art student in Italy only to discover the student has become involved with a terrorist group!
  28. Episode 34: 34. The Agate Color of TimeMarch 23, 2000 · 25 min
    Keaton shares stories of his youth in Cornwall with his daughter, Yuriko.
  29. Episode 35: 35. Love in MayApril 21, 2000 · 25 min
    Keaton's daughter becomes involved in a purse-snatching investigation in London while her father rests his broken leg in the hospital.
  30. Episode 36: 36. Blue FridayMay 24, 2000 · 25 min
    While Keaton chases after an elusive insurance beneficiary, his parter Daniel pursues a new beauty.
  31. Episode 37: 37. Interview DayMay 24, 2000 · 25 min
    Keaton, unsure about pursuing a career as an archaeologist, allows himself to be distracted by his father on his way to an interview at Tozai University.
  32. Episode 38: 38. Hunting Season Part 1June 21, 2000 · 25 min
    Two knife murders in London drags Keaton into a chase tying the SAS to a vicious drug ring.
  33. Episode 39: 39. Hunting Season Part 2June 21, 2000 · 25 min
    Two knife murders in London drags Keaton into a chase tying the SAS to a vicious drug ring.

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Film and series details

EPISODE LENGTH
24 minutes
FIRST AIRED
October 6, 1998
LAST AIRED
June 21, 2000
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Madhouse, VAP, Shogakukan

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