Sherlock Holmes
The remastered and re-released theatrical feature is back in Japanese theaters for a limited time to celebrate its 40th anniversary.
You’ve seen Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective as a dog, a girl, and even Benedict Cumberbatch’s turn as the character as its own manga. A character of near infallible logic is transforming again, this time into an android.
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