MASTERキートン

1998 - 2000

Man in a Maze

6th October 1998

Episode 1

The mysterious death of a soldier in Greece causes suspicion. Lloyd's sends Keaton as an insurance investigator.

Little Giant

13th October 1998

Episode 2

Bounty hunters stakes out a former German Red Army member, Rosa. Keaton is hired by her wealthy family to protect her.

Strange Tales of Lasagna

20th October 1998

Episode 3

Keaton is hired to retrieve nine year old Flora from Italy. They flee for France where her mother waits.

Immortal Man

27th October 1998

Episode 4

Keaton saves the "immortal man" from the Russian Mafia. The man reveals the secret of the Romanov Treasures.

Paris Under the Roof

3rd November 1998

Episode 5

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...

White Goddess

10th November 1998

Episode 6

Keaton meets Anna in Scilly Islands in England, who is protecting an archaeological site all by herself.

Memories of Summer Pudding

17th November 1998

Episode 7

Keaton, hoping to spend the summer vacation alone with Yuriko, heads for a farmhouse where he spent summers as a boy.

The Negotiator's Rule

24th November 1998

Episode 8

Keaton heads for the countryside in England to rescue a kidnapped manager of a Japanese electronics corporation.

Traveling with a Lady

1st December 1998

Episode 9

Keaton meets an arrogant old lady on a train from Germany to Switzerland who claims to be pursued by the Czech Secret Service.

Charlie

8th December 1998

Episode 10

Keaton helps a childhood friend Charlie Chapman, also a world-renowned detective, with the murder case of an art dealer.

Special Menu

15th December 1998

Episode 11

Keaton assists an Englishman to become a Chinese chef with the help of a secret recipe.

A Case for Ladies

22nd December 1998

Episode 12

Keaton and an elderly woman who loves detective movies pursue the truth behind a high-profile murder case.

A Peaceful Death

5th January 1999

Episode 13

A terrorist finds his conscience and seeks Keaton's help to locate and defuse two IRA bombs in a crowded London shopping mall.

Wall in One's Heart

12th January 1999

Episode 14

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.

A Long and Hot Day

19th January 1999

Episode 15

An attack dog ruthlessly stalks Keaton deep in the mountains of Spain.

The Elm Tree Forever

26th January 1999

Episode 16

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?

A Mansion of Roses

9th February 1999

Episode 17

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!

Faker's Miscalculation

16th February 1999

Episode 18

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?

Into the Vast Sky...

23rd February 1999

Episode 19

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.

The Island of Coward

Episode 20

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.

The Thistle Emblem

Episode 21

Keaton flies to Scotland to investigate a watch preserved in a shrine in Japan.

Chateau Lajonchee 1944

16th March 1999

Episode 22

Keaton visits Burgundy to insure the extraordinary vintage wine Chateau Lajonchee 1944.

No Way Out

23rd March 1999

Episode 23

Keaton must escort a fugitive through a perilous road across a bottomless swamp.

The Day the Op Was Born

30th March 1999

Episode 24

Keaton recalls the first time he met Daniel and became the insurance investigator 10 years ago...

Kalihman of the Desert

22nd December 1999

Episode 25

Keaton and the excavation team are left for dead in the Taklimakan Desert.

Family

22nd December 1999

Episode 26

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.

The Red Wind

22nd December 1999

Episode 27

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.

A Message from Alexeyev

21st January 2000

Episode 28

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.

The Forbidden Fruit

21st January 2000

Episode 29

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!

The Highlands in Your Eyes

21st January 2000

Episode 30

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.

The Scent is the Key

21st February 2000

Episode 31

A man requests Keaton to investigate the untimely death of his friend who lacked a "scent of death."

The Back Street

21st February 2000

Episode 32

A reluctant Keaton believes he is handing enticement money to a woman on behalf of her father, but soon discovers quite a different story.

Devil Like an Angel

21st February 2000

Episode 33

Keaton searches for a Japanese art student in Italy only to discover the student has become involved with a terrorist group!

The Agate Color of Time

23rd March 2000

Episode 34

Keaton shares stories of his youth in Cornwall with his daughter, Yuriko.

Love in May

21st April 2000

Episode 35

Keaton's daughter becomes involved in a purse-snatching investigation in London while her father rests his broken leg in the hospital.

Blue Friday

Episode 36

While Keaton chases after an elusive insurance beneficiary, his parter Daniel pursues a new beauty.

Interview Day

Episode 37

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.

Hunting Season Part 1

Episode 38

Two knife murders in London drags Keaton into a chase tying the SAS to a vicious drug ring.

Hunting Season Part 2

Episode 39

Two knife murders in London drags Keaton into a chase tying the SAS to a vicious drug ring.

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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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Ichiro Nagai

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Houko Kuwashima

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Norihiro Inoue

Taichi Hiraga-Keaton

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Kuniaki Haishima

Music

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Kitaro Kosaka

Character Designer

Yuji Ikeda

Art Direction

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Naoki Urasawa

Original Story

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Kitaro Kosaka

Supervising Animation Director

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Masao Maruyama

Producer

Manabu Tamura

Producer

Mitsuru Oshima

Producer

Hiroshi Yamashita

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Naoki Urasawa

Comic Book

Hisao Shirai

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