OBSCURE O.V.A.S, *Domain Of Murder

Based on the 1980's manga weirdly titled Hello, Hedgehog, Domain Of Murder is a one-shot OVA based on Kenshi Hirokane's mystery series. It's one of the few anime that is just a crime story anime with no giant robots, ninjas, or aliens. Central Park Media just spun the wheel on releasing this in English with no real idea if it would do well, aside from the fact that bigwig dub actors like Dan Green and Sean Schemmel in the cast, which only got put out on VHS and DVD.

Private detective Goro Nanase is hired to look for a man named Toyama who left his wife three years ago after losing their daughter in an auto accident. The missing man's wife suspects that a yakuza thug was shot by him in a bar located in a nearby city. Nanase gets help from Toyama's former mistress and old school chum to help track him down as the deranged drifter plans to take the life of his surviving toddler son to make amends with the spirit of his daughter. The OVA tries for a Hitchcock-themed ending, but the cheap animation drags it down to a homicidal humdrum.

Domain Of Murder is an unexceptional anime which tries to make a mediocre murder mystery with no real mystery in the story last for 50 minutes. The animation quality is below average with mediocre performances by the original Japanese actors. This is a routine D-List OVA that isn't worth your time.