Saint October: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

During a case to catch a mysterious masked kidnapper who has been kidnapping young boys for a strange man, Kotono Hayama is working harder during this case. One night after returning home late alone, Kotono runs into a young boy who's crying alone. With no where else to take him, Kotono brings him back to her home at Joshuna's church where it is discovered that he has amnesia and cannot remember even his own name. While there, Natsuki Shirafuji, Kotono's friend and fellow detective, arrives to add further information to the kidnapping case. Suddenly, the masked kidnapper appears and successfully kidnaps the boy, but Kotono chases after him and gets the boy back after a short scuffle. Just when all looks lost, the boy uses a magical power to bestow onto Kotono a similar power in order to defeat the kidnapper...

Series details

• Title: Saint October
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Anime, Crime, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 2007-01-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 2007-06-29
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Chiba TV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 13270
• IMDb ID: tt0972699
• TVDB ID: 202291

Cast and credited roles

• Yu Kobayashi — Misaki Hijiri
• Yukari Fukui — Natsuki Shirafuji
• Azusa Kataoka — Kotono Hayama

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2007-01-05; final listed air date 2007-06-29; episode order: 26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Saint October on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.