Mouryou no Hako is a tV series anime that premiered in fall 2008, produced by MADHOUSE.

About the production: the story comes from a other, there are 13 episodes of about 23 minutes and its current status is "finished".

Its main genres are mystery, supernatural and thriller, with themes such as Historical, Achronological Order, Ensemble Cast and Detective.

On AniList, Mouryou no Hako has an average score of 68%, a good score, and appears on 15,246 users' lists.

Between August and October, 1952, a series of unusual crimes takes place in Musashino and Mitaka: the attempted murder of 14-year-old Kanako Yuzuki, Kanako's abduction from the strange research "hospital" where she was recovering, then abductions of other girls, followed by their severed limbs in custom-fitted boxes being placed in surrounding towns. News editor Morihiko Toriguchi and crime fiction writer Tatsumi Sekiguchi investigate with the help of onmyōji Akihiko Chūzenji. Meanwhile, Tōkyō police detective Shutaro Kiba searches for Kanako, despite Kanagawa police having jurisdiction; and the lawyer for the estate of Kanako's grandfather hires private investigator Reijiro Enokizu to find Kanako, as well. Their investigation uncovers bizarre truths and dark family secrets along the way. (Source: Anime News Network)

Official synopsis from AniList.