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Galileo

Name: Galileo
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Crime
Released: 2007-10-15
Cast: Masaharu Fukuyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kazuki Kitamura, Yu Sawabe, Ikkei Watanabe

2007 | 2 seasons | Drama, Mystery, Crime

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With a short run with a modest audience and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for crime-drama fans and anyone who likes to be kept guessing.
The mood: Tense, dark and gritty.
The pace: 2 seasons: a few weeks of evenings.
What might put you off: It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

Narrates the events and cases encountered by Kaoru Utsumi, a rookie detective, and Manabu Yukawa, a university associate professor, while the two pair up to solve many mysterious cases.

How it earned its rating

CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
Reach & staying powerBelow par
Ran for 2 seasons and reached a small audience so far
Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 32K people sought it out in the past year

Season by season

The show overall is a Weeknight Watch. Here's how each season stacks up; Season 1 is the high point.

Season 12007 · 10 episodes · 7.0 out of 10
Sunday
Season 22013 · 11 episodes · 7.0 out of 10
Sunday

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Cast & crew

Created by Takashi Narita, Hiroshi Nishitani, Mizuki Nishisaka, Kensaku Sawada

Masaharu FukuyamaManabu Yukawa
Yuriko YoshitakaMisa Kishitani
Kazuki KitamuraKusanagi Shunpei
Yu SawabeMinoru Otagawa
Ikkei WatanabeHiromi Kuribayashi