Puppet Master Sakon (Animation, Japanese)
Genres: Action, Anime, Mystery
Status: Ended
Premiered: 1999-10-08
Ended: 2000-03-30
Network: Animax
Country: JP
Runtime: 25 minutes
The dark-haired bishounen is Sakon Tachibana, a puppeteer, and the other is Ukon, his favorite puppet and best friend. Sakon is the (only) grandson of Saemon Tachibana, a national treasure of Japan famous for his manipulation of Bunraku puppets. Ukon is a child doll puppet made in the early Meiji era by the famous female dollmaker Unosuke. Together they run into murders and solve them.