Ranpo Edogawa was a Japanese author, primarily active in the Showa era (though debuting a couple years before its proper start), who was somewhat instrumental in taking his inspirations like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Edgar Allan Poe and synthesizing from that a brand of mystery and thriller fiction that was, instead of being purely imitative, a uniquely Japanese take on the genres, particularly Detective fiction.
What does that have to do with Rampo Kitan? Well, the show would like you to believe that, being made in honor of the 50th anniversary of his passing, it is inspired by his work. But all accounts suggest the word “inspired” here is used very loosely, resulting in an odd detective thriller for which this trivia is a minor footnote.
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