METADATA & RELEASE INFORMATION
Title (Original): 名探偵ホームズ やっと見れるぞ！おめでとう！BOOK
Title (Romaji): Meitantei Holmes: Yatto Mireru zo! Omedetou! BOOK
Title (English): Sherlock Hound: Finally We Can Watch It! Congratulations! Book
Franchise: Sherlock Hound / 名探偵ホームズ (Meitantei Holmes)
Original Creator: Arthur Conan Doyle (Characters/Concept)
Anime Director: 宮崎 駿 (Hayao Miyazaki)
Animation Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha (TMS) / Telecom Animation Film / RAI
Publisher: 徳間書店 (Tokuma Shoten)
Source Publication: Animage (アニメージュ) March 1984 Issue (Vol. 7, No. 3 / 通巻69号)
Supplement Type: 第1ふろく (Primary Magazine Appendix / Furoku 1)
Release Date: 1984-03-10 (昭和59年3月10日)
Format: Promotional Booklet / Film Guide (B5 Landscape, Softcover)
Language: Japanese
Page Count: Approx. 36 pages (Full Color / Monochrome mix)
BOOKLET CONTENTS & SECTIONS
Front Cover: Full-color watercolor illustration of 221B Baker Street (Sherlock Holmes playing the violin, Dr. Watson resting in an armchair, and Mrs. Hudson playing the piano).
Back Cover: Theatrical roadshow promotional poster for the March 11, 1984 double-feature screening with "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind".
Interior Contents: - TMS/RAI production history and international co-op background.
• Feature coverage of the two Miyazaki theatrical shorts ("The Blue Carbuncle" and "Treasure Under the Sea").
• Character design model sheets, setting guides, and relationship charts.
• Director profile, interviews, and production commentary with Hayao Miyazaki.
OVERVIEW & HISTORICAL CONTEXT
A commemorative memorial booklet published as the primary supplement (Furoku 1) with the March 1984 issue of Animage magazine. It celebrates the public premiere of the "Sherlock Hound" anime series.
Production on the Miyazaki-directed episodes began in 1981–1982 but was abruptly shelved due to copyright disputes with the Arthur Conan Doyle estate. Following the resolution of these legal issues, Tokuma Shoten arranged for two completed episodes ("The Blue Carbuncle" and "Treasure Under the Sea") to debut theatrically as companion featurettes alongside the nationwide roadshow premiere of Hayao Miyazaki's "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" on March 11, 1984.
