The Silver Case

14 episodes January 29, 1999

The Silver Case (シルバー事件, Hepburn: Shirubā Jiken; lit: "Silver Incident") is a mystery adventure game developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and published by the ASCII Corporation for the Sony PlayStation in October 1999. The story, co-written by Suda, Masahi Ooka and Sako Kato, is set in an alternate Japan in the year 1999 and follows two parallel storylines investigating a series of bizarre murders seemingly linked to a legendary serial killer responsible for a shocking incident twenty years before. Through the perspectives of the Heinous Crimes Unit's newly appointed detective Akira and freelance journalist Tokio Morishima, The Silver Case explores themes of identity, freedom of thought, social engineering, the early internet, access to information, and the nature of criminality.

Episodes

1 Case 0 Jan 29, 1999 No ratings 2 Case 1 Feb 5, 1999 No ratings 3 Report 1 Feb 12, 1999 No ratings 4 Case 2 Feb 19, 1999 No ratings 5 Report 2 Feb 26, 1999 No ratings 6 Case 3 Mar 5, 1999 No ratings 7 Report 3 Mar 12, 1999 No ratings 8 Case 4 Mar 19, 1999 No ratings 9 Report 4 Mar 26, 1999 No ratings 10 Case 5 Apr 2, 1999 No ratings 11 Report 5 Apr 9, 1999 No ratings 12 Report 6 Apr 16, 1999 No ratings 13 Case ! Apr 23, 1999 No ratings 14 Case 25 Apr 30, 1999 No ratings