SeriesPsychological Supernatural

Signal2018

Name: Signal
Genre: Psychological, Supernatural
Released: 2018-04-10
Rating: 6.7

“A Call from the Past, the Call for the Future”

Created by Akira Uchikata, Kosuke Suzuki

6.7

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 7.0TMDB 6.8

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Year

2018

Seasons

Network

Fuji TV

Status

Ended

The premise

Two detectives communicate through a walkie-talkie to solve a cold case. One detective exists in the present day, and the other detective exists 15 years in the past.

Horror Vault's take

A mysterious walkie-talkie becomes an unlikely bridge across time, allowing two detectives separated by 15 years to exchange crucial information on a cold case that shook the city. What begins as an extraordinary investigative edge quickly raises unsettling questions about whether rewriting the past can ever come without a price. The series weaves procedural tension with a deeply personal emotional core, keeping viewers guessing at every turn.

Content: Depictions Of Kidnapping, Serial Killer Themes, Crime Scene Content

Episode Guide

🏆 Best Episode Overall

S1.E1 · Episode 1

9.0

⭐ Highest Rated This Season

S1.E1 · Episode 1

9.0

★ 8.6 avg· 9h 0m total· Apr 2018 → Jun 2018

S1.E1 · Episode 1Premiere
9.0
Apr 10, 2018 · 54 min
Fifteen years after witnessing the kidnapping of a girl at school, Kento hears someone calling his name through a discarded two-way radio.
S1.E2 · Episode 2
9.0
Apr 17, 2018 · 54 min
Kento determines that the true culprit is a nurse named Keiko Yoshimoto, but she refuses to crack under questioning from Misaki.
S1.E3 · Episode 3
9.0
Apr 24, 2018 · 54 min
The two-way radio reconnects after the reinvestigation starts. Just as Kento had suspected, Ooyama had been part of the initial investigation in 1997.
S1.E4 · Episode 4
9.0
May 1, 2018 · 54 min
1997. Ooyama learns from Kento that the next victim will be his friend Midori. In 2018, Kento holds his breath for a favorable outcome.
S1.E5 · Episode 5
8.0
May 8, 2018 · 54 min
Kento learns that Ooyama went missing 18 years ago and was later dishonorably discharged. In 1998, Ooyama works on a certain serial larceny case.