Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne(2008)
Overview
Rin Asōgi may look like an ordinary office lady on the outside but she is actually a private investigator taking on any jobs, from finding a stray cat to infiltrating a high-security corporate lab. What's more, she appears literally indestructible, supernaturally healing any injuries and mutilations. Together with her partner Mimi, Rin delves into the darkest secrets of the society but the ones she hides herself are by far more sinister...
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Top 9 Billed Cast
Rin Asōgi (voice)
Mimi (voice)
Apos (voice)
Laura (voice)
Kōki Maeno (voice)
Mishiho Maeno (voice)
Teruki Maeno (voice)
Sayara Yamanobe (voice)
Tamotsu Yanagisawa (voice)
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