Double Decker! Doug & Kirill

DOUBLE DECKER! ダグ＆キリル

6.0(1)

OtakuDen

6.8(13,727)

MAL Score

Ranked #5984

Popularity #4208

Action
Comedy
Mystery
Sci-Fi
Adult Cast
Detective

Episodes: 13
Duration: 24 min per ep
Aired: Sep 30, 2018 to Dec 23, 2018
Status: Finished Airing

Synopsis

Lisvalletta’s calm is shattered by Anthem, a dangerous new drug whose side effects can trigger “Overdrive,” transforming users into mutated, superpowered beasts. With conventional policing unable to contain the threat, the Special Crime Investigation Unit SEVEN-O takes the lead—operating under a patented “Double Decker” setup that pairs investigators into tightly coordinated buddy teams.

Kirill Vrubel, an ordinary officer who’s long dreamed of being a hero, stumbles into his opportunity in the most unlikely way: a hunt for his landlady’s missing cat. After dozing off in an abandoned warehouse, he wakes to a hostage crisis involving an Anthem user, and ends up joining forces with seasoned SEVEN-O detective Douglas “Doug” Bilingam. The encounter earns Kirill a place in SEVEN-O, where he finally gets a shot at the kind of heroism he once only imagined.

Otaku Consensus

Double Decker! Doug & Kirill lands as a likable but uneven Sunrise original: its best asset is not the mystery plotting, but the brisk buddy-cop direction, adult-cast workplace banter, and goofy censor-bleep comedy that reviewers repeatedly singled out as genuinely funny. The common complaint is consistent: across 13 episodes it never fully commits to being a gag-driven police parody or a sci-fi action detective show, so the larger plot can feel plain, rushed, and chaotic rather than escalating with precision. Its 6.8 MAL score and 65/100 AniList score fit the verdict: a cult-flavored curiosity for viewers tuned to its rhythm, not a broad consensus favorite.

Why You Should Watch

Watch Double Decker! Doug & Kirill if you want a detective comedy that treats police-work structure as a toy box rather than a solemn procedural. It scratches some of the same itch as Tiger & Bunny: Masakazu Katsura’s Western-comic character sensibility, Sunrise’s bright urban futurism, and a tone that keeps undercutting its own cool poses. The sweet spot is viewers who like adult-cast ensembles, bickering partners, absurd workplace rules, CG-heavy vehicle action, and superhero-adjacent criminals without needing a dense conspiracy board. It is especially easy to recommend if you want sci-fi cop antics without school settings, tournament arcs, or grim cyberpunk self-importance. Go in for character rhythm, parody beats, and a fast 2018 seasonal oddity rather than a tightly engineered mystery.

Key Characters

K
Kirill Vrubel
Kirill works because the show lets his hero fantasy be both sincere and ridiculous, making him the comic pressure point for SEVEN-O’s more polished detective machinery.
D
Douglas Bilingam
Doug is the cooler half of the central pairing, built around the contrast between experienced restraint and the show’s habit of turning professional poise into deadpan comedy.

What Makes It Stand Out

1
Sunrise produced it as a compact 13-episode Fall 2018 run, giving the series the feel of a self-contained seasonal experiment rather than a long procedural franchise entry.
2
Masakazu Katsura is credited with original character design, while Norihiro Itagaki handled character design for the anime, creating a look that leans into sharp silhouettes and Western-comic swagger rather than standard police-anime realism.
3
The show’s identity is unusually tag-dense: AniList marks it heavily for Police at 86%, Drugs at 80%, CGI at 65%, Steampunk at 46%, Cars at 40%, and Parody at 30%, which explains why its reception often centers on tonal whiplash.
4
Yuuki Hayashi’s music gives the series a punchier action-comedy engine than its modest mystery plotting might suggest, fitting his reputation for high-energy scoring in mainstream anime.
5
The English-language version had notable Funimation veterans behind it, including Mike McFarland as ADR director, Emily Neves on script, and Bonny Clinkenbeard as ADR script supervisor.

Fun Facts & Trivia

Fun fact 1: The series aired from September 30 to December 23, 2018, placing it squarely in the Fall 2018 season and ending before the year turned.
Fun fact 2: Its reception numbers are almost perfectly middle-lane: MAL lists it at 6.8/10 from 13,611 votes, with a rank around #5602 and popularity around #4067, while AniList records 65/100 and 109 favorites.
Fun fact 3: The ending theme performance is credited to Junya Yamaike, a production detail that often gets overlooked next to the larger Sunrise and Katsura credits.
Fun fact 4: Bonny Clinkenbeard had a dual English-localization role: she is credited for scripts on episodes 1 and 2 and also served as ADR script supervisor.
Fun fact 5: Review chatter repeatedly praised the small gag construction, including the censored curse-word bits, even when the same writers criticized the show’s larger story development.