Screen guide

Detective Galileo TV Series

The Japanese screen franchise has two Fuji TV seasons, three television specials and three theatrical films. Release order is the simplest watch order; it is not the same as the Japanese or English book order.

Verified against official broadcaster and film-database records · Updated August 16, 2026

An editorial visualization of Detective Galileo stories moving from books into television seasons, specials and films
The screen franchise follows release order, while its cases draw from a different book sequence.

The short answer

Start with the 2007 television season, then follow the eight entries below by release date. The films and specials sit around the television continuity, but each centers on a separate case. Availability changes by country, so this guide does not make unverified streaming claims.

Release and watch order

  1. 2007

    TV season

    Galileo — Season 1

    The first Fuji TV drama season introduces physicist Manabu Yukawa and detective Kaoru Utsumi.

  2. 2008

    TV special

    Galileo Φ (Episode Zero)

    A prequel special centered on Yukawa and detective Shunpei Kusanagi.

  3. 2008

    Film

    Suspect X

    The first theatrical film adapts The Devotion of Suspect X.

    Read the The Devotion of Suspect X book guide →
  4. 2013

    TV season

    Galileo — Season 2

    The second Fuji TV season continues Yukawa’s television cases with detective Misa Kishitani.

  5. 2013

    TV special

    Galileo XX: Utsumi Kaoru’s Last Case

    A spin-off special led by detective Kaoru Utsumi, with Yukawa and other returning characters.

  6. 2013

    Film

    Midsummer's Equation

    The second theatrical film adapts A Midsummer's Equation.

  7. 2022

    Film

    Silent Parade

    The third theatrical Galileo film adapts Silent Parade.

    Read the Silent Parade book guide →
  8. 2022

    TV special

    Forbidden Magic

    A Fuji TV special broadcast the day after Silent Parade opened in Japan; its story is set four years before the film’s case.

Book order and screen order are different

The drama draws cases and characters from across the Galileo stories rather than adapting every Japanese volume from first to last. The films provide the clearest one-to-one links: The Devotion of Suspect X, A Midsummer’s Equation and Silent Parade are all officially available in English.

If you want to read alongside the adaptations, use our Detective Galileo books-in-order guide. It separates all 11 Japanese works from Macmillan’s five-volume English sequence.