'AARO' review: A neat balance between supernatural and superstition

It was, apparently, the on-set hairdresser's day off. — Photos: Handout

When a friend told me about this new Japanese paranormal-themed detective show, I Googled it and found the Wikipedia page for the real-life All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO).An agency within the US Secretary of Defense's Office, It's been around since 2022, tasked with investigating UFOs (or by their new inclusive term, UAPs or unidentified aerial/anomalous phenomena).

Hurm, 2022? Talk about your Johnnys-come-lately. The titular agency of AARO, the Fuji TV series (available here on Netflix) in question, has been around since the Meiji Era – or so its senior members tell us, in the initial episodes.