Anime like Ameku Takao no Suiri Karte

Kusuriya no Hitorigoto

Also known as The Apothecary Diaries.

Studio: Toho , OLM , TOHO animation STUDIO , Nippon Television Network , Imagica Infos , Dentsu , Shogakukan , Square Enix
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery

Maomao lived a peaceful life with her apothecary father. Until one day, she’s sold as a lowly servant to the emperor’s palace. But she wasn’t meant for a compliant life among royalty. So when imperial heirs fall ill, she decides to step in and find a cure! This catches the eye of Jinshi, a handsome palace official who promotes her. Now, she’s making a name for herself solving medical mysteries!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Medicine , Drugs , Historical , Ancient China , Detective , Conspiracy , Foreign , Politics , Work , Royal Affairs , Primarily Adult Cast , Adoption , Heterosexual , Seinen , Alchemy , Aromantic , Maids , Unrequited Love , Tragedy , Go , Episodic , Asexual , Food , Makeup , Chibi , Slavery

Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru

Also known as Beautiful Bones -Sakurako's Investigation-.

Studio: TROYCA , Lantis , Sentai Filmworks , KADOKAWA
Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery

Most young women have lots of obsessions, but Sakurako Kujou only has two: work and bones… and since the bones are part of her work, it really comes down to just bones. However, in between collecting de-fleshed animal and human remains for her studies, Sakurako also assists the local police as a forensic consultant, where she's developed a formidable reputation as both a corpse magnet and detective.

Assisting her in these tasks is young Shoutarou Tatewaki, who is no slouch at sleuthing himself, though his primary task is to keep Sakurako focused (and keep her from occasionally "borrowing" a particularly interesting specimen). If there's a bone to pick, a stray skull to be found, or a random skeleton hidden in a closet, you can trust this team to unearth the evidence.



Tags: Detective , Crime , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Age Gap

Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri

Also known as Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions.

Studio: diomedéa , KADOKAWA , Toy's Factory , AT-X , Movic
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery

Ron Kamonohashi was once regarded as a genius at the top detective training academy. But after a fatal mistake, he was expelled and forbidden to become a detective. Years later, police officer Totomaru Isshiki knocks on Ron’s door seeking help on a serial murder case. He finds Ron, now a messy-haired recluse, who agrees. Together, this mismatched detective team begins solving their first mystery!



Tags: Crime , Detective , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Police , Work , Episodic , Super Power , Urban , Hikikomori , Amnesia , Shounen

Kyokou Suiri

Also known as In/Spectre.

Studio: Brain's Base , NAS , Sound Team Don Juan , King Records , Crunchyroll
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

At the young age of 11, Kotoko Iwanaga was abducted by youkai for two weeks and asked to become their "God of Wisdom," a mediator between the spirit and human worlds, to which the girl quickly agreed but at the cost of her right eye and left leg. Now, six years later, whenever youkai wish for their problems to be solved, they make their way to Kotoko for consultation.

Meanwhile, Kurou Sakuragawa, a 22-year-old university student, has just broken up with his girlfriend after he fled alone when the two encountered a kappa. Seeing this as her chance to become closer with him, Kotoko immediately makes her move, hoping to get married to Kurou one day. However, she quickly realizes there is something more to Kurou. With this knowledge, she asks for his help in solving the various issues presented by the supernatural, all the while wishing her newfound partner will eventually reciprocate her feelings.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , Ghost , Youkai , Female Protagonist , Detective , Meta , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Disability , Gore , Police , Writing , Idol , Body Horror , Age Gap , Love Triangle , Time Skip , Nudity , CGI

Hyouka

Also known as Hyouka.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Lantis , Kadokawa Shoten , KLOCKWORX , chara-ani.com , Animation Do
Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Romance , Slice of Life

Energy-conservative high school student Houtarou Oreki ends up with more than he bargained for when he signs up for the Classic Literature Club at his sister's behest—especially when he realizes how deep-rooted the club's history really is. Begrudgingly, Oreki is dragged into an investigation concerning the 45-year-old mystery that surrounds the club room.

Accompanied by his fellow club members, the knowledgeable Satoshi Fukube, the stern but benign Mayaka Ibara, and the ever-curious Eru Chitanda, Oreki must combat deadlines and lack of information with resourcefulness and hidden talent, in order to not only find the truth buried beneath the dust of works created years before them, but of other side cases as well.

Based on the award-winning Koten-bu light novel series, and directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto of Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu, Hyouka shows that normal life can be full of small mysteries, be it family history, a student film, or even the withered flowers that make up a ghost story.



Tags: School Club , Detective , School , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Classic Literature , Episodic , Heterosexual , Rural , Filmmaking , Tsundere , Otaku Culture , Politics , Cosplay , Shrine Maiden , Bullying

Meitantei Conan

Also known as Case Closed.

Studio: TMS Entertainment , Yomiuri TV , Animax , YTV , TMS-Kyokuchi
Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Mystery , Psychological

Kudo Shinichi is a seventeen year-old high school detective whom people call the "Modern Sherlock Holmes." However, one night after a date with his childhood sweetheart, Ran, Shinichi witnessed an illegal trade and, caught off his guard, was knocked unconscious and fed a drug that was supposed to kill him... but he woke up and found himself shrunken to a seven year-old. In order to track down the men who did this to him, Shinichi hid his identity and lived with Ran, whose father happened to be a hopeless detective, and with that came a series of murders and mysteries that he must solve.



Note:
Includes Keisatsu Gakkou-hen - Wild Police Story in episodes 1029, 1038, 1042, 1061
Episodes 11, 52, 76, 118, 162, 184, 208, 342, 356, 449, 452, 487, 488, 489, 490, 515, 516, 521, 522, 651, 734, 804, 805, 927, 928 aired with a runtime of ~50 minutes as opposed to the standard 25 minute long episode.
Episodes 96, 129, 174, 219, 263, 304, 383, 479 aired with a runtime of ~90 minutes as opposed to the standard 25 minute long episode.
Episode 345, 425 aired with a runtime of ~115 minutes as opposed to the standard 25 minute long episode.


Tags: Detective , Tragedy , Crime , Espionage , Age Regression , Conspiracy , Police , Male Protagonist , Fugitive , Ensemble Cast , Episodic , Primarily Teen Cast , Criminal Organization , Shounen , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , School , Educational , Tsundere , Crossover , Tanned Skin , Love Triangle , Football , Martial Arts , Ojou-sama , Female Harem , Tomboy , Karuta , Magic , Idol , CGI , Video Games

Undead Girl Murder Farce

Also known as Undead Murder Farce.

Studio: Lapin Track , Fuji TV , Crunchyroll , NetEase Games , Tohan , Dentsu , KLOCKWORX , BS Fuji
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

The 19th century — a world inhabited by vampires, golems, werewolves and other paranormal creatures. Immortal beauty and disembodied head Aya Rindo, along with half-human-half-demon "Demon Killer" Tsugaru Shunichi and her loyal maid Shizuku Hasei, travels through Europe as supernatural detective "The Cage User," solving supernatural mysteries while she searches for her lost body.



Tags: Detective , Classic Literature , Monster Girl , Historical , Monster Boy , Travel , Female Protagonist , Youkai , Crime , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Conspiracy , Revenge , Urban Fantasy , Demons , Werewolf , Fairy Tale , Gore , Vampire , Rakugo , Rural , Maids , Guns , LGBTQ+ Themes

Shoushimin Series

Also known as SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary.

Studio: TV Asahi , Lapin Track , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , NetEase Games , Tokyo Sogensha , Nagoya Broadcasting Network , Movic , TV Asahi Music , BS Asahi , KLOCKWORX , AbemaTV
Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Slice of Life

Kobato decides to become an honest, humble citizen after enduring a bitter experience known as “wisdom work.” He forms a pact with Osanai, his classmate with the same goal, and they plan to enter high school leading quiet lives. But for some reason, inexplicable events and disasters keep happening around them. Will Kobato and Osanai ever manage to live ordinary, peaceful lives?



Tags: Detective , Primarily Teen Cast , Crime , Revenge , Male Protagonist , School , Female Protagonist , Food , Episodic , Tragedy , School Club , Torture , Mixed Media

Gekai Elise

Also known as Doctor Elise: The Royal Lady with the Lamp.

Studio: Maho Film , KADOKAWA , Maho Film , AT-X , Kansai TV , Docomo Anime Store , Bandai Namco Music Live , BS Nittele , Simplicity
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

Making up for her sins in a past life as the evil princess Elise, Aoi Takamoto dedicates her life to saving people as a doctor. But a fatal accident cuts her atonement short and suddenly she’s back to her previous life, 10 years before her death! Will her foresight and medical brilliance help her change her past ways and heal an ailing empire, or is fate doomed to repeat itself?



Tags: Reincarnation , Medicine , Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Royal Affairs , Isekai , Arranged Marriage , Work , Ojou-sama , Heterosexual , Age Regression , Rescue , Foreign , Magic , Tanned Skin , Marriage , Swordplay , Anachronism , CGI , Villainess , Male Harem

GOSICK

Also known as Gosick.

Studio: bones , TV Tokyo , Kadokawa Shoten , Bandai Entertainment , KLOCKWORX , Memory-Tech , NTT Docomo
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Romance

Kazuya Kujou is a foreign student at Saint Marguerite Academy, a luxurious boarding school in the Southern European country of Sauville. Originally from Japan, his jet-black hair and dark brown eyes cause his peers to shun him and give him the nickname "Black Reaper," based on a popular urban legend about the traveler who brings death in the spring.

On a day like any other, Kujou visits the school's extravagant library in search of ghost stories. However, his focus soon changes as he becomes curious about a golden strand of hair on the stairs. The steps lead him to a large garden and a beautiful doll-like girl known as Victorique de Blois, whose complex and imaginative foresight allows her to predict their futures, now intertwined.

With more mysteries quickly developing—including the appearance of a ghost ship and an alchemist with the power of transmutation—Victorique and Kujou, bound by fate and their unique skills, have no choice but to rely on each other.



Tags: Detective , Crime , Foreign , Historical , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Guns , Alchemy , Royal Affairs , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Female Protagonist , Kuudere , Male Protagonist , War , Love Triangle , School , Bullying , Twins , Tomboy , Trains , Time Skip , Military ,