Anime like Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo (TV)

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

Tantei Gakuen Q

Also known as Detective School Q.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Group TAC , Kodansha , TBS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Mystery

Kyuu is your average boy with a knack for logic and reasoning. Desiring to become a detective, he finds out about the existence of the Dan Detective School (DDS); a famed school where students are allowed to bear arms. Together with Megu, a girl with photographic memory, the martial arts master Kinta, the genius programmer Kazuma and the mysterious Ryuu, Kyuu tackles many well planned out crimes, always seeking the truth.

Tags: Shounen , Detective , Crime , Police , Primarily Teen Cast , School , School Club , Memory Manipulation , Male Protagonist

Jigoku Sensei Nube

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Horror , Romance

Nube is a clumsy, easygoing, and very kind teacher, but he has a secret under his glove on the left hand. He has a monster hand, and he also has the ability to sense ghosts and evil spirits. So he protects his dear students from these evil spirits with his monster hand, proving to be very powerful.



Tags: Teacher , Youkai , School , Male Protagonist , Exorcism , Demons , Shounen , Episodic , Love Triangle , Primarily Child Cast

City Hunter

Studio: Sunrise , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mystery

Ryo Saeba works the streets of Tokyo as the City Hunter. He's a "sweeper" and with his sidekick Kaori Makimura, he keeps the city clean. People hire the City Hunter to solve their dangerous problems, which he does with a Colt Python. When Ryo's not working on a case, he's working on getting the ladies, and Kaori must keep him in check with her trusty 10 kg hammer.



Tags: Episodic , Crime , Guns , Primarily Adult Cast , Slapstick , Urban , Male Protagonist , Detective , Assassins , Shounen , Yakuza , Mafia , Cars , Nudity , Boxing , Gambling

Karakuri Zoushi Ayatsuri Sakon

Studio: WOWOW , TMS Entertainment , Victor Entertainment , Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Thriller

The dark-haired bishounen is Sakon Tachibana, a puppeteer, and the other is Ukon, his favorite puppet and best friend. Sakon is the (only) grandson of Saemon Tachibana, a national treasure of Japan famous for his manipulation of Bunraku puppets. Ukon is a child doll puppet made in the early Meiji era by the famous female dollmaker Unosuke. Together they run into murders and solve them.



Tags: Detective , Episodic , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Shounen

Yakushiji Ryouko no Kaiki Jikenbo

Also known as Ryoko's Case File.

Studio: Starchild Records , Doga Kobo , GANSIS
Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Supernatural

Based on a series of light novels written by Tanaka Yoshiki and illustrated by Kakinouchi Narumi.

The story revolves around Ryouko Yakushiji, a 27-year-old multilingual investigator that graduated from Tokyo University's elite Department of Law, and the bizarre cases she faces while working for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police. Yakushiji not only has to deal with supernatural beings in her line of work, but also her rival Yukiko Muromachi, another equally talented and beautiful police investigator.



Tags: Police , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Guns , Episodic

Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna

Also known as Spiral: Bond of Reasoning.

Studio: J.C. Staff , TV Tokyo , Aniplex , Sotsu , Funimation , SME Visual Works
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Mystery

Ayumu Narumi's older brother Kiyotaka, a renowned detective and piano player, disappears all of a sudden. The only clue Narumi has, are the Blade Children. Two years later a row of murders and incidents begin, relating to the Blade Children. Together with school journalist, Hiyono Yuizaki, Narumi tries to figure out their destiny.



Tags: Conspiracy , Detective , Shounen , Male Protagonist , School

High School Mystery: Gakuen Nanafushigi

Studio: Studio Comet
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery

Tags: Shoujo , School

Yu☆Gi☆Oh!

Studio: Toei Animation , NAS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

Yuugi is a somewhat frail young boy who happens to be a big fan of gaming of any kind. But when he solves an ancient egyptian puzzle he is granted all the powers of darkness. Now when confronted with danger and injustice, he transforms into a much darker and dangerous form, and proceeds to dish out the justice and punishment for those who so richly deserve it.



Tags: Shounen , Dissociative Identities , Card Battle , Death Game , School , Reincarnation , Primarily Teen Cast , Gambling , Male Protagonist , Delinquents , Mythology , Urban Fantasy , Henshin , Bullying , Isekai , Video Games

Seishun Anime Zenshuu

Also known as Animated Classics of Japanese Literature.

Studio: Nippon Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

A brilliant collection of beautifully animated episodes based on selected masterpieces of Japanese modern literature.

The aim of this series is to appeal to the viewer at large and to give him or her some idea of the variety and individuality which Japanese literature has developed over the last hundred years.

The authors range from Higuchi Ichiyou (Takekurabe), Mori Ougai (The Dancing Girl) and Natsume Souseki (Botchan) to Kawabata Yasunari (The Izu Dancer), Nobel laureate of 1968, and Mishima Yukio (The Sound of Waves).



Tags: Historical , Anthology , Classic Literature