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Meitantei Conan

Also known as Case Closed.

Studio: TMS Entertainment , Animax , YTV , TMS Entertainment
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, 1187 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 , Crime , Espionage , Tragedy , Age Regression , Conspiracy , Police , Male Protagonist , Fugitive , Criminal Organization , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , School , Educational , Tsundere , Love Triangle , Football , Martial Arts , Crossover , Tanned Skin , Ojou-sama , Female Harem , Tomboy , Magic , Karuta , Idol , CGI , Video Games

Meitantei Holmes

Also known as Sherlock Hound.

Studio: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Studio Gallop , TMS Entertainment , Studio Take Off , Discotek , Tokyo Movie Shinsha , RAI
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Mystery

This story takes place at the end of the 19th century in London. A famous dog detective, Sherlock Hound, was relaxing with his pipe... Dr. Watson is, of course, with Sherlock. The night is very foggy. From the light of a street gas lamp, one can only see for a few yards. From the distance, a coach comes dashing towards Baker Street and stops in front of Hound's flat. Someone violently knocks at the door. "Watson, something's afoot!!" Hound in his well-known deer stalker hat and Inverness cape, leaves his flat in his prototype Benz with Dr. Watson.



Tags: Episodic , Detective , Anthropomorphism , Foreign , Police , Animals , Aviation , Primarily Adult Cast , Historical , Male Protagonist , Kids

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 , Ancient China , Drugs , Historical , Detective , Conspiracy , Politics , Foreign , Royal Affairs , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Adoption , Heterosexual , Episodic , Alchemy , Aromantic , Maids , Asexual , Unrequited Love , Seinen , Pregnancy , Slavery , Makeup , Food , Chibi , Educational , Go , Nekomimi , Suicide

Agatha Christie no Meitantei Poirot to Marple

Also known as Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple.

Studio: OLM , NHK Enterprises , NHK
Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery

Young Mabel West is the daughter of mystery writer Raymond West, who wants her to lead a normal life. Rebelling against this, Mabel wants to be a great detective, and sets out for London to become assistant to none other than Hercule Poirot, the great Belgian detective who resides there. She finally wins the reluctant approval of her father, and embarks on an exciting life of mystery and suspense - his only demand being that she occasionally spend some time with her great-aunt, Jane Marple, in the small village of St. Mary Mead.


Tags: Classic Literature , Foreign , Female Protagonist , Detective , Ensemble Cast , Historical , Episodic

Meitantei Precure!

Also known as Star Detective Precure!.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Releasing
Genres: Mahou Shoujo , Mystery

The 23rd installment of the long-running Precure series.

Anna Akechi is a second-year junior high student living in Makoto Mirai Town. On her 14th birthday, she has a chance encounter with a fairy named Pochitan, and a magical pendant caused her to travel back in time from 2027 to 1999! In the Makoto Mirai Town 28 years in the past, Anna meets Mikuru Kobayashi, a girl her age who wants to become a great detective.

Meanwhile, people in town are in trouble as their prized possessions are being stolen from under their noses - the cause being a group of Phantom Thieves. To stop them, Anna and Mikuru turn into Precures! Maybe if they solve these mysteries, Anna can find her way back to her own time?



Tags: Female Protagonist , Henshin , Detective , Kids , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Child Cast , Urban Fantasy , Urban , Primarily Teen Cast , Fairy , Time Manipulation , Anti-Hero , Age Regression , Advertisement , Gyaru , Animals

Nazotoki-hime wa Meitantei♥

Studio: SynergySP
Status: Finished
Genres: Mahou Shoujo , Mystery

The story centers around Hinami, a bookish, eyeglasses-wearing girl, and her two friends. When there is a mystery to solve, she transforms into the clever Nazotoki-hime (literally, Princess Mystery Time).



Note: The episodes were included in "Ciao Ciao TV! (ちゃおちゃおTV!)", a bonus DVD bundled in select issues of the shoujo magazine Ciao.

Tags: Shoujo , Detective , Female Protagonist

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 , Suicide , Unrequited Love , Police