Anime like Kaitou Joker

Magic Kaito 1412

Also known as Magic Kaito 1412.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Mystery

Kaito Kuroba, a normal teenage student whose father is often absent. When his father dies under mysterious circumstances, he is made aware of his father's secret identity; a famous international criminal known as International Criminal 1412: the Phantom Thief, and that he was murdered by a mysterious organization for refusing to aid them in retrieving the "Pandora Gem"; a mystical stone said to shed a "tear" during the passing of a particular comet (often called the 'Volley Comet'), the consumption of which bestows immortality.

He vows to prevent the organization from gaining immortality, and assumes his father's identity as he begins his quest for the gem. His only clues as to the gem's location are that it glows red under the full moon and that it is a doublet: a gem hidden within a larger gem. Thus, it would have to be a relatively large one with a bizarre history, and always stored in a place that never receives moonlight. He thus researches and steals famous priceless gems with odd histories from incredibly well-defended areas, and always returns them after the very next full moon.


Tags: Episodic , Magic , Crossover , Heterosexual , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Detective , School , Urban , Mafia , Female Protagonist

Magic Kaito

Studio: TMS Entertainment , YTV , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

Kaito Kuroba, a normal teenage student whose father is often absent for vaguely defined reasons. When his father dies under mysterious circumstances, he is made aware of his father's secret identity; a famous international criminal known as International Criminal 1412: the Phantom Thief, and that he was murdered by a mysterious organization for refusing to aid them in retrieving the "Pandora Gem"; a mystical stone said to shed a "tear" during the passing of a particular comet, the consumption of which bestows immortality. He vows to prevent the organization from gaining immortality, and assumes his father's identity as he begins his quest for the gem. His only clues as to the gem's location are that it glows red under the full moon and that it is a doublet: a gem hidden within a larger gem. Thus, it would have to be a relatively large one with a bizarre history, and always stored in a place that never receives moonlight. He thus researches and steals famous priceless gems with odd histories from incredibly well-defended areas, and always returns them after the very next full moon.


Tags: Male Protagonist , Episodic , Assassins , Fugitive , Urban Fantasy , Magic , Witch , Shounen , Police , Urban , School , Detective

Kaitou Saint Tail

Also known as Mysterious Thief Saint Tail.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Dentsu , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

Meimi Haneoka, 14, is a normal girl during the daytime, but during the night, she assumes the "position" of Saint Tail, a modern-day Robin Hood who steals from thieves and gives items back to their original owners. She is aided by her friend, Seira Mimori, a nun-in-training, and she is chased by her classmate (and soon-to-be love interest), Daiki Asuka (often called "Asuka Jr.").



Tags: Crime , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Detective , Nun , Episodic , Urban Fantasy , Animals , Henshin , School , Love Triangle , Primarily Child Cast

Demashitaa! Powerpuff Girls Z

Also known as Powerpuff Girls Z.

Studio: TV Tokyo , Aniplex , Toei Animation , Sony Music Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mahou Shoujo , Sci-Fi

Based on the American cartoon, "The Powerpuff Girls."

Professor Utonium and his son Ken are studying the strange Chemical X. When a mochi cake falls into the formula, it changes into Chemical Z. Ken fires a ray of Chemical Z at a glacier in Tokyo Bay, however that causes strange black and white lights to scatter. The black lights turn its victims into monsters, with emphasis on a black light hitting a zoo monkey and transforming him into Mojo Jojo.

The white lights, however, aim at three normal girls, Momoko, Miyako, and Kaoru. This gives them the power to transform into superheroes, the Powerpuff Girls Z!

Tags: Female Protagonist , Henshin , Super Power , Tomboy , Primarily Female Cast , Magic , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Family Life , Urban , Animals , Urban Fantasy , Super Robot , Robots , Ojou-sama , Makeup , Werewolf , Shapeshifting , Gangs , Football , Maids , Kaiju , Coastal , Space , Clone , Gender Bending , Villainess , Tokusatsu , Aliens , Fashion , Demons , Acting , Heterosexual , Body Swapping , Crossdressing , Ninja , Wrestling , Age Regression , Unrequited Love , Episodic , School , Superhero , Kids , Primarily Child Cast , Parody , Time Manipulation , Motorcycles , Ghost , Language Barrier , Alternate Universe

Acro Trip

Also known as Acro Trip.

Studio: Voil , Happinet Phantom Studios , King Records , Yomiuri TV Enterprise , Shueisha , Fuji TV , BS Nittele , TOKYO MX , MBC Anime / TOKYOPOP , KLOCKWORX
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

Chizuko is a normal otaku girl in Niigata Prefecture. She’s obsessed with Berry Blossom, a magical heroine who protects the city. But the battles with her inept nemesis, Chroma, have become so lackluster that they’re not even worth watching. Chizuko wants to see Berry’s full power, a desire that quickly leads this seemingly timid girl down a path of evil.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Slapstick , Magic , Parody , Shoujo , Urban , Otaku Culture , Henshin , Urban Fantasy , Animals , LGBTQ+ Themes , Found Family , Villainess , Ensemble Cast , Iyashikei , Heterosexual

Lupin III

Also known as Lupin the 3rd.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy

Hard-boiled, cocky, classy and silly. These words only begin to describe the amazing master thief Lupin the Third. With the help of some quick gunplay by his partner Jigen, Lupin takes on the world in elaborate heists, classic car chases, and nasty explosions. Fujiko, a buxom redhead with a penchant for betrayal, always gets tangled up in Lupin's capers. The stoic but swift swordsman Goemon is just as inclined to kill Lupin as he is to help him. And Lupin can never seem to lose the relentless Tokyo Police Inspector Zenigata. What sort of trouble will this band of misfits get into next?



Tags: Seinen , Anti-Hero , Fugitive , Episodic , Crime , Male Protagonist , Guns , Primarily Adult Cast , Mafia , Detective , Cars , Police , Samurai , Travel , Crossdressing , Football , Yakuza , Prison

Nijuu Mensou no Musume

Also known as The Daughter of 20 Faces.

Studio: bones , Telecom Animation Film , PRA , Sakura Create , Fujipacific Music , Trilogy Future Studio , Shouchiku , Yomiuri Advertising , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mystery

Chiko is the daughter of the wealthy Mikamo family who has to live with her aunt and uncle after her parents passed away. Because her aunt wants to inherit the Mikamo family's wealth, she gives Chiko poisoned food. One day, however, she's kidnapped by the Nijuu Mensou (20 Faces) and decides to join his clan.



Tags: Fugitive , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Guns , Conspiracy , Found Family

Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne

Studio: Toei Animation , TV Asahi , Toei Agency
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

A normal looking high school girl on the outside, Kusakabe Maron is actually the reincarnation of Jeanne d' Arc. With the help of the angel, Fin Fish, Maron works as the thief Jeanne at night to seal the demons that reside in pieces of artwork, preying upon the weak hearts of the owners. She is branded as a thief due to the fact that the artworks disappear after she seals the demons. One day, a new neighbor and classmate appears, as well as a rival in her night job, the thief Sinbad. With her own best friend being the detective's daughter, out to capture her and the appearance of her new rival, Maron's work is anything but easy.

Tags: Henshin , Demons , Magic , Reincarnation , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Detective , Episodic , Angels , Rehabilitation , Philosophy , Gods , Estranged Family , Police , Urban Fantasy , Love Triangle , School , Heterosexual , Body Horror , Denpa , Primarily Teen Cast , Time Manipulation , Athletics , Historical , Acrobatics , Crossdressing , Photography , Hikikomori

Black Cat

Also known as Black Cat.

Studio: GONZO , GDH , Dentsu , Funimation , TBS
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Sci-Fi

Train Heartnet is the infamous gunman 'Black Cat', a cold-blooded assassin who works for the organization known as 'Chronos', bearing the mark XIII on his body. Most of his life was surrounded by violence, so Train is quiet, asocial and uncaring. However his life changes as he encounters the mysterious Sweeper (bounty hunter), Saya. Her unique way of living interested Train but tragedy occurs, resulting in Train changing the way he has lived towards the life of a Sweeper with newfound friends Sven and Eve.

Tags: Super Power , Revenge , Assassins , Guns , Tragedy , Shounen , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Kuudere

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