Anime like Yakushiji Ryouko no Kaiki Jikenbo

Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo (TV)

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery

Kindaichi Hajime may look dumb, but he is one of the smartest you will ever see. He encounters mysteries after mysteries with his good friend, Miyuki, and he swears to solve them in the name of his grandfather, which was a great detective.



Tags: Male Protagonist , Police , Detective , Primarily Adult Cast , Shounen , Episodic , Love Triangle

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

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

Himitsu: Top Secret - The Revelation

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP
Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi

The story takes place five decades from now, when brain scanners have been perfected to the point that the government can retrieve up to five years' worth of memories from people's minds — even if they are dead. The investigators of the National Research Institute of Police Science's 9th Forensics Laboratory must weigh the ethical choices in the ultimate invasion of privacy as they delve into people's minds to solve crimes.



Tags: Crime , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Shoujo , Police , Detective , Primarily Male Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes

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

TOKKOU

Also known as Tokko.

Studio: Group TAC , Manga Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

"Shindou Ranmaru has just graduated from police academy and assigned to Tokko: Special Mobile Investigation Force. On the day of his graduation, he meets the half-naked girl he has been seeing in his dreams. Her name is Rokujo Sakura and she works for a secret group within Tokki, known as Tokko: Special Public Safety Task Force. Shindou ends up joining Tokko to avenge his parents' death, and solve the mysterious mass murder of residents in his hometown of Machida. Meanwhile, bottomless pits begin appearing around Japan, and mysterious creatures emerge from them. Could these events be linked to Machida Massacre?"



Tags: Police , Demons , Urban , Urban Fantasy , Gore , Nudity , Seinen

HeatGuy J

Also known as Heat Guy J.

Studio: Bandai Visual , Satelight , Funimation , Dentsu , TBS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mecha , Sci-Fi

In the city of Judoh, Claire Leonelli has inherited leadership of the Mafia group "Vampire" following the death of his father. To keep Claire's and other criminal activities in check, the city's Bureau of Urban Safety has Special Services Division operative Daisuke Aurora and the super android codenamed "J" (whose identity is apparently kept in secrecy, as androids are banned in the city). With both of them around, crime now has little room to breathe in Judoh.



Tags: Police , Mafia , Urban , Guns , Episodic , Revenge , Robots , Werewolf , Artificial Intelligence

L/R -Licensed by Royal-

Also known as L/R: Licensed by Royalty.

Studio: TNK , Pioneer LDC , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mystery

Jack Hofner and Rowe Rikenbacker are Cloud 7's L/R. Their job is to protect the Royal family of Ishtar, their treasures, and their reputation. Jack & Rowe face one of the toughest missions of their career when they are assigned to protect Noelle, a candidate for the 15 Year Princesse contest. It starts out simple, but soon all of Cloud 7 are involved in a web of intrigue that includes bombings, corruption and murder.



Tags: Episodic , Espionage , Guns , Male Protagonist , Terrorism , Primarily Adult Cast , Foreign , Historical , Work , Royal Affairs , Politics , Fugitive , Cars , Urban

Cop Craft

Also known as Cop Craft.

Studio: Millepensee , Pony Canyon , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , WOWOW
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

The story is set in San Teresa City on the fictional Pacific island of Kariaena. The "buddy police action" series follows the detective Kei Matoba and the alternate-world knight Tirana.

15 years ago, an unknown hyperspace gate opened over the Pacific. Beyond this gate lies Reto Semaani, a strange alternate world where fairies and demons live.

San Teresa City — a city where over two million immigrants live from both worlds. As a result, there are the haves and the have-nots. Here is the world's newest "city of dreams." But in the shadow of the chaos, crime is rampant: drugs, prostitution, and weapon trafficking. The detectives who stand up to these heinous crimes are in the San Teresa City Police. When the detective Kei Matoba and the alternate-world knight Tirana — two individuals who differ in gender, personality, and even world of origin — meet, an incident erupts. Two worlds. Two justices. From this, the curtain rises on a buddy police action story!



Tags: Police , Crime , Urban Fantasy , Magic , Detective , Noir , Gangs , Guns , Foreign , Politics , Swordplay , Isekai , Demons , Language Barrier , Drugs , Mafia , Aliens , Cars , Vampire , Body Swapping , Henshin , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Survival

Kaibutsu Oujo

Also known as Princess Resurrection.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Imagin , Lantis , Sentai Filmworks , Index
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Horror , Supernatural

When Hiro Hiyorimi tries to save a beautiful young woman from certain death, he ends up a dead hero himself! However, since the drop-dead girl is Hime, daughter of the King of the Monsters, his "reward" is to come back as a not-quite-living soldier in her honor guard of horror! That means helping fight off the army of supernatural monstrosities Hime's siblings are unleashing against her in hopes of moving up the ladder of succession.

And if facing off with vampires and zombies isn't bad enough, how can anyone be prepared for the REALLY weird ones, like were-sharks, pandas and killer dumplings? This sure as hell isn't the afterlife Hiro was hoping for, but the really sad part is that Hime is the good girl in all of this... or at least as close to good as you can come when you're on the wrong side of the gates of hell!



Tags: Shounen , Monster Girl , Female Harem , Vampire , Robots , Kemonomimi , Kuudere , Tomboy , Maids , Dullahan , Ojou-sama , Werewolf , Zombie , Primarily Female Cast , Necromancy , Heterosexual , Witch , Motorcycles