Anime like Meitantei Precure!

also known as Star Detective Precure!

What is Star Detective Precure! about?

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Releasing

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 , Primarily Child Cast , Kids , Detective , Primarily Female Cast , Time Manipulation , Coastal , Fairy , Magic , Crime , Trains , Urban Fantasy , Urban , Anti-Hero , Police , Amnesia , Primarily Teen Cast , Advertisement , LGBTQ+ Themes , Swordplay , Age Regression , Gyaru , Animals , Yuri
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Mysterious Thief Saint Tail

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
Detective Opera Milky Holmes

Tantei Opera Milky Holmes

Also known as Detective Opera Milky Holmes.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Sotsu , Lantis , Pony Canyon , Dwango , Bushiroad
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery

"Sheryl, Nero, Elly, and Cordelia are the most popular students at Holmes Detective Academy, because of the many cases they've solved with their Toys and teamwork. The students and the people of the Detective City Yokohama all look up to the members of "Milky Holmes", as they're called. But on a dark and stormy night, during a battle with their rivals "The Gentlemen Thief Empire", they lose their toys, and their fate undergoes a dramatic change..."



Tags: Detective , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Super Power , Female Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Parody , Primarily Female Cast , Crime , Henshin , Slapstick , Gangs , Kuudere
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Detective Conan

Meitantei Conan

Also known as Detective Conan.

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
Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne

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

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon

Also known as Sailor Moon.

Studio: Toei Animation , TV Asahi , Madman Entertainment , Viz Media
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

Usagi Tsukino is an average student and crybaby klutz who constantly scores low on her tests. Unexpectedly, her humdrum life is turned upside down when she saves a cat with a crescent moon on its head from danger. The cat, named Luna, later reveals that their meeting was not an accident: Usagi is destined to become Sailor Moon, a planetary guardian with the power to protect the Earth. Given a special brooch that allows her to transform, she must use her new powers to save the city from evil energy-stealing monsters sent by the malevolent Queen Beryl of the Dark Kingdom.

But getting accustomed to her powers and fighting villains are not the only things she has to worry about. She must find the lost princess of the Moon Kingdom, the other Sailor Guardians, and the Legendary Silver Crystal in order to save the planet from destruction.



Tags: Magic , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Henshin , Primarily Female Cast , Urban Fantasy , Super Power , Heterosexual , Demons , Found Family , Amnesia , Slapstick , Reincarnation , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Fairy Tale , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban , Animals , School , Episodic , Superhero , Tragedy , Mythology , War , Dissociative Identities , Revenge , Aliens , Space , Tokusatsu , Body Horror , Shrine Maiden , Age Gap , LGBTQ+ Themes , Unrequited Love , Time Manipulation , Makeup , Suicide , Boys' Love
Fairy Princess Minky Momo

Mahou no Princess Minky Momo

Also known as Fairy Princess Minky Momo.

Studio: Ashi Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Mahou Shoujo

Momo is a little girl who lives with her parents. She is from the land of dreams sent to earth to help people not lose their dreams. Momo and her parents own and run a hotel. Momo lives in Fenarinarsa which is near earth's space to help people who lost dreams. She uses her ability to change herself or something into various things.



Tags: Magic , Animals , Female Protagonist , Henshin , Episodic , Veterinarian , Urban Fantasy , Urban , Memory Manipulation , Tanks , Police , Gangs , Isekai , Fairy Tale , Swordplay , Trains , Guns , Cowboys , Tennis , Reincarnation , Super Robot
Magic Kaito

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 , Skateboarding
Anyamal Tantei Kiruminzoo

Anyamal Tantei Kiruminzoo

Studio: Hal Film Maker , Satelight , King Records , Aoni Production , JM animation , TV Tokyo , Sotsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

While searching for a run-away cat the twins Riko and Rimu Mikogami find a strange device that transforms them into "Kirumin". It also enables them to turn into real animals. Their older sister Nagisa soon joins them. Now the three have cute, funny and sometimes dangerous adventures.

Tags: Kemonomimi , Magic , Animals , Ojou-sama , Kids , Henshin , Environmental , Female Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , Detective , Primarily Female Cast , Twins , School , Veterinarian , Shapeshifting , Age Gap , Drawing , Archery
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Pretty Boy Detective Club

Bishounen Tanteidan

Also known as Pretty Boy Detective Club.

Studio: Shaft , Kodansha , Aniplex , Aniplex of America
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery , Sci-Fi

Mayumi Doujima is a young girl who has been searching for a star that she saw only once ten years ago. She visits the headquarters of the Pretty Boy Detective Club where she meets five boys who are each unique in their own way. Her encounter marks the beginning of an extraordinary search for a lost star. A beautiful and dazzling mystery-adventure story starts now!



Tags: Detective , Female Protagonist , School Club , Philosophy , Primarily Male Cast , Conspiracy , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Coming of Age , School , Crossdressing , Primarily Child Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Meta , Femboy , Male Harem , Gender Bending , Astronomy , Gambling , Military , Agender , Chibi
CLAMP School Detectives

CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan

Also known as CLAMP School Detectives.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Bandai Visual , Maiden Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mystery

The CLAMP school, with its integrated curriculum from kindergarten to post-graduate studies, was founded by the largest of Japanese business empires, the House of Imonoyama. Funded entirely out of its own deep pockets, it was hoped that the school would be a haven for young men and women on whose shoulders our future would rest.

The School is open to any talented individual, irrespective of his or her lineage or financial standing and is known to count scores of singularly talented pupils. It is furthermore also famous for its harboring of a remarkable percentage of party animals. Not even the bright and talented minds of CLAMP School can keep the campus free of crimes and mysteries. Or can they? Join Nokoru, Suoh and Akira, our case-cracking kid detectives, as they save the day and even the odd damsel in distress!



Tags: Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Detective , Episodic , Shoujo , Age Gap , Crossover , Primarily Child Cast , School Club , School , Revenge , Primarily Male Cast , Skateboarding , Crossdressing
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