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Plot Summary:
After the events of the first movie Yagami Light faces two new adversaries as he is trying to create a perfect world without crime or criminals. This movie continues the first tv special and is a summary of the last 12 episodes of the tv anime.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological thriller, intellectual, exciting, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple (2018)
Plot Summary:
A large scale catastrophe is occurring across the planet. Ability users are discovered after the appearance of a mysterious fog, apparently having committed suicide, so the Armed Detective Agency sets out to investigate these mysterious deaths. The case seems to involve an unknown ability user referred to as "Collector," a man who could be the mastermind behind the incident. Trust and courage are put to the test in order to save the city of Yokohama and ability users across the world from the grip of Collector where the Armed Detective Agency forms an unlikely partnership with the dangerous Port Mafia.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Mystery
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, light, humorous, emotional, mysterious, seinen
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Loups=Garous (2010)
Plot Summary:
Virtual reality. Murder. Werewolves. And teen girls! In a future where nothing is as it seems, can old legends come true? In the near future, humans will communicate almost exclusively through monitors, making real interaction a rarefied and weak occurrence for those living in a near totalitarian society. In this new world of communication, children are only allowed to interact personally on school grounds. So when a serial killer starts slaughtering junior high children the communication routes go under further surveillance. And despite all the safeguards put in place to avoid physical interaction, the killer's latest victim turns out to have been in contact with three young girls: Tsuzki Mio, a certified prodigy; Matsuno Hatsuki, a quiet but opinionated classmate; and Kouno Ayumi, her best friend. And as the girls get caught up in trying to quell curiosity under such terrorist scrutiny, Hatsuki learns that there is much more than meets the eye of their monitored communications.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 218
Genere: Animation, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: anime, atmospheric, stylized, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, contemplative
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Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper (1997)
Plot Summary:
Shinichi is invited to a party held by a famous architect and Shinichi asks Ran to go instead. There a mysterious person plants a lot of bombs and gives Shinichi clues as to the location of the bombs. Shinichi tries to uncover all the bombs and save Ran's life.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anime, detective, 2d animation
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Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital (2003)
Plot Summary:
Mouri Kogoro is called to a special case in the ancient capital of Kyoto. There, Conan meets Heiji and they team up once again to solve the case, recover the stolen Healing Buddha statue, and even discover the identity of Heiji's first love.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, rough, feel good, serious, captivating, suspenseful, humorous, 2d animation
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Detective Conan: The Sniper from Another Dimension (2014)
Plot Summary:
A vicious sniper has appeared in Tokyo, rendering the people too scared to go outside, once again it's up to Conan to figure out the meaning behind the killings and capture the mysterious sniper before more lives are lost.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, light, feel good, humorous, detective, 2d animation
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Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear (2008)
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Serial murders involving all kinds have happened. All the victims are from a Music School led by a famous pianist. Conan and company have been invited to a opening concert of the Music Hall built by the pianist. The biggest attraction of this concert is the world famous violin called "Stradivarius" and a special appearance of a singer who has perfect pitch.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: anime, light, feel good, humorous, serious, exciting, rough, captivating, suspenseful, 2d animation
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Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street (2002)
Plot Summary:
Conan and his friends were invited to the premier of an new virtual computer game. But someone programmed the game, that if they can't answer the riddle in the game, they all have to die.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, feel good, humorous, serious, captivating, suspenseful, surprise ending, 2d animation
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Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky (2010)
Plot Summary:
A terrorist group invades a laboratory containing a deadly bacteria and destroys the lab with an explosion. They later announce via the internet they have gained possession of the bacteria and declare themselves to be the Red Siamese Cats, a terrorist group that was eradicated a decade ago.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, feel good, serious, captivating, humorous, suspenseful, detective, twisted
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Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky (2004)
Plot Summary:
Kaito Kid strikes again in this new annual installment of the Detective Conan movies. An actress asked for Mouri Kogoro to protect a precious jewel of hers which Kid has vowed to steal. On the day of the theft, Kaito Kid dressed up as Shinichi and matched wits with Conan, and fled in the end. To thank them, the actress invited Kogoro and family and friends to Sapporo, but a bigger scheme, and a great emergency is just about to unravel high above the clouds in the plane that they're taking.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: anime, light, feel good, serious, captivating, exciting, humorous, suspenseful, 2d animation
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Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser (2009)
Plot Summary:
A new member from the Black Organization that shrunk Shinichi's body manages to find out about Shinichi's transformation into Conan. This discovery starts to put those around him in danger as Gin and the other Black Organization members start to take action.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, feel good, serious, captivating, suspenseful, rough, humorous, detective
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Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem (2006)
Plot Summary:
Synopsis Kogoro and Conan came to Yokohama according to a request from a mysterious man. But that was a trap of this man. Ran and the Detective Boys will be taken as hostages. If they don't solve the request of the man within 12 hours, the bombs attached to the hostages will explode. Furthermore, the man know that Conan`s true identity is Kudo Shinichi. Also Hattori Heiji, the High School Detective of the West, and Kaito Kid enter the stage. Will they be able to solve the mystery within the time limit and save Ran and the others? And who in the world is the client?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, rough, feel good, serious, captivating, suspenseful, humorous, detective
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Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (2016)
Plot Summary:
On a dark night, the Japanese police is raided by a spy. Different countries' intelligence agencies - such as England's MI6, Germany's BDN, and America's CIA - as well as the FBI's secret files are going to be taken, but public safety officers lead by Tooru Amuro arrive just in time. The spy steals a car and escapes. The spy and Amuro are then locked in a dead heat on the highway, and just as it is about to cause an accident with multiple cars, the spy's car is hit by FBI agent Shuichi Akai's rifle bullet and falls of the roadway. The next day, Conan and his friends go to a newly-remodeled aquarium in Tokyo. Under the main attraction, a Ferris wheel, Conan finds an attractive woman alone and injured. Her left and right eyes are different colors.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, serious, rough, humorous, captivating, 2d animation
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Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven (2001)
Plot Summary:
As a pair of towers in Tokyo are being prepared for their grand opening, there is a series of murders of people connected to the towers. Conan suspects that the mysterious Syndicate may also be involved.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, feel good, humorous, serious, captivating, suspenseful, 2d animation
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Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure (2007)
Plot Summary:
The Isle of Koumi, a beautiful island in the Pacific Ocean. On the island, people pass an old legend down from generation to generation that there was the Seabed Palace, an ancient ruin at the bottom of the sea, where the treasure of 2 female pirates, Anne Bonnie & Mary Reed (who really existed 300 years ago), was left. When Conan and his friends visit Koumi Island while on vacation, they meet some treasure hunters. There was something suspicious about them.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, rough, feel good, humorous, serious, captivating, suspenseful, 2d animation
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Lupin III vs. Detective Conan (2009)
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When a wealthy woman and her son die in a hunting accident, it's up to Conan Edogawa to solve the case. Meanwhile, Lupin the Third is after the Queen Crown, owned by the Vesparand royal family. When these two legendary characters meet, who will win the day?! Followed by «Lupin the Third vs. Detective Conan: The Movie» (2013).
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, exciting, detective
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Brave Story (2006)
Plot Summary:
Jr. High School Student Wataru and his friends like playing in an abandond building and looking for ghosts. However it seems he is not the only one. Another mysterious student Mitsuru shows Wataru that there is a magical door to another world where one can go and get the Goddess of Fortune to grant one wish! When tragedy strikes Wataru's family he decides to open the door for himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining, manga, tense, serious
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The Mystical Laws (2012)
Plot Summary:
In 202X, Tathagata Killer, a mysterious military leader armed with extraterrestrial technology, stages a coup and becomes the new emperor of the world superpower of Asia. Sho Shishimaru, gifted with prophetic powers, may be the only one standing in the way of Killer’s take-over of the entire world. The future of humankind is at stake in this epic struggle, but in its midst, we learn about the mystical laws that rule the world around us.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: exciting, sincere, serious, suspenseful, stylized, anime, spiritual, esoteric
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Eden of the East the Movie II: Paradise Lost (2010)
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Accused of terrorism and feeling the heat, Saki's high-tech crew is in the crosshairs. Meanwhile, the shroud of mystery covering Takizawa is lifted as he and his fellow Selecao make their final moves. Every game must come to an end. For those playing Mr. Outside's twisted game of conspiracy thrills, the end comes now.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, political, rough, bleak, realistic
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The Law of Ueki (2005)
Plot Summary:
The Law of Ueki is a Japanese manga series by Tsubasa Fukuchi. It was first serialized in the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday in 2002 and ended in 2005. Sixteen tankōbon volumes was compiled and published by Shogakukan. An anime adaptation was first broadcast on TV Tokyo on April 4, 2005, ended with 51 episodes on March 27, 2006. It was produced by Studio Deen. A manga sequel, The Law of Ueki Plus, continues the series as of September 2005 by the same author and in the same magazine. The manga was licensed for distribution in North America by Viz Media, while the anime adaptation was licensed by Geneon. On July 3, 2008, Geneon Entertainment and Funimation Entertainment announced an agreement to distribute select titles in North America. While Geneon Entertainment will still retain the license, Funimation Entertainment will assume exclusive rights to the manufacturing, marketing, sales and distribution of select titles. The Law of Ueki was one of several titles involved in the deal. However, the rights to the series expired due to low sales. ImaginAsian TV broadcast the anime series to the American audience starting early 2007.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 410
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, shounen, intellectual, exciting, captivating, entertaining, suspenseful, disturbing, 2d animation
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Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison (2011)
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After his capture for attempted assassination of the Raikage, leader of Kumogakure, as well as killing Jōnin from Kirigakure and Iwagakure, Naruto is imprisoned in Hōzukijou: A criminal containment facility known as the Blood Prison. Mui, the castle master, uses the ultimate imprisonment technique to steal power from the prisoners, which is when Naruto notices his life has been targeted. Thus begins the battle to uncover the truth behind the mysterious murders and prove Naruto's innocence.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, suspenseful, humorous, semi serious, tense, light, captivating, manga
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Death Note Relight - Visions of a God (2007)
Plot Summary:
Yagami Light is an ace student with great prospects, who's bored out of his mind. One day he finds the "Death Note": a notebook from the realm of the Death Gods, with the power to kill people in any way he desires. With the Death Note in hand, Light decides to create his perfect world, without crime or criminals. However, when criminals start dropping dead one by one, the authorites send the legendary detective L to track down the killer, and a battle of wits, deception and logic ensues...this was aired on Japanese tv shortly after the death note anime was completed, this special basically re-cuts the first 26 episodes of the series into a two hour movie with some new scenes and dialogue added and the story is seen from ryuk's viewpoint.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, bleak, suspenseful, touching, art house, psychological thriller
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Psycho-Pass 3: First Inspector (2020)
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Inspector Kei Mikhail Ignatov finds himself involved with an organization named Bifrost with the possibility of freeing his wife if he betrays Unit One. Koichi Azusawa coordinates an assault on the Public Safety Bureau tower using his hacker Obata, locking down the building and kidnapping Inspector Arata Shindo. Azusawa demands that governor Karina Komiya resign from her position.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 904
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: anime, seinen, atmospheric, rough, futuristic, suspenseful, detective, manga
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Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 3: Ghost Tears (2014)
Plot Summary:
Posing as lovers on vacation, Motoko and Batou work to try to stop a terrorist organization whose symbol is the Scrasath. Meanwhile, Togusa investigates a murder of a man who possessed a prosthetic leg manufactured by the Mermaid's Leg corporation.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized, deep, adult anime, inspirational, futuristic
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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man (2005)
Plot Summary:
The year is 2030 and six years have passed since a criminal known only as "The Laughing Man" swept through top medical nanotechnology firms committing acts of cyber-terrorism, kidnapping, and espionage leaving no known suspects. New information is revealed, as Section 9 enters the hunt for a suspect capable of unfathomable actions in this compilation of Stand Alone Complex content.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, rough, stylized, deep, cyber, inspirational
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Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven (2006)
Plot Summary:
The year is 2030. Six months passed since the Laughing Man Incident was solved. About 3 million refugees are living in Japan, invited to fill the labor shortage. However, the emergent presence of the invited-refugees intensified their confrontation with the "Individualists", who called for national isolation, which then led to the increased incidences of terrorist attacks. Under these circumstances, a terrorist group called the Individual Eleven carries out a suicide attack. But there was a greater scheme behind their action. When Section 9 learns this, they attempt to nail down the mastermind of the incident. Meanwhile, Kuze, a surviving member of the Individual Eleven, becomes a charismatic leader of the invited-refugees and intensifies the confrontation against the government. And Motoko starts feeling a strange sense of fate connecting her with Kuze.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags: anime, serious, exciting, suspenseful, cyber, tense, captivating, stylized, cyberpunk anime
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Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie (2013)
Plot Summary:
Conan Edogawa sets out to apprehend Lupin the Third, the suspect of stealing a jewel called Cherry Sapphire. A sequel to the TV special “Lupin the Third vs. Detective Conan” (2009).
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, hilarious, detective, manga, 2d animation
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Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno (2015)
Plot Summary:
Conan tries to track down Kaito Kid, who supposedly steals a replica of one of Van Gogh's Sunflowers paintings during an auction.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: anime, serious, exciting, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, detective, 2d animation
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Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea (2013)
Plot Summary:
The movie is set on a state-of-the art Aegis vessel with the full cooperation of Japan's real-life Ministry of Defense and Maritime Self-Defense Force. The corpse of a Self-Defense Force member has been found — minus the left arm — and a spy has infiltrated the Aegis vessel. The heroine Ran is put in jeopardy, and Conan is forced to stand up against the dangerous Spy "X.".
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, feel good, serious, humorous, captivating, detective, 2d animation
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Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker (2012)
Plot Summary:
Kogoro's detective agency receives a mysterious phone call. Someone on the other end warns about a bomb and leaves behind a code, "The Boy in Blue and The Blue Zebra, the rain from above ..." If Conan can decipher the riddle, he can stop the bomb. An adventure begins for Conan and the Detective Boys, taking place at a soccer match between Hideo Akagi of the Tokyo Spirits and Ryusuke Higo of Big Osaka.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Family, Mystery, Sport, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, feel good, captivating, humorous, serious, suspenseful, detective, 2d animation
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Death Note (2006)
Plot Summary:
Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 365000
Genere: Animation, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 851 min
Plot tags: anime, manga, suspenseful, exciting, serious, smart, adult animation, thought provoking, detective, adult anime