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Plot Summary:
On the trail of a missing husband, private investigator Goro crosses paths with a deranged killer.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 51 min
Plot tags: anime
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Lupin The 3rd vs. Cat’s Eye (2023)
Plot Summary:
Lupin III competes with the Kisugi sisters to steal a triptych of paintings that once belonged to their father, and which hold the key to a long-unsolved mystery.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 460
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: anime
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Shirobako Movie (2020)
Plot Summary:
The "Musashi-Sakai x Shirobako Harumatsuri" (Musashi-Sakai x Shirobako Spring Festival) event in Tokyo for the Shirobako anime revealed on Saturday that the franchise will get an anime film project. P.A. Works is starting production on the film, but the film does not have a set release date yet. The staff at the event confirmed that the film will be an all-new work.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: anime, manga
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Blue Thermal (2022)
Plot Summary:
Arriving from Nagasaki with her wishful mantra is Tamaki Tsuru, who in high school could think only about volleyball. Things don’t begin well, however, when she looks for an extracurricular club to join and proceeds to immediately ding a glider at aviation club tryouts ending up having to work it off. She is initially disillusioned with campus life. Then Kuramochi, the club leader and glider pilot, takes Tamaki under his wing, and from the moment he takes her up for a flight in a glider, Tamaki becomes a captive of the vast beauty of the skies.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: anime
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My Home Hero (2023)
Plot Summary:
The story centers on a salaryman who has a reliable wife and a daughter in university who can sometimes act a bit rebellious, but has a happy life in his own way. Until one day he finds out his daughter has been beaten, and thus begins his journey into a dangerous world to protect his family.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 594
Genere: Animation, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, seinen, 2d animation
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Fake (1996)
Plot Summary:
Meet Dee Laytner and his half-Japanese partner, Ryo McLane, a pair of detectives from New York. Not only are these two always chasing down criminals, but Dee can't stop himself from trying to chase down Ryo. While on a trip to England, the pair become involved in the local crime scene when Japanese Americans start turning up dead. Will Ryo be in danger?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 290
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anime, yaoi, detective, exciting, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, hentai, queer cinema
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Sanctuary (1995)
Plot Summary:
Two Japanese survivors of the Khmer Rouge massacres in Cambodia vow to find a sanctuary, even if they have to build it themselves. Returning to Japan, they take seemingly opposite paths: one becomes a politician, the other a gangster. As Asami and Houjou work through the linked worlds of politics and crime in modern Japan, they don't hesitate to do anything necessary to secure their own positions and stay true to their vow. Loyal to no one else, they find their friendship increasingly tested as they rise in their chosen fields.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Animation, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: anime
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Tokyo Babylon (1992)
Plot Summary:
Subaru Sumeragi, a young Onmyouji sorcerer, investigates a series of unusual murders with the aid of his twin sister and fellow Onmyouji Seishirô.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: anime, detective
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Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation (2015)
Plot Summary:
Shōtarō Tatewaki is a normal high school student with a serious demeanor hangs around with Sakurako Kujō. Sakurako is an extraordinarily beautiful woman in her mid-20s from a rich family who loves "beautiful bones." The two live in the city of Asahikawa in Hokkaido, and they get involved in various incidents regarding bones.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 413
Genere: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, serious, captivating, suspense, seinen, detective, super sentai
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Riding Bean (1989)
Plot Summary:
A superhuman outlaw courier and his female partner/manager are framed for the kidnapping of a millionaire's daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: anime, adult anime, exciting, serious, suspenseful, seinen
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Techno Police 21C (1982)
Plot Summary:
The year is 2001 and the criminals have taken over Centinel City. The Police have lost control. The citizens are terrified... and no one can stop the madness. Even the Techno Police, a special anti-crime squad, find the situation hopeless until a wise cracking cop with an uncanny knack for out-guessing the criminals joins the force. When a powerful experiment tank is hijacked, the Techno Police and their newest recruit go to work. Equipped with an ultra-sonic car and crime-fighting Technoids, the rookie cop sets out on a death defying high-speed chase through the streets... trying to capture the crooks and trying to stay alive. But no one is aware of the awesome powers about to be unleashed.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: anime, futuristic
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Aria the Benedizione (2021)
Plot Summary:
Neo-Venezia has reached a long winter. Ai, Azusa and Anya, who were practicing jointly in the cold weather, visit the Undine Museum, led by Akira who seems not her usual self. At the museum, the trio meet its director, Asuka who is Akira's senior known as Himeya's legendary undine. The two of them are the successors to a gondola that has been carefully passed down since the founding of Himeya Company. However, Akira reveals that Aika, who is expected to inherit the gondola, has no intention of doing so. Azusa, who is not convinced, tries to find out why.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anime, shounen
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The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder - Part 1 (2007)
Plot Summary:
August 1995: Mikiya first meets Shiki in a white kimono during a snowing day. Later on, at the high school freshmen ceremony, Mikiya sees Shiki in the crowd and chases after her, introducing himself to her. But Shiki hides a big secret: A wave of bizarre murders occur around many loose ends, and no suspects. there are still many questions: Who to believe? Who is the murderer? What is the secret of Shiki? and especially: Who is SHIKI?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective, dark drama
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Detective Conan: Episode One - The Great Detective Turned Small (2016)
Plot Summary:
The "Detective Conan" TV special is a retelling of the first and part of the second episode of the series.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 572
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, detective, shounen
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Lupin the Third: Fujiko's Lie (2019)
Plot Summary:
Fujiko Mine, the devastating femme fatale whose only loyalty is to her desire, befriends a young boy whose late father hid away a fortune. A killer is on the boy's trail and it's up to Fujiko to stop him: but where do her interests really lie? Fujiko faces her greatest enemy in this twist filled followup to "Jigen's Gravestone" and "Goemon's Blood Spray.".
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 485
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: anime, adult anime, detective, manga
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Lupin the Third: Alcatraz Connection (2001)
Plot Summary:
In San Fransico, California; Lupin and his gang attempt to find the where abouts of some Gold Bars in a sunken ship that's off coast of Alcatraz Island. But a so called group called the Society Seven want the gold bars for their own reasons. The Society Seven is made up of 7 dangerous criminals. They also have a deep connection with Alcatraz Island and the assassination of the late President John Fritzgerald Kennedy.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 304
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious, anime, epic, realistic, detective
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Lupin III vs. Detective Conan (2009)
Plot Summary:
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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Master Keaton (1998)
Plot Summary:
Master Keaton is a Japanese manga series created by Hokusei Katsushika and Naoki Urasawa. It was serialized in Big Comic Original between 1988 and 1994 and ran for 144 chapters. The chapters were combined into 18 tankōbon volumes. An anime adaptation was created, with 24 episodes airing between 1998 and 1999 in Japan on Nippon Television. An additional 15 episodes were created and released as OVAs, bringing the total to 39 episodes. The manga's target audience was Japanese men in their 20's and 30's, a comparatively older target audience than is common for most anime series. Though the manga series has not been translated into English, the anime and OVA series were dubbed into English and released by Pioneer Entertainment. Naoki Urasawa will be writing a sequel to the series, titled Master Keaton Remaster, with writer Takashi Nagasaki. Beginning in the March 2012 issue of Big Comic Original, it will take place 20 years after the original series ended.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 232
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, detective
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Lupin the Third: Episode 0: First Contact (2002)
Plot Summary:
A reporter asks Jigen to tell how he met Lupin and the rest of the gang. He tells of when he was hired by a millionaire named Galvez to help guard the Clam of Helmeth, a green cylinder made of unbreakable metal. The cylinder contained instructions on how to forge a metal similar to the one that composed it. The Clam has also gained the attentions of Lupin, a fellow thief named Brad, and Brad's partner, Fujiko. Brad manages to steal the Clam, but is murdered by Galvez' henchman, Shade. Lupin and Fujiko now have possession of it, but no means to open it. Meanwhile, Inspector Zenigata has been dispatched by the Japanese police to hunt down and arrest Fujiko. He is paired with George McFly, an American detective who is his only resource. And on the other side of the world, Goemon is seeking a sword worthy of his skills. The key to opening the Clam of Helmeth is now the focus of everyone's efforts, but who will come across it first?.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 477
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious, epic, adult anime, realistic, detective
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The File of Young Kindaichi (1997)
Plot Summary:
High schooler Hajime Kindaichi is a brilliant detective beneath his slacker habits. With his old friend Miyuki, he solves cases the police can't.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 217
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, clever, dramatic, manga, detective, smart
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Cinderella Boy (2003)
Plot Summary:
Cinderella Boy follows the adventures of impoverished private detective Ranma Hinamatsuri and his thrill-seeking rich girl partner Rella "Cindy" Shirayuki in a futuristic city named "Kirin Town". Kirin Town is a lawless European city-state with its own currency with the name of the city being a pun on the English word for "killing". The two are badly injured when they stumble across an organised crime operation and are put back together into the same body by a mysterious doctor. Every night the stroke of midnight, their shared body changes both form and identity. Ranma becomes Rella, or vice versa. Neither is aware of any actions or situations their partner is involved in, completely losing consciousness until twenty-four hours later, when the change comes around to them again.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, detective
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Curse of the Overfiend (1988)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 333
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anime, hentai, splatter
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Judge (1991)
Plot Summary:
What comes around goes around...even from beyond the grave. Most criminals are only concerned with earthly justice - the laws of man. All too often, the guilty go free, their deeds unpunished. But there is another law. Deep within the spirit world, the wrongful dead seek retribution for the crimes against them by the living. These restless spirits have their own code of justice, and they've chosen the Judge of Darkness and his Demons of Hell to enforce them. An appeal for justice leads to an investigation of a successful, high-ranking corporate executive. Who would believe he'd be involved with embezzlement and murder? But the Judge of Darkness soon discovers that the roots of corruption run deep as he slowly works his way up the corporate pyramid.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 49 min
Plot tags: anime, psychotronic
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8 Man After (1993)
Plot Summary:
A police officer that nearly meets a violent death is turned into a cyborg with superhuman strength, speed and reflexes.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 346
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, cyber, adult anime
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Devilman Volume 3: Devilman Apocalyps (2000)
Plot Summary:
Fear runs rampant throughout Tokyo with the revelation that demons in fact exist amongst us. Paranoia and the darker side of humanity boils onto the streets as people turn on one another, suspecting that anyone could in fact be a demon hiding in human clothing. Amidst the growing tensions, tragedy strikes Akira causing his mind to snap, retreating into his subconscious, allowing his Devilish alter-ego Amon to break free from Akira's cage of flesh and wreak havoc on both human and demons alike.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 775
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: anime, adult anime, ecchi
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Ex-Arm (2021)
Plot Summary:
2014: Akira Natsume seems to almost have a phobia of electrical devices while also being very good at diagnosing them. He resolves to change himself for the better and get a girlfriend like his older brother did. …But then Akira suddenly dies in an accident. 16 years later a special policewoman and her android partner retrieve and activate a highly advanced AI and superweapon called EX-ARM and put it into full control of their ship as a last resort. Turns out the AI is actually just Akira’s brain!.
IMDB Rating: 1.7
IMDB Votes: 854
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining, ecchi, seinen
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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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Love of Kill (2022)
Plot Summary:
Two assassins face off at a certain "workplace." The cool bounty hunter Chateau and the mysterious and powerful Ryang-Ha. Chateau and Ryang-Ha become enemies after this fight—at least, they should have, but for some reason Ryang-Ha takes a liking to Chateau and begins following her around. Little by little, Chateau develops a cooperative partnership with Ryang-Ha, which gets her caught up in the struggle against the organizations hunting him down. Furthermore, that battle is related to her past as well. Why did Ryang-Ha approach Chateau? What is Chateau's secret past?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 806
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, 2d animation, josei
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Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System - Case.2 First Guardian (2019)
Plot Summary:
2112; the summer before Akane Tsunemori was assigned to Division One of the Public Safety Bureau's Criminal Investigation Department. Teppei Sugo, an accomplished pilot of the Defense Army's 15th Integrated Task Force, joins the military operation in Okinawa. Three months later, an unmanned combat drone opens fire on the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo. Enforcer Tomomi Masaoka of CID Division One is dispatched to Sugo's military base to investigate the truth behind this case.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 864
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anime, seinen, detective, psychological, cyberpunk anime
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Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System - Case.1 Crime and Punishment (2019)
Plot Summary:
In the winter of 2117, a runaway vehicle crashes into the Public Safety Bureau Building. The driver is identified as Izumi Yasaka, a psychological counselor at the Sanctuary, a Latent Criminal Isolation Facility in Aomori Prefecture. But right before her interrogation, Inspector Mika Shimotsuki and Enforcer Nobuchika Ginoza are tasked with promptly escorting Yasaka back to Aomori. What awaits them there is a False Paradise.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 926
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anime, seinen, detective, cyberpunk anime
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Perfect Blue (1997)
Plot Summary:
A retired pop singer turned actress' sense of reality is shaken when she is stalked by an obsessed fan and seemingly a ghost of her past.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 91000
Genere: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: surreal, suspense, adult animation, anime, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, tense, realistic, disturbing