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Plot Summary:
The story began in a classroom of a middle school. Our main character, Kyu, when called by the guidance counselor, declared that he wanted to be a detective. He took the entrance exam to Dan Detective School where talented people from the whole country gather. He passed the difficult entrance exam for the so-called "Q class" (Q = qualified), which is personally instructed by the founder and head master of the school, the legendary famous detective, Dan Morihiko. There he got to know Minami Megumi (Meg) with her photographic memory ability, Touyama Kintarou (Kinta) - the descendant of "Kin-san" from Touyama, Narusawa Kazuma (Kazuma) - a genius programmer, and Amakusa Ryu (Ryu) - the weird Todai (Tokyo University) student. The five of them work together, as well as competing each other, heading towards graduation.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 308
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, detective
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Clamp School (1997)
Plot Summary:
CLAMP School has all the size and resources of a small city. Over 10,000 people - students and their families - live, work, and study within its self-sufficient campus. Any student with talent, regardless of wealth, is gladly accepted into this amazing facility. Covering kindergarten through graduate school, it is without equal anywhere in the world. Nokoru Imonoyama, Student Council President of the Elementary School Division, as well as the Treasurer, Akira, and Secretary, Suoh, are three of the most well-liked and idolized students in school. Nokoru decides that he and his two friends are going to start a detective service, solving any mystery or crime, great or small. But, as Nokoru is a bit theatrical and a shameless romantic, he declares that these detectives will focus on aiding mostly girls and women. With all the resources the school has to offer at their disposal, the CLAMP School Detectives are on a mission to help damsels in distress.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, shoujo, detective
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Detective Opera Milky Holmes (2010)
Plot Summary:
Set in a futuristic world, there exist "Toys" which grant people superhuman abilities. This is responsible for a wave of crimes and necessitates employing Toy-using detectives to help solve them. Opera Kobayashi runs a detective agency, Milky Holmes, staffed by four aspiring young girl detectives who attend the Holmes Detective Academy, and each girl possesses their own unique Toy.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 16
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, shoujo, exciting, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, detective
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The Case Files of Jeweler Richard (2020)
Plot Summary:
The novel follows Richard Ranashinha Dvorpian, a handsome British jewelry appraiser, and Seigi Nakata, a bright and upright Japanese college student. The duo solves various jewel-related cases by unraveling the hidden.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Animation, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining
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Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple (2004)
Plot Summary:
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple is an anime television series that adapted several Agatha Christie stories about Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. A new character named Mabel West, Miss Marple's great-niece, who becomes Poirot's junior assistant, is used to connect the two detectives. The series was broadcast from 4 July 2004 to 15 May 2005 on NHK, and continues to be shown in re-runs on NHK and other networks in Japan. The series was adapted as manga under the same title, which was released in 2004 and 2005.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, suspense, entertaining
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Bamboo Blade (2007)
Plot Summary:
A school kendo club is in need of talent and participation when the petite and talented Tamaki is drafted. With her understated sense of justice and ample strength, Tamaki becomes an inspiration for her team-mates, school and even the deadbeat instructor.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, inspirational, entertaining, captivating, exciting, semi serious
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Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace (2015)
Plot Summary:
The story takes place at a certain middle school where several murder cases take place. Kobayashi, a boy who goes to this school, meets genius detective Akechi, who comes to the school to investigate. Kobayashi takes an interest in Akechi and, in spite of his friend Hashiba's worries, he volunteers to be Akechi's assistant.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 166
Genere: Animation, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, tense, sincere, unusual plot structure, detective, contemplative
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Dennou Coil (2007)
Plot Summary:
Dennō Coil, Coil — A Circle of Children, is a Japanese science fiction anime television series depicting a near future where semi-immersive augmented reality technology has just begun to enter the mainstream. The series takes place in the fictional city of Daikoku, a hotbed of AR development with an emerging city-wide virtual infrastructure. It follows a group of children as they use AR glasses to unravel the mysteries of the half real, half Internet city, using a variety of illegal software tools, techniques, and virtual pets to manipulate the digital landscape. Dennō Coil, in development for over a decade, is the series director debut of Japanese animator Mitsuo Iso. It premiered on NHK Educational TV on May 12, 2007. Due to the animators involved in its production and its unusually high-profile television broadcast time slot, Dennō Coil was highly anticipated.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 985
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, cyber, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, manga, super sentai, cyberpunk anime
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Pretty Boy Detective Club (2021)
Plot Summary:
Mayumi Dojima, a second-year student at the exclusive Yubiwa Academy middle school, has lost something—a star she glimpsed just once, ten long years ago. But help is on the way, in the form of the unofficial, secretive, and thoroughly mysterious Pretty Boy Detective Club! Rumored to solve problems within the school (most of which they themselves might as well created) for reasons aesthetic rather than financial, these five gorgeous boys sweep Mayumi into their world of excitement, danger, and overwhelming beauty.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Animation, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Lupin the Third: Is Lupin Still Burning? (2018)
Plot Summary:
A memorial anime episode to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Monkey Punch's Lupin the Third manga series.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 27 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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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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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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Persona 4 The Golden Animation (2014)
Plot Summary:
In the spring when the cherry blossom petals fall, Yū Narukami moves to Yaso Inaba to live with his uncle and cousin due to his family's circumstances. He transfers to Yasogami High School, where his event-filled school life begins. However, when serial murders begin occurring in the peaceful town, Yū is awakened to the power of his heart turned to physical form: A Persona. Within these new mysteries is Marie, a resident of the alternate world, the Velvet Room, who has no memories of her past. Together with his friends, Yū must solve all the riddles set in front of him and save Yaso Inaba from further violence.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, tsundere
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Trickster (2016)
Plot Summary:
It is the 2030s. The Boy Detectives Club gathers under Kogorō Akechi, the mysterious detective. The group solves cases great and small using their unique skills. One day, a member of the club, Kensuke Hanazaki, meets the boy Yoshio Kobayashi. Kobayashi's body cannot die due to the effects of the "Unidentifiable Mist," but he yearns for death, and shirks from contact with other people. Taking an interest in him, Hanazaki invites him to join the Boy Detectives Club. Their meeting is connected to the fate tying together Kogorō Akechi, and the era's greatest villain, the Fiend With Twenty Faces.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Miss Bernard Said. (2016)
Plot Summary:
"Miss Bernard" herself, Machida Sawako, and her book-loving friends live their literary days in the library. This gag series glorifying famous literature is filled with love for books of all sorts, as well as the kinds of things that all readers experience!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, shounen
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D-Frag! (2014)
Plot Summary:
Kazama Kenji likes to believe he is something of a delinquent. Moreover, others seem to like to agree that he is. Of course, Kenji's gang finds their way to a group of four not-so-normal girls—Chitose, Sakura, Minami and Roka—and all at once, whatever reputation he may have is nothing compared to the outrageous behavior of the girls. Shanghaied into joining their club, what will happen to his everyday life from that point on?.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 834
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, ecchi
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High School Girls (2019)
Plot Summary:
Who needs dialog when you're this cute? The beautiful (but unlucky) Momoko, the cool, collected Shibumi, and the refreshingly innocent Mayumi star in a "silent manga." No speeches, no dialog! Just pictures, sound effects, and three high school girls living their daily lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, ecchi
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Dicktown (2020)
Plot Summary:
Welcome to Richardsville, NC (aka DICKTOWN to the locals), its famous boy detective, John Hunchman, and his hired muscle, David Purefoy. Except they're not boys any more and while they're still detectives, they still only solve crimes for teenagers.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 757
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious, anime, buddy comedy, 2d animation
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Tonari no Seki-kun: The Master of Killing Time (2014)
Plot Summary:
In the middle of class at a certain school, Rumi Yokoi, a diligent student, has her in-class life turned upside down when her desk mate Toshinari Seki begins to play by himself at his desk in class. Although Rumi is irked by Toshinari's distracting yet intricate playtime, she finds herself being drawn into his interesting hobby. Never being able to focus, Rumi observes Seki's stunning ways of slacking off in class.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 590
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 8 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, seinen, super sentai
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Police in a Pod (2022)
Plot Summary:
Officer Mai Kawai has had enough! She’s sick of being a police officer—but just when she’s about to hand in her resignation, the arrival of a brilliant (and beautiful) ace detective named Seiko Fuji changes her mind. Will Fuji reignite Mai’s passion for policing? And will Mai uncover the mystery of why Fuji was transferred to this ordinary police box?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, semi serious, seinen
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Ultimate Otaku Teacher (2015)
Plot Summary:
Kagami Junichirou was known as a physics genius when he was a teenager, and he was even published in "Nature." However, after college, he suddenly lost all interest in science. As a NEET, he's devoted himself to his anime blog and nerdy collecting habits. He claims he has a serious illness called "I can't do anything I don't want to do." Desperate to get him to do something with his life, his little sister manages to get him a job teaching physics at his old high school. He's certainly an unconventional teacher, but he becomes fairly popular with the students. After helping a girl who's being ruthlessly bullied, Kagami finds that he actually likes teaching. Will he continue his career as a weird teacher? Will he go back into physics? Or will he end up back where he started?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Three Leaves, Three Colors (2016)
Plot Summary:
Futaba Odagiri is incredibly energetic but is also a glutton. Teru Hayama looks like an angel but she is really a demonic class president. Yoko Nishikawa is the daughter of family that used to be a member of the upper class, but after her father's company went bankrupt, they became poor. All three high school girls have the kanji for "leaf" in their name but could not be any different from one another.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Doki Doki School Hours (2004)
Plot Summary:
With a class full of "energetic kids" teacher Mike Susuki has her hands full. the kids don't take her seriously because she looks like little kid herself.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Aharen-san wa Hakarenai (2022)
Plot Summary:
The story follows the "indecipherable" daily life of the short and quiet Reina Aharen and Raidou who sits next to her in class. Aharen is not so good at gauging the distance between people (or personal boundaries), and Raidou initially sensed some distance between the two of them. Then one day, when Raidou picked up the eraser that Aharen had dropped, the distance between them suddenly became uncomfortably close. From "way too distant" to "way too close" ... Aharen is simply unpredictable.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, feel good, humorous, funny
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Bungo Stray Dogs (2016)
Plot Summary:
Nakajima Atsushi was kicked out of his orphanage, and now he has no place to go and no food. While he is standing by a river, on the brink of starvation, he rescues a man whimsically attempting suicide. That man is Dazai Osamu, and he and his partner Kunikida are members of a very special detective agency. They have supernatural powers and deal with cases that are too dangerous for the police or the military. They're tracking down a tiger that has appeared in the area recently, around the time Atsushi came to the area. The tiger seems to have a connection to Atsushi, and by the time the case is solved, it is clear that Atsushi's future will involve much more of Dazai and the rest of the detectives!.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, emotional, tense, captivating, humorous, mysterious, seinen, detective, crying
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Hyakko (2008)
Plot Summary:
Hyakko is a Japanese manga created by Haruaki Katō. It started serialization on Flex Comix's free web comic FlexComix Blood on January 16, 2007. An anime adaptation produced by Nippon Animation was first aired in October 2008 in Japan. An OVA was released on October 17, 2009.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Chronicles of the Going Home Club (2013)
Plot Summary:
The story follows a group of high school girls who are in the 'Going-Home Club'. Instead of doing regular club activities, the 'Going-Home Club' is dedicated to having as much fun as possible, by doing such things as playing video games or even simply feeding pigeons in the park.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Idaten Jump (2005)
Plot Summary:
The show follows the exciting adventures of Sho Yamato, a boy who loves to race his Idaten bike and ends up getting lost, along with his friends, in a mysterious place called the X-Zone. The kids get involved in many action-packed racing adventures as they try to unlock the secret to getting home.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 701
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 20 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, shounen, tsundere
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Nanana's Buried Treasure (2014)
Plot Summary:
Disowned by his father, Jugo Yama has run away from home to the island of Nanae. He begins to live by himself, only to discover his room is haunted by the ghost of Nanana Ryugajo. She was murdered ten years ago, and her killer must be found before she can rest in peace. Before her death, Nanana collected things from all over the world and hid them throughout the island. Using the mysterious powers of these hidden items, they should be able to find the culprit. As Jugo begins his hunt for her collection, however, he discovers he's not the only person searching.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Don't Hurt Me, My Healer! (2022)
Plot Summary:
The misadventures of a knight and a healer begin in this new fantasy comedy series!.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, seinen
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Tanaka-kun is Always Listless (2016)
Plot Summary:
This unconventional, surrealist comedy follows an exhausted high school boy who, despite multiple attempts from his friends, still manages to spectacularly... sleep. Much to the chagrin of the energetic (at times bossy) Oota, Tanaka is often found in a blissful state of lethargy, possessing the ability to doze off in any situation, especially in mid-sentence!.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, feel good, light, visually appealing, humorous, sincere, super sentai, iyashikei