It is not always at the forefront but this is a detective-themed blog. In that spirit we have decided to create a small database of detective anime. Every title on the list is a anime or manga that has a detective as the star of the story. Sometimes the detectives are professional, sometimes they are spies, some times they are amateur detectives, and some are reluctant detectives who find themselves embroiled in a mystery. The only real requirement is that the mystery or mysteries they are trying to solve be a major part of the plot.
This is a work in progress.
Series in bold are recommended.
- A.D. Police Files
- ACCA
- Agatha Christie’s Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
- Amnesia Labyrinth
- Angie Girl (Her Majesty’s Petite Angie)
- Anyamaru Tantei Kirumin Zoo
- Beautiful Bones: Sakurako’s Investigation
- Big O
- Bungo Stray Dogs
- Brave Police J-Decker
- CLAMP School Detectives
- Cuticle Detective Inaba
- Cyber City Oedo 808
- Danganronpa The Animation
- Daughter of Twenty Faces
- Dazzle (Unprecedented Game)
- Death Note
- Denno Coil
- Detective Conan
- Domain of Murder
- Dr. Fabre Is A Detective
- ERASED
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise
- Glass Maiden (Crystal Blaze)
- Gosick
- Hamatora
- Haruchika: Haruta & Chika
- Heat Guy J
- Hello, Harinezumi
- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (When They Cry)
- Holmes of Kyoto
- Hyouka
- ID:INVADED
- Joker Game
- Kaze No Yojimbo
- Kindaichi Case Files
- Licensed by Royal
- Lupin vs. Holmes
- Lupin III VS. Detective Conan
- Majin Tantei Nogami Neuro
- Master Keaton
- Mikeneko Holmes no Yuurei Joshu
- Monster
- Muhyo & Roji’s Bureau of Supernatural Investigation
- Odd Taxi
- Oshi no Ko
- Paprika
- Paranoia Agent
- Patlabor
- The Perfect Insider
- Phantom Quest Corps
- Princess Principal
- Professor Layton
- Psychic Detective Yakumo
- Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace
- Senkou no Night Raid
- Sherlock Hound
- Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru
- Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning
- St. Luminous Mission High School
- Steam Detectives
- Sukeban Deka
- Suteki Tantei Labyrinth
- Switch
- Tantei Opera Milky Holmes
- Tantei Team KZ Jiken Note
- Tokyo Babylon
- Top Secret ~The Revelation~
- Umineko no Naku Koro ni
- UN-GO
- Undead Murder Farce
- Woodpecker Detective’s Office
- Yakushiji Ryoko no Kaiki Jikenbo
- Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san (You’re Being Summoned, Azazel-san)
- Yurei Deco
- Zettai Shounen