Best detective anime
346 anime about detective, ranked by community score. Tags come from AniList voters; the percentage on each title page says how strongly the tag applies.
Highest rated
2.9Ingress: The Animation
TV · 2018 · 11 ep
Ingress: The AnimationIngress the AnimationTV · 2018 · 11 ep2.9Special Investigator Makoto Midorikawa possesses the unusual ability to unlock and perceive the memories of any object with a single touch. While investigating an explosion at a laboratory, his powers put him in the crosshairs of an…
2.9Lily C.A.T.
OVA · 1987 · 1 ep
Lily C.A.T.OVA · 1987 · 1 ep2.92264 A.D.: The Starship Saldes is sent into deep space to explore a newly discovered planet. The journey will take twenty years. The Saldes' crew of thirteen, mixing experienced space jockeys with eager but naive scientists, are prepared…
2.9Ghost Talker's Daydream
OVA · 2004 · 4 ep
Ghost Talker's DaydreamTeizokurei DaydreamOVA · 2004 · 4 ep2.9Saiki Misaki has been able to see ghosts since she was a kid. Now, working at an S&M club, her spare time goes to sending the spirits off to the other world by having to make them realize they're dead and have to leave. This would…
2.9Cinderella Boy
TV · 2003 · 13 ep
Cinderella BoyTV · 2003 · 13 ep2.9Ranma is a poor private detective with a strong sense of justice. His partner, Rella, is a thrill-seeking rich girl. They make for an odd couple on the dangerous streets of Kirin Town, until a run-in with a mafia boss ends up in a…
Mature
2.9Trickster
TV · 2016 · 24 ep
TricksterTrickster: Edogawa Ranpo "Shounen Tanteidan" yoriTV · 2016 · 24 ep2.9It is the 2030s. The Boy Detectives Club gathers under Kogorou 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…
Mature
2.9Woodpecker Detective’s Office
TV · 2020 · 12 ep
Woodpecker Detective’s OfficeKitsutsuki TanteidokoroTV · 2020 · 12 ep2.9Adaptation of Kei Ii's mystery novel. The story is set in 1909 during Japan's Meiji era, and centers on fictional versions of real-life poet Takuboku Ishikawa and real-life linguist Kyousuke Kindaichi, who were acquaintances in real life…
2.9YUREI DECO
TV · 2022 · 12 ep
YUREI DECOYuurei DecoTV · 2022 · 12 ep2.9The story begins when Berry, an average girl from an average home, meets Hack, a girl who looks like a boy. Charmed by Hack, Berry meets up with the team Hack leads, the Ghost Detectives Club. Members of this club are “socially dead,”…
2.9Shin Strange+
TV · 2014 · 12 ep
Shin Strange+TV · 2014 · 12 ep2.9The second season of Strange+.
2.8Tantei Team KZ Jiken Note
TV · 2015 · 16 ep
Tantei Team KZ Jiken NoteTV · 2015 · 16 ep2.8Tantei Team KZ Jiken Note centers on sixth grader Aya Tachibana who worries about friends, family, grades, and more. One day, she joins the Detective Team KZ with four very unique boys that she met in cram school: Kazuomi Wakatake…
Mature
2.8Glass Maiden
TV · 2008 · 12 ep
Glass MaidenCrystal BlazeTV · 2008 · 12 ep2.8Rags Town is the garbage dump of Japan. The place where people who want to forget their pasts run to. In this town, where the rules strictly forbid asking about the past or getting to know people, there is small detective agency called…
2.8Ai City
Movie · 1986 · 1 ep
Ai CityMovie · 1986 · 1 ep2.8It's sometime in the future and the story starts off with Kei and Ai running for their lives. Ai is a little girl who holds a terrible secret which could destroy the current world. The world is now populated by Headmeters, people who have…
2.8Zenonzard The Animation
ONA · 2020 · 9 ep
Zenonzard The AnimationONA · 2020 · 9 ep2.8The year 20XX. Humans called "Concodes" and ultra-high-performance AI called "Codeman" team up as buddies to compete in the card battle game ZENONZARD. People are going wild with excitement at the world championships, THE ZENON. One day…
2.8Twilight of the Dark Master
OVA · 1998 · 1 ep
Twilight of the Dark MasterShihaisha no TasogareOVA · 1998 · 1 ep2.8From the beginning of time, Earth has been enslaved by the powerful and grotesque Ogres. The dominance these arrogant immortals hold over the helpless victims is challenged only by the noble Guardians. Eons later, in the year 2089, few…
2.8Futari wa Milky Holmes
TV · 2013 · 12 ep
Futari wa Milky HolmesTV · 2013 · 12 ep2.8Third season of Tantei Opera Milky Holmes.
2.7Strange+
TV · 2014 · 12 ep
Strange+TV · 2014 · 12 ep2.7The story begins with a teenaged boy named Kou who came to the slums to search for Takumi, his missing big brother who ran away years ago. The brothers reunite, and it turns out that Takumi now heads the Mikuni Detective Agency. Kou wants…
Mature
2.6CYBERNETICS GUARDIAN
OVA · 1989 · 1 ep
CYBERNETICS GUARDIANSeijuuki CyguardOVA · 1989 · 1 ep2.6A freak accident unleashes a demonic spirit within researcher John Stalker - transforming him into Saldo, a mythical cyber-beast fueled by hate and evil. (Source: Anime News Network)
Mature
2.5Stand My Heroes: Piece of Truth
TV · 2019 · 12 ep
Stand My Heroes: Piece of TruthTV · 2019 · 12 ep2.5As a new agent for STAND, Rei Izumi scouts for the most qualified of investigators to create dedicated teams of heroes. Their assignment is to shield the citizens of Tokyo from the dangerous drugs that are now flooding its streets…
2.5Legend of Mana -The Teardrop Crystal-
TV · 2022 · 12 ep
Legend of Mana -The Teardrop Crystal-Seiken Densetsu: Legend of Mana - The Teardrop CrystalTV · 2022 · 12 ep2.5Not far from the town of Domina lives Shiloh, a boy who keeps hearing a voice in his dreams about a mission he must fulfill. But what mission could he be needed for remains unknown. That all changes when he meets two Jumi, a race that’s…
Mature
2.5THE MARGINAL SERVICE
TV · 2023 · 12 ep
THE MARGINAL SERVICEThe Marginal ServiceTV · 2023 · 12 ep2.5After being fired from his detective job, Brian receives a strange letter. He heads to the address written on the envelope and finds himself among THE MARGINAL SERVICE! This motley crew of fearless men and a woman (and a squirrel) are…
Mature
2.5Tekken: The Motion Picture
OVA · 1998 · 2 ep
Tekken: The Motion PictureTekkenOVA · 1998 · 2 ep2.5After being thrown off a cliff as a child, Kazuya Mishima enters the King of Iron Fist Tournament to extract revenge from his father, multi-billionaire Heihachi Mishima. Meanwhile, WWWC operative Jun Kazama and Hong Kong detective Lei…
2.4Tokyo Babylon 2021
TV · 2020 · 2 ep
Tokyo Babylon 2021TV · 2020 · 2 ep2.4Subaru Sumeragi is a 16 year old, cheerful and extremely caring Onmyou medium (the head of his family, the Sumeragi clan) who confronts and helps take care of ghosts and spirits with the help of his twin sister, Hokuto, and his gentleman…
1.4Vampire Holmes
TV · 2015 · 12 ep
Vampire HolmesTV · 2015 · 12 ep1.4The great detective Holmes does not solve mysteries or use deductive reasoning. He does, however, hunt vampires. Using three-minute episodes, Vampire Holmes retells the story of the great Holmes and his assistant. What begins as an…