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.
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3.5Lupin III: Dead or Alive
Movie · 1996 · 1 ep
Lupin III: Dead or AliveMovie · 1996 · 1 ep3.5Lupin, Goemon, and Jigen take a mini-helicopter and head to the mysterious “Drifting Island” looking for a treasure rumored to be hidden somewhere on it. Through their exploration of the island, the trio encounters the lethal…
3.5Meitantei Conan OVA 06: Kieta Daiya wo Oe! Conan & Heiji VS Kid!
OVA · 2006 · 1 ep
Meitantei Conan OVA 06: Kieta Daiya wo Oe! Conan & Heiji VS Kid!OVA · 2006 · 1 ep3.5One day Mori Kogoro's private dective agency receives a blackmail call. It turns out that the caller has dialed the wrong number. Conan is able to identify the voice on the phone, it's similar to that of his old friend Heiji, who's also a…
3.5Case Closed Magic File 3: Shinichi and Ran - Memories of Mahjong Tiles and Tanabata
OVA · 2009 · 1 ep
Case Closed Magic File 3: Shinichi and Ran - Memories of Mahjong Tiles and TanabataMeitantei Conan Magic File 3: Shinichi to Ran Mahjong Pai to Tanabata no OmoideOVA · 2009 · 1 ep3.5Another Shinichi and Ran pre-story.
3.5Case Closed Magic File 6: Fantasista Flower
OVA · 2012 · 1 ep
Case Closed Magic File 6: Fantasista FlowerMeitantei Conan Bonus File: Fantasista no HanaOVA · 2012 · 1 ep3.5"Fantasista Flower" is a side-story OVA related to The Eleventh Striker.
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3.4In/Spectre
TV · 2020 · 12 ep
In/SpectreKyokou SuiriTV · 2020 · 12 ep3.4At the young age of 11, Kotoko Iwanaga was abducted by youkai for two weeks and asked to become their "God of Wisdom," a mediator between the spirit and human worlds, to which the girl quickly agreed but at the cost of her right eye and…
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3.4Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak High School - Future Arc
TV · 2016 · 12 ep
Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak High School - Future ArcDanganronpa 3: The End of Kibougamine Gakuen - Mirai-henTV · 2016 · 12 ep3.4Makoto Naegi, the Ultimate Hope who defeated the Ultimate Despair, Junko Enoshima, is under suspicion of treason against the Future Foundation for harboring the Remnants of Despair who carried on her will. As top members of the Future…
3.4The Troubled Life of Miss Kotoura
TV · 2013 · 12 ep
The Troubled Life of Miss KotouraKotoura-sanTV · 2013 · 12 ep3.4A school love comedy. Kotoura Haruka is a 15-year-old girl who can read people's minds. She has been suffering from troubles caused by her mind-reading ability, and her parents got divorced as a result. She moves to a new high school but…
3.4Nanana's Buried Treasure
TV · 2014 · 11 ep
Nanana's Buried TreasureRyuugajou Nanana no MaizoukinTV · 2014 · 11 ep3.4"I'm going to build a place where young people can challenge to reach any of their dreams!" The 7 genius students, known as the GREAT 7, launched a project to construct an artificial island called Nanae Island to realize their leader…
3.4Sagrada Reset
TV · 2017 · 24 ep
Sagrada ResetSakurada ResetTV · 2017 · 24 ep3.4The ability to reset time might seem like the ultimate superpower, but if you forget what was going to happen when you reset it, how would you know what you needed to change? Or if you'd make things better or worse? That's the paradox that…
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3.4Psychic Detective Yakumo
TV · 2010 · 13 ep
Psychic Detective YakumoShinrei Tantei YakumoTV · 2010 · 13 ep3.4Haruka Ozawa's sophomore year is getting seriously scary. One of her friends is possessed, another has committed suicide and Haruka could be the next one to flunk the still-breathing test. Her only way out of this potentially lethal dead…
3.4Police in a Pod
TV · 2022 · 13 ep
Police in a PodHakozume: Kouban Joshi no GyakushuuTV · 2022 · 13 ep3.4Officer 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…
3.4Petshop of Horrors
TV · 1999 · 4 ep
Petshop of HorrorsTV · 1999 · 4 ep3.4Count D, a quite interesting pet shop owner from an area called Chinatown, sells rare and hard to come by pets to people longing for something special, but with each sale comes a contract. If the rules of the contract are followed…
3.4Mouryou no Hako
TV · 2008 · 13 ep
Mouryou no HakoTV · 2008 · 13 ep3.4Between August and October, 1952, a series of unusual crimes takes place in Musashino and Mitaka: the attempted murder of 14-year-old Kanako Yuzuki, Kanako's abduction from the strange research "hospital" where she was recovering, then…
3.4Karas
OVA · 2005 · 6 ep
KarasOVA · 2005 · 6 ep3.4The world of the humans and the world of the demons (yōkai) have overlapped one another, leaving humans to walk the streets of life as they normally would, while demons walk, hidden from the naked eye, down the very same streets. A…
3.4One Piece Special: The Detective Memoirs of Chief Straw Hat Luffy
Special · 2005 · 1 ep
One Piece Special: The Detective Memoirs of Chief Straw Hat LuffyOne Piece: Nenmatsu Tokubetsu Kikaku! Mugiwara no Luffy Oyabun TorimonochouSpecial · 2005 · 1 ep3.4Unlike the other specials, this story takes place in an alternate reality version of 19th century Japan, in "The Grand Jipangu", an alternate version of The Grand Line as opposed to simply being hour-long filler episodes.The story is…
3.4Case Closed: Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba
OVA · 2000 · 1 ep
Case Closed: Conan vs. Kid vs. YaibaMeitantei Conan OVA 01: Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba - Houtou Soudatsu Daikessen!!OVA · 2000 · 1 ep3.4Conan borrows a large amount of manga from Mitsuhiko and crazy things begin to happen around Beika City. Things aren't always the way they appear to be. A family asks Kogoro to help them protect a special sword in their dojo since Kaitou…
3.4Ghost Sweeper Mikami
TV · 1993 · 45 ep
Ghost Sweeper MikamiGS MikamiTV · 1993 · 45 ep3.4You say you got a ghost in your prefecture? In Japan that means you need to call Ghost Sweeper Mikami , the paranormal detective agency that's a little abnormal. Okay, make that a LOT abnormal, but they DO specialize in disposing of things…
3.4Top Secret: The Revelation
TV · 2008 · 26 ep
Top Secret: The RevelationTV · 2008 · 26 ep3.4The story takes place five decades from now, when brain scanners have been perfected to the point that the government can retrieve up to five years' worth of memories from people's minds — even if they are dead. The investigators of the…
3.4Case Closed: Conan and Heiji and the Vanished Boy
OVA · 2003 · 1 ep
Case Closed: Conan and Heiji and the Vanished BoyMeitantei Conan OVA 03: Conan to Heiji to Kieta ShounenOVA · 2003 · 1 ep3.4Conan and Ran are visiting Heiji and Kazuha in Osaka but while they are touring around they come across a group of three kids that look like Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta. The group are looking for their missing friend and Conan agrees to…
3.4Case Closed: A Challenge from Agasa! Agasa vs. Conan and the Detective Boys
OVA · 2007 · 1 ep
Case Closed: A Challenge from Agasa! Agasa vs. Conan and the Detective BoysMeitantei Conan OVA 07: Agasa kara no Chousenjou! Agasa vs Conan & Shounen TanteidanOVA · 2007 · 1 ep3.4Professor Agasa is kidnapped and the Detective Boys must use clues found at his house and in various parts of the city in order to find him.
3.4Umayuru: Pretty Gray
ONA · 2025 · 4 ep
Umayuru: Pretty GrayONA · 2025 · 4 ep3.4The Umamusume mini-anime is back with a new Golden Week series— Umayuru: Pretty Gray! (Source: PakaTube!)
3.4Case Closed: The Target is Kogoro! The Detective Boys' Secret Investigation
OVA · 2005 · 1 ep
Case Closed: The Target is Kogoro! The Detective Boys' Secret InvestigationMeitantei Conan OVA 05: Target wa Kogorou!! Shounen Tanteidan Maruhi ReportOVA · 2005 · 1 ep3.4Receiving a class assignment to research a profession the detective boys decide to shadow Kogoro for a day.
3.4Case Closed: High School Girl Detective Sonoko Suzuki's Case Files
OVA · 2008 · 1 ep
Case Closed: High School Girl Detective Sonoko Suzuki's Case FilesMeitantei Conan OVA 08: Joshikousei Tantei Suzuki Sonoko no JikenboOVA · 2008 · 1 ep3.4Sonoko is writing a script for a play. In her script, a murder case and high-school detective Suzuki Sonoko is there to help solve the case. Haibara finds flaws in the deduction section of the plot and Ran decides to call Shinichi for help…
3.4Lupin the 3rd: Voyage to Danger
Special · 1993 · 1 ep
Lupin the 3rd: Voyage to DangerLupin III: Lupin Ansatsu ShireiSpecial · 1993 · 1 ep3.4Someone sent orders to assassinate Lupin! Will he survive or die trying!? After the intrepid Inspector Zenigata is reassigned from the Lupin case to destroying the international weapon smugglers Shot Shell, master thief Lupin the Third…
3.4Sakon the Ventriloquist
TV · 1999 · 26 ep
Sakon the VentriloquistKarakuri Zoushi Ayatsuri SakonTV · 1999 · 26 ep3.4The dark-haired bishounen is Sakon Tachibana, a puppeteer, and the other is Ukon, his favorite puppet and best friend. Sakon is the (only) grandson of Saemon Tachibana, a national treasure of Japan famous for his manipulation of Bunraku…
3.4Case Closed Magic File 5: Niigata - Tokyo Omiyage Capriccio
OVA · 2011 · 1 ep
Case Closed Magic File 5: Niigata - Tokyo Omiyage CapriccioMeitantei Conan Magic File 5: Niigata - Tokyo Omiyage CapriccioOVA · 2011 · 1 ep3.4Another Detective Conan Magic File.
3.4Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway
Movie · 2026 · 1 ep
Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the HighwayMeitantei Conan: Highway no DatenshiMovie · 2026 · 1 ep3.4Conan, Ran, Sonoko, and Kogoro were heading to Yokohama's Minato Mirai district with motorcycle enthusiast Masumi Sera for the Kanagawa Motorcycle Festival. Then, a mysterious black motorcycle appeared, leaping over the car carrying Conan…
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3.4Tokyo Ghoul √A
TV · 2015 · 12 ep
Tokyo Ghoul √ATV · 2015 · 12 ep3.4The ghouls of Anteiku invaded the Aogiri's site in order to rescue Ken Kaneki who is being tortured. Due to provocation, he unleashed greater power enough to defeat Yamori. To become stronger, he decided to join Aogiri and left Anteiku…
3.4RIN ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~
TV · 2008 · 6 ep
RIN ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~Mnemosyne: Mnemosyne no Musume-tachiTV · 2008 · 6 ep3.4Rin Asogi is an immortal private detective with a thirst for vodka and a talent for attracting things that go bump in the night. In a series of nightmarish vignettes spanning sixty-five years, Rin's lush body is sadistically pierced, blown…
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3.4Delico's Nursery
TV · 2024 · 13 ep
Delico's NurseryTV · 2024 · 13 ep3.4Hailing from the prestigious noble house of Delico, Dali Delico is an elite member of the Blood Pact Council with a promising future. When the Blood Pact Council, the highest governing body for the Vamps, assigns a special mission to Dali…
3.4Cuticle Detective Inaba
TV · 2013 · 12 ep
Cuticle Detective InabaCuticle Tantei InabaTV · 2013 · 12 ep3.4In a world where half-human, half-animal chimeras live and work alongside normal people, there are sure to be a few bad apples in the bunch. Unfortunately, half-human criminals means non-human clues that often leave the police stumped…
3.4Detective Opera Milky Holmes
TV · 2010 · 12 ep
Detective Opera Milky HolmesTantei Opera Milky HolmesTV · 2010 · 12 ep3.4"Sheryl, Nero, Elly, and Cordelia are the most popular students at Holmes Detective Academy, because of the many cases they've solved with their Toys and teamwork. The students and the people of the Detective City Yokohama all look up to…
3.4UMAYON
TV · 2020 · 12 ep
UMAYONUmayonTV · 2020 · 12 ep3.4The horse girls are back to charm you in this special, bite-size anime. Umayon comes alive as a cute and eye-catching anime! At a school-turned-training facility, the girls will race, perform, and train... but that's not all! Saddle up for…
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3.4Akuma Kun
ONA · 2023 · 12 ep
Akuma KunAkuma-kun (ONA)ONA · 2023 · 12 ep3.4Akuma-kun is a boy who was adopted and risen by the former Akuma: Shingo Umoregi. He works as a paranormal investigator and solves murder mysteries with the helping hand of his half-human partner Mephisto the Third. The show, despite being…
3.4Spiral: Bond of Reasoning
TV · 2002 · 25 ep
Spiral: Bond of ReasoningSpiral: Suiri no KizunaTV · 2002 · 25 ep3.4Ayumu Narumi's older brother Kiyotaka, a renowned detective and piano player, disappears all of a sudden. The only clue Narumi has, are the Blade Children. Two years later a row of murders and incidents begin, relating to the Blade…
3.4Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok
TV · 2003 · 26 ep
Mythical Detective Loki RagnarokMatantei Loki RagnarokTV · 2003 · 26 ep3.4Loki, the Norse god of mischief, has been exiled to the human world for what was apparently a bad joke. Along with being exiled, he's forced to take the form of a child. He's told the only way he can get back to the world of the gods is if…