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Moriarty the Patriot Part 2

Moriarty the Patriot Part 2

Yuukoku no Moriarty Part 2

TV | 2021 | Finished | 8.2/10 | 13 eps

The second cour of Yuukoku no Moriarty. In the late 19th century, the British Empire nobility reigns while its working class suffers at their hands. Sympathetic to their plight, William James Moriarty wants to topple it all. Frustrated by the systemic inequity, Moriarty strategizes to fix the entire nation. Not even consulting detective Sherlock Holmes can stand in his way. It’s time for crime to revolutionize the world! (Source: Funimation) Note: The anime received a special premiere on Funimation on March 28, 2021.

Drama Mystery Psychological Thriller
Higurashi: When They Cry - GOU

Higurashi: When They Cry - GOU

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou

TV | 2020 | Finished | 6.9/10 | 24 eps

New kid Keiichi Maebara is settling into his new home of peaceful Hinamizawa village. Making quick friends with the girls from his school, he's arrived in time for the big festival of the year. But something about this isolated town seems "off," and his feelings of dread continue to grow. With a gnawing fear that he's right, what dark secrets could this small community be hiding? (Source: Funimation)

Drama Horror Mystery Psychological
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

Koukaku Kidoutai: STAND ALONE COMPLEX

TV | 2002 | Finished | 8.2/10 | 26 eps

In the not so distant future, mankind has advanced to a state where complete body transplants from flesh to machine is possible. This allows for great increases in both physical and cybernetic prowess and blurring the lines between the two worlds. However, criminals can also make full use of such technology, leading to new and sometimes, very dangerous crimes. In response to such innovative new methods, the Japanese Government has established Section 9, an independently operating police unit which deals with such highly sensitive crimes. Led by Daisuke Aramaki and Motoko Kusanagi, Section 9 deals with such crimes over the entire social spectrum, usually with success. However, when faced with a new A level hacker nicknamed “The Laughing Man”, the team is thrown into a dangerous cat and mouse game, following the hacker’s trail as it leaves its mark on Japan. (Source: MyAnimeList)

Action Mystery Psychological Sci-Fi
Ghost Stories

Ghost Stories

Gakkou no Kaidan

TV | 2000 | Finished | 7.4/10 | 19 eps

Kids and ghosts. When young Satsuki finds an old book of spells from her passed away mother, she gains the power to fight ghosts that are haunting her new school. With the help of her friends, and of a really wicked devil cat, she must protect everyone around her or be haunted for ever more. (Source: Anime News Network)

Horror Mystery Supernatural
Children of the Whales

Children of the Whales

Kujira no Kora wa Sajou ni Utau

TV | 2017 | Finished | 6.9/10 | 12 eps

Chakuro is the 14-year-old archivist of the Mud Whale, a nigh-utopian island that floats across the surface of an endless sea of sand. Nine in ten of the inhabitants of the Mud Whale have been blessed and cursed with the ability to use saimia, special powers that doom them to an early death. Chakuro and his friends have stumbled across other islands, but they have never met, seen, or even heard of a human who wasn't from their own. One day, Chakuro visits an island as large as the Mud Whale and meets a girl who will change his destiny.

Adventure Drama Fantasy Mystery
BELLE

BELLE

Ryuu to Sobakasu no Hime

Movie | 2021 | Finished | 7.3/10 | 1 eps

The protagonist of this story, Suzu, is a 17-year old high school girl living with her father in a rural town of Kochi — their town is a textbook definition of depopulation in the Japanese countryside. Wounded by the loss of her mother at a young age, Suzu one day discovers the massive online world, “U,” and dives into this alternate reality as her avatar, Belle. Before long, all of U’s eyes are fixed on Belle (Suzu), when one day the mysterious and infamous Dragon-like figure appears before her. (Source: Official Site)

Drama Music Mystery Sci-Fi
Blood+

Blood+

BLOOD+

TV | 2005 | Finished | 7.3/10 | 50 eps

Saya Otonashi, a seemingly normal high school student, suffers from amnesia and she can't remember the past year of her life. One day, after a man appears and gives her a katana sword, her destiny begins to be revealed. Soon she finds herself fighting the latest threat to humanity - Chiropteran monsters, ravenous immortal creatures that can change their form, disguising themselves as human beings. They feed off blood and hide themselves within the human world. An organization known as the Red Shield has been waging a private war to wipe them out and now the struggle has grown. Saya's journey for the truth has begun. (Source: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)

Action Drama Horror Mystery
KOWLOON GENERIC ROMANCE

KOWLOON GENERIC ROMANCE

Kowloon Generic Romance

TV | 2025 | Finished | 7.2/10 | 13 eps

Welcome to Kowloon Walled City: a dystopian townscape where the people are brimming with nostalgia, and where the past, present, and future converge. Amid the hidden emotions and extraordinary daily lives of the men and women working in its confines, a tale of romance begins to unfold for real estate agent Reiko Kujirai—one that feels as familiar as Kowloon itself… (Source: Yen Press)

Drama Mystery Romance Sci-Fi
Spy Classroom

Spy Classroom

Spy Kyoushitsu

TV | 2023 | Finished | 6.1/10 | 12 eps

Conflict-ravaged nations now deploy covert operatives instead of missiles. Lily is recruited into spy-training… but her practical skills are absolutely abysmal. Desperate to pass, she leaps at the chance to join the mysterious “Tomoshibi” team. Too bad the team is filled with even more hopeless spies. Together they must conquer the Impassible Mission and best their genius instructor, but the true purpose behind their classroom is more harrowing than they can imagine… (Source: HIDIVE)

Action Comedy Drama Mystery
[C] - CONTROL - The Money and Soul of Possibility

[C] - CONTROL - The Money and Soul of Possibility

C: THE MONEY OF SOUL AND POSSIBILITY CONTROL

TV | 2011 | Finished | 6.7/10 | 11 eps

The Japanese government was rescued from the brink of financial collapse by the Sovereign Wealth Fund. For its citizens, however, life has not improved and unemployment, crime, suicide, and despair are rampant. Kimimaro, raised by his maternal aunt after the disappearance of his father and the death of his mother, is a scholarship student whose only dream is to live a stable, ordinary life. One day he meets a man who offers him a large sum of money if he will allow his "future" to be held as collateral. From then on his fate is radically altered as he's drawn into a mysterious realm known as the Financial District, where he must compete in weekly tournaments called "deals" in order to keep his money and avoid losing his future. (Source: Wikipedia)

Action Mystery Supernatural Thriller
Death Billiards

Death Billiards

デス・ビリヤード

Movie | 2013 | Finished | 7.7/10 | 1 eps

Two men have just arrived at a location known as Quindecim and are unable to remember how they got there. They are immediately greeted by a young woman who escorts them to a small bar, where a bartender awaits them. They are told that they will have to participate in a game, randomly chosen by roulette, and will be unable to leave until its completion; if they refuse, the consequences will be dire. In addition to the rules of the game, the two men are told to play as if their lives are at stake. The game that has been chosen is billiards. But there's more to it than just pocketing pool balls, as the two are about to find out the outcome could mean life or death. Death Billiards is one of the four anime works that each received 38 million yen (about US$480,000) from the "2012 Young Animator Training Project." Just like in 2010 and 2011, the animation labor group received 214.5 million yen (US$2.65 million) from the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs, and it distributed most of those funds to studios who train young animators on-the-job.

Drama Mystery Psychological Thriller
SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary

SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary

Shoushimin Series

TV | 2024 | Finished | 7.4/10 | 10 eps

Kobato decides to become an honest, humble citizen after enduring a bitter experience known as “wisdom work.” He forms a pact with Osanai, his classmate with the same goal, and they plan to enter high school leading quiet lives. But for some reason, inexplicable events and disasters keep happening around them. Will Kobato and Osanai ever manage to live ordinary, peaceful lives? (Source: Crunchyroll)

Mystery Slice of Life