Mystery Animes

Living in an area known for its juvenile crime, Makoto, 21, is a friend of King, the leader of a youth gang called the G-Boys, although he does not want to join as a member himself. Known for his calm head and willingness to do stuff, Makoto is the gang's main trouble-shooter by spreading tense situations and keeping his friends out of the way of harm. Yet his girlfriend's death and an escalating turf war with a rival gang are threatening to be more than Makoto can handle.

As he starts to find something very strange, Koyomi Araragi works hard in preparation for his college entrance exams: his image no longer appears in a mirror, a trait of a true vampire. The human-like doll Yotsugi Ononoki and her master Yozuru Kagenui, an immortal oddity expert, are concerned about the state of his body.

Rapidly realizing what is wrong with him, Yozuru gives him two choices: either to abstain from using Shinobu Oshino's vampiric powers, or to sacrifice his humanity forever.

Kogorou Akechi is the founder of a private enquiry agency known as the Boy Detectives Club. Together, this group takes major as well as small events. One of their junior members, Kensuke Hanasaki, is out to solve a case one day when Yoshio Kobayashi, a mysterious amnesiac boy with an inability to die, comes along. Kensuke offers Yoshio a deal after seeing his talents in action: enter the Boy Detectives 'club and help them solve mysteries, and in exchange find a way to make Yoshio die.The apathetic Yoshio grudgingly accepts this offer, unaware of how different his life will become.
While he has little use for individuals, he is slowly starting to consider the group as he spends more time with them when solving cases. Trickster: Edogawa Ranpo "Shounen Tanteidan" yori tracks Akechi and the rest of the Boy Detectives 'club as they solve the various cases they are provided when facing a secret threat from the shadows—"The Twenty Faces Fiend.

Jim Hawkins is a young boy who is led by revolutionary events to embark on a quest of discovery for the legendary treasure of Captain Flint, the once feared pirate. John Silver, Jim's childhood mate, takes over the ship's command on their way to Treasure Island, showing his true self as the brutal pirate who once was Flint's own right hand. Jim has to deal with his mixed emotions now, feeling cheated, and face Silver who still find himself and Jim to be friends.

Tokyo has become a inhuman and ruthless city where, alongside human beings, evil animals are called "ghouls." Such bloodthirsty savages and their thirst for human flesh live in constant fear among the people of this once great metropolis. The greatest challenge faced by these ghouls, however, is their dangerous ability to masquerade as humans and fit in with society.Centered on Sui Ishida's best-selling supernatural horror manga, Tokyo Ghoul follows a quiet, bookish college student, Ken Kaneki, who is immediately drawn to Rize Kamishiro, an avid reader like himself.
Rize isn't quite what she wants to be, though, and this unfortunate encounter brings Kaneki into the ghouls 'dark depths; inhuman universe. Kaneki is rescued in a twist of fate by the mysterious waitress Touka Kirishima, and thus begins his modern, secret life as a semi-ghoul / semi-human who has to find a way to fit into both society.

Finally, Ken Kaneki has come to recognize the grotesque, flesh-craving aspect of himself which he has so long hated and despised. Kaneki enters Aogiri Tree after fleeing imprisonment and torture, the very radical ghoul group that had kidnapped him, causing his friends to doubt his true motives and allegiance.As tension continues to grow between the government and the ghouls, the Counter Ghoul Commission, the government's specialist anti-ghoul agency, has stepped up its efforts to purge Tokyo of ghouls altogether. This challenges Kaneki's friends and former comrades 'temporary peace at the Anteiku coffee shop's ghouls.
Knowing the precarious situation, Kaneki faces many fights that bring his fragile precious dignity on the line.

Eventually, Ken Kaneki has come to embrace the hideous, flesh-craving aspect of himself he's hated for so long and despised. Kaneki enters Aogiri Tree after fleeing imprisonment and torture, the very radical ghoul group that had abducted him, causing his friends to doubt his true motives and allegiance.While tension continues to increase between the government and the ghouls, the Counter Ghoul Commission, the government's specialist anti-ghoul organization, has stepped up its efforts to rid Tokyo of ghouls entirely. It challenges Kaneki's friends and former comrades 'fragile peace at the Anteiku coffee shop's ghouls.
Knowing the precarious situation, Kaneki faces many fights that bring his fragile precious dignity on the line.

Subaru Sumeragi is the Sumeragi Clan's 13th chief, and the most powerful onmyouji. Subaru is employed to exorcise a building site but suddenly his boss has died. The only suspect is a man who constantly runs away from the circumstances he would have been killed in. Then Subaru meets a young woman who is determined to curse the man, claiming he killed her uncle. With the aid of his friend and twin sister, Seishirou Sakurazuka and Hokuto Sumeragi, Subaru must find out how his employer died and battle the evil spirits that are protecting the man.

"Shindou Ranmaru has just graduated and assigned to Tokko from the Police Academy: Special Mobile Investigation Unit. He meets the half-naked girl he'd seen in his dreams on the day of his graduation. Her name is Rokujo Sakura and she works inside Tokki for a secret agency, known as Tokko: Special Task Force on Public Safety. Shindou ends up helping Tokko in avenging his parents 'death and solving the unexplained mass murder of people in Machida's hometown. While bottomless pits are beginning to surface across Japan, and strange monsters are emerging from them. Can these events apply to the Massacre of Machida? "Thanks," he said.

Two newbies at the Department of Narcotic Control in Japan, Haru and Kai, are struggling against: drug traffickers, gangs, terrorists, psychopaths, shadowy organisations, and insane people at large. In certain situations the gentle and loving one of the party, Kai, who has issues of his own, appears to turn into a lethal killing machine. The manner in which he behaves shifts like a "over" As the two do their work, questions are uncovered about what is behind Kai's odd actions and who he is exactly.

According to an interview with Gosho Aoyama, Kaitou Kid and Vincent van Gogh's artworks feature heavily in the film. At the end of Dimensional Sniper, the teaser preview contained references to the "Sunflowers" sequence of van Gogh.

Ryu and Ken Masters are close friends, martial artists being both. We travel the world to become better warriors and learn new tactics, and are exposed to several different ways of combat, as well as meeting new people. Both are swept up in a plot orchestrated by a shadowy group named Shadowlaw during their trip, both now facing their greatest test and needing to fight for their lives as both battle the evil M. Bison. Bison.

Ryu and Ken Masters are close friends, martial artists being both. We travel the world to become better warriors and learn new tactics, and are exposed to several different ways of combat, as well as meeting new people. Both are swept up in a plot orchestrated by a shadowy group named Shadowlaw along their journey, both now facing their greatest test and needing to fight for their lives as both battle the evil M. Bison. Bison.

Drugs have become the center of tension in Japan and there has been an unprecedented increase in the crime involving them. The police department was unable to contain the confusion and set about developing a team that would include specific, trained experts and specialists best suited to dealing with the pressing problem.Rei Izumi is a novice who joins the drug enforcement unit and is given the overwhelming task of hiring new STAND officials. Recommended for her strong sense of justice and dedication to police work, Rei also has a special quality of her own that could have won her the job of being immune to many, if not most, drugs.
Eager to search out potential STAND leaders, Rei quickly finds that it will be harder to scout the various individuals than she expected, as each candidate harbors their own emotions, beliefs and desire to join the team and control drugs as a whole. The many colorful characters she encounters, stirring tension and unpredictability in Rei's everyday life, often challenge her ability as a narcotics officer. Convincing the various candidates for STAND, however, is not the only challenge she faces, as being embroiled in the treacherous underworld of drugs, rife with deception and secrecy, would be more risky than she ever expected.

Kiyotaka, the elder brother of Ayumu Narumi, a renowned detective and piano player, unexpectedly disappears. Narumi's only hint, is the Blade Boys. A string of murders and events, linked to the Blade Boys, starts two years later. Narumi attempts to work out their destiny along with school journalist, Hiyono Yuizaki.

Ten years after the Bubble War, the world's dichotomy between the wealthy and the poor is gaining popularity and Japan is no exception. The rich are trying to fulfill their desires and obtain satisfaction for themselves, and as a result, Tokyo has materialized into such a city. Saiga, once a war photographer, works in the capitalist state of Tokyo on behalf of Hibara Ginza. To gather information about them, he infiltrates the Roppongi Club, a clandestine base situated in the city's red light district. He was caught in the process though, and taken along to a girl called Kagura who was in the midst of a ceremony.
His interaction with Kagura awakens his unique ability: the capacity to make objects explode when filmed. Saiga starts his lonely struggle to uncover the mystery behind the Roppongi Club and Kagura.

One day, a town unexpectedly vanishes. Takuya, a by - the-contract skilled courier and lone wolf, encounters Yuki, the city's sole survivor of extinction. The two depend on Yuki's father's post, who was reported to be missing, and head toward the missing area, Lost.

Still, unforeseen challenges hit in front of the couple, with Yuki's reality especially surprising. The fears of those left behind are before them, a shadowy party working in the shadows and exposing the secret plot. During the journey, Takuya and Yuki, who were both initially strangers, would deepen their connection and unravel the Lost City mystery.

Only the rumbling of a motorbike breaks the cold winter silence amid the barren remains of a once-thriving community. The only survivors in the war-torn city are its runners, Chito and Yuuri. Scavenging old military sites for food and pieces, the two girls are exploring the wastelands and speculating to pass the time on the old world. Chito and Yuuri still struggle with the looming isolation, but bearing the weight of being two of the last humans is a little more bearable when they have one another.
Among Yuuri's stumbling enthusiasm and Chito's cool composure their dark days are getting a little lighter on the frozen battlefield with shooting practice, new books and snowball battles.In a scenery of desolate fields and abandoned houses, Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou recounts the uplifting story of two girls and their search to find hope in a bleak, dying world.

Shion no Ou is following the story of Yasuoka Shion, a Shougi player aged 13 with a tragedy history. Shion's parents were secretly murdered in front of her at age 5. The killer sat down with her and challenged her to a Shougi game after telling her she would forget how to talk and forget what happened that night if she wanted to stay alive.

Now Shion, mute but powerful, has entered the domain of female pro Kishi. When her playing attracts more and more attention, so has she's experienced the questions about her history and the vicious murder. Memories of Shion gradually return, and the mystery begins to unfold, thread by thread.

A rapid change engulfed the globe after a sudden outbreak of psychokinesis in 0.1 per cent of the population. The godly ability to control matter remotely turned many wielders of power into abuse, causing a long period of upheaval. Finally, after a tumultuous period marked by the rise and fall of authoritarian regimes, the psychic humans were able to attain a fragile peace by isolating their culture and establishing a new world bound by complex laws.
Saki Watanabe, 12, has just awakened to her powers in the town of Kamisu 66, and is delighted to join her peers, the mischievous Satoru Asahina, the timid Mamoru Itou, the happy Maria Akizuki, and Shun Aonuma, a mysterious boy that Saki admires at the Sage Academy, a special school for psychics. However, unease is looming as Saki starts to doubt the fate of those unable to awaken to their powers, and the children begin to engage in mysterious matters such as the alleged kidnapping of children by the Tainted Cats said. Shinsekai yori tells Saki and her friends 'special, coming-of-age tale as they journey to develop into their place in the supposed utopia.
However, embracing these positions may not be easy in the face of society's dark and disturbing realities, and the imminent chaos born from the modern age.

As a boy, Shiki Toono sustained a life-threatening injury, and was sent away from the Toono household because of that incident and given to a relative to be raised. Years later, while Shiki is in high school, he is the head of the Toono household, his father, and his sister Akiha, who is the new head of the household, is forced to move back in. Shiki, however, keeps an enormous key. He's seen lines on objects since the accident, and he's only able to avoid seeing them with a special pair of glasses. Even from the time before his injury he can not recall anything well.
The day he moves back to the Toono household is the day he stumbles across a woman called Arcueid Brunstud and beheads her in a brief fit of insanity with one stab of his knife. When she unexpectedly turned up later alive and well beside him and asked him to be her bodyguard, Shiki's journey starts to uncover the mysteries of his history.

1999 is the year. Amamori Hajime is just a average, everyday elementary school student who tries to study with his mad pals and hang out. But then one day, when his father is checking a piece of equipment on which he worked, something causes it to blow up, taking the house with it! Now orphaned, his brother, who is an astronomer, takes Hajime in. There he meets a girl he's seen before at his uncle's observatory, and developed a bit of a crush on. He figures out that her name is Yukino Yayoi, and her parents run a nearby ramen store. Even better even than that, she is his uncle's secretary! What good luck!But Yayoi is not quite what she appears to be.
There's a reason she helps out at the observatory Amamori-san. She is the Millennial Queen (Sen-Nen Joou), chosen explicitly by her home world, LaMetal, to go to Earth and help prepare for the planet's potential extinction. What does this tragedy provoke? LaMetal has an incredibly elliptical orbit, which every 1000 years takes it very, very close to Earth. The world responds when it gets close enough, triggering all kinds of natural disasters. While she was chosen with the intention of saving LaMetal in mind, her personal goal is to relocate as many humans as she can to LaMetal, so they can survive if their planet is destroyed.
There's one guy, however, who tries to stop her scheme, the Millennial Theives head. Why does he want Yayoi to stop? And how does Millennial Queen think, anyway?

Fifteen-year-old Megumi Shimizu dreamed of a glamorous life in the big city, but her tragic death in Sotoba's quiet village marks the beginning of what seems to be a vicious outbreak that turns the hot summer into a season of blood and fear. A young doctor named Toshio Ozaki starts to doubt the existence of the disease and comes to realize that he needs to sacrifice his conscience in order to find the truth. Meanwhile, an antisocial youth from the city, Natsuno Yuuki, is troubled by Megumi's sudden death, and must understand the agony of friendship faced with his own tragedy.
Toshio and Natsuno form an unlikely pair as they work together to save Sotoba before turning it into a vampire ghost town. Shiki, adapted from Fuyumi Ono's horror novel, goes beyond the usual story of vampires. It tells the sad tale of survival in a world where you can't differentiate easily between good and bad. Abandoned by Heaven, the Shiki have only their will to live as they battle with the terror of the paranoid / unbelieving people, as the vampires themselves call themselves. Shiki explores the border between man and beast.

Lain Iwakura, an shy and introverted 14-year-old, is one of her school's many girls to receive a troubling email from her classmate Chisa Yomoda—the very same Chisa who committed suicide only recently. Lain has neither the ability nor the knowledge to manage even basic technology; but when the technophobe opens the document, it leads her straight into the Wired, a virtual realm of communication networks close to what we know as the internet.Lain's world is turned upside down as she starts to discover mysterious mysteries one after the other.
Mysterious people called the Men in Black start appearing everywhere she goes, posing their questions and somehow knowing more about her than even she does. With the increasingly blurring lines between reality and cyberspace, Lain is plunged into more strange and disturbing occurrences where identity, consccousness, etc.Published by Chiaki J.Konaka, whose other works include Texhnolyze, Serial Experiments Lain is a collection of psychological avant-garde mysteries that follows Lain as she makes critical decisions that will impact both the real world and the Wired. In closing one world and opening another, only Lain can know the sense of their existence.

Third-year high school student Koyomi Araragi manages to survive a vampire attack with the aid of Meme Oshino, a mysterious man living in an abandoned house. While rescued from vampirism, and now a human again, there are still many side effects, such as superhuman healing abilities and enhanced vision. Regardless, with the aid of his friend and class president, Tsubasa Hanekawa, Araragi seeks to live the life of a regular student.As classmate Hitagi Senjougahara falls down the stairs and Araragi caught him, the boy discovers the girl is unnaturally weightless.
Despite the objections of Senjougahara, Araragi maintains that he will support her by agreeing to enlist Oshino's support, the same man who once helped him with his own predicament. Bakemonogatari leads Araragi through several tales involving demons and gods as he tries to aid those suffering from supernatural diseases.

In a dying planet an ancient myth exists: the door to heaven will be opened when the world ends. This utopia is the only refuge in this desolate land for the remains of humanity, but the story also dictates that only wolves will find their way to this mystical domain. While wolves are long thought to be extinct, they still exist and live among humans, disguising themselves by elaborate illusions.A lone wolf named Kiba finds himself drawn to Freeze City, a destitute town under the rule of the callous Lord Orkham, by an intoxicating smell. Here, Kiba discovers that the same scent has attracted wolves Hige, Tsume, and Toboe in.
The wolves set out on a journey through desert deserts and decaying cities to find their mythical promised land by pursuing the scent of "Lunar Flowers," believed to be the secret to opening the door to their ideal world. They aren't the only ones looking for paradise, though, and those with more dangerous motives would do everything in their power to get to it first.

Inaba Yuushi's parents died in his first middle school year, and he and his family moved in. He could feel he was a burden, though they cared about him. After graduation he was happily prepared to transfer to a dormitory high school. Unfortunately, before he could move in, the dormitory burned to the ground!! Yuushi doesn't want to stay with his grudging family but it's hard finding accommodation with little money as an orphaned teen. Finally, he finds a room in a fairly old building that seems too good to be true.The catch is that it's a Monster Home, a place where human beings and supernatural entities live together, including ghosts, mononoke, etc.
There lives another high school teacher, a cute girl named Akine, and she's completely unfazed by the monsters. She can potentially even exorcise the evil spirits! Yuushi's life at secondary school just got a lot stranger than he ever discussed!

Witches are those with unique abilities such as Psi, telekinesis, mind control, etc. Robin, a 15-year-old craft user, arrives in Japan from Italy to work for an agency called the STN Japan Division (STN-J) as a substitute for one of the recently killed STN-J's witch hunters. Unlike other STN branches, STN-J is seeking to catch the witches alive so that they can know why and how they first became witches.

Makoto Kubota walked through life and didn't take anything too seriously or looked too deep inside. His position as head of the youth gang of the Izumo Group kept him happily busy with wars of yakuza, mahjong and assassinations ... He stumbled on a crazy medication called Wild Adapter until the day that causes strange side effects, including death. Changed forever, Kubota gets enmeshed with a drifter named Minoru Tokito, and the two form an unexpected companion that draws them deeper into the mystery of Wild Adapter ...

Those with special abilities are called "NEXT" in Stern Bild City, and can use their powers for either good or bad. A special unified NEXT squad frequently appears on Hero TV, pursuing evildoers to put their backers to the forefront and winning Hero Points in the hopes of becoming the next "King of Heroes."Kotetsu T. Kaburagi, known as "Wild Tiger," is a veteran hero whose success has deteriorated since late, partly because of his inability to work with other heroes. He is partnered with a brand new hero who calls himself by his real name—Barnaby Brooks Jr. Following a poor season where most of the other heroes greatly outperformed Tiger.
Barnaby, dubbed "Bunny" by his frivolous new girlfriend, reveals easily that the two couldn't be any different. While they mix together with oil and water, Tiger and Bunny must learn to work together, both for the sake of their jobs and to face the potential threats within Stern Bild.

Finally, the graduation day is here, marking the end of the excentric high school life of Koyomi Araragi, full of strange relationships with otherworldly beings.

Araragi, however, is suddenly pulled into his own bathroom mirror and stuck in a strange universe where everything he knows is fully reversed; the haughty Karen Araragi is shorter than normal, the poker-faced Yotsugi Ononoki is full of feeling, and the sweet ghost girl Mayoi Hachikuji is a grown woman! Yet this is not as it seems.

Zoku Owarimonogatari details the story of Araragi's endeavors in this new world as he struggles to return to his home and understand the nature of this bizarre dimension.

Young Anna Sasaki, who suffers from recurrent asthma attacks, is withdrawn, unsociable and alienated from her friends, creating constant worry for her foster parent. Anna is sent to the countryside on advice from the doctor, hoping the cleaner air and more relaxed lifestyle will improve her health and help clear her mind. Engaging in her passion for sketching, Anna spends her summer days living in a small town by the sea, with her aunt and uncle.One day Anna finds an abandoned house known as the Marsh House while walking outside. She soon discovers, however, that the house is as empty as it seems, running into a mysterious girl named Marnie.
Marnie's bubbly demeanor begins slowly drawing Anna out of her shell as she returns to meet her new friend night after night. But it seems that there is more to the mysterious girl than the eye meets; as her time in the city is coming to a close, Anna is starting to discover the reality behind the Marsh House walls. Omoide no Marnie tells a touching tale about the journey of a young girl through self-discovery and friendship, and the summer she will remember for the rest of her life.

Painted in blood, the word "VON" is all that's left behind after a terrorist attack on a Japanese nuclear plant. The government is split by their failure to respond, and the police are left frenzied in search of ways to crack down on the perpetrators. The world is unaware until, six months later, an strange video is making its way to the internet. In it two teenage boys who identify themselves as "Sphinx" challenge the police directly, threatening to cause destruction and mayhem throughout Tokyo.
Unable to halt the rapid spread of mass panic through the city and searching for any leads in their investigation, the police are struggling to intervene efficiently against these terrorists, with Detective Kenjirou Shibazaki trapped in the middle of it all. Zankyou no Terror recounts the story of Nine and Twelve, the two boys behind Sphinx's masked figures. They shouldn't exist, but they stand firm in a world of deceit and lies while watching the city crumble around them, all trying to hide their own tragic realities.

Hatsuki is a college student living with her friend, Hatsumi, on whom she has a big crush. On the 16th birthday of Hatsumi, she is unexpectedly engulfed by a green light, and disappears before Hatsuki. With the aid of a being that resembles a fat baby chick (literally) she manages to pursue Hatsumi, ending up in a location called "The Great Library," which is full of various worlds contained in books. Nevertheless, Hatsumi wasn't there and the quest for the true love of Hatsuki begins and includes jumping from book to book.

Once he entered high school Ryuu Yamada decided to turn over a new leaf and lead a positive school life. That's why he wanted to go to Suzaku High, where nobody would care about his violent past as a delinquent. He is soon bored, however, much to Ryuu's dismay; now a second year, Ryuu has returned with abysmal grades to his old ways, lazy and still getting into fights.One day, back from another visit to the school, Ryuu meets with Urara Shiraishi, a beautiful student of honor. A misstep causes both of them to fall down the stairs, ending up in a kiss! The pair learns they can move bodies with a kiss: an skill that will prove both useful and disturbing.
Learning from their new strength, they're recruited for the club by Toranosuke Miyamura, a student council officer and a single member of the Supernatural Studies Club. Soon joined by Miyabi Itou, an eccentric involved in all supernatural things, the party uncovers the story of the Suzaku High Seven Witches, seven female students who have gained different powers triggered by a kiss. The Supernatural Studies Club embarks on its first quest: to discover all of the witches 'identities.

Surrounded by a forest and a gated entrance, the Grace Field House is inhabited by orphans who happily live together as one big family with their "Mama," Isabella, in charge. While they are forced to take exams on a regular basis, children are free to spend their time as they see fit, usually playing outside, as long as they are not too far away from the orphanage, a law they are supposed to obey regardless of what. All good times will come to an end, though, because every few months a child is adopted and sent off to live with his new family ... Never again to be heard from.
The three oldest boys, however, have their doubts about what is really happening in the orphanage, and they are about to discover the cruel fate that awaits the children living in Grace Sector, including the sick existence of their beloved mum.

Your dearest wish can be granted at the peculiar Yuuko's shop for the appropriate price. Kimihiro Watanuki wants to be rid of his ability to see spirits and, as a payment, he works for Yuuko to do whatever she needs him to do, from cleaning up to errands and even helping other clients out of Yuuko. Watanuki and his colleague and competitor Shizuka Doumeki enjoy a meal with their colleague Kohane Tsuyuri and her grandmother in xxHOLiC Shunmuki, remembering how they have changed since they met each other.Watanuki later has a vision in which Doumeki's grandfather Haruka visits him, who wants him to find some items in the storeroom of the family temple.
Accompanied by Doumeki, he considers this mission more like a treasure hunt, with each object leading to another, and another one leading to an unpredictable yet inevitable end.

A stunning, young, bedridden dreamgazer named Kakyou remembers the life and death of a remarkable young woman whom he encountered in dreams in this prequel to the "X" TV show. He also recounts his visions of a dystopian future that will determine the destiny of the World.

Loki, the Norse god of chaos, was banished for what was clearly a bad joke to the human world. He's forced to take the form of a boy, as well as being exiled. He's told the only way he can get back to the gods 'world is if he can gather the auras of evil that take over human souls, and so he operates a detective agency to do that. A human girl named Mayura, who is a nut for mysteries, soon joins Loki and she helps out in her own way. Soon, however, other Norse gods are beginning to appear, and for reasons unknown, most are bent on assassinating Loki.

Six months earlier, his eccentric grandfather, Sir Wesley Disward, who was a famous collector of rare books, was lost to Lord Hugh Anthony Disward, also named Huey. His grandfather would claim that, in order to inherit his manor and everything in it, he must take care of the Bibliotheca Mystica de Dantalian—an archive containing forbidden knowledge—and also take care of a mysterious girl called Dalian.When Huey settles in the manor, his grandfather's former adversary arranges an encounter with him. Dalian, who suspects the competitor to be Wesley's killer, follows along and learns that the perpetrator is in possession of a cursed tome that Wesley sought to lock away.
When the book endangers the two, Huey finds that the Bibliotheca Mystica de Dantalian and Dalian are one and the same, and entrusts Huey with the key to unlocking the knowledge that is stored in her. Together, Dalian and Huey seal away the book, and thus start an unlikely relationship as they solve mysteries caused by other Phantom Books.

Policeman Shinjuurou Yuuki—known by some as the "Defeated Detective"—resolves mysteries around Tokyo in a dystopian future. Helped by his odd partner Inga, Shinjuurou's intuition and creativity in cracking cases, particularly homicides, lead to multiple mysteries that have been solved and the guilty captured. His wife, though, seems to have some other, more dangerous motives for the people they apprehend, and the identity and purpose of the assistant's reality is shrouded in secrecy.

Considered the third installment of the highly popular series When They Cry by 07th Expansion, Umineko no Naku Koro ni takes place on Rokkenjima Island, owned by the immensely wealthy Ushiromiya family. As normal every year, the entire family gathers on the island for a conference that addresses each individual's current financial circumstances. Due to the poor health of the head of the family, this year includes the question of the inheritance of the head of the family, and how it will be distributed.The father, however, is unaware that the distribution of his property is the least of Ushiromiya Kinzou's (family head) worries for the family conference this year.
Having been told that his long-time friend and physician was nearing his end, Kinzou is anxious to find one last time his life's true love: the Golden Witch, Beatrice. Having immersed himself in black magic throughout his life for several years to come, Kinzou instigates a ritual to restore his beloved upon the arrival on Rokkenjima of his kin.Shortly after, a violent typhoon traps the family on the island and a series of unexplained murders begins, forcing the eighteen people on the island to fight in a deadly war between fantasy and reality for their survival.

One autumn evening standing behind the Shimogamo Shrine at a mysterious ramen, a lonely third year college student bumps into a man with an eggplant-shaped head who calls himself a god of love. Meeting this guy leads the student to focus on his past two years at college with his only friend Ozu, a ghoulish-looking man clearly committed to making his life as miserable as possible, unsuccessfully spent two years trying to break up couples on campus.
In order to make the best of the remainder of his college life, the student decides to ask the unsociable but kind-hearted underclassman Akashi, but does not follow through, causing him to lament that he does not live his college life differently. However, as soon as this thought passes through his mind, he is hurtled at the beginning of his college years through time and space and offered another thought.Surreal, surreal, and mind-bending, Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei portrays a young man's misadventures on a journey of making friends, finding love, and discovering the rose-colored campus life he always dreamed of.

A series of three Japanese classic horror stories: "Yotsuya Kaidan," the story of a woman deceived by her husband who seeks vengeance even in death. "Tenshu Monogatari," the tale of a forbidden love between a goddess and a human being, and "Bakeneko," the tale of a strange cat creature with a vendetta against a family.

The plot revolves around Maya, the daughter of the former Waldstein Academy headmaster and Fumiaki Uchida, a time traveling agent. By 2012, aliens had conquered the planet, and time travelers were sent back to 1999 to locate and destroy the Nostradamus Key, which Nostradamus Prophecy predicted as what will bring on the apocalypse. The series then turns to the year 1999, when Maya returns to the Academy with the goal of destroying the Academy by restoring the role of her late father as principal. Her scheme was disrupted when she encounters Fumiaki and learns of the devastation to come.While they are distrustful of Fumiaki, they form a pact to search for the Nostradamus Key.
Time agents were equipped with specially developed cellular phones to locate the Nostradamus Key. If a consumer identifies an object of interest by thinking about destroying it and taking a snapshot, and if the resulting picture is that of a happy world, then the subject is the Nostradamus Key. Conversely, if Nostradamus Key is not the focus, then the photo shows destruction. Maya and Fumiaki investigate supernatural phenomena as they arise in the town by using the camera.

The story revolves around Maya, the daughter of the former Waldstein Academy headmaster and Fumiaki Uchida, a time traveling agent. In 2012, aliens had conquered the planet, and time travelers were sent back to 1999 to locate and destroy the Nostradamus Key, which Nostradamus Prophecy predicted as what would bring about the apocalypse. The series then turns to the year 1999, when Maya returns to the Academy with the goal of destroying the Academy by restoring the role of her late father as principal. Her mission was disrupted when she sees Fumiaki and hears of the devastation to come.While they are distrustful of Fumiaki, they form a pact to search for the Nostradamus Key.
Time agents were provided with specially developed cellular phones to find the Nostradamus Key. When a consumer identifies an object of interest by thinking about destroying it and taking a snapshot, and if the resulting picture is that of a peaceful world, then the subject is the Nostradamus Key. Conversely, if Nostradamus Key is not the focus, then the picture shows destruction. Maya and Fumiaki investigate supernatural phenomena as they arise in the town by using the camera.

Vatican City—The Catholic Holy Land. In the middle of the country, there is an agency undertaking extensive reviews of "miracle stories" from around the world to determine their authenticity. The group is known as "Seito no Za" (Assembly of Saints), and the priests who belong to it are known as miracle investigators. Robert Nicholas, an ancient pioneer in archiving and cryptanalysis, is acquainted with and good friends with the brilliant scientist Hiraga Josef Kou. The imaginative team, together, is researching the "miracles" and uncovering the events and conspiracies hidden behind them.

Aya Tachibana is a sixth grader who is fretful and obsessive about friends, family, grades, etc. One day, with four rather idiosyncratic boys she met at cram school, she joins the "Tantei Squad KZ" There are the glib and attention-grabbing chief Kazuomi Wakatake, the enigmatic "personal relationship specialist" Takakazu Kuroki, the smart and stoic genius of mathematics Kazunori Uesugi, and the sweet-hearted Kazuhiko Kozuka who is excellent at social and scientific matters.As the "language expert," Aya finds her place among them.
"Tantei Team KZ" gets involved in modern day cases, and even though they bicker from time to time, they cooperate by pooling each of their talents and skills to solve these cases.

Milky Holmes is a squad of four detectives who come from successful detectives and have supernatural powers known as "Toys." In this alternate universe they are on the road to being good detectives rather than losing their Toys and becoming useless students. They work to solve mysteries, under the direction of the Kobayashi Opera.

"Toys" are powers given to those who have been selected to wield them, each having qualities unique to its users. Some of these people are born innocent, and use their abilities to become detectives. Others are blooming laced with poison and choosing to be ghost thieves. These two competing forces led detective detectives to be established across the globe to fight and capture the phantom criminals.Sherlock Shellingford, Nero Yuzurizaki, Hercule Burton, and Cordelia Glauca form "Milky Holmes," a party known by the Holmes Detective Academy located in Yokohama as the cream of the crop.
But their Toys abruptly vanish in a skirmish against the phantom thief Arsene, deeming them unfit to proceed as detectives. Stripped of their glamorous life and thrown into a rundown attic, they risk expulsion if, over the next three months, they struggle to recover strength. Tantei Opera Milky Holmes tells the tale of a once legendary group on their quest to retrieve their Toys, as well as attempting to continue their line of work without the forces that once dominated their careers.

Kyuu is your typical guy, with a logical and analytical knack. Desiring to become a detective, he finds out about the existence of the Dan Detective School (DDS); a famed school where students are allowed to bear arms. Along with Megu, a girl with photographic memory, the master of martial arts Kinta, the brilliant programmer Kazuma, and the enigmatic Ryuu, Kyuu tackles several well-planned crimes, always finding the truth.

Behind many of the unusual phenomena of life lie elusive, unknowable beings unknown to the laws of nature, known only to some and feared by others.A Mushi of fearsome force long ago threatened to extinguish all life. Mushishi's Minai clan were born from those who stopped this malevolent power, their leaders bound by obligation to serve the Karibusa family as retainers, within whom the Mushi remains sealed. Tanyuu Karibusa sends the Mushishi Ginko a job request: oversee the work of the Minai clan's leader, Kumado Minai, in investigating an abandoned village where dead forests and even houses spring to life as flourishing plants.
Though the Minai clan are oddly ruthless among Mushishi, even more peculiar is their widespread dull character, with little appreciation for beauty or sentiment. Tanyuu believes there is more to this trend than meets the eye. Ginko aims to answer her curiosity as he follows Kumado into a "Path of Thorns," a place where Mushi flow from their own strange sources into the world of the living. Rare and deadly varieties of Mushi lurk in these depths, along with the secret nature of the Minai clan's resolve to their ancient task.

"Mushi": the world's most essential life-forms. They live without any aims or intentions aside from merely being. They are beyond the fetters of the words "positive" and "evil." Mushi can live in various ways and can resemble objects from the natural world such as plants, illnesses, and even rainbow phenomena.Nevertheless, this is just a vague description of those entities that inhabit Mushishi's vibrant world, as it would be an oversimplification to even call them a life form. Good knowledge on Mushi is scarce since most people are unaware of their life.What are Mushi, then, and why are they? That's the problem a "Mushishi," Ginko, is always pondering.
Mushishi are the ones who are researching Mushi in the hope of knowing their place in the hierarchy of life in the world.Ginko chases rumors of events that could be related to Mushi, all for the sake of seeking a answer.After all, it could contribute to the very essence of life itself.

Zero returns after his departure from the school, as a direct continuation of the first season. Yuuki, whose history is still shrouded in mystery, wonders, amid her relief, what actually happened to Zero during the separation. As Zero continues to have the odd vision that has arisen since the day he drank Kaname's blood, in an effort to find answers, he visits the now awakened Maria Kurenai. She only gives him a vague response that suggests who the real enemy may really be.Meanwhile, vampires from the Supreme Council of Vampires arrive at the academy to threaten Zero with death for his sin of murdering a pureblood.
Kaname intervenes with the council's decision, however, not only with the intention to save Zero, but with another unknown reason for everyone around him.

Zero returns after his departure from the school, as a direct continuation of the first season. Yuuki, whose history is still shrouded in mystery, wonders, amid her relief, what actually happened to Zero during the separation. As Zero continues to have the odd vision that has arisen since the day he drank Kaname's blood, in an effort to find answers, he visits the now awakened Maria Kurenai. She only gives him a vague response that suggests who the real enemy may really be.Elsewhere, vampires from the Supreme Council of Vampires arrive at the academy to threaten Zero with death for his sin of murdering a pureblood.
Kaname intervenes with the council's decision, however, not only with the intention to save Zero, but with another unknown reason for those around him.

For years, brilliant programmer Shiki Magata has worked as a recluse in a research facility tucked away on a remote island. She seldom sees visitors but she is always being checked out by associate professor Souhei Saikawa and university student Moe Nishinosono. And their meeting is shortened as they are trapped in the mystery of a locked-room murder.

Not all is as it seems and there are many secrets hidden. A almost unlikely and gruesome crime is taking place inside an abandoned house, and Saikawa and Moe must uncover the reality behind the murder and the mysterious history of Magata.

A series of three Japanese classic horror stories: "Yotsuya Kaidan," the story of a wife deceived by her husband who seeks vengeance even in death. "Tenshu Monogatari," the tale of a forbidden love between a goddess and a human being, and "Bakeneko," the tale of a strange cat creature with a vendetta against a family.

Takeya Yuki is a school-lover. It's a wonderful place for her, where she loves her school activities, especially her club's activities, the School-Life Club. The club has Rii-chan as its president, Kurumi-chan as another member, and Megu-nee, its teacher, is still there for them. Yeah, she has a passion for her school ... In her hands. Since the truth of the school and its club's activities is too difficult to understand for her ...

Are you a survivor of the possession of unwelcome spirits? Is there a ghost that you need to send to and fro ... or burn for all eternity? If the answer is yes, then you'll need Muhyo and Roji, Magic Law experts. Their speciality is to do vengeance to evil spirits.

The power to produce miracles is not just a spiritual phenomenon; it is a talent that manifests itself in a small number of individuals. "Minimum," or small miracles, are supernatural abilities which are held only by limited individuals called "Minimum Holders." The Yokohama Troubleshooting Detective Agency, or Hamatora for short, is comprised of the "Minimum Manager PI Duo," Nice and Murasaki. Their office is a lone table at Cafe Nowhere where new customers await the pair and their colleagues.Suddenly, the jobs they start to get seem to have odd links with the serial killer that their friend Art, a police officer, is searching for.
The victims of the murder have one particular similarity: they are both Minimum Holders. As holders themselves, Nice and Murasaki are drawn to the situation, but what exactly is the link between Nice and the one who orchestrates it all?