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Samurai Champloo

Looking for good anime to watch? Here are the best anime shows of all time, ranked by fans everywhere. Top anime series include popular shows&nbsp;like Death Note, Attack on Titan, and many&nbsp;more. Plus, with so much&nbsp;<a href="/list/new-anime-debuting-in-2018/elise-yeakley" target="_blank">new anime debuting</a> each year, the list of best anime will only grow. The blanket term &quot;anime&quot; in the US can refer to any animation originating in Japan, and specifically differentiates a few aspects of Japanese animation from more Western styles. For example, the <a href="/list/funniest-anime-shows/ranker-anime">top comedy&nbsp;animes</a> can be be much more explicit in their humor.&nbsp;This includes the Japanese propensity to feature adult themes, cool action scenes,&nbsp;and stories in animation, as opposed to Western &quot;cartoons&quot; aimed primarily at children, as well as the exaggerated, fantasy-oriented and colorful style of Japanese animated visuals.

Anime TV series first found popularity <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/anime-set-outside-japan/anna-lindwasser?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">outside of Japan</a> in the 1980s and have continued to find larger&nbsp;audiences in the West. A number of famous anime shows&nbsp;originating in Japan - such as Cowboy Bebop or Dragon Ball Z - have found enthusiastic audiences for dubbed versions in <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/countries-where-english-is-the-official-language/best-world-journeys?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">English speaking countries</a>. The anime style has grown so popular in the US, it has stared to significantly influence the style and aesthetics of American animation. Shows such as Avatar: The Last Airbender, Afro Samurai, and Samurai Jack have borrowed heavily from anime in terms of pacing, subject matter, and design.

Ranking the greatest anime ever is certainly a difficult task, but it&#39;s time to settle this once and for all: which of the most popular anime shows crack the top 100., the top 10, or even the top 10 anime of all time?

Action

Tokyo Ghoul

Here are the best action <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-anime-series-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">anime series</a> of all time, ranked by fans everywhere. From superhero&nbsp;anime, like One-Punch Man and My Hero Academia, to sword fighting anime, like Berserk and Bleach, the most popular action anime list features martial arts, car chases, and visually stunning fight animation. Other good action animes include One Piece, Naruto, and The Seven Deadly Sins.

Vote up the top action-packed&nbsp;<a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-anime-series-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">anime shows to watch</a>, and add your favorites if they&#39;re missing from the list.

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Hellsing Ultimate

For those of you looking for anime that is a bit more mature, like <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-seinen-anime-and-manga/ranker-anime">seinen anime</a>, here&#39;s a&nbsp;list of the best adult anime of all time. One of the worst stereotypes about anime is that it&#39;s just for children, but the shows below prove that to be completely wrong. What makes an anime mature or &quot;adult?&quot; It isn&#39;t just the plot, but the themes and ideals that are presented in the show that would likely go over the head of a younger viewer. In fact, many are great&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-anime-to-watch-while-you-and-_39_re-stoned/ranker-anime">stoner anime</a>, filled with jokes and <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/comedic-relief-characters-in-anime/ranker-anime">funny anime characters</a> that children just won&#39;t understand.&nbsp;Take Samurai Champloo, for instance, which addresses some heavy topics. Ghost in the Shell is another great example of an adult anime series, where the subject matter revolves around politics and philosophy, both of which will not likely not be understood by someone under the age of 18.

What is the best anime series for adults to watch? Vote for your favorites on the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-harem-anime/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">anime list</a> below, but only if you&#39;ve actually seen the series. Is one of your top mature <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-anime-series-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">anime shows</a> missing? Add it to the poll so that others can vote for it also.

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Chaika: The Coffin Princess

List of the best assassin anime, voted on by Ranker&#39;s anime community. This may not be the most popular genre of Japanese animation, but all of these shows are worth checking out if you&#39;re looking for something new to watch. This poll includes video clips of each show, so if you haven&#39;t seen one you can watch it right here on this page. Explore the underground world of professional eliminators as they stalk their prey, inching closer and closer toward their next targets. The shows that are listed may have different sub-genres, but they&#39;re all about taking out people for money&nbsp;in one way or another.

List ranges from Future Diary to <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/anime-like-darker-than-black-recommendations/ranker-anime?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Darker than Black</a>: Gemini of the Meteor, plus much more. What is the greatest assassin anime of all time? Scroll down and find out for yourself!

Romance

It&#39;s time to get in touch with your emotional side, as we&#39;re ranking the top romance <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/saddest-anime-series-of-all-time/ranker-anime?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">anime that</a> has ever been made. These shows typically depict two people falling in love; it starts with a crush and the audience watches it blossom from there. Good romance anime highlights all kinds of relationships, from schoolyard crushes and first kisses to crossdressing&nbsp;anime&nbsp;about&nbsp;adults developing a relationship at work. They also feature some of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/sexy-anime-girls-that-are-too-hot/ranker-anime">sexiest anime characters</a>&nbsp;and <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-female-anime-characters/ranker-characters">anime girls</a> ever created.&nbsp;Sometimes referred to as love anime, these shows can be a little more slow-paced than your typical <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-shoujo-anime-and-manga/ranker-anime">shoujo&nbsp;anime</a>, but that isn&#39;t to say they&#39;re boring. In fact some of the best romance anime isn&#39;t strictly about love, but rather a combination of multiple genres.

In the hit series Inuyasha, the love between Inuyasha and Kagome is strong throughout the series, but it takes a back seat to the fighting and action scenes that really drive the show. The same goes for the popular Eureka 7, where Renton and Eureka fall in love while piloting mechs and fighting the evil United Federation.&nbsp;Now, if anime romance is your kind of thing, be sure to vote up the best series below.

Don&#39;t forget, if one of your favorite romantic <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-anime-series-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">anime shows</a> is missing from the poll, you can add it so that others can vote for it too. Add as many series as you like, as long as they tell a love story with intense feelings and emotions.

List of the best mafia anime, voted on by Ranker&#39;s anime community. Anime about the mob or syndicate may not be the most popular genre of Japanese animation, but all of these shows are worth checking out if you&#39;re looking for something new to watch. Although Baccano! is the only true anime that is about the actual mafia, there are plenty of other great &quot;mafia-esque&quot; anime that exist.&nbsp;The shows that are listed may have different sub-genres, but they&#39;re all about the mafia in one way or another.

Examples of anime on this list include Black Lagoon and Cuticle Detective Inaba. What is the greatest mafia anime of all time? Scroll down and find out for yourself!

Fantasy

From classics, like Wolf&#39;s Rain, to newer series, like The Seven Deadly Sins, here are the&nbsp;best fantasy <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-anime-series-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">anime series</a> of time, and we want you to vote for <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-ultimate-favorites-list/stevo200?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">your favorites</a>! How do you know what constitutes a <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-new-fantasy-tv-shows/ranker-tv" target="_blank">fantasy show</a>? Fantasy anime such as Naruto&nbsp;Shippuden&nbsp;typically involves various forms of magic, supernatural elements and mystical creatures that you wouldn&#39;t typically see in other genres. The setting of these shows is more than not a distant or imaginary world, such as the Demon Plane in the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-martial-arts-anime/ranker-anime">great martial arts anime</a>&nbsp;Yu Yu Hakushu. Featuring fantasy adventure, dark fantasy, and action fantasy, other good fantasy anime on this list include Fairy Tail, Black Butler, and Akame ga Kill!

Vote up the top fantasy anime shows to watch, and add your favorites if they&#39;re missing from the list.&nbsp;

Baby Steps

List of the best sports anime, voted on by Ranker's anime community. The anime sports genre boasts a huge array of amazing shows, covering just about every sport you can think of (Ping Pong: The Animation can verify this.) Must-watch sports anime includes Eyeshield 21, <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/all-prince-of-tennis-anime-characters/ranker-anime?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Prince of Tennis</a> and Slam Dunk, but there are so many other great shows that are less known but just as good.&nbsp;This poll includes video clips of each show, so you can watch each top sports anime right here on this page. If your favorite anime about sports is missing, add it to the list so that others can vote for it too! &nbsp; The shows that are listed may have different sub-genres, but they're all about sports in one way or another. What is the greatest sport anime of all time? Scroll down and help fans&nbsp;decide once and for all.Make sure you check out the best <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-kurokos-basketball-quotes/ranker-anime" target="_blank">Kuroko's Basketball quotes</a> is you consider yourself a fan.

Survival

List of the best survival game anime, voted on by Ranker's anime community. If you're looking for movies and shows like The Hunger Games or Battle Royale, then these series may really interest you.&nbsp;Watch children and adults alike battle to the death when they're put in situations where it's every man from himself. If you're new to the survival game genre then be warned- there is a usually a lot of extreme violence, including limbs being torn from bodies and so much more. Several extremely popular anime of the last 5 years fall into the survival game genre, including Sword Art Online a Wand Deadman Wonderland. This poll includes video clips of each show, so if you haven't seen one you can watch it right here on this page. The shows that are listed may have different sub-genres, but they're all about survival game in one way or another. Everything from Future Diary to Hunter X Hunter is included on this list. What is the greatest survival game anime of all time? Scroll down and find out for yourself!

Martial Arts

One Piece

We&#39;re ranking the best martial arts anime of all time. Although martial arts usually refers to Asian practices of fighting, the term can in fact include any facet of fighting. There are grappling anime shows included below like Baki The Grappler and Shootfighter Tekken, and there are more traditional karate anime, like <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-anime-like-kenichi-the-mightiest-disciple/ranker-anime?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple</a>. Some anime include martial arts with powers, like DBZ and Naruto, and although these can be slightly over the top, they&#39;re still some of the best that the genre has to offer. No matter what your favorite fighting martial arts anime is, we want you to vote for the series that you love the most. With the help of your votes, we&#39;ve created the ultimate list of top martial arts anime shows, but we still need more and more votes to make the list a reliable recommendation guide for other anime fans. Feel free to upvote and downvote any of the shows below, just as long as you&#39;ve actually seen them enough to form an opinion about them.

Black Butler

List of <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/funny-game-day-signs/ashley-reign?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the funniest</a> anime of all time, as voted on by the Ranker anime community. Although many great animes have comedy elements to them, the shows below are true&nbsp;comedy <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/saddest-anime-series-of-all-time/ranker-anime?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">anime that</a> will really have you in stitches from start to finish. Many of them have jokes that translate well from Japanese to <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-dubbed-anime/ranker-anime">English dub&nbsp;anime</a>, such as <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-gender-switch-anime/reference">anime gender bender</a>&nbsp;plots.&nbsp;Does Gin Tama&nbsp;make you laugh so hard that you cry? Top comedy <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-anime-series-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">anime shows</a> are the ones that make us laugh not only once, but again and again. Vote for what you think are the funniest animes ever and let your opinion be known.

Mystery Entertainment

There&#39;s more to the mystery genre than just Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Cristie. If you love detectives, crime, and tricky questions and you&#39;re also an anime fan, you need to be watching mystery anime.

What are the best mystery anime? That depends on what you&#39;re looking for. If you want a show about professional detectives, you might want to check out&nbsp;Bungo Stray Dogs&nbsp;or&nbsp;Case Closed.&nbsp;If you&#39;d rather watch a show about ordinary people trying to make heads or tails of mysterious circumstances, From the New World&nbsp;or&nbsp;Higurashi no Naku Koro ni&nbsp;might be more your speed. No matter what you&#39;re looking for, there&#39;s probably a mystery anime on this list that will appeal to you.

Slayers

You might think that high fantasy is exclusive to Western media. You might be picturing Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of&nbsp;Narnia, or more recently, Game of Thrones. Western media definitely does not corner the market on high fantasy, though—there’s actually a ton of fantastic anime that fits the bill.&nbsp;So <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/high-fantasy-books-novels-and-stories/reference">what is high fantasy</a>, exactly? The term refers to more than just magical story elements. To qualify as high fantasy, a piece of media needs to take place in a magical world outside our own. So Erased, where the main character has the ability to travel back in time, doesn’t count, because he lives in the Earth version of Japan.Other elements include the battle between good and evil, a protagonist who starts off childlike but matures as the series progresses, and, of course, magic. Sometimes <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-dragon-movies-list/all-genre-movies-lists">there are dragons</a>, sometimes <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/list-of-wizard-characters/reference">there are wizards</a>, and sometimes there are giant car-like insects who just need to be understood.&nbsp;There are tons of excellent high fantasy anime, so check out this handful of them, and let us know which one you like the best!

Supernatural & Paranormal

Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic

Do you have a taste for the supernatural when you watch anime? There's nothing wrong with that. In fact plenty of anime series have incorporated supernatural elements over the years. These shows feature demons, shinigami, ghosts, gods and other unworldly characters, offering a different dynamic compared to more realistic shows. Supernatural anime often features a human working side by side with an unknown force of nature. Take the relationship between <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-ryuk-quotes-death-note/ranker-anime?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Light Yagami and Ryuk</a> in the hit series Death Note, for example. The two act as a team throughout the series, but not without consequence to Light (after all, he's just entertainment for the death god.) &nbsp;On this list you can vote for what you consider to be the top supernatural anime. Is one of your favorite shows missing? Simply add it to the list and others will be able to vote for it too. Just make sure if you add an anime to the list, make sure it can fall under the supernatural genre. That means shows with witches, super powers, strange abilities and anything that is mysterious and out of the ordinary. &nbsp;&nbsp;

Steins;Gate

If you ended up on this page, you&#39;re one of two people. If you&#39;re a nerd like me, then you&#39;re looking for some good trippy anime because you love unique art styles and want to watch some different. Then there are those of you who are about to eat some mushrooms, and want to know what anime they should watch while tripping. Either way, we&#39;ve thrown together a great selection that includes trippy anime movies, as well as <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-gods-anime/reference">god anime</a>. These shows are all very visually stimulating, playing off a wide selection of colors and shapes that are guaranteed to blow your mind at least a little bit. We&#39;ve included classics like FLCL and Akira, but if you&#39;ve been out of the game for a while then you&#39;ll be delighted to discover some newer trippy anime titles, especially Space Dandy.

There are a few titles on here that are more psychologically trippy, so if you want lots of colors and don&#39;t want to think too much you should definitely stay away from Satoshi Kon&#39;s Paranoia Agent. Vote up your favorite <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/saddest-anime-series-of-all-time/ranker-anime?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">anime that</a> is visually or mentally trippy, or simply use this as a guide for <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-supernatural-anime/ranker-anime?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">anime to</a> enjoy during your next trip (or not, shout out to us sober people!)

Guilty Crown

Are you looking for sad anime that will make you cry? Well look no further, because for this list we&#39;re ranking the saddest anime of all time. These series come from a wide variety of genres, but they share the commonality of being depressing as hell. Yes we&#39;ve included mainstream shows like Naruto, but don&#39;t even try to say that show doesn&#39;t have some of the saddest moments in anime history. Films are included here too, so you&#39;ll be seeing sad anime movies like 5 Centimeters Per Second and Grave of the Fireflies on the list below.&nbsp;

Sometimes even one death in an anime can cloud the whole series with sadness. Perhaps the saddest death in all of anime goes to Maes Hughes from Fullmetal Alchemist. The funeral and burial scene is notorious for making people cry, especially when Hughes&#39; daughter Elicia starts to ask her mom where daddy is (the scene is included below if you want to watch it).

Are we missing a really sad or depressing anime that you feel deserves to be here? Go ahead and add it to the list! How melancholy something makes you feel is subjective, so don&#39;t be afraid to add an obscure or less mentioned anime.

High School

Sweet Blue Flowers

High school in anime is just like high school in real life- it's full of drama, romance, crazy teachers and a whole lot of excitement. This is our list of the best high school anime, voted on by Ranker's anime community. This may not be the most popular genre of Japanese animation, but all of these shows are worth checking out if you're looking for something new to watch. This poll includes video clips of each show, so if you haven't seen one you can watch it right here on this page. Experience high school through the eyes of incredible characters and their struggles to make it through those tough years. The shows that are listed may have different sub-genres, but they're all about high school in one way or another. The list you're viewing is made up of many different anime, including Star Driver and Toradora!. What is the greatest high school anime of all time? Scroll down and find out for yourself!

Deadman Wonderland

Sci-fi geeks, we need you now more than ever! This is Ranker's list of the greatest sci-fi anime of all time, and we want you to make your voice heard by voting on this poll.&nbsp;Although <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-scifi-television-series-of-all-time">science fiction TV</a>&nbsp;is typically associated with live-action shows, it wouldn't be a stretch to say that some of the best sci-fi series ever created are anime. Sci-fi anime can also cross multiple genres, including <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/top-10-horror-anime/ranker-anime">horror anime</a>, <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-romance-anime/ranker-anime">romance anime</a>, <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-robot-girl-anime/reference">robot girl anime</a>&nbsp;and even <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-samurai-anime/ranker-anime">samurai anime</a>.&nbsp;Sure Star Trek&nbsp;is an enormously popular show, but is Cowboy Bebop not an equally amazing creation? The space western formally introduced anime to the western world when it debuted in 2000, and is universally considered one of the greatest works of art ever made. Other popular anime series that fall under the science fiction genre include Neon Genesis Evangelion, Ergo Proxy and Gurren Lagann.What makes these series stand out from other anime? Often it's the setting, as many sci-fi series like Outlaw Star take place in space. Other times it's the unique characters, like the cybernetic humans found in&nbsp;Ghost in the Shell. No matter what makes an anime sci-fi, it doesn't matter as long as it brings us joy and entertainment.&nbsp;

Clannad

When it comes to anime, sometimes it's nice to take a break from the craziness of fighting and watch something that's a little more like everyday life. That's what slice of life anime brings to the table- a narrow but close look into the life of a fellow human being, minus the mecha robots or witches with superpowers that other more fantastical shows have to offer. These shows feature ordinary people doing ordinary things, so don't expect to see any laser beams or epic battles to the death if you watch any of these. In slice of life anime the strength comes from the drama and realism of characters, and often times the show will feature a love interest for <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/overpowered-anime-characters/crystal-brackett?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the main character</a>.&nbsp;Anime that can be considered as &quot;slice of life&quot; include Beck, the story of a young boy's desire to learn the guitar, and Bartender, a look into the life of someone who serves drinks for a living.&nbsp;Vote for your favorite shows on the list, and add some if you think they deserve to be here. Just make sure the show falls under the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/new-slice-of-life-anime-2019/anna-lindwasser?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">slice of life genre</a> if you're going to put it on this poll.&nbsp;

Dragon Ball Z

If you&#39;re one of those people who only watches anime in Japanese, we don&#39;t blame you. English dubs can really ruin a series if they&#39;re not good, but for this list we&#39;re ranking the best English <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-anime-on-hulu/ranker-anime?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">dubbed anime series</a> of all time. Which <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-english-anime-voice-actors/anna-lindwasser?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">English voice actors</a> really got it right? We want you to vote up the anime series with the best English dub, no matter what genre the show is. Many of these top <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/anime-that-deserve-a-movie-adaptation/ranker-anime">anime should be&nbsp;live action movies</a>. Some good examples of great English dub characters are&nbsp;Vic Mignogna&#39;s Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist, or Christopher Sabat&#39;s Vegeta in Dragon Ball Z. Both actors have received a ton of accolades for their work with their respected characters, including many awards.

We know that everyone has their own preferences, so we&#39;re letting you add any of your top English anime dubs to the list if they&#39;re not already here. Your pick might get downvoted to oblivion, but hey, maybe other people will love it too!

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Mysteries & Detectives

Ready to cast your votes anime fans? We need your input on this list of the best detective anime of all time. This poll features only the top detective anime, along with a few series that may blur genres since they're about police and homicide investigations. Which do you prefer, dark detective anime series like&nbsp;Black Jack, or more light-hearted loli shows like&nbsp;Gosick? Either way we want to hear from you, so please vote for your favorites and help this become the definitive best detective anime list. The investigators in these shows solve all kinds of mysteries, from bloody murders to petty thefts. You can watch a few of these detective anime on Netflix, including the very popular&nbsp;Death Note.&nbsp;Did you know that since its start in 1994,&nbsp;Cased Closed&nbsp;is STILL on the air? Detective Conan continues to solve mysteries after all these years, proving that detective anime is both popular and commercially successful. That show may not be a fan favorite among today's audience, but you've got to respect its longevity.

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Case Closed

Case Closed, known originally as Meitantei Conan, is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. The series is serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday since January 19, 1994, and has been collected into 84 tankōbon volumes. Due to legal considerations with the name Detective Conan, the English language release was renamed to Case Closed. The story follows Jimmy Kudo, an amateur detective who transformed into a child while investigating the Black Organization.
Meitantei Conan received an anime adaptation by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and TMS Entertainment. The anime resulted in animated feature films, original video animations, video games, audio disc releases, and live action episodes. In 2009, a television special titled Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan was aired featuring characters from Lupin III.
Funimation licensed the anime series for North American broadcast in 2003 under the name Case Closed with the characters given Americanized names. The anime premiered on Cartoon Network as part of their Adult Swim programming block and was discontinued due to low ratings.

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Bungo Stray Dogs

Bungo Stray Dogs is a 2016 anime series adapted from the manga series written by Kafka Asagiri and illustrated by Sango Harukawa. The story centers on individuals who are gifted with super natural powers and use them for different purposes including holding a business, solving mysteries, and carrying out missions assigned by the mafia. The story mainly follows the members of the "Armed Detective Agency" and their everyday lives.

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Psycho-Pass

Psycho-Pass (Production I.G, 2012) is a Japanese sci-fi anime series. Policewoman Akane Tsunemori obeys the ruling, computerized, precognitive Sibyl System, but when she faces a criminal mastermind who can elude this "perfect" system, she questions both Sibyl and herself.

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Death Note

Death Note (Madhouse, 2006) is a Japanese supernatural thriller anime series based on the manga by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. The story follows Light Yagami, a teen genius who stumbles across a mysterious otherworldly notebook: the "Death Note", which belonged to the Shinigami Ryuk and grants the user the supernatural ability to kill anyone whose name is written in its pages.

Monster

Monster is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa. The manga was adapted by Madhouse into a 74-episode anime TV series, which aired April 2004 to September 2005. The story revolves around Kenzo Tenma, a Japanese surgeon living in Germany whose life enters turmoil after getting himself involved with Johan Liebert, one of his former patients, who is revealed to be a psychopathic serial-killer.

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Terror in Resonance

Terror in Resonance, also known as Terror in Tokyo in Japan, is a Japanese anime television series produced by MAPPA. The anime was directed by Shinichirō Watanabe, with character designs by Kazuto Nakazawa and music by Yoko Kanno. The anime began airing on Fuji TV's Noitamina block on July 10, 2014 and its final episode aired on September 25, 2014. In total, it was made up of 11 episodes. Funimation has acquired North American streaming rights, while Anime Limited has acquired streaming rights for the UK and Madman Entertainment has acquired rights in Australia. Funimation premiered the series at Anime Expo on Saturday July 5, 2014.

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Gosick

Gosick is a Japanese light novel series by Kazuki Sakuraba, with illustrations by Hinata Takeda. The series includes 13 novels published by Fujimi Shobo between December 2003 and July 2011. Set in a fictional European country in 1924, a Japanese exchange student meets a mysterious, brilliant girl who only leaves the library to sleep. Her brother, a detective, relies on her exceptional mind to solve difficult mysteries. Tokyopop released the first two novels in English in North America. A manga adaptation drawn by Sakuya Amano was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's Monthly Dragon Age magazine. A 24-episode anime adaptation by Bones aired between January and July 2011. A sequel novel titled Gosick Red was released in December 2013.

Akshaya Mary

Hyouka

Danganronpa: The Animation

Danganronpa The Animation

Danganronpa: The Animation is a 2013 anime television series based on Spike Chunsoft's mystery video game, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc. The anime is directed by Seiji Kishi. The 13-episode series aired in Japan between July 4 and September 26, 2013

Young Kindaichi&#39;s Casebook

Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo

Detective School Q

Tantei Gakuen Q

Parasyte: The Maxim

Parasyte: The Maxim (Madhouse, 2014) is a Japanese sci-fi horror anime series based on the manga by Hitoshi Iwaaki. Partially infected by a Parasyte (monsters that consume humans), 17-year-old Shinichi Izumi must learn to co-exist with the creature if he is to survive both the life of a Parasyte and human.

Darker than Black

Darker than Black, known in Japan as Darker than Black: The Black Contractor, is an anime television series created, directed and written by Tensai Okamura and animated by Bones. It premiered across Japan from April 5, 2007 on MBS, TBS, and its affiliated broadcast stations, with its satellite television premiere in Japan on Animax in May 2007. The music for the series is composed by Yoko Kanno. The series has also been adapted into two manga series, which are serialized in Monthly Asuka and in Young Gangan.
A sequel titled Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor premiered in Japan on October 8, 2009.

Spiral

Spiral is a French television police and legal drama series set in Paris. The show follows the lives and work of Paris police officers and the lawyers and judges who work at the Palais de Justice. It was created by the TV production company Son et Lumière.
The first series of eight-episodes started on Canal+ in France on 13 December 2005. The series was shown in the UK on BBC Four during the summer of 2006. It was the channel's first French-language drama series, attracting a modest but loyal audience and firm critical approval. On 13 September 2009, BBC Four started showing the second series – another eight-part series, partly funded by the BBC – was broadcast from 12 May 2008. The third series was shown from 2 April 2011, and the fourth series from 9 February 2013 – both consisting of twelve episodes.
Series 5 was filmed in 2013 and broadcast in France in late 2014, and in the UK, subtitled Double Murder, on BBC Four from 10 January 2015. The sixth series has been ordered.
Spiral has been a great export success, with sales to broadcasters in some 70 countries, among them Australia, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

Ghost Hunt

Ghost Hunt, originally titled Akuryō Series, is a light novel series written by Fuyumi Ono. It follows the adventures of the Shibuya Psychic Research Center as they investigate mysterious occurrences all over Japan with a team of other spiritualists and clever assistants. Although the last novel was published in 1994, the story was left incomplete.
The novels were adapted into a radio drama for Akuryō Series in 1997. A manga adaptation written and illustrated by Shiho Inada began serialization in Nakayoshi in the July 7, 1998 issue where it is still on-going. The individual chapters have been collected and published in eleven tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. It is licensed for English-language release, under the name Ghost Hunt in North America by Del Rey Manga and in the United Kingdom by Tanoshimi. An anime adaptation of the manga was created by J.C.Staff and premiered on October 3, 2006 in Japan on TV Tokyo where it ran for twenty-five episodes until its conclusion. The anime is licensed for English release on Region 1 DVD by Funimation Entertainment, which also used the name Ghost Hunt.

The Extraordinay Humdrum

Heavens Memo Pad

Heaven's Memo Pad

Heaven's Memo Pad is a series of light novel books written by Hikaru Sugii, first published in 2007.

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Psychic Detective Yakumo

Psychic Detective Yakumo is a mystery novel series written by Manabu Kaminaga, published by Nihon Bungeisha with illustrations by Katoh Akatsuki and later published by Kadokawa Bunko with cover illustrations by Yasushi Suzuki. The book has been adapted into two manga series, an anime, a live-action drama series and a stage play.

Kuroshitsuji : Book of Murder

Ajin: Demi-Human

Ajin: Demi-Human is a Japanese manga series and 2015 anime series written and illustrated by Gamon Sakurai. After he is hit by a truck, a student named Kei Nagai discovers he is an immortal inhuman "Ajin."

Lupin VIII

Un-Go

Un-Go is a 2011 anime television series produced by Bones which aired on Fuji TV's noitaminA program block between October 14, 2011 and December 23, 2011. Based on the noted Japanese intellectual and novelist Ango Sakaguchi's novel Meiji Kaika Ango Torimono-chō, the series is being directed by Seiji Mizushima and written by Shō Aikawa, who had earlier worked together on Fullmetal Alchemist. Featuring character designs from pako and Yun Kouga, the music for the series is composed by Narasaki, with the opening theme being "How to Go" by School Food Punishment and the ending theme being "Fantasy" by LAMA.
Un-Go was simulcast with English subtitles by Crunchyroll and Anime on Demand. A prequel film, Un-Go episode:0 Inga chapter, ran in Japanese theatres for two weeks from November 19, 2011. Sentai Filmworks has licensed the series, along with episode 0, in North America, while Siren Visual has licensed the series in Australia and Manga Entertainment has licensed the series in the United Kingdom.

ID:Invaded

Jack Atkeson

Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro

Inori

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

In the future when technological enhancements and robotics are a way of life, Major Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 take care of the jobs that are too difficult for the police. Section 9 employs hackers, sharpshooters, detectives and cyborgs all in an effort to thwart cyber criminals and their plans to attack the innocent.

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