Mystery anime recommendations are all about the hunt for truth. From whodunits and locked room murders to something sinister that is going on behind the scenes and affecting the main characters, mystery is a powerful tool that keeps you absolutely locked to the screen. These mystery anime recommendations create a sense of intrigue and foster a desire to unravel the truth.
The city of Tom Sawyer is an augmented reality society where citizens buy and sell services and appearance augmentations with Love, a currency akin to likes on social media. The Decos implemented in their eyes from early childhood allows them to enjoy augmented reality and also allow the government to control it. One day, a […]
In the city of Fuuto, criminals are making use of Gaia Memories that transform them into super-powered monsters called Dopants. However, there are also good guys like the self-proclaimed hard-boiled detective Shoutarou Hidari that also use Gaia Memories to fight these criminals. While the production of Gaia Memories have halted, sightings of Dopants still occur
While it is fully possible to create horror and mystery in a big city, there is a particular reason that those two genres are drawn to the country. A rural town may give some a sense of safety in that you know all of your neighbors seemingly pretty well. However, the countryside brings with it
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Blunt walrus Hiroshi Odokawa drives a taxi for a living which has caused him to get to know his various eccentric customers. One day, his simple life is turned upside down when a missing person case is tracked by the police back to him. Now a person of interest to both cops and yakuza, he
Kujou Kazuya is a transfer student to the elite Saint Marguerite Academy in the Southern European country of Sauville. However, because of his Japanese descent, he is shunned by the other students. One day in the library of the school, he ends up following a long blonde hair to a beautiful doll-like girl call Victorique
Ever since 1972, class 3-3 in Yomiyama North Middle School has had a strange tradition of pretending that one of their students did not exist. When Kouichi Sakakubara transfers into the class, he finds himself drawn to a girl that no one seems to notice. Not paying heed to the warnings of his classmates, all
After his parents died, Shinpei went to live with the Kofune family on Hitogashima Island. After leaving for school in Tokyo he has not been back since, but after receiving word that one of the two Kofune daughters, Ushio, drown tragically, he returns for the funeral. However, with bruises on her neck, there is some
The fifteen-year-old Megumi Shimizu dreamed of leaving her small country town behind for the big city, but those dreams died when she did. It was her murder that kicked off a summer of blood and terror in this small town where a city boy and a country doctor try to stop the epidemic of death
On an artificial island in Tokyo Bay labeled as the Tokyo 24th Ward, a fire at a middle school changed the lives many, including three childhood friends, Ran, Kouki, and Shuuta. Having drifted apart after the incident, they are brought together on the first anniversary of the fire when their phones ring simultaneously and they
The term “mystery” tends to evoke images of hard-boiled detectives tracking down criminals, but mystery is a blanket term. A lot of situations can be mysterious, and that is what can make mystery anime so very delightful. It can be a lot of different things, more so than just the standard gumshoe on the case.
