The Apothecary Diaries
Maomao lived a peaceful life with her apothecary father. Until one day, she’s sold as a lowly servant to the emperor’s palace. But she wasn’t...
Mystery anime series around 24 episodes
Mystery anime recommendations with enough room for a full arc while staying within a controlled two-cour commitment.
This guide is for mystery anime that need more room than a one-cour run. The selection favors titles that use the extra episodes for character, stakes, or worldbuilding.
Mystery Anime Series Around 24 Episodes
MUSHI-SHI
Neither good nor evil, they are life in its purest form. Vulgar and strange, they have inspired fear in humans since the dawn of time and have,...
Neon Genesis Evangelion
In the year 2015, the Angels, huge, tremendously powerful, alien war machines, appear in Tokyo for the second time. The only hope for Mankind's...
To Be Hero X
This is a world where heroes are created by people's trust, and the hero who gains the most trust is known as X. In this world, people's trust can...
Summer Time Rendering
A sci-fi, summer story filled with suspense set on a small island with Shinpei Aijiro, whose childhood friend Ushio Kofune died. He returns to his...
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
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...
From the New World
Following a sudden outbreak of psychokinesis in 0.1% of the population, a rapid transformation swept the world. The godlike ability to manipulate...
Hyouka
Energy-conservative high school student Houtarou Oreki ends up with more than he bargained for when he signs up for the Classic Literature Club at...
Durarara!!
In Tokyo's downtown district of Ikebukuro, amidst many strange rumors and warnings of anonymous gangs and dangerous occupants, one urban legend...
Penguindrum
Once you make a decision, does the universe conspire to make it happen? Is destiny a matter of chance, a matter of choice or the complex outcome...
Darker than Black
In Tokyo, an impenetrable field known as "Hell's Gate" appeared ten years ago. At the same time, psychics who wield paranormal powers at the cost...
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
Gankutsuou is an anime loosely based on the novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. It tells the story of Albert Morcerf, a young...
Gosick
Kazuya Kujou is a foreign student at Saint Marguerite Academy, a luxurious boarding school in the Southern European country of Sauville....
Ergo Proxy
Something is wrong in the perfect domed city of Romdo. Between the sudden rash of murders and a virus affecting all AutoReivs-cyborg companions...
Blast of Tempest
One day, a sorceress princess was stuffed into a barrel and banished. One day, a single girl was suddenly murdered, and the culprit still runs...
xxxHOLiC
Watanuki Kimihiro can see spirits and other assorted supernatural creatures, which is quite a bothersome ability he strongly dislikes. On the way...
Shiki
During a fiercely hot summer in Sotoba, a peaceful and quiet village with a population of 1300 people, a series of bizarre deaths begin to occur....
Den-noh Coil
Imagine if the internet was 'projected' over the living world and you interacted with it using a portable device - glasses and visors which...
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