Anime and Manga series that can be classified under Mystery Fiction or Detective Fiction.
For tropes commonly used in these works, see Mystery Tropes and Japanese Media Tropes.
Works
- 20th Century Boys
- ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.
- Ace Attorney
- Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
- Adekan
- B: The Beginning
- Batman
- Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation
- The Big O
- Black Butler
- Bloody Monday
- Book Girl
- Bubblegum Crisis
- The Case Files of Yakushiji Ryoko
- Children of the Sea
- CLAMP School Detectives
- Cuticle Detective Inaba
- The Daughter of Twenty Faces
- Danganronpa
- Death Note
- Detective Conan
- Detective School Q
- Dusk Maiden of Amnesia
- ERASED
- Ghost Hunt
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
- Ghost Talkers Daydream
- Gosick
- Goth
- Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens
- Hamatora
- HaruChika
- Heat Guy J
- Heaven's Memo Pad
- Hell Girl
- Higurashi: When They Cry
- Hyouka
- Jiraishin
- Joker Game
- Kagewani
- Karakurizoushi Ayatsuri Sakon
- The Kindaichi Case Files
- Layton Mystery Detective Agency
- The Lost Village
- Loups=Garous
- Magic Kaito
- Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro
- Master Keaton
- Monster
- Mnemosyne
- Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok
- Night Walker
- Pandora Hearts
- Patlabor
- Persona 4: The Animation
- Persona -trinity soul-
- Persona x Detective NAOTO
- Persona 5: The Day Breakers
- Phantom Quest Corp.
- Pluto
- MPD Psycho
- Psychic Detective Yakumo
- Q.E.D.
- Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace
- Red Garden
- Remote
- Rocket Man
- Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers
- Sakura no Ichiban!
- Secret of Cerulean Sand
- Sherlock Hound
- Shion no Ou
- Spiral
- Steam Detectives
- Sukeban Deka
- Tantei Opera Milky Holmes
- Tantei Team KZ Jiken Note
- Trickster
- Umineko: When They Cry
- Ultraman
- Un-Go
- Wizard Barristers
- Yami No Aegis
- Yuureitou
