The Complex: Prologue 2013

Alice in Borderland (2020 - 2022)

0 /10

With his two friends, a video-game-obsessed young man finds himself in a strange version of Tokyo where they must compete in dangerous games to win.

Average Episode Run Time: 56` . MMPA: TV-MA . Year(s): 2020 - 2022

Director: Shinsuke Sato , Yoshiki Watanabe , Yasuko Kuramitsu

Producer: Kaata Sakamoto

Stars: Kento Yamazaki , Tao Tsuchiya , Nijiro Murakami , Aya Asahina , Ayaka Miyoshi , Dori Sakurada

Monogatari (2009 - 2019)

4.9 /10

Although there are still traces of the brief period he became a vampire, third-year high school student Koyomi Araragi is human again. He happens upon others with their own supernatural problems and finds that he can empathize. Koyomi becomes involved in their lives, seeking to help them and occasionally asking for advice from Meme Oshino, the homeless man who helped him become human again.

Average Episode Run Time: 25` . MMPA: TV-14 . Year(s): 2009 - 2019

Director: Yukihiro Miyamoto , Takashi Asami , Takatoshi Suzuki

Producer: Mitsutoshi Kubota , Kozue Kananiwa , Kazuki Adachi

Stars: Yui Horie , Maaya Sakamoto , Satsuki Yukino , Miyuki Sawashiro , Marina Inoue , Saori Hayami

Bungo Stray Dogs (2016 - 2023)

0 /10

Atsushi Nakajima was kicked out of his orphanage, and now he has no place to go and no food. While he is standing by a river, on the brink of starvation, he rescues a man whimsically attempting suicide. That man is Osamu Dazai, and he and his partner Kunikida are members of a very special detective agency. They have supernatural powers and deal with cases that are too dangerous for the police or the military. They're tracking down a tiger that has appeared in the area recently, around the time Atsushi came to the area. The tiger seems to have a connection to Atsushi, and by the time the case is solved, it is clear that Atsushi's future will involve much more of Dazai and the rest of the detectives!

Average Episode Run Time: 24` . MMPA: TV-MA . Year(s): 2016 - 2023

Director: Takanori Yano , Ikuro Sato , Masatoyo Takada

Producer: Mari Suzuki

Stars: Mamoru Miyano , Yuto Uemura , Masaaki Mizunaka , Hiroyuki Yoshino , Sumire Morohoshi , Junichi Suwabe

Tokyo Ghoul (2014 - 2018)

7.7 /10

Ken Kaneki is a bookworm college student who meets a girl names Rize at a cafe he frequents. They're the same age and have the same interests, so they quickly become close. Little does Kaneki know that Rize is a ghoul – a kind of monster that lives by hunting and devouring human flesh. When part of her special organ – "the red child" – is transplanted into Kaneki, he becomes a ghoul himself, trapped in a warped world where humans are not the top of the food chain.

Average Episode Run Time: 24` . MMPA: TV-MA . Year(s): 2014 - 2018

Director: Taiji Kawanishi , Yoriyasu Kogawa , Tadahito Matsubayashi

Producer: Hiroshi Kunosato

Stars: Natsuki Hanae , Sora Amamiya , Shintaro Asanuma , Takahiro Sakurai , Sumire Morohoshi , Yuuya Uchida

Darker than Black (2007 - 2010)

7.7 /10

Ten years ago, a mysterious spatial anomaly now known as "Heaven's Gate" appeared in South America, shortly followed by the opening of "Hell's Gate" in Tokyo altering the sky and wreaking havoc on the landscape. The real stars disappeared, replaced by false stars. During this time, people possessing various special abilities — called "Contractors" — emerged, each capable of different supernatural feats. Following the disastrous Heaven's War, the United States lost its dominant position as a superpower to a mysterious organization named the Syndicate. The story revolves around a Chinese contractor codenamed "Hei" as he undertakes various espionage and assassination missions in Tokyo.

Average Episode Run Time: 25` . MMPA: TV-14 . Year(s): 2007 - 2010

Director: Eiichi Kuboyama , Kei Tsunematsu , Hideki Ito

Stars: Hidenobu Kiuchi , Kiyomi Asai , Ikuya Sawaki , Kana Hanazawa

Mysterious Joker (2014 - 2016)

7.3 /10

The thief Mysterious Joker doesn't just steal things. An audacious and elusive miracle-maker, he travels the world searching for treasure with his partner and cook Hachi. As they circle the globe, they must avoid traps set by the police and compete in various competitions to reach their final goal, the Timeslip Treasure.

Average Episode Run Time: 24` . MMPA: . Year(s): 2014 - 2016

Stars: Akira Ishida , Kohsuke Toriumi , Soma Saito , Nobuo Tobita , Yoshitsugu Matsuoka , Jurota Kosugi

Higurashi: When They Cry - NEW (2020 - 2021)

0 /10

New kid Keiichi Maebara is settling into his new home of peaceful Hinamizawa village. Making quick friends with the girls from his school, he's arrived in time for the big festival of the year. But something about this isolated town seems "off," and his feelings of dread continue to grow. With a gnawing fear that he's right, what dark secrets could this small community be hiding?

Average Episode Run Time: 24` . MMPA: TV-MA . Year(s): 2020 - 2021

Director: Oyunam , Yasunori Goto , Hijiri Sanpei

Producer: Makoto Nakamura , Keiko Ikezaki , Satoru Shimosato

Stars: Fumiko Orikasa , Sayaka Kaneko , Hiroshi Yanaka , Emi Miyajima , Takuya Makimura , Sayumi Suzushiro

Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2012 - 2021)

0 /10

Daimon Michiko is a 37-year-old freelance surgeon who is part of a questionable “doctor placement service” that has her wander from hospital to hospital. The harsh environment at the hospitals led many doctors to retire from their positions, forcing hospitals to make use of said program to fill the empty spots at least temporary. However, Michiko doesn’t look like a doctor at all with her flashy clothes and eccentric attitude. In the first episode she raises objections to a certain operation which is planned to be done by the head of a hospital who hasn’t performed an operation for a very long time. This causes Michiko to incur odium at the hospital, however, everyone becomes frozen when Michiko points out the outdated skills of the director. She also holds a scrupulous compliance when it comes to her working hours, never does any unnecessary chores that don’t require a medical license, and couldn’t care less about the power struggles within the hospitals. Nobody knows how she acquired such a top-level skill that allows her to claim exorbitant sums as reward, but her private life is an even greater mystery to everyone around her. Tanaka plays a rookie surgeon, Uchida an anesthetist, Kishibe the head of the placement service, and Ito the head of the surgical department of this institution.

Average Episode Run Time: 47` . MMPA: . Year(s): 2012 - 2021

Director: Naoki Tamura , Takeshi Kitano

Stars: Ryoko Yonekura , Yuki Uchida , Kenichi Endo , Ittoku Kishibe , Toshiyuki Nishida , Kosuke Suzuki

Hell Girl (2005 - 2017)

7.4 /10

A supernatural system allows people to take revenge by having other people sent to Hell via the services of a mysterious entity and her assistants who implement this system. Revenge, injustice, hatred, and the nature of human emotions are common themes throughout the series.

Average Episode Run Time: 25` . MMPA: TV-MA . Year(s): 2005 - 2017

Director: Kumiko Habara , Shunji Yoshida , Masahiro Hosoda

Stars: Masaya Matsukaze , Mamiko Noto , Takayuki Sugo , Takako Honda , Kanako Sakai , Hekiru Shiina

InuYasha (2000 - 2010)

7.9 /10

Kagome Higurashi is a modern day young girl who lives with her family by the old Higure shrine. Unbeknownst to Kagome, she is the reincarnation of priestess Kikyo and posseses the "Jewel of Four Souls" (the Shikon jewel). One ill-fated day, Kagome locates an ancient well near her home and is abruptly transported through the well and into a feudal Japan, inhabited by demons. There, she encounters Inuyasha, son of a powerful demon father and a human mother, who is pinned to a tree by an enchanted arrow.

Average Episode Run Time: 24` . MMPA: TV-14 . Year(s): 2000 - 2010

Director: Yasunao Aoki , Tatsuya Ishihara , Naoki Hishikawa

Stars: Kappei Yamaguchi , Satsuki Yukino

Case Closed (1994 - 2023)

0 /10

The son of a world famous mystery writer, Jimmy Kudo, has achieved his own notoriety by assisting the local police as a student detective. He has always been able to solve the most difficult of criminal cases using his wits and power of reason.

Average Episode Run Time: 26` . MMPA: TV-14 . Year(s): 1994 - 2023

Director: Nobuharu Kamanaka , Yasuichiro Yamamoto , Akira Yoshimura

Producer: Naoto Yoshikawa

Stars: Minami Takayama , Kappei Yamaguchi , Wakana Yamazaki , Akira Kamiya , Rikiya Koyama , Megumi Hayashibara

Higurashi: When They Cry (2006 - 2013)

6.9 /10

After moving into the quiet town of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi spends his days blissfully in school often playing games with his local friends. However, appearances can be deceiving. One fateful day, Keiichi stumbles upon news of a murder that had occurred in Hinamizawa. From this point on, horrific events unfold in front of Keiichi, as he soon learns his close friends may not be all that they seem. Based on the amateur mystery game by 07th Expansion, the story is told in a series of different scenarios.

Average Episode Run Time: 24` . MMPA: TV-MA . Year(s): 2006 - 2013

Director: Matsuo Asami , Son Seung-hui , Hideki Takayama

Stars: Soichiro Hoshi , Satsuki Yukino , Mai Nakahara , Mika Kanai , Yukari Tamura , Yui Horie