Kyoukai Tantei Monstrum (Light Novel) - Recommendations

• Movie (1 ep)
• 2012

• TV

In an alternate near future, the Your Forma, a miraculous “smart thread” technology initially developed to treat a massive outbreak of viral encephalitis, has become an integral part of daily life. But these convenient devices also record every sight, sound, and emotion their users experience. For Electronic Investigator Echika Hieda, diving into peoples’ memories via the Your Forma and hunting for evidence is all part of a day’s work. The problem is, she’s so adept at what she does that her assistants literally fry their brains trying to keep up with her. After putting one too many aides in the hospital, the top brass finally furnish Echika with a partner on her level, a brilliant yet cheeky android named Harold Lucraft. But can Echika put her prejudices against robots aside to solve the most complex case of her career? 

• TV (13 eps)
• 2003

The lowlife Ranma and the beautiful Rella own a detective agency in Kirin city. He's in it for the money, she's in it for the action. But after a mysterious accident, they are now forced to share... one body?! Now, at the stroke of midnight, only one of the duo gets to use the body, both physically and mentally, causing quite a commotion. With cases to solve and unanswered questions abounding, can the two-in-one-body detective agency solve the greatest mystery of them all: how to return to their former selves?

• OVA (1 ep)
• 1992

One stormy night, a young woman is shot to death on a cliff; her body is found floating in the waters below the next morning. She was last seen with a man who is now being sought not only for her death, but also for the death of a yakuza at a local bar. Meanwhile, the man’s estranged wife has seen the police fliers and hires Goro, a private investigator, to find her husband first. Alongside another member of law enforcement with his own motives for finding the man, Goro sets forth on a trail of tragedy and intrigue to find the real reason behind these murders...

• Movie (1 ep)
• 2023

The compilation film recompiles the anime's "Jet-Black Mystery Train" arc, while also including key scenes centering on the character Ai Haibara from other parts of the television anime's run, as well as new footage connecting the film to Detective Conan: Kurogane no Submarine at the end of the film.

• Movie (1 ep)
• 2023

• TV (26 eps)
• 2008

In the present, murders are solved not by investigations, but by memories. Using the removed brain of a victim, the members of Forensic Investigation Office Section Nine examine the person's last thoughts to determine a suspect and motive in the case. Many oppose the violation of their loved ones' private and personal memories; but what they don't understand is that behind the scenes, even the investigators themselves are often conflicted with their deeds. Aoki Ikko is one such man who struggles to overcome his own mental doubts about his profession, while trying his best to take down those responsible for the crimes.

• OVA (7 eps)
• 1999

Tokyo is a bustling metropolis, and with so many citizens there's always an incredible story to be told, from time travel and secret government weapons to romantic meetings. Takai Yutaka is a child genius, but while everyone else marvels at how intelligent he is for one so young, he hates being singled out because of his age and has a plan to change it all forever. Meanwhile, after accidentally swapping cards with a government official, teenager Keisuke Hara inadvertently places the entire planet in danger of annihilation and only his lost memories can stop the countdown to destruction. Then, while being chased by mysterious men in suits, a young woman finds herself at the Kirishima detective agency, home to a brilliant but tiny private eye...

• OVA (1 ep)
• 1988

Akira, Junpei, Keiko and Kumiko are members of the Rutz Detective Agency, and are always ready for a good case. When a mysterious murder places a top secret floppy disk in the hands of Junpei, the gang suddenly has a conspiracy on their hands of grandiose proportions. Not only have they made an enemy of politicians and shady characters, but also the munitions manufacturer company Yotsuboshi itself! With murder attempts, rampaging machinery and kidnappers to handle, the group must race against the clock to foil the evil scheme before it's too late!

• TV (13 eps)
• 2005

Rentarou has been running the Futaba Detective Agency with the help of his twin assistants Sara and Soujyu since the previous man in charge, his father, died. To top it off most people in the neighborhood refer to him as Nidaime, a second generation man who lives in his father's shadow. His late father was a great man that was looked up to by everyone good or bad including Rentarou. With problems from his father's legacy presenting themselves, Yakuza that sometimes want him dead, a workplace/home that keeps getting destroyed and Sara and Soujyu's growing feelings for him, will he ever live up to his father?