The Ancient Magus' Bride 魔法使いの嫁 (Mahou Tsukai no Yome)

Alternative Name: 魔法使的新娘 (Mó Fǎ Shǐ De Xīn Niáng)

 

Genre: Drama, Magic, Romance, Dark Fantasy, Mystery, Occult,

               Supernatural, Slice of Life, Spirits, Youkai, Dragons,

 

Description: 

 

Chise Hatori is 15-year-old orphan. She has no relatives, means, or hopes when a demonic sorcerer who can't become human buys her. He states that Chise will now be his apprentice and bride.

 

Episode

Season 1: 24 + 3 OVA + 1 ONA + 24 ONA + 1 Special + 1 ONA + 3 OVA

Season 2: 12 + 12

 

Original Run

Season 1: October 7, 2017 – March 24, 2018

OVA: September 10, 2016 – September 9, 2017

ONA: October 3, 2017

ONA: October 10, 2017 – March 27, 2018

Special: December 31, 2017

ONA: March 10, 2019

OVA: September 10, 2021 – September 10, 2022

Season 2a: April 6, 2023 – June 22, 2023

Season 2b: October 5, 2023 – December 21, 2023

Studio: Wit Studio / W-Toon Studio & DMM.Futurework (ONA) / Studio Kafka (OVA 2021 & S2)

Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation ムヒョとロージーの魔法律相談事務所 (Muhyo to Rouji no Mahouritsu Soudan Jimusho)

Alternative Name: 六冰与郎次的魔法律顾问事务所

                                     (Liù Bīng Yǔ Láng Cì De Mó Fǎ Lǜ Gù Wèn Shì Wù Suǒ)

 

Genre: Action, Comedy, Mystery, Supernatural, Ghosts/Spirits, 

               Youkai/Monsters, Magic, Dark Fantasy, Drama, Occult

 

Description: 

 

Muhyo and Roji are masters of magical law and solve many cases having to do with ghosts, monsters, and all things supernatural.

 

Episode: 12 + 12

 

Original Run

Season 1: August 3, 2018 – October 19, 2018

Season 2: July 7, 2020 – September 22, 2020

Studio: Studio Deen

Dr. Ramune -Mysterious Disease Specialist- 怪病医ラムネ (Kai Byoui Ramune)

Alternative Name: 怪病医拉姆尼 (Guài Bìng Yī Lā Mǔ Ní)

 

Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Supernatural, Psychological, Occult, 

 

Description: 

 

From a girl who cries condiments to a philanderer who finds a chikuwa in his pants where something else should be...Dr. Ramune can cure them all, but his treatments come at a cost, and not one that can be paid in money. Follow Dr. Ramune and his wacky patients in stories too unbelievable to be treated by anyone but the Mysterious Disease Specialist.

 

Episode: 12

 

Original Run: January 10, 2021 – March 28, 2021

Studio: Platinum Vision

 

Eight Clouds Rising 八雲立つ (Yakumo Tatsu)

  

Alternative Name: 出云传奇 (Chū Yún Chuán Qí)

Genre: Adventure, Horror, Supernatural, Historical, Fantasy, Martial Arts,

               Ghosts/Spirits, Demons, Occult, Onmyouji

Description: 

Kuraki Fuzuchi is a quiet young man who has immense psychic powers and sword skills. He later meets Takeo Nanachi, a college student with similar latent powers. The story opens with Nanachi traveling to a small shrine in the mountains for a festival that only occurs every 49 years in order to purify his (now deceased) grandfather’s sword. There he meets Kuraki and later accidentally stumbles upon Kuraki’s initiation ritual as a Shaman. From there on, their lives are inexplicitly intertwined as they encounter various ghosts, spirits, demons, and other characters with supernatural powers while the author also provides a parallel running story depicting their previous life.

Episode: 2

Original Run: October 25, 1997 – November 25, 1997

Studio: Studio Pierrot

Twin Spirit Detective 双生灵探 (Shuāng Shēng Líng Tàn)

Genre: Mystery, Psychological, Twins, Detectives, Occult

Description: 

Twin detectives Xiaotu and Xiaohu set up a business that specializes in dealing with supernatural occurrences. However, when they investigate what seems to be an ordinary “Supernatural” case, a series of bizarre events unfold. To that end, Xiaotu and Xiaohu conquer hardships with every step they take, to clear the hazy path towards the truth.

Episode: 20

Original Run: August 25, 2016 – January 5, 2017

Studio: B.C MAY PICTURES

Live-Action Film: July 29, 2017

Vatican Miracle Examiner バチカン奇跡調査官 (Bachikan Kiseki Chōsakan)

Alternative Name: 梵谛冈奇迹调查官 (Fàn Dì Gāng Qí Jī Diào Chá Guān)

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural, Occult, Tragedy,

               Priests/Priestesses, Exorcists

Description: 

To detect lies, refuse fakes, and reach the miracle of God - that is their mission as Vatican Miracle Examiners. Hiraga, a scientific genius and Roberto, an expert on the decryption of cryptography and ancient documents are not only good partners but also "Miracle Examiners" working for the Vatican. They are secret examiners, who are requested to examine and identify the authenticity of miracles from all over the world.

Episode: 12 + 1 OVA

Original Run

Series: July 7, 2017 – September 22, 2017

OVA: April 11, 2018

Studio: J.C.Staff

Karakuri Zōshi Ayatsuri Sakon 人形草紙あやつり左近

Alternative Name: 傀儡师左近 (Kuǐ Lěi Shī Zuǒ Jìn)

Genre: Mystery, Horror, Thriller, Supernatural, Action, Living Dolls,

               Puppeteers, Occult

Description: 

Sakon is the grandson of the famous Bunraku master, Tachibana Zaemon. He is incredibly shy and lacks confidence in himself. However, when he is with his puppet, Ukon, he is able to focus himself and his crime-solving abilities. As a contrast to traditional Bunraku puppeteering, Sakon is an expert ventriloquist. He uses his talent of mimicing and throwing voices to confront the villains and often force a confession. Ukon is a beautiful Bunraku puppet created in 1870, supposedly by the Master puppet-builder Unosuke Koizumi III. But Ukon doesn't act as a good Bunraku puppet should. When he is with Sakon, he is forward, obnoxious, flirtatious, coarse, and very egocentric. Together, Sakon and Ukon travel around Japan, solving mysteries, murders, and horrific crimes. In the meantime, Sakon's aunt Kaoruko, a young and pretty police detective, helps him out and keeps an eye on him

Episode: 26

Original Run: October 8, 1999 – March 31, 2000

Studio: TMS Entertainment

Demon Detective Neuro Nōgami 魔人探偵 脳噛ネウロ (Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro)

Alternative Name: 魔人侦探脑啮涅罗 (Mó Rén Zhēn Tàn Nǎo Niè Niè Luō)

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Supernatural, Demons, 

               Polices/Detectives, Occult, Crimes, Dark Comedy

Description: 

Yako's father was murdered in a locked room. She then meets a man named Neuro Nougami who is a demon from Hell who eats "riddles." He forces Yako to act as a detective so he can solve mysteries. Neuro longs to eat the ultimate mystery.

Episode: 25

Original Run: October 2, 2007 – March 25, 2008

Studio: Madhouse

Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective ナイトウォーカー真夜中の探偵 (Mayonaka no Tantei Nightwalker)

Alternative Name:  Night Walker -深夜徘徊者-

                                        (Night Walker -Shēn Yè Pái Huái Zhě-)

Genre: Comedy, Romance, Mystery, Supernatural, Demons, Vampires, 

               Horror, Occult, Polices/Detectives, Action

Description: 

Shido Tatsuhiko is not only a private eye…he is also a vampire with no real memory of his past. Joined by Yayoi Matsunaga, a female government agent, Riho Yamazaki, an orphaned teenage girl working as his secretary, and Guni, a little green imp, Shido must face demonic creatures known as Nightbreed. Meanwhile, Cain, the vampire who made him what he is now, is seeking him…

Episode: 12

Original Run: July 8, 1998 – September 23, 1998

Studio: AIC

Masque of the Wolf おおかみかくし (Ōkami Kakushi)

Alternative Name: 神隐之狼 (Shén Yǐn Zhī Láng)

Genre: Horror, Magic, Supernatural, Occult, School, Wolves, Mystery, 

               Drama, Psychological, Thriller, Village

Description: 

Kuzumi Hiroshi moves with his crippled sister and his father to the remote city of Jouga, which is famous for its hassaku citrus and the rumors that a species of enormous wolves once lived in the area. While some of the residents are more than friendly, when people begin to vanish suddenly, it becomes apparent that something sinister is afoot...

Episode: 12

Original Run: January 7, 2010 – March 25, 2010

Studio: AIC

Sunday Without God 神さまのいない日曜日 (Kami-sama no Inai Nichiyōbi)

Alternative Name: 神不在的星期天 (Shén Bù Zài De Xīng Qí Tiān)

Genre: Fantasy, Supernatural, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, 
               Psychological, Death, Tragedy, Occult

Description: 

"God created the world on Monday, from a place of nothing into something.

God separated order and chaos on Tuesday, defining freedom and oppression.

God sorted each and every number on Wednesday, giving rise to wonderful and varied things.

God allowed time to flow on Thursday.

God looked at every corner of the world on Friday.

God rested on Saturday.

And God abandoned the world on Sunday."

Since that day fifteen years ago, no more men can bear children nor able to die."

The story is set in a fictional world where fifteen years earlier, people stopped giving birth, and even with their bodies damaged beyond repair, the dead can not find rest, unless they are buried by mysterious individuals known as "gravekeepers".

According to legends, this happened because by that time, God had abandoned the world. Ai Astin, a young gravekeeper, has her life changed forever when an immortal gunslinger named Hampnie Hambart shoots everyone in her village except for her. Having no place left to live, Ai ends up relying on the same man who killed everyone around her as she travels the world to perform her duties as a gravekeeper and to learn more about the reasons why the world had reached such a state.

As she goes along her journey, she meets new people: Hampnie's childhood friend Julie, the gravekeeper Scar, a mysterious boy named Alice and a ghost witch who goes by Dee. When Hampnie leaves her due to circumstances, Ai and her new companions travel the world, with the goal of fulfilling her dream of saving the world.

Episode: 12 + 1 Special

Original Run
Series: July 6, 2013 – September 21, 2013
Special: February 5, 2014

Studio: Madhouse

Occult Academy 世紀末オカルト学院 (Seikimatsu Okaruto Gakuin)

Alternative Name: 世纪末超自然学院 (Shì Jì Mò Chāo Zì Rán Xué Yuàn)

Genre: Comedy, Romance, Espers, Ghosts/Spirits, Occult, Time Travel,

               2012 Prophecy, Supernatural, Fantasy, Mystery, School

Description: 

The Waldstein Academy is an institute devoted to studies on paranormal disciplines, thus becoming known as the Occult Academy. Maya Kumashiro returns to this place to attend the funeral of the former principal, Junichiro Kumashiro, her father. Maya, a skeptic who hates the occult, meets Fumiaki Uchida, a time agent from the future sent to 1999 to prevent the apocalyptic Nostradamus Prophecies from happening. The predictions state that the school will be ground zero of the cataclysm that will destroy the world. They must team up to discover not only what actually led to her father's demise, they have limited time to find out what is the key that triggers the beginning of the end.

Episode: 13 + 4 Special

Original Run
Series: July 6, 2010 – September 27, 2010
Special: October 27, 2010 – January 26, 2011

Studio: A-1 Pictures

Gosick ゴシック (Goshikku)

Genre: Drama, Adventure, Mystery, Romance, Alternate History, Library,   
               Detectives, Gothic, Lolita, War, Folklore, Occult, Historical, School

Description: 

GOSICK takes place in 1924 in a small, made-up European country of Sauville. The story centers on Kazuya Kujo, the third son of a Japanese Imperial soldier, who is a transfer student to St. Marguerite Academy, where urban legends and horror stories are all the rage. There he meets Victorique, a mysterious yet beautiful and brilliant girl who never comes to class and spends her days reading the entire content of the library or solving mysteries that even detectives can't solve.

Episode: 24 + 1 Special 

Original Run
Series: January 7, 2011 – July 2, 2011
Special: March 26, 2011

Studio: Bones

Ghost Hunt ゴーストハント (Gōsuto Hanto)

Alternative Name: 恶灵系列 (È Líng Xì Liè)

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Drama, Mystery, Occult, Detectives,
               Psychological, Supernatural, Ghosts/Spirits, Romance

Description: 

Telling ghost stories is a favorite past time of Mai Taniyama and her friends—that is, until she meets 17-year-old Kazuya Shibuya, the man sent by Shibuya Psychic Research Center to investigate paranormal activity at a supposedly haunted school. When Mai gets caught in a dangerous situation, she is rescued by Kazuya's assistant. Saving her lands the assistant incapacitated, and Kazuya demands that Mai become his assistant, instead...

Episode: 25

Original Run: October 3, 2006 – March 27, 2007

Studio: J.C.Staff

Descendants of Darkness 闇の末裔 (Yami no Matsuei)

Alternative Name: 暗之末裔 (Àn Zhī Mò Yì)

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural,  Fantasy,
               Bishounen, Shinigami, Shounen-Ai, Occult, Magic, Drama,

               Detectives

Description: 

Even after death, life is full of paperwork and criminals. Tsuzuki Asato is a 26 year old, happy-go-lucky, and dorky shinigami (god of death) whose job is to makes sure that those who are dead remain dead and stay in their proper realms. Even though he's had this job for over 70 years, he is in the worst division with horrible pay. He also has a knack for not keeping partners (since shinigami work in pairs), but now he seems to have one that will stick around; stubborn, smart-mouthed, serious and defensive 16 year old, Kurosaki Hisoka. With each case they investigate, they come closer to the conspiracies of the serial killer Dr. Muraki Kazutaka. Tsuzuki's relationship with Hisoka is growing stronger and closer...but there is a dark past to how Tsuzuki died that will not give him peace.

Episode: 13

Original Run: October 2, 2000 – December 18, 2000

Studio: J.C.Staff

Tactics タクティクス (Takutikusi)

Alternative Name: 捉鬼天狗帮 (Zhuō Guǐ Tiān Gǒu Bāng)

Genre: Occult, Action, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Detectives, Onmyouji,

               Supernatural, Bishounen, Demons, Historical, Ghosts/Spirits,

               Youkai

Description: 

 

Set in Japan during the Taishō period, Tactics is the story of Kantarou Ichinomiya, a young man with the ability to see youkai and other mythical beasts. When he was a child, this ability resulted in him being ostracized by humans. His youkai friends told him that in order to be stronger; he must find the oni-eating tengu. The young Kantarou then vows to find it and name it. By naming one, a human becomes master and the name contract is only broken if the master chooses. As Kantarou grows up, he finds a career as a folklorist and a part-time exorcist, alongside his youkai friend Yoko. An assignment leads Kantarou to a mountain where a shrine marks the place where the tengu had been sealed away. Calling upon the tengu by the name Haruka, Kantarou breaks the seal and becomes Haruka's master. As time goes on, Kantarou, Yoko, and Haruka develop a close friendship. However, this relationship is threatened by Haruka's returning memories and his yearning to know more about his past.

Episode: 25 

 

Original Run: October 5, 2004 – March 29, 2005

Studio: Studio Deen