Shows Like Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation
If you liked Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation (2015), a animation and crime series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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The Perfect Insider (2015)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and mysterySouhei Saikawa is a college professor who is obsessed with genius Shiki Magata’s work. He, Moe Nishinosono, and a group of his other students plan a retreat to the remote island where Magata currently resides, which…
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Kindaichi Case Files (1997)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and mysteryKindaichi Hajime may look dumb, but he is one of the smartest you will ever see. He encounters mysteries after mysteries with his good friend, Miyuki, and he swears to solve them in the name of his grandfather, which…
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Monster (2004)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and dramaKenzou Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon in Germany, finds his life in utter turmoil after getting involved with a psychopath that was once a former patient.
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Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also animation and mysteryThe story revolves around 20-year-old Makoto, who frequently gets involved in highly dangerous situations, usually against his own judgment. Along for the ride are his best buddies Shun, Masa, and Takashi, the…
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ERASED (2016)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and dramaSatoru Fujinuma is a struggling manga artist who has the ability to turn back time and prevent deaths. When his mother is killed he turns back time to solve the mystery, but ends up back in elementary school, just…
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Babylon (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also animation and mysteryZen Seizaki is a prosecutor with the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Office. While investigating illegal acts by a certain pharmaceutical company, Seizaki stumbles upon a page stained with a mixture of blood, hair…
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Master Keaton (1998)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery and animationThe amazing Taichi Keaton works on cases around the globe that always lead to adventure! He combines his arsenal of multidisciplinary expertise in investigation, archeology, and survival with his experience as a…
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Paranoia Agent (2004)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and mysteryMusashino, Tokyo. An elementary schooler repeatedly attacks people in the streets. Known only to the public as "Lil Slugger", none of the victims can recall the young boy's face and only three distinct details are left…
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Another (2012)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and dramaWhen Kouichi arrives at his new school, he immediately senses something frightening in the atmosphere of his new class, something that no student wants to talk about and that seems to be related to a mysterious and…
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Kemono Jihen (2021)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and mysteryWhen a series of animal bodies that rot away after a single night begin appearing in a remote mountain village, Inugami, a detective from Tokyo who specializes in the occult, is called to investigate. While working the…
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Higurashi: When They Cry (2006)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and dramaAfter 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…
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Bungo Stray Dogs (2016)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and mysteryStalked by a beastly white tiger, Atsushi Nakajima has no idea that the menace lives inside him—a power that catches the attention of the Armed Detective Agency. Using inhuman abilities to combat crime, this team takes…
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The Promised Neverland (2019)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and dramaEmma, Norman and Ray are the brightest kids at the Grace Field House orphanage. And under the care of the woman they refer to as “Mom,” all the kids have enjoyed a comfortable life. Good food, clean clothes and the…
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The Millionaire Detective – Balance: UNLIMITED (2020)
★ 7/10Also animation and crimeTwo police detectives with different beliefs about the value of people's lives must cooperate to solve their city's most serious crimes.
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Psycho-Pass (2012)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and crimeIn the year 2113, people are given brain scans to determine how likely they are to commit a crime. Those who fail are apprehended, or even killed.
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Rainbow (2010)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and dramaAbout ten years after the Second World War, a group of juvenile offenders are sent to the Shounan Special Reform School, a kind of juvenile detention center, to deal with the atrocities and injustices they experienced…
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Platinum End (2021)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and dramaAs his classmates celebrate their middle school graduation, troubled Mirai is mired in darkness. But his battle is just beginning when he receives some salvation from above in the form of an angel. Now Mirai is pitted…
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Galileo (2007)
★ 8.2/10Also drama and mysteryNarrates the events and cases encountered by Kaoru Utsumi, a rookie detective, and Manabu Yukawa, a university associate professor, while the two pair up to solve many mysterious cases.
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Saikano (2002)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and dramaSaikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet. is a manga, anime, and OVA series by Shin Takahashi, creator of Iihito and Kimi no Kakera. Saikano was originally serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits…
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Gannibal (2022)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and crimeAfter causing a major incident, police officer Daigo Agawa takes his wife and daughter to live in the remote mountain village of Kuge. It seems the perfect place to recover from the ordeal, despite the mysterious…