Mystery Anime

Maomao is a clever young apothecary who solves medical mysteries inside the imperial palace. In Season 3, which premiered on Friday 2 October 2026, the story grows beyond the palace walls: after the Shi clan's rebellion shook the court, Maomao returns to her old life as a pharmacist in the pleasure district, but the court's secrets will not leave her alone, and Jinshi, now openly carrying the heavy duties of the emperor's brother, still needs her mind. The season is airing in two parts: the first cour runs through autumn 2026, and the second cour follows in April 2027. The production also shifts, studio OLM now animates the series on its own, with director Akinori Fudesaka returning from Season 2, while TOHO animation STUDIO steps back after co-producing the first two seasons. Expect the same slow, smart mysteries as ever: poisons, plagues and palace politics, solved by a heroine who would honestly rather be tasting toxins than attending banquets. A theatrical film with an original story by the author follows in Japanese cinemas in December 2026.

A doctor is reborn as the child of his favourite idol, Ai Hoshino, and grows up inside Japan's entertainment industry. Dr Gorou Amamiya, a huge fan of the idol group B-Komachi, is murdered just before Ai gives birth in secret, and wakes up as her son, Aquamarine "Aqua" Hoshino, with all his memories intact. His twin sister Ruby is a reborn fan too. When Ai is murdered by a stalker years later, Aqua swears revenge and enters show business to hunt the person who leaked her secret. Behind the glitter, the series explores fame, lies and the dark side of show business: child actors, reality TV, online hate and an industry that sells love it cannot feel. Animated by Doga Kobo, it opened in 2023 with a famous 90-minute first episode and YOASOBI's hit song "Idol", and it now runs to 35 episodes across three seasons, with a final season announced. It is a drama full of twists that keeps you guessing.

Kimihiko Kimizuka once worked as the assistant of the legendary detective Siesta, who has since passed away. Season 2 brings new cases, new partners and more answers about Siesta's past and the enemies she fought. It mixes mystery, action and a touch of romance. A year after learning the truth about Siesta's death, Kimihiko is drawn back into the world she left behind when Noches, an android who carries Siesta's memories, appears at his door. The secret organisation SPES is moving again, and two powerful Tuners (Mia Whitlock, the Priestess, and Scarlet, the Vampire) enter the fight. Animated by ENGI and directed by Manabu Kurihara, the season premiered on 7 October 2026, five years after Season 1, and it adapts the SPES arc of Nigojū's light novels. New episodes arrive on Crunchyroll every Wednesday, and the season is planned for 13 episodes. Koume performs the opening theme, and Nana Kagura sings the ending.

Top student Light Yagami finds a notebook that kills anyone whose name is written in it. He decides to create a crime-free world, but the genius detective L begins hunting him down. Their cat-and-mouse battle of wits is one of the most famous thrillers in anime.

Bam has spent his whole life in the dark beneath the Tower, with only his friend Rachel for company. When she leaves to climb it, he follows, into a brutal system of tests set by floor guardians and rival climbers, all chasing the promise that the top grants any wish. Tower of God, adapted from the hit Korean webtoon, is a mysterious, strategy-filled climb where alliances shift on every floor. Its world is enormous: each floor is the size of a continent, ruled through tests, noble families and the immortal King Jahad's empire, and Bam, an Irregular who opened the door himself, breaks rules the Tower's people treat as laws of nature. Season 1 (2020) made it one of the first big webtoon adaptations; Season 2 (2024) jumps years ahead to a masked Bam serving the criminal group FUG, and the team-based tests are as much about trust and betrayal as raw power.

Satoru Fujinuma has an unwanted gift: when something terrible is about to happen, his mind is thrown a few minutes back in time so he can stop it. He calls it Revival. Erased begins in 2006, where 29-year-old Satoru is a struggling manga artist delivering pizzas in Chiba. When his mother is murdered and he is framed for the crime, Revival does something it has never done before, it sends him back eighteen years, into his ten-year-old body in his snowy Hokkaido hometown in 1988. There, Satoru realises what he must do: stop the kidnapping case that shadowed his childhood, starting with his classmate Kayo Hinazuki, a lonely girl who was the killer's first known victim. Animated by A-1 Pictures in 2016, this 12-episode thriller is a complete, tightly told story about regret, friendship and a second chance to save the people who matter.

The Promised Neverland follows Emma, Norman and Ray, the brightest children at Grace Field House, a warm and loving orphanage run by their devoted caretaker, 'Mom' Isabella. The children eat well, study hard and play freely. The only rule is never to pass the gate or the fence around the grounds. One night, Emma and Norman follow a younger girl who has been 'adopted' to the gate, and discover the truth: the home is a farm, the children are its livestock, and demons are waiting on the other side. What follows in the first season is a masterclass in tension, a silent game of tag, codes and lies in which three eleven-year-olds plot an impossible escape against the one adult they trusted most. The second season takes the survivors beyond the wall, into a demon world of forests, shelters and uneasy allies, as Emma fights to keep a bigger promise: freedom for every child on every farm. Across 23 episodes, the series blends mystery, horror and heartfelt family drama, powered by Takahiro Obata's delicate score and CloverWorks' expressive animation. It remains one of the most gripping thriller anime of its era.