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Detective Conan

Meitantei Conan

1994, Manga, ongoing, 83%

Recommended by 3 Puppet Master Sakon fans on AniList. The same kind of story: kid detectives and phantom thieves.

Precocious high school student Jimmy Kudo uses his keen powers of observation and astute intuition to solve mysteries that have left law enforcement officials baffled. Hot on the trail of a suspect, Jimmy is accosted from behind and fed a strange chemical which physically…

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    The Kindaichi Case Files

    1992, Manga, 219 ch, 80%

    The same kind of story: kid detectives and phantom thieves.

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    2006, Manga, 131 ch, 75%

    Shounen, Detective, Super Power

  3. Cover of Outer Zone
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    1991, Manga, 117 ch, 69%

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    1995, Manga, 16 ch, 71%

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    2005, Manga, 203 ch, 78%

    Detective, Shounen, Female Protagonist

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    Yakushiji Ryouko no Kaiki Jikenbo

    2004, Manga, 47 ch, 68%

    The same kind of story: kid detectives and phantom thieves.

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  9. Cover of Tantei Gakuen Q
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    2001, Manga, 172 ch, 80%

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    The Strange House

    2023, Manga, ongoing, 76%

    Detective, Crime, Seinen

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    Danganronpa: The Animation

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    Death Game, Detective, Battle Royale

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    My Possession Became a Ghost Story

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    Long Strip, Full Color, Female Protagonist

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    C.M.B.: Shinra Hakubutsukan no Jiken Mokuroku

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    The same kind of story: kid detectives and phantom thieves.

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    Shoujo, Historical, Detective

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    Death Note

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    Detective, Police, Anti-Hero

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    Phantom Whispers

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Anime for fans of Puppet Master Sakon

Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo (TV)1997, TV, 148 eps, 77% Mononoke2007, TV, 12 eps, 82% Detective Conan1996, TV, ongoing, 82% Hikaru no Go2001, TV, 75 eps, 79% Mouryou no Hako2008, TV, 13 eps, 68% Neuro: Supernatural Detective2007, TV, 25 eps, 72% Hell Girl2005, TV, 26 eps, 72% Fantastic Detective Labyrinth2007, TV, 25 eps, 63%

About Puppet Master Sakon

1995, Manga, 32 ch, 65%

A secret reunion held in an abandoned school deep in the mountains is the beginning of a gruesome murder case ― the normally timid puppeteer Tachibana Sakon's personality changes drastically when he manipulates Ukon, a masterpiece puppet made in the early Meiji period! Demonstrating his genius insight, he solves a variety of difficult and mysterious cases together with his talkative partner Ukon!

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