Each individual murder case takes up about 3-4 or even 5 episodes to resolve, usually involving a murder of about 3 people, 4 if longer, but rarely does it elevate to 5 or more (though there do exist such cases). The anime series of Kindaichi does not have an actual continuous story unlike Detective Conan. I would say that the series deserves a larger audience, because of the reasons that I would explain now. Online fansubs are also rumored to be rather terrible, with the first 20 or so episodes being watchable only. Onto the anime adaptation, it is definitely a pity that this anime series did not receive any release in the western world by any distributors. In the late 90s, due to Detective Conan pandering to a wider audience, Kindaichi's popularity slowly plummeted, and now even though it is still considered a classic mystery series, it could no longer regain its former glory. Much of itsįans loved it for its whodunit mysteries, which I would explain below. In the early days, Kindaichi was better received in Japan than the latter, as shown by its sales numbers. Its more kid-friendly, well-known counterpart Detective Conan (aka Case Closed) only began serialization 2 years after this one.

The original manga series is known in Japan as one of the earliest manga series of the mystery genre.

While the sequel, Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo Returns is being broadcast currently, allow me to convince you why you should watch this well-written mystery anime series. An anime adaptation of my favorite manga series of all time, and certainly a very underrated one.

Kindaichi episode list