24 Anime Like Paprika

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Koukaku Kidoutai (TV)

TV10 epAction

Shared themes: Adult Cast · Psychological. Also Mystery · Sci-Fi.

In the year 2029, Niihama City has become a technologically advanced metropolis. Due to great improvements in cybernetics, its citizens are able to replace their limbs with robotic parts. The world is now more interconnected than ever before, and the city's Pu

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Psycho-Pass Movie 2: Providence

Movie2023Action

Shared themes: Adult Cast · Psychological. Also Mystery · Sci-Fi.

In 2113, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) dissolved their secret paramilitary unit known as the Peacebreakers. However, the squad disappeared, and their activities remained a mystery. Five years later, the Peacebreakers resurface when they murder Milcia S

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Pluto

ONA8 epAction

Shared themes: Psychological. Also Mystery · Sci-Fi.

Gesicht, an android police detective of Europol, is tasked with finding the murderer of Montblanc, a retired war hero robot. Although it appears that only a robot could have committed this crime, the murder of a renowned robot rights activist casts doubts on t

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Mononoke Movie 2: Hinezumi

Movie2025Horror

Shared themes: Adult Cast · Psychological. Also Mystery · Suspense.

One month after the Karakasa incident, the situation at the Inner Chambers is slowly returning to normal. To the noble families that run the country, normalcy means carrying on with their usual schemes to prevent any undesirable power shifts in the government.

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Mononoke Movie 1: Karakasa

Movie2024Horror

Shared themes: Adult Cast · Psychological. Also Mystery · Suspense.

Within the Inner Chambers—the luxurious garden of women destined only for the ruler of the nation—work burdens everyone from the lowest maid to the highest-ranking concubine. After arriving on the same day to start as servants, Asa and Kame quickly become frie

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Mononoke Movie 3: Hebigami

Movie2026Horror

Shared themes: Adult Cast · Psychological. Also Mystery · Suspense.

Third installment of the Mononoke movie.

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Kurayukaba

Movie2024Mystery

More Mystery and Sci-Fi to explore.

Business is slow for the Ootsuji Detective Agency. Soutarou and his juvenile sidekick Saki will take any job that comes along, even one that sounds like a lot more risk than it’s worth. It’s festival season in the city but away from the public eye, a wave of m

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Kuramerukagari

Movie2024Mystery

More Mystery and Sci-Fi to explore.

This is a story that weaves together people and a town. A coal mining town crowded with small-scale excavators, commonly known as the "Hakoniwa." In this town that changes daily like a labyrinth, there's a girl named Kagari who runs a mapmaking business and a

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Meitantei Conan: Senkou no Payload

MovieAction

More Mystery and Sci-Fi to explore.

Senkou no Payload is a special movie of Detective Conan, which started screening at several planetariums in Japan starting on March 8, 2025.

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Guimi Zhi Zhu Specials

ONA3 epAction

Shared themes: Adult Cast. Also Mystery · Suspense.

Qilangos, one of the Seven Pirate Admirals, has arrived in Backlund. Alger strikes a deal with Audrey to get her to use her connections to find more information on Qilangos' whereabouts, and hopes that the Fool can help him kill the Pirate Admiral. This is a s

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Shiguang Dailiren II

ONA12 epDrama

Shared themes: Adult Cast. Also Mystery · Suspense.

The attempt to capture the mysterious perpetrator who possesses people ends tragically: Lu Guang is rushed to the hospital in a critical state, while Cheng Xiaoshi is arrested for the alleged crime. In light of recent events, the father of Liu Min unleashes hi

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Guimi Zhi Zhu: Xiaochou Pian

ONA13 epAction

Shared themes: Adult Cast. Also Mystery · Suspense.

In a Victorian world of steam, dreadnoughts, and occult horrors, Zhou Mingrui awakens as Klein Moretti. He walks a razor's edge between light and darkness, entangled with warring Churches. This is the legend of unlimited potential...and unspeakable danger. (So

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Shiguang Dailiren III

ONA12 epDrama

Shared themes: Adult Cast. Also Mystery · Suspense.

After the Li Tianchen incident came to a close, Time Photo Studio returned to a superficial peace. However, the news of Xia Fei's disappearance once again drew everyone into a crossroads of fate. With Vein's return and Qiao Ling's awakening of her superpowers,

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Evangelion: Housou 30-shuunen Kinen Tokubetsu Kougyou

Special1 epSci-Fi

Shared themes: Psychological. Also Sci-Fi · Suspense.

A new short animation for the Evangelion series that debuted at the "EVANGELION:30+; 30th ANN/VERSARY OF EVANGELION" fes. in Yokohama Arena.

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Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season - Zankoku Douwa: Utsukushi-hime

ONA1 epMystery

Shared themes: Psychological. Also Mystery · Suspense.

Episode 6.5 of Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season, adapting the short story A Cruel Fairy Tale: The Beautiful Princess. Once upon a time, there was a true story that happened about 600 years ago. It's a story of a very beautiful girl who lived in a co

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Cong Hong Yue Kaishi

ONA16 epHorror

Shared themes: Psychological. Also Sci-Fi · Suspense.

The story tells the story of a blood-red moon suddenly appearing in the sky, which is known as the red moon event in history. The remaining survivors had to hide in the city protected by high walls. Among the survivors, some people also suffered from mental mu

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Hi no Tori: Eden no Sora

ONA4 epDrama

Shared themes: Psychological. Also Sci-Fi · Suspense.

From time immemorial to the age of space colonization, there is one legend that has stayed unchanged in every history book—the tale of the immortal bird Phoenix. A being whose blood is said to grant eternal life or wisdom, the radiant figure ensures the contin

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AI no Idenshi

TV12 epDrama

Shared themes: Psychological. Also Sci-Fi · Suspense.

In the near future, 10 percent of the population will consist of Humanoids—machines with advanced functions and artificial intelligence resembling human personalities, easily recognized by their sideways pupils. These specialized patients likewise require a sp

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Hi no Tori: Eden no Hana

MovieDrama

Shared themes: Psychological. Also Sci-Fi · Suspense.

Movie version of Hi no Tori: Eden no Sora with an alternative ending.

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Koukaku Kidoutai: SAC_2045 - Saigo no Ningen

Movie2023Mystery

Shared themes: Adult Cast. Also Mystery · Sci-Fi.

Compilation film of Koukaku Kidoutai: SAC_2045 Season 2

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Your Forma

TV13 epMystery

Shared themes: Adult Cast. Also Mystery · Sci-Fi.

In an alternate 2023, the Your Forma, a miraculous "smart thread" technology initially developed to treat a massive outbreak of viral encephalitis, has become an integral part of daily life. But these convenient devices come with an invasive drawback—they reco

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Monochrome (2024)

Music1 epDrama

Shared themes: Adult Cast. Also Mystery · Suspense.

A music video for the song Monochrome by suisoh that serves as ending song for Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen - Soukoku-tan.

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Hana-Doll*: Reinterpretation of Flowering

TV12 epMystery

Shared themes: Adult Cast. Also Mystery · Sci-Fi.

The "Hana Ningyou Project" (Flower Doll Project) exists to artificially create the "perfect idol" by implanting a special flower seed inside a body. The franchise follows the growth of young men who dedicate their lives to the project. (Source: MU)

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Psyren

TVAction

Shared themes: Psychological. Also Sci-Fi · Suspense.

Ageha Yoshina is a self-confident high school student who helps others for a fee. On his way back from a job, he finds a strange calling card with the word "Psyren" imprinted left behind in a phone booth and decides to keep it, unaware of its purpose. The very