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Pretty Boy Detective Club

2021 · 1 season

A whimsical, stylish mystery that feels like a playful puzzle box, full of theatrical flair and aesthetic obsession.

Created by: Shohei Fujita, Yuji Tokuno
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Mystery
Starring: Maaya Sakamoto, Ayumu Murase, Taito Ban

Overview: Mayumi Dojima, a second-year student at the exclusive Yubiwa Academy middle school, has lost something—a star she glimpsed just once, ten long years ago. But help is on the way, in the form of the unofficial, secretive, and thoroughly mysterious Pretty Boy Detective Club! Rumored to solve problems within the school (most of which they themselves might as well created) for reasons aesthetic rather than financial, these five gorgeous boys sweep Mayumi into their world of excitement, danger, and overwhelming beauty.

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Created by: Shohei Fujita, Yuji Tokuno
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Mystery
Starring: Maaya Sakamoto, Ayumu Murase, Taito Ban

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: mystery
identity
friendship
obsession
coming-of-age
Places: school
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	4
Horror	1
Humour	6
Realism	3
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: animation, comedy, mystery
Created by: Shohei Fujita, Yuji Tokuno, Takashi Yasui, Kenjirou Okada, Naoaki Shibuta
Written by: Yukito Kizawa, Akiyuki Shinbo
Starring: Maaya Sakamoto, Ayumu Murase, Taito Ban, Toshiki Masuda, Shogo Yano, Gen Sato, Hiroki Nanami, Kohsuke Toriumi
Music: EFFY, Masatomo Ota
Cinematography: Takayuki Aizu
Length: 1 seasons, 12 episodes, 24 min each
Network: HTB, tv asahi, Nagoya TV, KBC, ABC TV, NCC, OAB, ABA, Niigata Television Network 21, khb, KFB, HOME, KSB, Kagoshima Broadcasting, Iwate Asahi TV, Akita Asahi Broadcasting, Yamagata Television System, Shizuoka Asahi TV, Asahi Broadcasting Nagano, Hokuriku Asahi Broadcasting, Ehime Asahi TV, Yamaguchi Asahi Broadcasting, Kumamoto Asahi Broadcasting, Ryu-Q Asahi Broadcasting
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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