GOSICK
Gosick
Kazuya Kujou is a foreign student at Saint Marguerite Academy, a luxurious boarding school in the Southern European country of Sauville. Originally from Japan, his jet-black hair and dark brown eyes cause his peers to shun him and give him the nickname "Black Reaper," based on a popular urban legend about the traveler who brings death in the spring. On a day like any other, Kujou visits the school's extravagant library in search of ghost stories. However, his focus soon changes as he becomes curious about a golden strand of hair on the stairs. The steps lead him to a large garden and a beautiful doll-like girl known as Victorique de Blois, whose complex and imaginative foresight allows her to predict their futures, now intertwined. With more mysteries quickly developing—including the appearance of a ghost ship and an alchemist with the power of transmutation—Victorique and Kujou, bound by fate and their unique skills, have no choice but to rely on each other. (Source: MAL Rewrite)
Names
| Original | GOSICK (latin) |
|---|---|
| Romaji | GOSICK |
| English | Gosick |
| Also known as | ゴシック |
Facts
| Format | TV series · 24 ep · 24 min · 10h total |
|---|---|
| Aired | 2011-01-08 → 2011-07-02 (Winter 2011) |
| Status | FINISHED |
| Studio | bones |
| Source | Light novel |
| Origin | Japan (Anime) |
| Genres | DramaMysteryRomance |
| Themes | DetectiveCrimeForeignHistoricalFemale ProtagonistHeterosexualMale ProtagonistTsundere |
| Streaming | Netflix · Crunchyroll |
Reception
| Community score | 7.83 / 10 |
|---|---|
| Bayesian score | 7.82 / 10 |
| Composite | 62.6 |
| On lists | 124,569 |
| Favourited | 3,230 (2.6%) |
| Completion | 75.1% |
| Drop rate | 7.0% |
| In backlog | 43.4% |
| Score spread σ | 1.61 |
Score distribution
Where it places
| Cohort | Value | Tier | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadcast season | Winter 2011 | A | 4 of 62 |
| Year | 2011 | A | 19 of 305 |
| Studio | bones | C | 36 of 133 |
| Source material | Light novel | B | 111 of 927 |
| Era | Early 2010s | A | 113 of 1,627 |
| Genre | Mystery | B | 135 of 652 |
| Length | Two-cour | B | 144 of 699 |
| Season (all years) | Winter | B | 161 of 1,557 |
| Genre | Romance | B | 196 of 1,687 |
| Genre | Drama | B | 409 of 1,917 |
| Format | TV series | B | 487 of 3,322 |
| Origin | Japan | A | 710 of 7,157 |
Key staff
| Director | Hitoshi Nanba |
|---|---|
| Series composition | Mari Okada |
| Character design | Hinata Takeda, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Takashi Tomioka |
| Original creator | Kazuki Sakuraba, Hinata Takeda |
AniList id 8425 · MAL id 8425 · record updated 2026-08-27

