美少年探偵団
Pretty Boy Detective Club
🚪 Often abandoned
Mayumi Doujima is a young girl who has been searching for a star that she saw only once ten years ago. She visits the headquarters of the Pretty Boy Detective Club where she meets five boys who are each unique in their own way. Her encounter marks the beginning of an extraordinary search for a lost star. A beautiful and dazzling mystery-adventure story starts now! (Source: Funimation)
Names
| Original | 美少年探偵団 (han) |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Bishounen Tanteidan |
| English | Pretty Boy Detective Club |
| Chinese | 美少年侦探团 (simplified · via bangumi) |
| Also known as | Bishounen Series · PBDC · 美少年侦探团 · ขบวนการนักสืบหนุ่มรูปงาม |
Facts
| Format | TV series · 12 ep · 24 min · 5h total |
|---|---|
| Aired | 2021-04-11 → 2021-06-27 (Spring 2021) |
| Status | FINISHED |
| Studio | Shaft |
| Source | Novel |
| Origin | Japan (Anime) |
| Genres | ComedyMysterySci-Fi |
| Themes | DetectiveFemale ProtagonistSchool ClubPhilosophyPrimarily Male CastCute Boys Doing Cute ThingsComing of AgeSchoolCrossdressingPrimarily Child CastPrimarily Teen CastEpisodicMale Protagonist |
| Streaming | Crunchyroll · Crunchyroll · Bilibili TV |
Reception
| Community score | 7.02 / 10 |
|---|---|
| Bayesian score | 7.08 / 10 |
| Composite | 48.0 |
| On lists | 48,725 |
| Favourited | 593 (1.2%) |
| Completion | 55.2% |
| Drop rate | 18.3% |
| In backlog | 43.9% |
| Score spread σ | 1.76 |
Score distribution
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Where it places
| Cohort | Value | Tier | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadcast season | Spring 2021 | D | 52 of 79 |
| Studio | Shaft | D | 73 of 110 |
| Source material | Novel | D | 112 of 170 |
| Year | 2021 | D | 239 of 356 |
| Genre | Mystery | D | 455 of 652 |
| Genre | Sci-Fi | D | 780 of 1,409 |
| Season (all years) | Spring | D | 1,068 of 1,868 |
| Era | Early 2020s | D | 1,091 of 1,596 |
| Length | Single-cour | D | 1,454 of 2,668 |
| Genre | Comedy | D | 1,932 of 3,488 |
| Format | TV series | D | 1,956 of 3,322 |
| Origin | Japan | D | 3,948 of 7,157 |
Key staff
| Director | Akiyuki Shinbou, Hajime Ootani, Kenjirou Okada |
|---|---|
| Series composition | Akiyuki Shinbou, Fuyashi Tou |
| Character design | Kinako, Hiroki Yamamura |
| Original creator | NISIOISIN, Kinako |
AniList id 113428 · MAL id 40752 · Bangumi 295048 · record updated 2026-08-27