TRICKSTER -江戸川乱歩「少年探偵団」より-
Trickster
🚪 Often abandoned
It is the 2030s. The Boy Detectives Club gathers under Kogorou Akechi, the mysterious detective. The group solves cases great and small using their unique skills. One day, a member of the club, Kensuke Hanazaki, meets the boy Yoshio Kobayashi. Kobayashi's body cannot die due to the effects of the "Unidentifiable Mist," but he yearns for death, and shirks from contact with other people. Taking an interest in him, Hanazaki invites him to join the Boy Detectives Club. Their meeting is connected to the fate tying together Kogorou Akechi, and the era's greatest villain, the Fiend With Twenty Faces. (Source: Official Website)
Names
| Original | TRICKSTER -江戸川乱歩「少年探偵団」より- (japanese) |
|---|---|
| Romaji | TRICKSTER: Edogawa Ranpo "Shounen Tantei-dan" yori |
| English | Trickster |
| Chinese | TRICKSTER －來自江戶川亂步「少年偵探團」－ (traditional · via wikidata) |
Facts
| Format | TV series · 24 ep · 23 min · 9h total |
|---|---|
| Aired | 2016-10-04 → 2017-03-28 (Autumn 2016) |
| Status | FINISHED |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment, Shin-Ei Animation |
| Source | Novel |
| Origin | Japan (Anime) |
| Genres | AdventureDramaMysteryPsychologicalSci-Fi |
| Themes | Male ProtagonistPrimarily Male CastSuper PowerDetectivePoliceSchool ClubUrbanSuicideCrimeAmnesiaGuns |
| Streaming | Crunchyroll |
Reception
| Community score | 5.81 / 10 |
|---|---|
| Bayesian score | 6.11 / 10 |
| Composite | 33.5 |
| On lists | 25,863 |
| Favourited | 193 (0.7%) |
| Completion | 50.5% |
| Drop rate | 29.2% |
| In backlog | 35.3% |
| Score spread σ | 2.08 |
Score distribution
122622883540476451,23961,55271,3148731945010277
Where it places
| Cohort | Value | Tier | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | Shin-Ei Animation | E | 85 of 85 |
| Broadcast season | Autumn 2016 | E | 117 of 120 |
| Source material | Novel | E | 167 of 170 |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment | E | 188 of 190 |
| Year | 2016 | E | 392 of 418 |
| Genre | Psychological | E | 401 of 416 |
| Genre | Mystery | E | 635 of 652 |
| Length | Two-cour | E | 691 of 699 |
| Genre | Sci-Fi | E | 1,372 of 1,409 |
| Genre | Adventure | E | 1,498 of 1,534 |
| Era | Late 2010s | E | 1,743 of 1,863 |
| Season (all years) | Autumn | E | 1,864 of 1,921 |
| Genre | Drama | E | 1,881 of 1,917 |
| Format | TV series | E | 3,211 of 3,322 |
| Origin | Japan | E | 6,912 of 7,157 |
Key staff
| Director | Masahiro Mukai |
|---|---|
| Series composition | Erika Yoshida |
| Character design | PEACH‐PIT, Shinya Yamada |
| Music | Yuuki Hayashi |
| Original creator | Rampo Edogawa, PEACH‐PIT |
Franchise — TRICKSTER -江戸川乱歩「少年探偵団」より-
Related
| Relation | Year | Title |
|---|---|---|
| other | — | Kimi dake no Boku de Iru kara |
| prequel | 2016 | Trickster Episode 00 |
AniList id 21832 · MAL id 33377 · record updated 2026-08-26