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Detective School Q

Detective School Q

探偵学園Q · Tantei Gakuen Q
7.76Score#2,756Popularity6KOn listsFinished airing
10 languages
From Acino, the anime encyclopedia
Contents
  1. Characters
  2. Production
  3. Music
  4. Episodes
  5. Videos and pictures
  6. Ratings and statistics
  7. Related works
  8. Recommendations
  9. References
  10. External links
Detective School Q
Opening
Japanese探偵学園Q
RomanizedTantei Gakuen Q
Also known asDetective Academy Q
GenreComedy, Drama, Mystery, Detective, Shounen
TypeTV series
Based onManga — Shin Kibayashi
Directed byNoriyuki Abe
Character designMasaya Onishi, Kouichi Usami
Music byDaisuke Ikeda
StudioStudio Pierrot
Original runApril 15, 2003 – March 20, 2004
Episodes45
Episode length25 min
Total running time18 hr 45 min
StatusFinished airing
SeasonSpring 2003
Age ratingPG-13 – Teens 13 and older
Score★ 7.76
On users' lists6,013
Kitsu, Shikimori
Manga
Written byShin Kibayashi, Fumiya Satou
Published inShounen Magazine (Weekly)
DemographicShounen
Original runMay 23, 2001 – July 20, 2005
Volumes22
Chapters172

Detective School Q (Japanese: 探偵学園Q, Hepburn: Tantei Gakuen Q) is a 2003 Japanese anime television series based on the manga series by Shin Kibayashi. It is animated by Studio Pierrot and directed by Noriyuki Abe. It aired from April 15, 2003 to March 20, 2004, with 45 episodes.

Characters

Main characters

Supporting characters

Rio Azegami · Morihiko Dan · Kyouko Ebe · Hiroshi Fujisawa · Hirokazu Fukunaga · Kazuya Fukuoka · Mio Fuuma · Manabu Gotouda · Kyousuke Gouda · Hisashi Goura · Musashi Hachiya · Misuzu Hikawa · Yuri Hitsuki · Keiko Honda · Tatsumi Hongou · Sachiko Hosoe · Mitsuru Houshou · Tomohiko Ichinose · Akihiko Ichinose · Kaoru Ichinose · Hanayo Ichinose · Chizuko Itsuki · Morito Iwadome · Hiroki Iwashimizu · Takuma Jinnai · Rei Kagami · Shino Katagiri · Mamoru Kawakita · Chikara Kawase · Sayaka Kinoshita · Masae Kirihara · Sonata Kirishima · Masao Kizaki · Junya Kogure

Voice cast by language

Voice actors in each language, as listed by Kitsu. A language appears only where a dub of this title is listed.

CharacterJapaneseEnglish
Ryuu AmakusaMainKouichi Toochika–
Megumi MinamiMainHouko KuwashimaAndrea Kwan
Kazuma NarusawaMainTomoko Kawakami–
Kyuu RenjoMainMegumi Ogata–
Kintarou TooyamaMainHideo IshikawaDarren Pleavin
Masaharu AkiyamaSupportingShouto Kashii–
Kunihiko AnzaiSupportingKatsumi Suzuki–
Detective AraiSupportingKouji Ishii–
Maya AsabukiSupportingMayumi Asano–
AtsushiSupportingYoshiko Kamei–
Rio AzegamiSupportingKonami Yoshida–
Morihiko DanSupportingHideyuki Tanaka–
All languages (4)
CharacterJapaneseEnglishSpanishKorean
Ryuu AmakusaMainKouichi Toochika–Alfonso SotoSeung jun Kim
Megumi MinamiMainHouko KuwashimaAndrea KwanGiannina JuradoMin Jeong Yeo
Kazuma NarusawaMainTomoko Kawakami––In Seong O
Kyuu RenjoMainMegumi Ogata–Jesús NunesJeong Hwa Yang
Kintarou TooyamaMainHideo IshikawaDarren PleavinÁngel BalamGyeng Su Hyeon
Masaharu AkiyamaSupportingShouto Kashii–––
Kunihiko AnzaiSupportingKatsumi Suzuki–––
Detective AraiSupportingKouji Ishii–––
Maya AsabukiSupportingMayumi Asano–––
AtsushiSupportingYoshiko Kamei–––
Rio AzegamiSupportingKonami Yoshida–––
Morihiko DanSupportingHideyuki Tanaka–––
Kyouko EbeSupportingNao Nagasawa–––
Hiroshi FujisawaSupportingWataru Hatano–––
Hirokazu FukunagaSupportingWataru Takagi–––
Kazuya FukuokaSupportingHirohiko Kakegawa–––
Mio FuumaSupportingKumi Sakuma–––
Manabu GotoudaSupportingNorihiro Inoue–––
Kyousuke GoudaSupportingSusumu Chiba–––
Hisashi GouraSupportingRyuji Mizuno–––

Production

Key staff

Staff

StudioStudio Pierrot
Original CreatorShin Kibayashi
DirectorNoriyuki Abe
ScriptHiroko Fukuda, Maki Hiro, Masahiro Ookubo
Character DesignMasaya Onishi, Kouichi Usami
Original Character DesignFumiya Satou
MusicDaisuke Ikeda
Art DirectorSawako Takagi, Hideyuki Ueno
Color DesignHideo Kamitani
Theme Song PerformanceHayami Kishimoto, Aiko Kitahara
ProducerKen Hagino

Music

Opening themes

Ending themes

Songs, performers and episodes from AnimeThemes.

Episodes

45 of 45 episodes aired
No.TitleOriginal air dateStatus
1“Awaken! The Best Detective in the World!!”April 15, 2003Aired
2“A First Step to Dreams - The Entrance Exam Trap”April 22, 2003Aired
3“Final Exam! The Stretched-Around Trap”April 29, 2003Aired
4“An Intent to Kill at the School Entrance Ceremony! School Bomb Threat”May 6, 2003Aired
5“Crack the Code!? A Message from the Deceased”May 13, 2003Aired
6“The Perfect 1000-Witness Alibi”May 20, 2003Aired
7“The Jigsaw-Puzzle Will”May 27, 2003Aired
8“The Pretty-Boy Detective! He Appears at Last!!”June 3, 2003Aired
9“Showdown! The Cutthroat Who Crossed Through Time!!”June 10, 2003Aired
10“The Beautiful Boy Genius - Exposing the Perfect Mystery Room.”June 17, 2003Aired
11“The Final Deciding Match! The Truth about Q Class!!”August 25, 2003Aired
12“A Curse Breaks Out!? The Seance Murder Case”September 9, 2003Aired
13“Evil spirit in the locked room! The unstoppable murders”September 12, 2003Aired
14“An announcement from the spiritual world! The forbidden truth!!”September 14, 2003Aired
15“30 meters under water. The case of the Underwater Locked Room Murder”November 13, 2003Aired
16“Class rivalry! Battle of the vanishing person”December 5, 2003Aired
17“The unexplored region leads to death! - Legend of Kamikakushi Village”May 1, 2004Aired
18“Defining Moment! Corpse Disappearing into the Sky”May 12, 2004Aired
19“The Revelation of Death!! You`re Next!!”June 7, 2004Aired
20“It comes to Light! The Masked High Priest - Crimes and Lies!!”June 7, 2004Aired
21“The Last Mysterious Disappearance! There`s Only One Answer”June 7, 2004Aired
22“Dinner of the Dead”August 25, 2004Aired
23“The Train Alibi”October 29, 2004Aired
24“The Cursed Idol”January 8, 2005Aired
25“An Old Enemy! Pluto”January 26, 2005Aired
26“Megu is being targeted”November 1, 2003Aired
27“The Lost Dragon”November 8, 2003Aired
28“SOS from the Underground Prison”Aired
29“Collector of Killers”Aired
30“Broadcast of the Campus of Death”Aired
31“Tragic on the Net”Aired
32“The Beauties Detective Squad”Aired
33“Mystery of the Home Economics Classroom”Aired
34“The Curse that Disappeared”Aired
35“Bomb of the Terrifying Gem”Aired
36“The Murder Case of the Illusionary House”Aired
37“Rhythm of the Death God”Aired
38“Homicide Concerto”Aired
39“The Death March of Friendship”Aired
40“Duel! The Headless Woman”Aired
41—Aired
42—Aired
43—Aired
44—Aired
45—Aired

Videos and pictures

Trailers and music

Detective School Q — 1Detective School Q — 2Detective School Q — 3Detective School Q — 4Detective School Q — 5Detective School Q — 6Detective School Q — 7Detective School Q — 8

Ratings and statistics

7.76365 ratings

Score distribution

1013.7%
910.4%
830.7%
723.8%
611.8%
54.7%
43%
31.1%
20.3%
10.5%

On users' lists

  • Plan to watch2,003
  • Watching175
  • Completed587
  • On hold137
  • Dropped172

Ratings and list counts come from Shikimori, whose scores mirror MyAnimeList. Rankings compare the titles listed in Acino.

Audience

How many people follow this anime on the largest anime databases. The numbers are refreshed every few days; one person may use several sites.

6KOn users' lists
587Completed
175Watching
2KPlan to watch
19Favorites
SiteMembersWatchingCompletedPlan to watchDroppedFavorites
Kitsu2,939————19
Shikimori3,0741755872,003172—
Original workTantei Gakuen Q (Manga)

Recommendations

Titles that share the most genres with Detective School Q.

References

  1. “Tantei Gakuen Q”. Shikimori. Retrieved November 11, 2026.
  2. “Tantei Gakuen Q”. MyAnimeList. Retrieved November 11, 2026.
  3. “Detective School Q”. Kitsu. Retrieved November 11, 2026.
  4. “Detective School Q”. AnimeThemes. Retrieved November 11, 2026.
  5. “Q124570859”. Wikidata. Retrieved November 11, 2026.

The facts on this page come from the databases listed above. The article text is written by Acino with AI assistance, using only those facts.

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